Welcome to The Hitchhiker's Guide to VR. Bring a towel.
Right now this mostly catalogues my own experiences, but it's a wiki, so feel free to chip in.
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Newbie Guides
Accessories
Useful Tools
- XS Overlay - Movable in-game desktop panes, a wristwatch, and more
- OVR Toolkit - The shittier alternative to XSOverlay, with poorer performance, UI, and stability.
- Stoplight - Shows you how tangled up your cord is (this is available in SteamVR now).
- OpenVR Advanced Settings - Provides power-user access to lots of SteamVR settings, and includes the powerful Playspace Mover utility.
Games
Social Games
| Name
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Supports
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Price
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Notes
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| VRChat
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Free+
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Currently the largest social VR game. Not well-designed or well-implemented. Community fleeing due to addition of EAC.
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| NEOS
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Free
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Lots of cool features, confusing UI and an absolute lack of documentation. Also furries and shitcoinslol that burned good.
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| ChilloutVR
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Free+
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Early access, exploding community.
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| Lavender
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FreeDead
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VERY early access, dead community, aimless developer. Actually dead.
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Shooters
Multiplayer
| Name
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Supports
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Price
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Notes
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| Pavlov
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$24.99
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Third-party CS:GO built from the ground up for VR. Massively popular.
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| Contractors
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$19.99
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Multiplayer team-based shooter. Be an OPERATOR (with quest-grade graphics).
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| Payday 2 VR
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$9.99+DLC
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4-player co-op heist simulator. Lots of DLC. VR requires a "mod".
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| Vox Machinae
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$24.99
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Multiplayer mecha masher.
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Singleplayer
| Name
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Supports
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Price
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Notes
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| Half-Life Alyx
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$59.99
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Full-length game that makes heavy use of finger tracking. Graphically-intensive.
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| SUPERHOT
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$59.99
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Abstract shooter with time dickery: Time moves when you do.
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| BONEWORKS
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$29.99
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Physics puzzle shooter where you get stuck in a simulation or something.
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Rhythm Games
| Name
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Supports
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Price
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Notes
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| Beat Saber
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$29.99
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Slice up boxes while dodging shit, to music. Most popular.
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Spooky
| Name
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Supports
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Price
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Notes
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| Phasmophobia
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$13.99
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NEXT ON DISCOVERY CHANNEL'S GHOST HUNTERS
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| Ghost Hunters Corp
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$17.99
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Ghost hunting, but you also have to purge the ghost. Still catching up to Phasmo.
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