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• OS: Windows 10 64bit
• Processor: +3 GHZ dual core processor
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• Storage: 700 MB available space
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8 Best Oculus Quest 2 Travel Games and Experiences (Must Have)

One of the wonders of virtual reality is that you get to explore entire worlds and have it feel as real as being there. Visually, anyway. One of these worlds is our very own, and if you’ve got an interest for exploring it in VR, you’re in the right place!

In this article I’m going to be talking about the 8 best Oculus Quest 2 travel games and experiences. Namely:

• National Geographic Explore VR
• 360 Travel Videos
• Google Earth VR
• Flow (Bonus Entry)

First, let’s talk about the native Oculus experiences in more detail so you can see where you want to be going!

1) National Geographic Explore VR

Spit on that virtual camera lens and wipe it clean as you experience the wonders in National Geographic Explore VR. As an explorer, you’ll have to visit locations and capture the same photographs as the one who came before you.

The VR experience that will have you demanding more. Like, seriously. The biggest criticism of the game is that it’s only got two locations for you to dive into.

• An expedition to Antartica
• Machu Picchu, Peru 

Although the game doesn’t have the best graphics out there, it’s still worth checking out by VR standards. Survive a snowstorm, keep still during a mummy worship, and experience much more with National Geographic Explore VR!

Since there’s not much replay value with only two locations, you might want to wait for a sale to really get the most bang for your buck.

Get National Geographic Explorer for $9.99 on Oculus Store

2) ecosphere

ecoshpere is a collection of fantastic 360-degree exploration videos. But they’re not your typical 360 videos!

The ones in ecosphere are beautifully narrated documentaries that add to the element of immersion. You have over 10 episodes to download and start your virtual adventure. Learn more about locations such as Africa, Malaysia, and Indonesia from the comfort of your Oculus Quest 2.

What’s even more is that ecosphere is getting constant support with new updates and features, so the future for 360 travel is looking really good on this app!

Get ecosphere for free on Oculus Store

There’s one big reason I’d like everybody to at least give Alcove a try: variety. Okay, there are two big reasons. It’s also free. But let’s talk about the first one more.

While not being big on high-end graphics, Alcove does a fantastic job of letting you go on a tour in virtual reality. The game includes virtual tours across hundreds of landscapes and beautiful sites around the world. Ride hot air balloons or go for long drives in VR.

What’s more is that you can even take to the seas of Australia and the Pacific Ocean!

That’s not even where the possibilities end. Alcove allows you to customize your personal vacation home in VR, and invite your friends over to appreciate it even more. 

Although the majority of minigames like Chess and Puzzles are single-player, Alcove is constantly receiving fresh updates and new features. The opportunity to do more with your friends may not be far off!

Get Alcove for free on Oculus Store

4) 360-Degree Travel Videos

These are the travel experiences you’re looking for if your main goal is to explore the world. Leaving out the gaming and interaction parts, 360-degree travel videos are available across the Internet and have plenty of thrill to offer.

How do they work? All you have to do is load the video from within your browser in your headset.

Oculus Browser will do just fine, but some Quest 2 users recommend using the Mozilla Firefox browser. They experience higher frame rates and an overall better VR tour experience.

Since the durations of many 360-degree tour videos are short, you can look for multiple videos and add them to a playlist. Then, simply hit play and let yourself be taken around the world from the comfort of your couch.

For your convenience, here are two of the best VR tour compilations I came across:

The best 360° aerial footage by AirPano. Part I – YouTube

Virtual Travel (VR Experience) – YouTube

Wander is not your average adventure app, not by a long shot. 

And by that, I mean that this app lets you travel in time. With a unique feature, you get to actually visit different areas at different points in time . See your hometown since you moved away or the construction of Dubai from a desert. 

The magic of this app also integrates Google Street view to give you a truly one of a kind experience.

Even with time travel being an amazing feature, it doesn’t mean you can’t travel in the present. Wander lets you visit the world without restrictions. Explore the Wonders of the World in VR and live the traveling dream you always had!

Get Wander for $9.99 on Oculus Store .

Best PCVR Travel Experiences for the Quest 2

Since we’re talking about the best travel experiences you can have on the Quest 2, it wouldn’t be fair to leave out the PCVR possibilities!

You can immerse yourself in PCVR experiences on your Quest 2 through PC streaming options such as Virtual Desktop or Oculus (Air) Link. If you are new to VR and want to know more about how these options work, check out this article .

6) Google Earth VR

First, let’s address the elephant in the room: Google Earth VR. When it comes to travelling experiences, everybody should have at least heard of this app.

Google Earth VR lets you travel the literal world in your VR body. You get to float around in any location and take in the marvelous sites created by man and nature anywhere!

As a bonus, this app comes with preloaded tours for selected locations like the Amazon River and The Grand Canyon. All you have to do is not forget to enjoy the ride.

So whether it’s the Eiffel Tower, Pyramids of Giza, or the entire Great Wall of China, Google Earth VR is something definitely worth trying out!

Did I mention it’s free? Get it from Steam now!

7) Realities

With additional add-ons that are just as free as the game, Realities is a mesmerizing historical VR experience.

This app takes you to a bunch of different locations that are incredibly detailed for a VR game and lets you explore what once was. Photorealism is at the core of Realities as it abandons the traditional 360-degree approach to VR experiences in favor of greater and more realistic immersion.

You’ll especially like this app if you’re interested in knowing what the less popular “tourist sites” are like!

Get to explore the chill of the Alcatraz prison, the lifelessness of Death Valley, and the ruins of old castles with Realities.

Get Realities for Free on Steam

8) Bonus Entry: Flow

Not everybody wants to travel for the fun, the thrill, or the exploration. Some people want to visit new locations for the serenity and to discover new ways to relax.

If your next trip across the world in VR is like that, then Flow is the app for you. The locations in this app revolve around what Iceland has to offer, mainly because of the natural scenery there . 

The features of Flow revolve around meditation and calmness. Even the chosen locations from around the world are an inspiration to help the human brain feel more calm.

There’s also a specially curated playlist to help VR enthusiasts make the most of their virtual vacation.

Recharge yourself in all the soothing experiences that Flow has to offer on the Quest 2!

Get Flow Free from SideQuest

Note! For more information on how to sideload an app onto your Quest 2, give this article a read.

That concludes my current list for the best travel experiences on the Quest 2. There are a few games that are currently only compatible with the Oculus Go that are slowly but surely making their way to the Quest 2.

Stay tuned for more, especially as new game releases and updates roll out! 

HARDWARE USED FOR TESTING AND WRITING THE ARTICLES : * Meta Quest 2 (My “daily driver” headset, which I absolutely love & recommend) * Lenovo Legion 5 Pro (AMD Ryzen 5 5600H, Nvidia Geforce RTX 3060, 16GB RAM) * TP-Link Archer C6 (budget dedicated router for Air Link, see my full setup tutorial ) ESSENTIAL QUEST 2 COMFORT ACCESSORIES : * VR Cover Foam Replacement (one of the easiest & cheapest ways to improve headset comfort) * BoboVR M2 Head Strap (reduce pressure on your head and improve the overall fit of the headset)

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I am a software engineer and tech enthusiast. During my free time, I like to immerse myself in the world of virtual and augmented reality, which I believe will be more and more prominent in the years to come.

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10 of the Best Virtual Reality Travel Experiences

  With the time and expense required to travel being prohibitive to many, there are alternative ways of indulging your wanderlust – including via the burgeoning world of Virtual Reality.

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There are a huge number of VR companies all vying to create ever more unique experiences for consumers – and one of the biggest growth categories has been travel. And what better time to get a taste of exploration and adventure from the comfort of your living room, equipped only with a VR headset, than now, when travel is a luxury that many just can’t stretch to? We’ve picked out 10 of the best virtual reality travel experiences currently on the market.

So which VR headset should you go for? Our favourite is the Meta Quest 3, which launched onto the market in mid-2023 and is the successor to the Meta Quest 2. For immersive games and travel experiences, we believe the Meta Quest 3 is destined to become the leading VR headset over the coming years. It’s pretty affordable, too, and unlike other headsets, doesn’t require cords or a computer. You can purchase the Meta Quest 3 at Amazon.com.

Guided Meditation VR

Developed by Cubicle Ninjas, Guided Meditation VR is designed to bring peace, joy, and calm back into your daily life by teaching you ancient meditation practices in a cutting-edge way. It features over 40 lush environments to escape the everyday, 30-plus hours of guided meditations on anxiety, depression, maternity, resilience, sleep and zen, and hundreds of hours of calming musical audio tracks to help enhance your meditation experience. Users can also customise their sessions to their own specific preferences and needs, including the option to switch into Motion mode and gently float through beautiful vistas like you would on a lazy river, leaving the worries of your life behind before returning calmer and stronger.

PRICE £10.99 HEADSETS Meta Quest 3

Be anywhere in the world with anyone, instantly, in this captivating game developed by Wooorld Inc. Visit hundreds of cities, architectural landmarks, natural wonders, and vacation spots in incredible 3D detail, and get tips about the best places to visit, the hidden gems, where to get the best food and all the tourist traps to avoid. You can also create your own 3D avatars with face and body tracking and test your worldly knowledge by guessing where you are after being teleported to 5 random locations, with only the landscape, flora, architecture, and road signs for clues. The game can played as collaboratively as you wish, with options to explore the world with friends and meet new people, or hop into a Solo World without any distractions.

PRICE Free HEADSETS Meta Quest 3

(Photo: Wooorld Inc.)

Blueplanet VR Explore

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Highlighting sacred and fragile locations of natural beauty and cultural heritage, Blueplanet VR Explore  is a collection of remarkable places across the world. With freedom to move around and explore, the virtual reality experiences are captured in volumetric 3D with great detail and accuracy. The scenes look and feel like these places do in real life, and enable you to freely move around to enjoy and explore these remarkable, fragile, and priceless environments. Concern for the environment often comes from direct experience, and being as close as we can get to experiencing a sense of actually being there, Blueplanet can help encourage people to appreciate and protect these treasures.

PRICE £18.99 HEADSETS Meta Quest 3

BRINK Traveler

Travel to some of the world’s most amazing natural wonders in fully immersive 3D and feel like you’re really there in this awe-inspiring game by Brink XR. Step into a scene akin to a postcard as you visit a total of 28 (with more on their way) of the most breathtaking places on Earth. In-game highlights include room-scale walkable areas in each destination, a virtual guide and assistant to learn about where you’re visiting, and the chance to shoot photos to share with friends. You can either play the game solo or with friends and family in multiplayer mode.

PRICE £11.99 HEADSETS Meta Quest 3

(Photo: BRINK XR)

National Geographic Explore VR

Created in partnership with National Geographic, a world-leading society in the fields of geography, cartography and exploration, this magical VR experience invites you to discover two of the most iconic locations on Planet Earth. Don your explorer hat and head to Antarctica for an exhilarating expedition. Navigate around icebergs in a kayak, climb a vast ice shelf and survive a snowstorm as you hunt for a lost emperor penguin colony. Visit the ancient Inca citadel of Machu Picchu in Peru and get immersed in amazing digital reconstructions of the legendary site. Witness mummy worships, raise a cup of sacred chicha and encounter cute and furry alpacas as you match Hiram Bingham’s photographs from when he rediscovered the citadel. Be sure to take a camera as your best snaps may even make it into the prestigious National Geographic magazine.

PRICE £7.99 HEADSETS Meta Quest 3

(Photo: Force Field Entertainment B.V)

The Walking Dead: Saints & Sinners

Fans of the hugely popular TV blockbuster The Walking Dead can now join the world of zombies in this new VR adventure. Travel through the ruins of New Orleans as you fight, scavenge, and survive, each day unravelling another mystery lurking within the city’s historic quarters. Encounter desperate factions and lone survivors who could be friend or foe. Whether you help others or take what you want by force, every choice you make has consequences. What kind of survivor will you be for the people of NOLA? Scavenge for anything that you can; weapons, food, tools, and clues. Be wary of the living and the dead, with spatial audio drawing attention to any loud noise. Craft makeshift gear out of scrapped material; blades, guns, medicine, and more. Test your morals and make difficult choices for yourself and others. It’s all here, bringing the small screen to life in a big way.

PRICE £29.99 HEADSETS Meta Quest 3

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Narrated by award-winning actress Anna Friel, this trail-blazing VR series opens the door to some of the planet’s wildest environments while redefining the limits of 3D-180 cameras. Meet the humans protecting our most precious wildlife, explore the great savannahs of Kenya, discover the ancient jungles of Borneo and dive into the rich coral reefs of Raja Ampat. Encounter elephants, orangutans, manta rays and some incredible humans, all in stunning cinematic footage filmed from the air and deep into the ocean. The series was produced in partnership with World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF),

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The world is your oyster with this interactive, immersive VR experience that’s designed to be played by the whole family. There’s global travel and adventure in which your friends and family can join city tours, hot air balloon rides, back-country road trips, and plenty more. Or you can simply kick back and relax, practice meditation and get back to nature – all in the company of a guide or going solo, if you prefer. Other features include photo sharing, soundtracks, a range of fun games and media customisation.

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Rome Reborn: The Pantheon

Created by Flyover Zone, an American company specialising in virtual travel applications that present the world’s most important cultural heritage sites and monuments, Rome Reborn is one of five applications that present different areas of ancient Rome. This particular one transports users over the entire ancient city, focussing on the Pantheon, perhaps the best-preserved building from antiquity. In the company of two virtual guides, you’ll get to explore the exterior forecourt and interior sanctuary of the reconstructed complex as you listen and learn about the Pantheon’s design and decoration, as well as the nature of the religious cult once housed within it.

PRICE £3.99 HEADSETS Currently only available on Oculus Rift

(Photo: Flyover Zone Productions)

Monte Fitzroy is Argentina’s most famous mountain landmark and is even used as the logo for outdoor retailer, Patagonia. It is a place that immediately evokes a sense of adventure. At the foot of the mountain is a beautiful and remote glacial lake known as Laguna Sucia. Most people who visit Monte Fitzroy view it from a location that is much easier to access. Laguna Sucia requires a much tougher hard-to-access trail that culminates in one of the most beautiful and remote glacial lakes in existence. You are rewarded with a sense of almost meditative stillness as you approach this untouched natural amphitheatre. This VR experience utilises Pterovision, a 3D technology that integrates computational photography, 360 Video, and gaming and allows you to take off like a bird, fly around the lake, visit the waterfalls along the edge, and fly over glacial formations beneath the mountain peaks. Numerous narrations will tell you about the challenges we faced when filming in this location, as well as educate you about the geology, culture, and history.

PRICE $2.99 HEADSETS Currently only available on Oculus Rift 

(Photo: Specterras Productions)

Gala360 – Travel & Relax

Taking you on awe-inspiring virtual adventures across the globe, Gala360 is the result of the magic touch of an array of exceptionally talented photographers who have captured their globe-trotting trips in all their glory before being rendered into VR form. In professional 6K resolution, more than 300 tours around the world are featured, with some also including narration which allows you to listen to the stories behind the trips. Most of the tours are free, but you can pay a small fee to unlock more.

PRICE Free HEADSETS Currently only available on Oculus Go (soon available on Quest 2)

(Photo: Gala 360)

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Best VR Games Of All-Time: 25 Titles To Play Right Now

Trying to find a list of the all-time best VR games across Quest, PC VR, Pico and PSVR? We’ve got you covered.

For years now at UploadVR we’ve kept regularly updated lists of the best virtual reality games on individual platforms, including Quest 2 , PC VR, Pico 4 and PSVR 2 . If you're looking for the best VR games on individual platforms though, see our lists below.

• Best Oculus Quest & Meta Quest 2 Games
• Best PC VR Games
• Best PSVR Games
• Best PSVR 2 Games

However, there's also enough content to compile those into a master list of the best VR games of all-time. For each game on the list below, we’ve noted which platforms you can play on and linked to more coverage if you want to go further down the rabbit hole on a particular developer or game. If you're looking to buy a headset, you can also check out our best VR headset guide for more information. While Pico 4 games are only available through the mobile app ( iOS and Google Play ) or the in-headset store, you’ll find the titles in this list available on the Oculus Store for Quest and Rift , Steam and the PlayStation Store .

But enough talk, let’s run down our list of the best VR games of all time!

The Best VR Games – Ranked

25. unplugged - air guitar (pc vr, pico, psvr 2, quest).

Unplugged - Air Guitar from Anotherway is a hugely innovative and entertaining rhythm game that we consider "Essential" to play in VR. It debuted in 2021 and uses Quest’s hand tracking to deliver an empowering Guitar Hero-like experience. Hand tracking technology is now reliable enough to make an experience like Unplugged completely enjoyable, but you might still experience the odd hiccup every now and then. Still, with a killer setlist of classic rock tracks and great production value, Unplugged offers "totally unique experiences, previously thought unimaginable." It's also available on PC VR and PSVR 2 using controllers , but we don’t recommend trying the experience that way if you already have a Quest headset.

Read more: Bringing Air Guitar To Life Platforms: Quest Store / Steam Store / PlayStation Store

24. A Fisherman’s Tale (PC VR, Pico, PSVR, Quest)

A Fisherman’s Tale from InnerspaceVR debuted in 2019 as a mind-bending puzzle game unlike anything else. It features a combination of "inventive, platform-driven gameplay, medium-rooted narrative and...arresting immersion" that sees you solve intricate, scale-based puzzles in which you work… with yourself. Its best puzzles utilize a miniature model of the lighthouse the game’s set in. Lift the model's roof and there's a mini-you, imitating your every move. Throw in a poignant story about self-acceptance and you have a top rated VR game, one that's brief, sharp and stays with you longer than most multi-hour epics.

Read More: Another Fisherman's Tale Platforms: Quest Store / Steam Store / PlayStation Store

23. What the Bat? (PC VR, PSVR 2, Quest)

What the Bat? from Triband was one of the best indie VR games in 2022, taking our VR Game of the Year award. A great introduction to VR for newcomers that could have you laughing within a few minutes, our "Recommended" review called it a "deceptively complex game that begs to be shown to friends and family members." Placing you into scenarios where you're given a pair of baseball bat hands, you're tasked with doing almost anything besides actually playing baseball.

Platforms: Quest Store / Steam Store / PlayStation Store

22. Onward (PC VR, Quest)

There’s something for everyone when it comes to VR shooters, from the Counter-Strike-inspired madness of Pavlov to the Fornite-aping antics of Population: One . But, for our money, the focus in Onward on realism still holds it above all others. Onward on Quest was "definitely going to make a lot of Quest users happy" with its debut on that platform in 2020 from Downpour Interactive. The wire-free gameplay really comes into its own in standalone, opening up new tactics like easily going prone. Onward can be hard to get to grips with, but absolutely rewarding to master.

Platforms: Quest Store / Steam Store

21. Blood & Truth (PSVR)

The London Heist minigame in PlayStation VR Worlds remains one of the most polished and engaging story-driven VR games out there. Developer Sony London took its short tale of crime capers and in 2019 turned it "a fully-fledged narrative that features some of the best performances we’ve seen in VR yet." Every level in Blood & Truth brings new interactions and mechanics to explore. Its story might be somewhat cheesy, but its character models are unmatched and the stunning setpiece moments are often Uncharted-worthy. Don’t let the Guy Ritchie accents fool you; Blood & Truth is one to take seriously and one of the best VR games.

Platforms: PlayStation Store

20. Iron Man VR (PSVR and Quest 2)

Originally a PSVR exclusive in 2020, Iron Man VR appeared on Quest 2 two years later. Developed by Camouflaj and Endeavor One, the standalone port features drastic improvements like minimal loading times , making this a "Recommended" experience. Playing as Tony Stark, Iron Man VR "captures the essence of the character in the same way that Insomniac and Rocksteady have done on flatscreen platforms with Spider-Man and Batman." On Quest 2, it delivers an engaging story-driven campaign, boosted by strong combat and satisfying traversal.

Read More : Iron Man VR Review (PSVR) / Iron Man VR Quest 2 Review Platforms:   Quest Store / PlayStation Store

19. Eleven Table Tennis (PC VR, Pico 4, Quest)

If you want the most accurate, authentic representation of a sport in VR today, Eleven Table Tennis from For Fun Labs is easily your best bet. This simulation-level game first released on Steam in 2016 and has been updated continuously since then. Whether you’re serving up hotshots or getting in desperate returns, Eleven’s physics behave exactly the way you’d expect in real life, and tapping the ball with your controller starts to feel as natural as if it were a paddle. More than just a great game, Eleven is one of the rare VR experiences that feels like a genuine replacement for our reality. Yes, it’s that good and one of the best VR games.

18. Blade And Sorcery (PC VR, Quest 2)

If you’re not hot on VR violence, Blade And Sorcery from Warpfrog is not the game for you. Released in 2018, it's a bloody mess of stabbing, slicing and electrifying and in our Blade and Sorcery: Nomad review on Quest, we called it "a messy, lethal playground with endlessly entertaining results that you simply couldn’t get outside of VR." It’s sandbox, physics-driven combat gives your character real heft, giving every blow a tactile sensation. Still in early access, there's a long way for Blade And Sorcery to go but unparalleled mod support turns it into a fan’s dream, making it an essential pick for the best VR games.

Platforms : Quest Store / Steam Store

17. Skyrim VR (PC VR, PSVR)

The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim VR from Bethesda is, unsurprisingly, Skyrim in VR. Officially released in 2018, there are definitely some awkward quirks to this port of the ever-popular fantasy RPG. We believe that in many ways, Skyrim VR is "the ultimate version of one of the greatest RPGs of all-time" as you explore Tamriel like never before. With hundreds of hours worth of content, full autonomy to make the kind of character you want and an enormous world to explore, Skyrim VR is the closest we’ve come to fulfilling every adventurer’s dreams. Mod support on PC makes this an unending fountain of brilliant fan-made content that can turn you into entirely new characters or experience whole other games that are just as good as the original. Skyrim VR is hard to top and remains one of the best VR games.

Read More: Best Mods Platforms: Steam Store / PlayStation Store

16. Lone Echo (Rift)

Packed with strong production values, 2017's Lone Echo provides a "winning blend of intuitive movement, discovery-based gameplay and character-driven storytelling," using zero-gravity traversal and thoughtful character interactions to deliver a compelling campaign.

The game also spawned its own standalone multiplayer spin-off game, Echo VR, which was one of VR's most immediately fun and original multiplayer experiences. However, Echo VR and it's $10 Echo Combat expansion are shutting down in August 2023. However, the single player Lone Echo experience (and its sequel Lone Echo 2 ) remain untouched, with the former maintaining a place on this list as one of the best VR games available.

Read More : Echo VR Shutdown Summary / Lone Echo Review Platforms: Lone Echo Rift Store

15. No Man’s Sky VR (PC VR, PSVR, PSVR 2)

No Man’s Sky from Hello Games is a hugely ambitious premise that pays off. It offers an "essentially endless, infinite universe to explore and a sense of scale that’s really hard to match in VR" with procedurally generated planets, unending oceans of space and multiplayer support. Hello Games put incredible effort into this VR update and has continued building on it with new updates. There are plenty of beautiful sights and sounds, but also a fairly punishing survival loop and resource-gathering grind to fight against. If that's up your street, No Man’s Sky comes recommended. The PSVR port is toned down from PC and PSVR 2 , but it’s still one of the best VR games.

Platforms: Steam Store / PlayStation Store

14. Walkabout Mini Golf (PC VR, Pico, Quest, PSVR 2)

If you're looking for proof that mini golf works well in VR, then look no further than Walkabout Mini Golf . From its 2020 release onward, the developers of Walkabout created an experience that accurately represents mini golf, while also going far beyond what's physically possible with the game in real life. This ticks all the boxes – there's new courses every couple months and extensive multiplayer support.  Room codes let you find players across all VR platforms and guest passes allow you to share access to DLC courses like Myst , Upside Town , and Atlantis .

There's hidden balls to find on each hole and a night mode to unlock for more challenging play. The most engaged Walkabout players will even find themselves on "fox hunt" puzzling taking them across areas adjacent to the course, like across the full-size Labyrinth inspired by Jim Henson's movie or the vast Sahara desert surrounding Temple At Zerzura . There's a lot to explore, all grounded by pinpoint physics that are arguably better than the real thing – there's no small snags like you'll find on the surfaces of physical mini golf courses.

Read More : Guided Walkabout Course Tours Platforms: Quest Store / Steam Store / PlayStation Store

13. Beat Saber (PC VR, PSVR, Quest – PSVR 2 planned)

Beat Saber from Beat Games remains the closest VR has gotten to a ‘killer app.’ The game left early access in 2019 and has been expanded continuously ever since, but one go is all you need to understand. This rhythm game with knock-off lightsabers is an utterly essential experience that remains "completely relevant to modern audiences, exemplifying sublime gameplay that puts intelligent VR design first."You slash notes in time with a beat, which sounds simple but there are few things more satisfying to do in VR. Plus, you'll be working up a sweat and instinctively dancing to the track. Many people will tell you Beat Saber is one of the best VR games, and they’re absolutely right.

Read More: Custom Songs / Beat Saber Review Platforms: Quest Store / Steam Store / PlayStation Store

12. Asgard’s Wrath (Rift)

Asgard’s Wrath from Sanzaru Games shows the potential of a VR RPG built from the ground up. Released in 2019, it might not match Skyrim VR in size and scale, but this top-rated experience offers "a captivating experience full of enchanting adventure from start to finish" that many hoped VR would offer when they first picked up a headset. It's as AAA as native VR gaming gets with a meaty, 30+ hour campaign filled with secrets and eye candy to gawk at, boosted by a refined menu and combat system. Asgard's Wrath really puts you into this gorgeous world of Norse mythology, featuring incredible moments of heart-pounding action, intense connection and profound growth that could only be achieved in a VR game.

Platforms: Rift Store

11. Resident Evil Village (PSVR 2)

Resident Evil Village by Capcom marks the franchise's third mainline entry to get VR support. A phenomenal PSVR 2 launch title and an amazing horror shooter, its VR release in 2023 features a fully-fledged campaign that we strongly recommended, believing it "reaches a scale of spectacle rarely seen in VR." Because it was originally designed for flatscreen platforms, some sequences are fairly intense for new VR users. Expect your head and field of view to be quickly repositioned without notice. Nonetheless, a well-paced campaign, gorgeous visuals and engaging gunplay makes Resident Evil Village one of VR's best games.

Read More : Capcom Q&A / Resident Evil Village VR Review Platforms: PlayStation Store

10. Horizon Call of the Mountain (PSVR 2)

Horizon Call of the Mountain from Guerrilla Games and Firesprite kicked off a strong start for PSVR 2 in 2023. It's a game that "could only work in VR and simultaneously feels faithful to the Horizon franchise" and offers one of the most visually stunning and dense VR experiences available, rivaling Half-Life: Alyx. While the gameplay isn't necessarily revelatory for VR, it is nonetheless incredibly polished and a stunning experience to behold in-headset. For any PSVR 2 owner, Call of the Mountain is an essential experience.

9. Resident Evil 4 VR (Quest 2)

Resident Evil 7 and Village might be the flashier entries, but we believe Resident Evil 4 VR is "an incredible, if not definitive take on an all-time classic." Armature implemented VR at a meticulous level in 2021. The game's motion-controlled aiming, physical attacks and new interactions really route you in Leon’s journey. This is still very much a 2D game port with plenty of virtual window watching and some bothersome quick time events, but Resident Evil 4 VR successfully captures the original's intensity in new ways.

Read More: Resident Evil 4 Remake VR Mode Platforms: Quest Store

8. Boneworks (PC VR)

If you want to see how far VR design has come since consumer VR's beginnings, check out 2019's Boneworks by Stress Level Zero. It might not have the most masterfully designed of shooter campaigns, but this highly rated physics-based combat sandbox is a true marvel to behold. Filled with "interactive wizardry, devilishly gratifying combat and stunning physical authenticity, even if that occasionally works against you. "This VR shooter lets you pick up every object and wield them as weapons, they all have physical presence in the world. It’s laid the foundations for the future of VR gaming.

Read More: Boneworks Review / Bonelab Review Platforms: Steam Store

7. Vertigo 2 (PC VR)

Rated " Essential " by UploadVR with its SteamVR release in 2023, Vertigo 2 is one of the best PC VR campaigns available and a masterclass in enthralling, VR-first game design. What's even more impressive is that it's largely put together by one solo developer – Zach Tsiakalis-Brown from Zulubo Productions.

It "pays homage Valve classics and others VR releases, but doesn’t fall victim to imitating them," offering an impressive solo gaming experience in the same vein as Half-Life: Alyx. It's a shining example of the best PC VR has to offer in 2023. While it won't be coming to Quest , there's a chance PSVR 2 support might happen.

Read More : Vertigo 2 Review / Level Editor / Vertigo Remastered Review Platforms: Steam Store

6. Pistol Whip (PC VR, Pico 4, PSVR, PSVR 2, Quest)

Pistol Whip from Cloudhead Games first released in 2019 and its sharpshooting, sharp sounding, beat-based gameplay proves to be even more hypnotic than Beat Saber. On release, we noted that that the game "is neither fully a shooter nor completely a rhythm game yet it ticks off both boxes and does so exceptionally quickly in a stylish package."

In this neon-lit shooter, you stream down corridors, blasting bad guys to the rhythm of grizzly tunes, avoiding incoming fire and trying to rack up the best scores by playing on-beat. Whereas Beat Saber wants to make you a dancing Jedi master, Pistol Whip aims to teach you gun-fu with style, elegantly fusing the rhythmic and cinematic together into a pulsating, vibrant monster of its own.

Read More: Pistol Whip Review / Modding Tool Platforms: Quest Store / Steam Store / PlayStation Store

5. Demeo (PC VR, Pico 4, PSVR 2, Quest)

Demeo isn’t a perfect tabletop game, but it is an essential VR game. Resolution Games have provided a trove of consistent content updates since the game's release in 2021, resulting in first-rate four-player multiplayer VR that provides "a near-peerless social VR experience, polished to such a degree that it transforms the kinks of its systems into enjoyable, suspenseful quirks."

You pick a class and a campaign, then tackle enemies across randomly-generated dungeons and environments with your friends.  The game’s punishing difficulty means sessions can last anywhere from a few minutes to multiple hours. Demeo is one of the best VR games, boosted further by cross-platform play across all versions, with Resolution Games still working on more content to come.

Read More: Demeo Hand Tracking / Demeo Battles / Mixed Reality Support / Reign of Madness Expansion

Platforms : Quest Store / Steam Store / PlayStation Store / PC Edition

4. Superhot VR (PC VR, Pico 4, PSVR, Quest)

Superhot VR from the Superhot Team is one of the most instantly rewarding VR games. It released for the Rift's Touch controllers in 2016 , offering "a pure, distilled, injection of unadulterated adrenaline that will get your blood pumping." However, it achieved its full potential with wireless freedom on Quest in 2019.

In Superhot, time moves only when you do – when you’re still, the world around you is too. When you raise your arm or duck your head, the world crawls to life. Every catch of a handgun or toss of a ninja star comes with an incredible strand of slick satisfaction you won’t find anywhere else. Superhot VR is one of the medium's highest-selling games and, in our view, one of the very best VR games as well.

Read More: Making of / Superhot VR Review Platforms: Quest Store / Steam Store / PlayStation Store

3. Astro Bot Rescue Mission (PSVR)

Astro Bot Rescue Mission from Team Asobi was a highly-rated platforming triumph for PSVR in 2018, offering "further proof that third-person VR not only works but can be just as powerful as the best first-person experiences." A follow up to Sony Japan's Playroom VR compilation, every Astro Bot levels packs new ideas that range from endearingly novel to properly groundbreaking. It’s an absolute joy to play from start to finish that never ceases to amaze you. Plus, there’s power to the bond you form with Astro on this adventure, breaking down the barriers between players and characters in ways not often seen in gaming.

2. The Walking Dead: Saints & Sinners (PC VR, PSVR, Quest)

The Walking Dead: Saints & Sinners from Skydance Interactive is a VR essential, delivering some of the best design and user-interaction you’ll find in VR. Released in 2020, "it’s a zombie apocalypse within your grasp – a living, breathing virtual ruin with player-driven highs that easily outshine its experimental lows." It sets the bar for VR zombie games using Boneworks-style, physics-based combat. The game will have you wrestling with undead hordes, packing its action into a full, meaty VR campaign that sees you trekking through the remains of New Orleans. Add in side-missions and the ability to kill zombies with a spoon, and you have one of the deepest native VR games on the market.

Read More: Saints & Sinners Review / Chapter 2: Retribution Platforms: Quest Store / Steam Store / PlayStation Store

1. Half-Life: Alyx (PC VR)

It might not technically be Half-Life 3 but make no mistake, Half-Life: Alyx from Valve is a full-sized adventure worthy of the series’ past releases. Giving it top marks in 2020, we believe that "what it does right, it almost always does the best." Playing as Alyx Vance, you fight through City 17 in a highly polished adventure fully designed for VR, relying on classic series elements and introducing plenty of new features. It’s 10+ hours of immaculate, AAA-level VR shootouts, puzzles and narrative design, features some of the best firefights you can have inside a headset and offers truly memorable moments within. Half-Life: Alyx is arguably the best VR game yet, and we hope to see more from Valve.

Read More: Half-Life: Alyx Review / Best Mods Platforms: Steam Store

Update - 04/24/23 : Until You Fall, Zenith, A Township Tale, Wipeout, RE7 and Ultrawings 2 were removed from the list. Iron Man VR, Walkabout Mini Golf, What The Bat?, Resident Evil Village, Vertigo 2 and Horizon Call of the Mountain were added.  

Update - 02/09/22 : Star Wars: Squadrons, Ghost Giant, Moss, The Room, Gorn and Walkabout were removed from the list. Zenith, Unplugged, Ultrawings 2, A Township Tale and Resident Evil 4 were added.

This post was originally published January 15, 2021. Former UploadVR Editor Jamie Feltham contributed to entries on this list.

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The 20 best VR games for PC

VR is here to stay

Since the release of pivotal Half-Life: Alyx, virtual reality has been going from strength to strength, so we've put together a list of the best VR games you can play on PC right now. It's by no means a complete list, as there are now more great VR games than you'll ever have time to play, but if you've just bought yourself a virtual reality headset such as the Oculus Rift, HTC Vive Cosmos or Valve Index, then these are the VR games you should play first.

We've concentrated on VR games that run on multiple platforms when compiling this list, though you will find a handful of Oculus exclusives among our top picks. We've also concentrating on looking at official releases rather than user-made hacks, as well as experiences that have been designed at least in part with VR in mind. That means no games that are mostly about staring or watching than actually playing. Don't forget, you can also play all the VR games below on an Oculus Quest as well, thanks to Oculus Link. Just follow our How to play Half-Life: Alyx on Oculus Quest guide to get started.

Best VR games

Virtual reality is an increasingly mature medium, which means the best VR games cover enough genres to appeal to most different kinds of players. Our picks of the very best are below, but if you think there's a great VR game we've missed then tell us why you love what you love in the comments below. You can also find out more about what we think of the best VR headsets for PC , or if you've got lost and don't want a VR game at all, check out our non-VR picks of the best PC games you can play right now.

Half-Life: Alyx

Pistol whip, no man's sky, i expect you to die, tetris effect, job simulator, serious sam vr: the last hope, american truck simulator, fantastic contraption, house of the dying sun, rez infinite, superhot vr.

Half-Life: Alyx is Valve's first Half-Life game in 13 years, and their first FPS in eight, but they've lost none of the craft that first made them famous. HL:A takes everything that made previous games in the series great and makes them work in VR, from headcrabs pouncing at your face to Antlions bursting when you shoot their glowing sacs.

There's a lot that's new here, too. Set five years before the events of Half-Life 2, you take control of former sidekick Alyx. She speaks - the series' first talking protagonist - and the dialogue is funny throughout. Alyx also has gravity gloves rather than a gravity gun, to help you in pawing your way through the newly dense environments. You have to manually load bullets into your weapons, all of which can now be upgraded, and combat is newly tense as a result. Particularly during the frequent horror sections, which are among the scariest experiences you can have in VR and pitch perfect in avoiding frustration.

If you're looking for a large scale FPS game in VR, Half-Life: Alyx is the game for you. Valve can operate at a scale and level of polish that other studios simply can't afford to match. Hopefully it won't be another 13 years before they try again.

Imagine Guitar Hero - or Beat Saber, elsewhere on this list - but you're shooting at men in time to the music instead of tapping or slicing blocks. That's Pistol Whip, and it's glorious.

Each level has you sliding down a straight tunnel as silhouetted figures appear and take aim. You have to duck and dodge their bullets, and shoot or punch them first. Some enemies wear armour and require multiple hits to go down, but otherwise there's not much more to it than that. It's easy enough, with generous aim assist, that you can breeze through most of its levels on your first couple of tries.

The real magic happens when you start trying to increase your score by timing your shots and reloads in time to the music, turning combat into a dance. It's propulsive like Hotline Miami. It's aesthetically complete like Superhot - the movie posters representing each stage are a particular highlight. And it's a surprisingly good way to workout and de-stress.

Rhythm games turn out to be well suited to VR, and Beat Saber is their perfect expression. The game's basic structure is the same as any you might have played with a plastic guitar, as blocks swoosh towards you in columns and you must pop them in time with the music. The difference is that you don't hit them with button presses, but by slicing them with one of the glowing sabers you wield in each hand. Red blocks must be hit with the red saber, blue with the blue, and each block must be slashed in the direction indicated on their front.

The slow mastery of upbeat songs is more satisfying than ever when it involves turning you into the midway point between a dancer and a sword fighter. This alone would be enough to recommend the game, but the package around it is exemplary. Every song has easy, medium, hard and expert modes; there's a practice mode that lets you slow down songs so you can practice them; and there's a growing catalogue of user-created custom songs to import and official song packs to buy. Beat Saber operates smoothly within every limitation of VR, and makes use of its every benefit.

The galaxy-exploring survival-crafting-creative game has been gradually improving via free updates for a few years, and a recent update brought VR support with it. It's instantly one of the best full game experiences available in virtual reality.

That's in part because of the nature of the game itself. No Man's Sky is about flying between colourful planets, exploring their surfaces, and gawping at strange flora and fauna. All of these experiences are enhanced when done in VR. Hello Games have also put lots of effort into making sure the game's controls work in VR - swinging your arms to move is a good fit, and grabbing and hoisting on parts of your spacecraft is a delight.

It's also atmospheric enough that it's worth trying out even if you have no desire to build a spacebase or fight for survival. Simply land on a space station, sit at the end of the runway, and watch the NPC spaceships come and go.

Virtual reality has offered a boon to adventure-style puzzle games, as it turns out tinkering with an environment is infinitely more interesting when you're doing it with your own hands rather than a set of verb buttons.

I Expect You To Die is one of the best: a spy movie spoof in which you're dropped into various familiar scenarios and must Bond your way out of them. You'll be dodging lasers and hot-wiring gadget-stuffed cars one moment, and neutralizing deadly neurotoxins the next.

As the name may suggest, you should expect to die a lot. Many of the levels drop you into a scenario where death is either imminent or a few missteps away. The levels are short however, once you know what you're doing, so repeating a handful of steps to recover your progress is rarely a bother. This is a game about making discoveries and thinking your way out of problems, not about the challenge of actually enacting solutions.

There are a lot of VR games hoping to recreate the breakout success of Wii Sports, but that game was dependent on hot seat multiplayer that's harder to recreate with a sweat-stained headset. Racket: Nx works by comparison because it's a sport designed from the ground up with VR in mind.

You stand in the middle of a hex-covered dome, racket in hand. Fizzing targets appear in waves via those hexes, and you must hit a ball into them to destroy them. There's a time limit, there are power-ups that extend your time and mines that deplete it. Most importantly, there is a button to attract the ball back towards your racket, so you can line up your next perfect shot.

The results capture the satisfaction of hitting a ball with a racket, and much of the challenge of doing so accurately, but in a way that's much better suited to virtual reality than rallying over a net with a partner.

You'd be forgiven for being surprised that a Tetris game is the best anything in 2020, let alone a virtual reality game. At least until you hear that Tetris Effect's development involved Tetsuya Mizuguchi, the designer of Rez Infinite, found elsewhere on this list.

Tetris Effect is at its core still Tetris: tetrominos fall from the top and must be positioned in order to complete and clear lines. But around that it wraps stunning presentation, placing your playing field in the midst of starfields, underwater explorations, and dozens of other light shows. Each one reacts to the music and to your play, and builds until players reach the 'Zone', a phase of the game during which you're able to place multiple blocks at once.

The phrase "Tetris effect" refers to the way the game seeps into your consciousness until you begin to see its shapes and patterns in your thoughts, dreams and daily life. The game seems to take this as permission, turning a simple and still-wonderful puzzle game into something which aims to entrance, delight and fill you with awe. It succeeds.

The Climb is one of the most effective meeting points between high concept experience and substantial game that we've tried to date. It's a rock-climbing simulator, set in a small series of suitably fantastic-looking backdrops (thank you kindly, Cryengine), and that immediately saves it from the sick-making movement issues that can plague so many other games which shoot for a first-person experience. All the movement comes from the arms and shoulders here, and in short sharp bursts rather than sustained running.

The brilliance of The Climb is that it feels so physical, even without Touch controllers (though more so with them). When your character lunges up and out for a far-off grip, you shunt your torso with them. This is a standing still game, but the Rift's motion sensor keeps tabs on where your head is - and if it's not close enough to that grip, you're going to miss, and might well fall.

Oddly and mercifully, the vertigo is not as acute as the shots and concept might suggest, so this isn't a game to be afraid of - but it will give you a surprising work-out.

Minecraft, the building/fighting game your damn kid/niece/nephew/neighbour spends every second of their time watching jolly videos about. It's an immediately easy pitch for VR: an infinite world, relatively sedate movement and combat, and the ability to be awed all over again by your own towering creations.

Minecraft's landscapes look fantastic in VR, too. A blockworld with all those clear, cuboid edges, somehow seems so much more tangible than the photoreality others shoot for. It's worth just booting up for the sake of looking at some scenery.

It's slightly more problematic to control, unfortunately. The official Minecraft VR doesn't support motion controllers, meaning you'll either be controlling the game via a cursor tied to your headset or via a regular gamepad. Thankfully there are unofficial mods such as Vivecraft , which offers a greater range of features and hardware support, including for motion controllers. It requires the original Java version of Minecraft to use and the official Minecraft VR is probably easier if you just want a brief visit to blockland.

Job Simulator is funny, but more importantly it understands that the nature of wearing a plastic box on your head and waving plastic sticks around is a) to be encumbered and b) to recreate only coarse approximations of reality.

And so it is that, primarily, you knock things over, set things on fire and generally break things via designed cack-handedness, in a boxy, joky alt-future where robots rule the world and are bemusedly recreating long-forgotten human jobs such as fry-chef, bored clerk and car mechanic for their own entertainment. It's a giggle, for about two hours, and then you've seen it all. But, first time around, it's irresistible.

Serious Sam VR is a total riot, and if you want a first-person gun for VR, this is king of the hill. It's not just a collection of mini-games, like so many VR shooters.

It's a giant-scale throwback to lightgun arcade games, but thanks to the VR controllers it goes one step further and essentially becomes a finger guns game, in which you mow down vast and endless hordes of ridiculous and ridiculously gigantic monsterfolk. In terms of defining the future of the medium, no, not at all; in terms of having a damned good time for quite some time with your headset, yes, absolutely.

The best game you've (probably) never played is a surprisingly good fit for VR, given how intricate it can be - flying in the face of apparent current wisdom that VR games have to be as simple as possible.

American Truck Simulator is exactly as it sounds, but it's up to you whether that entails precision driving and tuning or just a jolly lovely road trip across a shrunken but still impressive California, Arizona and Nevada (more to come) while blasting a radio station of your choice. In VR, you get a driver's seat view and the ability to look around freely, which is a godsend at busy junctions.

The steady movement and vehicular nature of ATS also saves it from the physical dissonance/ motion sickness problems which dog anything that tries to replicate leg-based movement - this is one of the longer-haul VR prospects around. Headset + wheel + thermos full of coffee is a beautiful way to spend an evening.

Fantastic Contraption is VR at its most toylike, a corncupia of assembling, stretching, rotating and reshaping minute parts as you invent bizarre DIY vehicles to navigate across physics-puzzle levels.

VR is famous for making us look like plonkers as we swipe and bat at imaginary things, but in FC's case, you'll look even worse - hunched over, poking, prodding and pulling with the tiniest of action, as if autopsying an invisible bee.

It's that sense of actually making and changing things which makes this so very memorable - and then the charm of pressing a button and seeing the whole machine attached to it move, hopefully, in more or less the right direction. But that sense of tactility, of fiddling with buttons and levers, extends even to the various menus. Push/pull/press/stretch/attach/dismantle! This is like going back to our first, wonder-filled visits to a science museum.

Holopoint is virtual reality archery, which in a sense endorses the sense that VR is the newest evolution of the Wii. It's the manual, physical action that really sings here - drawing back, taking aim and letting go, a real sense of bodily involvement in a way that waggling a motion controller to simulate a gun is not.

The structure is that of a wave shooter, with you desperately nocking up new arrows as assorted holographic shapes appear around you - but where many physicsy games want to giggle about how clumsy you are with a couple of plastic sticks in your hand, this one is about feeling like a bow-god. You'll pop a target, duck under an incoming blast, swivel while grabbing another arrow from your back, and unleash another shot all in a single movement. It's yer Hawkeye simulator, basically.

If any game is going to make you nauseous in virtual reality, it'll be ADR1FT. That's a great pity as its Gravity-aping float through a collapsing space station shtick is striking.

As the lone survivor of a space station catastrophe, you have to fix your suit and try to survive among the debris. It's gone to great lengths to make its distressed near-future environments detailed and impressive, and it's well worth seeing to put paid to any sentiment that VR can only do basic graphics. But yes, do take it easy. Not everyone gets sick while playing the game, but the mixture of your constant floating movement and its choice of controls makes a lot of people queasy.

If it's spaceship dogfighting you want, House Of The Dying Sun is our pick. It's an accessible yet highly tactical game, focused on combat first and foremost, and it's entirely welcoming to elaborate setups including VR and HOTAS. While not as visually breathtaking in VR as Elite Dangerous is, it's nonetheless an impressively natural fit, plus you get to jump straight into action rather than coast about for hours looking for trouble and/or mining opportunities. The atmosphere's great, the action taut.

The menus are particularly lovely in VR too - vast starfields pulsing in the background, and this neat gimmick of switching between a sort of tactical map and straight into the cockpit of your choice - or jumping over to a different one in your squad. That's much better than squinting at the small text of Elite's heads-up display.

So many VR games have hamstrung controls - full analogue character movement rendered undesirable in many games due to as-yet unresolved motion sickness issues - but few seek to make a virtue of it. Although Lone Echo's selling point is that it's a sizeable, story-led game set during a space station disaster, what makes it work so well is how it makes cumbersome control part of the fantasy.

In low gravity, you can't simply amble around - you need to grab handholds and push yourself bodily. Though, seeing as you are an advanced android known as JACK, you also get wrist-mounted mini-thrusters which allow brief movement when you're too far from a grip. Thus, Lone Echo's key challenge is navigation itself - using ledges and edges and LCD screens and even colleague's shoulders to haul yourself around the space station. And, later on, to haul yourself around the exterior of the station without tumbling into the abyss. This can be hard work at times, but it is absolute fealty to an idea.

On top of that, it's very well performed, with some strikingly realistic (by VR standards) face modelling that encourages forming a human connection with your fleshy companions. Impressive stuff.

Onward is Counter-Strike for VR, where each round one team attempts to arm an objective while the other defends it. It avoids the cartoony look that most VR games go for, and instead acts as an example of how the realistic approach can work. That applies to the guns as well, which all need to be loaded manually and have their various firing mechanisms primed in specific ways. It doesn’t attempt to do anything fancy with movement, but it doesn’t need to.

You know that moment in an FPS when you’re standing next to a corner, convinced that someone is just the other side of it? It’s a common dilemma: whether to leap out and hope the element of surprise is on your side, or to sit tight and wait for them to run into your crosshairs. In Onward, there's a third option. Without looking, you could stick your gun around the corner and fire - very possibly knocking your would-be ambusher out of the round. That's the kind of stuff that lifelong gaming memories are made of.

There are good reasons for most non-VR games to avoid the leap to virtual reality. Full 3D control is tricky to achieve without causing a mass evacuation of players' lunches, and usually it either requires an almighty GPU or significant technical reworking to make a modern game run well in VR.

Step forward Rez Infinite, the cult-classic PlayStation musical shooter whose combination of a semi-fixed camera and beautiful, abstract, non-photoreal graphics put it in a rare sweet spot. You sit down with a gamepad and allow yourself to be overcome by the sight and sound of it all, a genteel sensory overload - always effective from a beat point of view, but wraparound visuals augment that wonderfully.

And all that's before you try out the new 'Area X' mode, which bumps the look from vaguely Tron-ish neon grids to positively celestial starfields. At its best, VR involves a visit to another, impossible place - and Rez Infinite is exactly that. A must-have.

Superhot VR is the virtual reality game that most says 'you are in an action movie.' You really, really are - uppercutting and bottle-throwing and weapon-grabbing and weapon-discarding and weapon-firing and oh so John Woo it hurts.

This is a game of sudden, precise and thrilling arm movements, where every action makes you feel supercool. This all works because of SUPERHOT's take on slow-motion: the entire game moves at a glacial speed unless you're moving (or throwing or punching or shooting), in which case it goes real-time. This means that every breath you take, every move you make, every bone you break, every step you take is thought-through in advance - which invariably means it's successful.

Those playground games we played, when every punch KO'd and every shot killed imaginary baddies? This is that. And there is no shortage of challenge - though every shot might hit, taking people out in the right order and making sure you evade their attacks too is another matter entirely.

Note that though Superhot is also available for your desktop computer, Superhot VR is not a mere port, but a whole new game made specifically for virtual reality. The care and attention pays dividends. SUPERHOT is about as good as VR gets.

Road Trip FRVR - Connect a way 4+

Find a path in this car puzzle, designed for ipad.

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It's a beautiful day! Climb in your car and get ready for a pleasant drive through the countryside. Road Trip offers a fun and relaxing way to unwind while exercising a bit of brainpower. The road is free of obstructions when you begin, but as you pass through the levels, the scenery and seasons change. The road needs to be connected before you can continue! Navigating through the forests, mountains, and suburban areas may be a bit of a puzzle, but swapping the right tiles will allow you to keep motoring along. Be sure to pick up the roadmaps you find along the way! They'll help you move forward with confidence and allow you to enjoy the scenery. There are also bonus gold coins for the taking if you make all the right moves. The original soundtrack keeps you in the perfect state of relaxed alertness as you travel along. Have a pleasant journey! Features: - Original soundtrack - Relaxing play - Bonus options - Endless hours of fun - Pleasant graphics

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VRChat has become one of the most popular VR games of all time in a very short time period, Sure, VR has only been marketable for a short while, but nevertheless, VRChat has solidified itself as one of those games everybody with access to virtual reality needs to play.

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One of the best parts of the game is the amount of customization potential. Sure, one can change their avatar and roleplay as any number of popular and original characters, but perhaps the most impressive aspect of the game is the custom VRChat worlds coming out of the game's map-making community.

Updated August 6, 2023 by Erik Petrovich : Some of the best VRChat worlds don't look particularly pretty like some of the game's most famous maps, but they offer something different. These best VRChat maps have some kind of interactive, cooperative element that gives players something to do aside from socializing. Putt Putt Quest and Kitchen Cooks! are two such VRChat worlds that give players an actual game to play, but in the end, the best VRChat worlds are the ones that people are actually playing on – there's not much point in trying a cooperative or competitive game within VRChat if you don't have an opponent, after all, so be sure to bring some friends along to experience how far the humble VRChat can be pushed.

16 Any World With Lots Of Players

The most important thing about selecting a world in VRChat is how many players are active on worlds one is interested in joining. An interesting world, perhaps one with minigames or a unique game mode, is made less interesting when there are only a few players online.

Be sure to keep a few maps in mind when browsing the listings and join those with high player counts to have the best experience in-game possible. VRChat is perfectly enjoyable without being too social, but chatting with others is ultimately baked into the name – it's an experience made all the better when shared with others, even if they're complete strangers.

15 Putt Putt Quest

Putt Putt Quest is one of the best VRChat worlds because it's not just a non-interactive, unexplorable world: it's a full-fledged mini-golf course. Created by Ostinyo , Putt Putt Quest is themed after classic Medieval-style Putt Putt Golf courses, complete with windmills, castle ramparts, and other fantasy staples across its 18-hole course.

The Putt Putt Quest world is available on PC VR sets and Meta Quest systems, but it's sadly not playable on PSVR (in fact, VRChat as a whole is not available on PlayStation consoles).

14 Kitchen Cooks!

Like Putt Putt Quest, Kitchen Cooks! is a world that gives players a goal, something to do aside from walk around and chat with other players. Created by Jar , Kitchen Cooks! players are tasked with completing orders as fast as they can to manage the rush of customers at the door.

It receives regular updates, and a few recent ones amped up the number of orders and recipes that players might be asked to make. Kitchen Cooks! is made for co-op, so bring along a friend and try to survive the mayhem of a fast-paced restaurant as a team.

13 Firelink Shrine

The Firelink Shrine world is a surprisingly faithful recreation of the iconic location from Dark Souls that serves as the anchor location for the player's adventure. It's a much larger map than many of the worlds available in VRChat and contains a variety of hidden secrets for fans of the franchise.

For instance, by falling to the bottom of the world behind the ruined area where an elevator would normally be, players are greeted with an all-black room with the red text "YOU DIED" emblazoned in the air. By resetting their starting position, they can get back to the bonfire location – just like in Dark Souls , death isn't a permanent thing in VRChat .

12 Sky Camp

Sky Camp is a smaller map with a few different areas available to explore in its vibrant, cartoony world. The main appeal of this map, though, is the potential for meeting new people. The comfortably lit main campfire area is a great place to get to know the real people behind the wacky avatars.

It's much more stylized than most VRChat worlds, which tend to go for realism over aesthetic . The world tends to have a low allowance for players, though, so even though it's one of the best VRChat worlds for chatting, there's usually a low max player limit.

11 Midnight Rooftop

The Midnight Rooftop map is a complete 180 from Sky Camp, in that it's a realistic depiction of a top-floor apartment at night. It's a gorgeously designed map with small details placed everywhere and includes a distant view on the city below to really add to its urban feel.

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Midnight Rooftop, like many maps in VRChat , is designed for being social with other players. There are several sitting areas for talking as well as mini-games to play together beset in its dimly lit setting. It is a small-ish map, though, so consider bringing in people you already know or joining a server without too much of a crowd.

10 The Great Pug

The Great Pug is one of those VR worlds that everybody has seen . Streamers spend a lot of time there, content creators feature the well-designed location in countless videos, and it's a location ripe for fun RP or just to relax with other people.

The Great Pug is a classic pub with a bar, drinks, tables, food, and lots of things to interact with. In VR, it's even a place to show off your juggling skills – just be careful not to mess up anybody's drinks, if you're roleplaying as a bartender.

9 Zombie Tag Worlds

Zombie Tag in VRChat works much as it does in real life. One person starts out "it", they tag someone, then they too become "it". The game continues until everybody has succumbed to the plague of being "it".

In VRChat this game is brought to a whole new level with lots of custom maps for players to get Zombie Tag games going. Just search for the game mode and look for a server with lots of people to play one of the best VRChat games.

8 Freeze Tag Worlds

Freeze Tag and Zombie Tag are birds of a feather. Where Zombie tag is about converting everybody into a tagger, Freeze Tag is all about stopping people from moving until nobody can move or rescue each other from being "frozen".

Much like with Zombie Tag, look for Freeze Tag worlds by searching for the game mode on the Worlds tab. Make sure to pick a world with a high population so you have someone to play with!

7 Big Al's Avatar Corridors

Big Al's Avatar Corridors is not necessarily a map that you visit to relax or play a game or anything like that. Instead, it's more like a museum of costumes where you get to try on and bring home the display.

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Big Al's Avatar Corridors is absolutely stuffed with custom player models that the player can view, try on, and even download. They're all fully rigged, too, so they won't look too weird when you talk to other people. It's not one of the most social VR Chat worlds , but it's great for finding a new look.

6 Deathrun Worlds

Deathrunning is a game mode that goes way back to the beginning of Garry's Mod and the source engine. Essentially, one player (Death) sets off traps on a path that the other players must traverse to get to the end. If a player gets hit with a trap, they lose and don't get an opportunity to beat Death.

It works the exact same way in VRChat , and it's one of the most fun VRChat worlds available period. There's a huge variety of maps with more being made every week, and they're getting crazier and crazier as time goes on .

5 Japan Shrine

The Japan Shrine is a lovely meditative place to be in the virtual world. It's a spring setting with Cherry Blossom trees gently swaying in the wind and a pale blue sky above, and the Shrine is home to many traditional rooms and relaxing areas to be in all inspired by Japanese architecture and traditional homes.

The original Japan Shrine was unfortunately taken down by its creator soon after its release, but other imitations have cropped up that do a good job of rendering the same scene.

4 The Black Cat

The Black Cat is an Oculus Quest-only world that functions as an event space in the virtual world. It has two performance stages, two bars, a restaurant, multiple private areas, and even separate bathrooms with mirrors.

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It's one of the most popular VRchat game worlds that one might recognize after watching countless YouTube videos that take place in the establishment. Many streamers and content creators use The Black Cat as a "home base" and a place to interact with their fans due to its homely aesthetics.

3 The Devouring

The Devouring is one of the most unique VRChat worlds because it's not a hangout space or a game space at all. Instead, The Devouring brings the horror genre to VRChat and even works as a co-op adventure.

The Devouring starts after a road trip gone wrong, and up to four players can traverse the nearly 6-hour-long campaign. It's been rightfully compared to indie horror games from recent years and is perhaps the most well-known horror world in VRChat .

2 Where Spheres Touch

Where Spheres Touch is not a map for the faint of heart or the faint of mind . It's a psychedelic journey through consciousness depicted in virtual reality, and it's absolutely massive. One could spend hours here getting sucked into the eye candy and intricate designs of this trippy world.

Funnily enough, the original world was so popular that the creator released a sequel, Where Spheres Touch II, that expands the world and changes much about the psychedelia witnessed therein.

1 Sled Hill

Sled Hill is an absolutely hilariously fun time in VRChat for one reason: it's the number one thing that causes people to fall over in VRChat . Normally, the camera and controls are very user-friendly, but riding a Sled is a different story.

There was originally only one Sled Hill map, but just searching for the "sled" tag on the Worlds tab should bring up a variety of worlds where you can sled down huge hills, even when it's not cold outside!

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The best VR games you can play right now

These are the best VR games to immerse yourself in a new world

The best VR games teleport us into our favourite fantasy realms, cityscapes and dystopias. They drop us into gorgeous digital landscapes - safe in the knowledge that despite the pain derived from kicking over the living room table, getting shot or beaten up in these worlds is make-believe. With a multitude of virtual reality hardware to choose from in 2022, and an equally impressive array of games to play on it, we’re now in a fresh golden age of VR gaming, which is why we’ve constructed this list of the best VR games available today. 

From Half-Life to Tetris via Star Wars and beyond, here are the best VR games to wrap your eyes, and sensory-stimulating headsets, around right now. 

Best VR games: Half-Life: Alyx 

Available on: PC VR

Right off the bat, we need to bring up arguably the best VR experience available today: Half-Life: Alyx. Released in March 2020, the VR-exclusive Half-Life: Alyx takes place five years before the events of Half-Life 2 and - as the title suggests - puts you in the well-worn boots of Alyx Vance. Being an established character of her own, this is also the first time we've heard the main character of a Half-Life universe game speak since Half-Life: Decay, and Half-Life: Alyx takes full advantage of it with plenty of humorous and memorable exchanges.

Beyond the script, Alyx might be the most high-profile triple-A game to be released exclusively on VR platforms, and playing it is proof that having that singular development focus pays off. With smart mechanic innovations and an immaculately detailed world to interact with, Half-Life: Alyx is a more-than-worthy follow-up to Half-Life 2, even if it's not exactly the Half-Life 3 we're all still waiting for.

Star Wars: Squadrons

Star Wars: Squadrons isn't a dedicated virtual reality game, but it still plays like one. The basic appeal of loading into the cockpit of one of your favorite starfighters and heading into battle is magnified a dozen times when it feels like you're really there , and thankfully the basic design of the game backs it all up. Star Wars: Squadrons loads up as much detail as possible into the actual instrumentation of your dashboard rather than relying on immersion-breaking UI, and the game's entire interface can be comfortably navigated from the standard seated position.

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Depending on your particular comfort level for pulling off death-defying barrel rolls and near misses (and boring concerns like pixel count making it harder to pick out distant targets), you may not be quite as competitive in multiplayer as you are in the campaign. Everything is playable in VR, though, so you're still welcome to give it a try.

Phantom: Covert Ops

Available on: Oculus Quest, Oculus Rift

Remember how Metal Gear Solid starts out with Snake infiltrating Shadow Moses Island in a personal submarine? What if it was a kayak instead, and Snake never got out of it? That's basically Phantom: Covert Ops, a stealth action game where you row through a paramilitary compound with a silenced pistol in one hand and a paddle in the other. Well, you'll probably keep the pistol holstered most of the time so you can paddle better, but you get what I mean.

It sounds silly, but once you get past a few logic leaps required to make the whole premise work, you'll quickly be gripped by Phantom's tense and immersive campaign. You're just one operative surrounded by hostile forces, so you'll need to keep your situational awareness just as sharp as your aim to complete your objectives. In true Metal Gear style you're rewarded for walking the pacifist path, but certain nefarious High-Value Targets do let you give your weapons a relatively guilt-free workout.

Pixel Ripped 1995

Available on: PC VR, PS4, Oculus Rift, Oculus Quest

Pixel Ripped 1995 is all about playing old video games. While many modern retro-styled games recreate the simpler graphics and challenging mechanics of older generations, this one recreates the whole experience of being a kid who loves games in 1995. Sitting on the floor in your PJs, popping in the cartridge for your favorite game, continuing to play even while neighbor kids holler at you from outside and your mom frets about you wasting all of your time on that dang Nintendo - it's all here.

You don't spend all your time with your hands in front of your face like you're holding a controller, though - you also get to spend some time in the game worlds themselves, or a fusion of the two, playing as both a game-loving kiddo and the intrepid action hero Dot. With its retro appeal and comfort-friendly stationary play, Pixel Ripped 1995 is a great way to show VR off to fans of more traditional gaming.

Star Wars: Tales from the Galaxy's Edge

Available on: Oculus Quest

Don't let the fact that it's a theme park tie-in fool you: Star Wars: Tales from the Galaxy's Edge is an immersive and action packed open-world game that's worth playing even if you don't know Black Spire Outpost from a hole in the ground. In fact, it's the closest thing to Star Wars Skyrim out there (that isn't a mod, I mean) - and the only way to play it is in virtual reality. Actually, the only way to play right now is specifically through Oculus Quest, though there's a decent chance Tales from the Galaxy's Edge will follow the path of Vader Immortal and eventually be released for other platforms.

The only big complaint about Tales is that it leaves you wanting a lot more. Despite using many of the trappings of sprawling first-person RPGs, it has relatively few maps and limited progression compared to its bigger cousins. Still, what's there right now is easily worth your time, and hopefully more is on the way in the future.

Tetris Effect

Available on: PS4, PC VR

Tetris Effect is such a holistic experience of mind, body and soul that should be one of the first games you run to once you pick up a VR headset. Those who think that this is just another slightly modified iteration of Tetris will realize they are sorely mistaken when their goggles are steaming up with tears. As well as a robust number of typical Tetris game modes, the star of the show is Journey Mode, a campaign that explores various elements of human history, tied together through song and (sometimes) verse.

Every twist of the tetromino is a musical note, with each line clear being an endorphin burst. You are the instrument in Tetris Effect, and it’s one of those games that really benefits from the enclosed nature of VR. Turn the lights down, stick some good headphones on, and clear lines like it’s nobody's business. You won’t regret it!

Superhot VR

Available on: PS4, Oculus Rift, Oculus Quest, PC VR

Given that Superhot is one of the most revolutionary indie smash hits in recent memory, it makes sense that when the action teleports into VR, the experience is only heightened. Superhot VR doesn’t take the easy route of porting the same story and missions into the virtual realm, it actually molds an engaging new tale whilst keeping the same genius gimmick the PC game is known for.

In Superhot, time moves when you do, which is perfect if you want to feel like Neo or Max Payne, ducking and weaving bullets like a boxer. A surprisingly effective exercise session as well as a video game, Superhot VR is frantic, demanding, and most importantly great fun as you thrash around in your living room, take careful shots at your enemies and punching and disarming from all angles when you’re surrounded. 

Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes

Available on: PSVR, Oculus Rift, Oculus Quest, PC VR

Working to disarm a bomb while receiving panicked instructions from your friends is even more intense in VR. For the uninitiated, Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes in PSVR tasks the headset-wearer with diffusing a ticking time bomb at the direction of other players reading off complex instructions from a separate screen.

It's available on non-VR platforms, but in VR the person disarming the bomb is the only one who can see the bomb, making the situation more unpredictable for the other players. Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes on PSVR is hectic, challenging, and ultimately one of the best party games you can play in VR and otherwise. 

Blood and Truth

Available on: PSVR

Now regarded as one of Sony ’s flagship PSVR titles, Blood and Truth started as a spinoff from the demo disc caper The London Heist and quickly developed into its own game, with a celebrity ensemble of voice actors and some tactics that feel much more nuanced than your typical VR shooting gallery.

You’ll explore spooky museums, high-rise flats and mob-controlled casinos as you work to win back your honour in this crime family tragedy (which also has plenty of love for the city of London). This is all complemented by the incredible soundtrack, a careful mix of soaring orchestral sounds with the exquisite grittiness of grime producer Zdot. Boy Better Know’s very own JME even makes an appearance to score the chaos with his bars.

Resident Evil 7

Capcom reinvented Resident Evil in several ways with Resident Evil 7. Not only did it present the game in first-person for the first time ever, it also lets players see it all in terrifying virtual reality. As arguably the first killer app for VR, the game still holds up today, years since launch, because no genre is better suited for VR than horror, and among recent horror games, few are as spine-tinglingly spooky as Resident Evil 7.

The setting feels different from other games in the series too, capturing more of a backwoods Texas Chainsaw aesthetic. Even if you're a Resident Evil alum, there's little hope that you can shed the scares so simply in Resident Evil 7 because there's little familiarity to be had in the eerie Baker home. When the many scares are happening right in front of your face, they're all the more terrifying.

The Walking Dead: Saints and Sinners

Available on: Oculus Rift, Oculus Quest, PSVR, PC VR

Before it arrived, few seemed to expect Saints and Sinners to be any good. As a Walking Dead spinoff in the world of VR, it was comprised of two things people are often skeptical about. But all that skepticism was proven wrong when the game launched and became a hit. So here it is, on our best VR games list. 

The combat is gritty and unnerving, capturing the claustrophobic scenes we've seen so often on the TV series, in the comics, and in other games. In a way, it's almost a fitting zombie apocalypse simulator. Luckily, getting bit in Saints and Sinners isn't as fatal as it would be if Robert Kirkman's hordes ever actually started ambulating, but thanks to VR, it truly feels just as genuine - and genuinely scary.

Astro Bot: Rescue Mission

Available on : PSVR

Another PSVR exclusive that is reason alone to buy a headset, Astro Bot: Rescue Mission is an adorable Ape Escape-adjacent platformer from Sony’s Japan Studio that will delight anybody with an imagination, regardless of age. Doing away with the (admittedly ancient and unreliable) Move controllers, Rescue Mission is perhaps the most holistic use of the DualShock 4 since the controller’s launch.

Astro essentially lives inside the touch bar, and after swiping to get him out at the start of each mission, you must unlock and gesture to utilize his special abilities so solve puzzles and save his lost robot friends, with the player acting as a VR overseer in this vibrant world, which takes little Astro from underwater depths to mystic mountaintops and even haunted houses. It’s the best VR platformer you can buy and has tons of replayability, especially if you plan to save every single bot (and who wouldn’t - they’re viciously cute).

Available on:  PSVR, Oculus Quest, Oculus Rift, PC VR

You’ve most likely heard of Beat Saber, but just because it’s incredibly popular doesn’t mean that it isn’t still a total system seller. A very basic concept executed with care, Beat Saber is a rhythm game where you slash your way through tracks with two wrist-mounted lightsabers. Since becoming incredibly popular we’ve seen track packs from artists such as Virtual Self, Panic at the Disco!, and even virtual band K/DA from Riot’s League of Legends.

If you’re playing on PC, there’s also an incredible modding community behind the game, with custom tracks and dual-blade lightsabers amongst other fascinating spins on the formula. Beat Saber manages to elevate songs you think you know into vibration-led sensory experiences that will make you appreciate them even further, which makes it one of the best VR games by a mile. 

No Man's Sky Beyond

Available on: PSVR, PC VR

No Man’s Sky’s fumbled launch was a controversial learning moment for developer Hello Games, who then admirably worked to fix the game over the ensuing years, which has blossomed the original concept into something particularly beautiful and addicting. The Beyond update brought uncompromising VR to the game, another delight for invested fans.

Aside from the stunning feeling of boosting to warp speed out of a planet’s orbit, you can go about your business with the added benefit of a head-mounted display. The game is a masterclass in making you feel insignificant, in that same beautiful way as when you look up at the stars in real life. Whilst the controls take a little getting used to, you’d be hard-pressed to find a more replayable game in VR, especially given the scale and scope of the procedural universe.

Skyrim VR 

Available on:  PSVR, PC VR

Bethesda’s flagship VR title does exactly what it says on the tin. It’s Skyrim, fully ported to VR with no questions asked. You can’t get much better than that in terms of bang for your buck, so we had to put it on the best VR games list. Sure, it’s about as janky as Skyrim itself, but really, the chaos of a Bethesda RPG is often half the fun, right?

Wallop mudcrabs with your fists and feel the force feedback like you’ve always wanted to. Shout Fus Ro Dah at a walrus in real life and in-game. The possibilities are endless, honestly and the tundra-laden world is what you make of it. Just make sure you don’t get lost in there on your Dragonborn quest to Valhalla.

Make sure you also check out our guide to the best PSVR Games to play on your PlayStation virtual reality headset right now

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The road to success

Schedule in a pre-trip check

Pack a bag for your vehicle

Wipe it all away

If you remember one thing (apart from your tent or camper van, that is), make it biodegradable wipes. We’re talking all the wipes. Wipes for skin, wipes for hair, wipes for cleaning down cooking areas, wipes for sticky ice cream hands... you get the idea. Taking extra anti-bacterial cleaning wipes for surfaces, including the steering wheel and door handles, is also a great shout.

Have a playlist party

Get some old kit

Picnic tables and firepits aren’t really the place for fine porcelain or anything you don't want to get grubby. If you don’t have a cooking and eating kit reserved for the road, get some old and battered bits. If you’re renting a vehicle, pick up cheap and cheerful bits from thrift stores (if you can) then donate them back (washed) afterward.

Be a softie

Go with the glow

Take a stash of coins

Be an entertainer

Pack multi-function gear

Sometimes it’s fine to live in a bubble. This nifty trick will certainly help make your RV cozier on chilly nights. All you need is bubble wrap, cut to the size of your windows, and a water spritzer. Spray the window and press on the squares for an extra layer of insulation that should stick, yet is easy to peel off. 

Try before you go

Think small

Don’t skimp on pillows

Expect the worst

Join the gazebo gang

Buy a pop-up gazebo – it’ll be your best friend, we promise. You can cook, eat, and simply sit under it in the rain or strong sunshine, and it creates extra space outside your tent or RV for you and any traveling companions.

Cook in pots and packages

Spice things up

Invest in a rail

Take your own trash can

Keep your plugs in place

Citronella is your new signature scent

This grassy, slightly citrusy essential oil is known as a natural insect repellent, which is exactly what’s needed when camping by water or in wooded areas. Take a couple of large candles, a spray or even an oil-burning lantern to help keep mosquitoes and midges at bay.

Hang it all

You might think you’ve used up all of your RV’s storage space but what about the walls? Hanging up kitchen items, essential kit, and bits and bobs will free up room and make things easier to find. Strong magnetic strips are useful in the kitchen while shoe organizers or pouches can be used for pretty much anything from toiletries in the shower to tea lights.

Have a rough plan

Get back to basics

Facilities are all well and good but everyone else will be flocking to the campsite that has electric hook-ups and hot showers. Picking somewhere a little more basic will often mean having lots more space, peace and quiet – which everyone could always use a little more of. 

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CHICAGO -- The Pacers followed one of their finest offensive performances of the season with one of their worst on Wednesday night, ending their five-game road trip with a 125-99 loss to the Bulls.

It was an unfortunately predictable backslide for the Pacers who have struggled all season to turn impressive wins into sustained momentum. They have had just one winning streak longer than three games all season -- a six-game stretch from Dec. 26 through Jan. 3 -- and they haven't even strung three together since the Feb. 14-Feb. 25 stretch that jumped over the All-Star break.

It was the first time all season the Pacers, with the highest-scoring offense in the NBA, failed to score 100 points but the offense didn't bother Pacers coach Rick Carlisle nearly as much as the overall inconsistency of effort and defensive mistakes against a Bulls team battling to hold on to a spot in the play-in round of the postseason.

"They were playing hard," Pacers coach Rick Carlisle said. "I don't care about 100 points. What matters is our spirit and just learning how you have to compete against these teams that are desperate.”

That being said, the late-season road trip clearly qualifies as a success for a young Pacers team. The Pacers came out of it 3-2 with two impressive wins over the Warriors and Clippers in California. They won Game No. 41 to assure they will finish no worse than .500 and clinched a top-10 finish in the Eastern Conference, which means at the very least a berth in the play-in round.

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Here are five things that mattered during the Pacers' five-game road trip.

They got and held the No. 6 spot in the East

When the Pacers lost to Cleveland on March 18, they fell to 38-31 and tumbled into the No. 7 spot in the Eastern Conference. That of course would mean a spot in the play-in round, something the Pacers would like to avoid after having not reached a seven-game playoff series since the COVID bubble playoffs in 2020.

At the time, the Pacers held just a 1/2 game lead on Miami for seventh place and the ninth-place Bulls were even starting to nip at their heels, sitting just four games back of Indiana. Though finishing in the top eight doesn't guarantee a playoff spot like it used to, it's still important to hold on to because teams in the top eight have to win just one of two play-in games to move to the best-of-seven round. Teams seeded 9th and 10th have to take two win-or-go-home games. If the Pacers had a disastrous road trip, the Bulls could have jumped them and put Indiana's season in real peril.

The Pacers started the trip with a win at Detroit, however, and that combined with a loss by Philadelphia put them back in sixth by the end of March 20. They haven't fallen out of sixth place since and they still hold a one-game lead on seventh-place Miami and a 1 1/2 game lead on eighth-place Philadelphia with the road trip now over. They're also up 5 1/2 games on the Bulls now with just eight games remaining on their schedule and nine left on Chicago's. The Bulls won the season series 3-1 so they have the tiebreaker but Indiana's cushion is a helpful one.

Tyrese Haliburton -- for the most part -- found his shot

Carlisle would very much like the shooting and even the scoring of his All-Star point guard -- who has signed a max contract extension set to take effect in July -- to be less of a point of discussion.

"I'm not worried about Ty's scoring," Carlisle said after Monday's win over the Clippers. "People gotta quit talking about that. The guy's a great point guard. Maybe the best point guard in the world. So the important thing is that he's doing the things that are necessary to help our team win. ... We've got to get off the whole narrative that any of this is about Ty scoring. It's about our team."

On one hand, that's certainly fair because Haliburton's game has a lot more to it than 3-point shots. He still leads the NBA in assists with 11.0 per game and even though he's struggled since the All-Star break, his 9.6 assists per game are the third-highest figure in the league in that stretch. He's still averaging 16.5 points per game since the break, he's made 59.8% of his 2-point field goals, and he actually leads the Pacers with 1.5 steals per game since the break.

But on the other hand, Haliburton attempts 7.7 3-point shots per game, which is 3.0 more than anyone else currently on the roster. The trade of Buddy Hield, who was averaging 6.9 attempts per game and the season-ending shoulder injury suffered by Bennedict Mathurin, who averaged 5.6 per game in seven appearances after the All-Star break, left the Pacers without their other two most willing 3-point shooters. Three-point shooting matters to the Pacers' ability to play uptempo, so it's a significant problem when a team's most frequent 3-point shooter makes just 20 of his first 94 attempts after the All-Star break.

And therefore it's a significant development that during this five-game road trip, Haliburton seemed to have at least broken out of the will-one-ever-go-in stage of his slump. He made just 3 of 11 3-pointers on Wednesday, but that followed a 6 of 9 performance against the Clippers on Monday in which he made five straight to open the game. He was 16 of 37 from 3-point range over the five-game trip, a 43.2% clip that is twice as good as the 21.3% post-All-Star break mark he started the road trip with.

The Pacers took another step with Pascal Siakam

Pascal Siakam's only criticism of his new teammates to this point is that he's not sure they realize what he's truly capable of, and just how frequently he can be counted on to make something happen if they throw him the ball within a few feet of the rim and give him a chance to work.

"It's not just about scoring," Siakam said after the Pacers' loss to the Lakers on Sunday. "I can play-make. I can do a lot of things. I just want us to continue in the natural flow of the game but also understand what I'm able to do out there."

In the first four games of the road trip at least, the Pacers maximized Siakam's contributions at a level beyond what they had all season. He scored 25 points against Detroit, 25 more against Golden State, 36 against the Lakers and 31 against the Clippers. The Bulls walled off the paint and made his life hard as he made just 2 of 7 field goals, but he still got to the line enough to post 14 points to go with eight rebounds and five assists.

During the five-game road trip, Siakam was by far the team's leading scorer with 26.2 points per game as well as is leading rebounder with 9.6 per game. His 3.8 assists per game put him behind only Haliburton and backup point guard T.J. McConnell. He shot 58.0% from the field on a team-high 17.6 field goal attempts per game and he shot 45.5% from 3-point range. Free throw shooting continues to be an issue for him as he made a shaky 64.9% of his attempts there, but he had twice as many attempts as any other Pacers player with 7.4 per game and twice as many makes. There are ways that the Pacers might be able to better maximize Siakam's talents, but at this point he's fully integrated into what they're doing, and getting him the ball has become an obvious priority.

Myles Turner and T.J. McConnell played like leaders

Myles Turner and T.J. McConnell are the only Pacers currently on the roster who were also a part of the last Indiana team to reach the playoffs. Their birthdays, just one day apart, occurred during the road trip and Turner turned 28 the day before McConnell turned 32. After the Pacers' win over the Warriors on Friday night when Turner broke Jermaine O'Neal's franchise career blocks record, it was McConnell who presented him with a plate of cookies and a bottle of whiskey in celebration.

So it's fitting that with the season hitting its home stretch, the Pacers veteran leaders have taken their level of play up a notch. Turner has been more aggressive in looking for opportunities to block shots and knock down 3-pointers and McConnell has relentlessly pushed the pace, attacked the paint, and looked for ways to turn defense into offense.

Over the five-game trip, Turner averaged 15.2 points per game, the third highest figure after Siakam and Haliburton, making 46.4% of his field goals 12 of 26 3-pointers (46.2%). He blocked 11 shots (2.2 per game) and also grabbed 6.2 rebounds per game.

McConnell, meanwhile, has scored in double figures in eight straight games coming off the bench. His 13.9 points per game in that period put him fourth on the team, even though he's averaging just 19.8 minutes per game in that period. For the road trip alone, he averaged 13.6 points and 5.8 assists per game while shooting 53.4% per game. He's made sure the Pacers aren't much less difficult to deal with when Haliburton comes off the floor and has worked well with him when they've played together.

Doug McDermott and Jarace Walker earned trust

In a sense, 32-year-old wing Doug McDermott and 20-year-old forward Jarace Walker are now in a battle to be the Pacers' second-unit small forward, which is essentially the last spot in Indiana's 10-man rotation. However, Carlisle can structure his substitution patterns to shrink the rotation to nine men or fewer. He can also play both men if he believes the situation calls for it, and their skill sets are different enough that they each fit best in different scenarios.

So more than competing against each other, McDermott and Walker are trying to prove they can do what they do well enough to bring something important to the Pacers in their stretch run.

McDermott, a career 41% 3-point shooter, was acquired in the three-way trade for Hield on Feb. 8, but made just 7 of 24 field goals and 4 of 20 3-pointers in his first six games, scoring just 19 points before a calf strain kept him out the next 10 games. He returned at the start of this trip against Detroit, however, scoring nine points that night and then 14 in the loss to the Lakers. In five games on the trip, he scored 26 points, hitting 10 of 20 field goals and 6 of 16 3-pointers. Those aren't huge numbers, but with Hield gone and Mathurin out, the Pacers don't have an established second-unit wing shooter and the Pacers could use someone to create some needed gravity for that group.

Walker appeared in just three of the five games, but his performance against the Clippers was critical. He posted eight points, seven assists and four rebounds, but most importantly he played steady defense against the Clippers' Paul George, Kawhi Leonard and others. That's what he was drafted to bring the Pacers in the first place, but he did have to break some bad habits of gambling and reaching for steals that aren't there and he appears to have done that.

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With a three-game winning streak under their belts, the Los Angeles Lakers head out on a six-game road trip that begins with a battle against the Milwaukee Bucks on Tuesday.

The Bucks are in second place in the Eastern Conference and have been on a roll since the All-Star break. They’ll also want revenge after the Lakers beat them without LeBron James a the start of the month.

Los Angeles may be without James again on Tuesday; he’s listed as doubtful due to ankle soreness. Regardless, Anthony Davis wants his team to go undefeated on this trip, which will take them into April (at 1:54).

“We just need to continue to play our style of basketball and focus on us and take it one game at a time.” Anthony Davis (36pts, 16reb) on the standings. pic.twitter.com/iU5MCxwj65 — Spectrum SportsNet (@SpectrumSN) March 25, 2024

“Six,” Davis said when asked how many wins he wants on this trip. “ We want to win every game. I think on this trip, we beat everybody. … So we know we’re capable, but it’s the road. It’s going to be tough, but we got the capability of winning each game. We got to approach it that way.”

L.A. has virtually no shot at finishing sixth in the Western Conference (it is in ninth place and is three games behind the sixth-place Sacramento Kings). But it needs to be playing its best basketball heading into the play-in tournament if it is to have a shot at making the playoffs and going on a deep run there.

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