Community Download: What Are Your Favorite VR Horror Games?

Community Download is a weekly discussion-focused articles series published (usually) every Monday in which we pose a single, core question to you all, our readers, in the spirit of fostering discussion and debate. For today, we want to know what your favorite VR horror games are?


When I think of VR games there are a few genres that really stick out as excellent fits for my personal tastes. Obviously a great first-person shooter can fit the VR format nicely, as can anything that involves driving or flying vehicles. Beyond those, horror games are probably at the top of my list. I love the rising heart rate, growing sense of dread, and sheer intensity a great horror game can introduce.

And I’ve definitely played a lot of them. The games that come to mind for me most immediately are Resident Evil 7 VR, The Exorcist VR, Until Dawn: Rush of Blood, and A Chair in a Room: Greenwater, but there are tons of other great VR horror games and brief experiences.

One of my go-to experiences on the Oculus Go to demo for people has always been Affected: The Manor and now that games like that are finally coming over to the Quest, I’m a very happy (if sadistic) headset owner.

This brings us to the topic at hand for this week leading up to Halloween: What are your favorite VR horror games? Which moments really stick out the most in your memory of past games? Let us know down in the comments below!

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The Best VR Horror Games to Scare Yourself This Halloween

It’s Halloween season once again, where everyone likes to dress up in ghoulish costumes, hold parties with sweets in the shape of eyeballs and generally try to scare one another for a little fun. This is all very light-hearted entertainment, with silly fake noses, pointy hats and lashings of fake blood. Fans of the season who like to turn things up a notch and really feel the hairs on their neck stand up need only turn to virtual reality (VR), as the technology is ideally suited to the task.

The Exorcist: Legion VR Deluxe Edition

For this season of frights, VRFocus has decided to list some of the best available titles relating to each of the major headsets and their respective stores. The selection is a mixture of jump scares, psychological horror, and just some of the weirdness VR developers have created to make you jump. You have been warned…

Oculus Quest

  • The Exorcist: Legion VR – An episodic story spilt across five chapters, The Exorcist: Legion VR puts you in the role of a detective investigating grisly murders. Needless to say, these all have a paranormal twist if you’re brave enough to find out?
  • Face Your Fears II – Does VRFocus need to explain more? You’re alone in a haunted house, what could go wrong?
  • Red Matter – More of a puzzle-adventure, Red Matter still features some tense and alarming moments as you investigate an abandoned space on one of Saturn’s moons.
  • Dreadhalls – A survival horror set in a dungeon where you have no weapons, only a flaming torch to light the way and the ability to lock pick doors, Dreadhalls was one of the earliest VR examples of jump scares, and it hasn’t lost any of its shock value in this port.
  • Richie’s Plank Experience – Scary for those that don’t like heights, the addition of a Nightmare Mode ups the ante with favourites like spiders.

Oculus Rift

Five Nights at Freddys VRPlayStation VR

  • Resident Evil 7 Biohazard – If you own a PlayStation VR you should already own this, nuff said.
  • Intruders: Hide and Seek – The first title from Spanish indie developer Tessera Studios, a thriller set inside a family home you play a child hiding from intruders which have tied up your parents.
  • Five Nights at Freddy’s VR: Help Wanted – As mentioned above, this has got some good scares. And you’ll never look at theme park animatronics the same way again.
  • The Persistence – You’ve woken up on a space ship where the entire crew have been turned into horrible monsters. Survive and save the ship, just don’t get eaten.
  • Paranormal Activity: The Lost Soul – A horror movie tie-in, Paranormal Activity: The Lost Soul goes for the classic less is more approach putting you in a very scary house with little more than a flashlight.

Valve Index/HTC Vive

  • The Forest – A jet crash, a forest, and now cannibalistic mutants, things aren’t looking good. This is survival of the fittest, where you can build a shelter, lay traps and hunt…and be hunted.
  • Five Nights at Freddy’s VR: Help Wanted – How did this get here? Oh yeah, it’s rather good at scaring people.
  • Kobold: Chapter 1 – A horror experience that blurs the line between cinema and VR gaming, something a little different.
  • Shattered Lights – A psychological horror room-scale experience where you do literally walk around the title. Plus it’s free so why not give it a try.
  • In Death – Not that scary, In Death is a rogue-lite shooter with procedurally generated levels, lots of combat, and some beautiful visuals, just keep your eyes peeled.

Bigscreen Getting Stylish Retro Cinema And Premium 3D Movie Screenings

Today Bigscreen is announcing its latest new theater environment: The Retro Cinema! This stylish destination looks like it will be perfect for binging old favorites with friends. Bigscreen TV is also getting a slew of new Halloween-focused channels and will roll out a slate of “premium 3D movie screenings” later this year.

Movie theater environments  are always popular with the VR community in Bigscreen (as evidenced by past updates like the Modern Cinema) so doing a throwback environment this time around was a no-brainer.

 

Additionally, Halloween is coming up fast next week so users will be able to check out some brand new Halloween-focused channels to get into the spooky mood. Until after Halloween Bigscreen TV is getting 10 new channels including Fear Factor, Disney Channel, The Addams Family, and more to spotlight terrifying Halloween-themed content.

Plus, all of the new theater environments are building towards an even bigger initiative very soon: premium 3D movie screenings. The ball started rolling on these two years ago when Bigscreen partnered with Paramount for Top Gun, and this December more screenings are planned for all VR headsets across several countries. There aren’t any other details yet, but it sounds exciting — especially if new movies could premiere this way in addition to revisiting classics.

We’ve got a round up of other content you can watch live in VR this week over here, but on the Bigscreen front more stuff is already in the works too. Every Thursday you can tune in for live Thursday Night NFL Football games and then in 2020 Bigscreen will get an internal Friends list that connects across platforms and it’ll be coming to PSVR as well.

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Scary PSVR Games Get Deep Discounts In VR Halloween Sale

Some of the best scary PSVR games are going cheap in this new VR Halloween sale.

Sony only just launched a massive three year anniversary sale for its headset, but further discounts are on offer here. The wider PS4 store has a whole heap of terrifying titles on offer. But if you’re coming for the VR scares alone you won’t be disappointed.

Some of the platform’s best horror titles are going cheap across the US and UK. That involves a headlining deal for Five Nights At Freddy’s VR, a game that’s been a consistent top seller for PSVR since launch earlier this year. It might be a good idea to pick that one up ahead of the just-teased launch of some new DLC, too.

Elsewhere you can get a decent discount on the entire series of The Exorcist VR. It’s one of VR’s best horror experiences so, if you slept on it, now’s definitely the time to jump on board.

If you don’t have a PSVR and you’re looking for something less frightening, might I recommend Spectro? It’s got a pleasingly wholesome take on VR spooks for this Halloween season. There will no doubt be some more VR Halloween sales before now and the end of October so make sure to keep an eye out.

Scary PSVR Games On Offer In VR Halloween Sale

Five Nights at Freddy's VR

Five Nights At Freddy’s VR: Help Wanted – US $20.99, UK £16.99

The Persistence – US $14.99, UK £12.99

Arizona Sunshine – UK £15.99

Paranormal Activity – UK £6.49

Killing Floor: Incursion – US $9.99, UK £7.99

A Chair in a Room: Greenwater – UK £12.59 (Extra 10% for PS Plus members)

The Exorcist: Legion VR – Complete Series – US $22.49, UK £15.99

Transference – US $9.99

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Spectro Is Welcome Bit Of VR Ghost Busting, Out Today

There are few things I would assign the word ‘hate’ to in this world. The Star Wars prequels would probably qualify. Probably seafood, too. But, most of all, I hate jump scares.

I mean that sit-in-the-cinema-fingers-in-my-ears-eyes-closed kind of hate. I freeze up at the slightest hint of suspense, ready to visit my happy place. As I’m sure you can imagine, this makes a lot of VR intensely unplayable for me. How I managed to survive Resident Evil 7 I’ll never know. How refreshing, then, to be able to enjoy Spectro’s brand of family-friendly spookiness scare-free.

One look at Spectro and you’ll know what it’s about. This is a stab at a Ghostbusters VR game (or, in gamer speak, Luigi’s Mansion VR). Curiously, though, there’s a hint of classic Wolfenstein to it; each level is small, containing a handful of rooms you need to clear enemies out of before searching for a way to progress to the next stage. Even the music ticks away in the background like an early id Software game. Throw in some rogue-lite inspirations and you have a game that’s clearly assembled on the foundations of others and remarkably similar to Bevan McKechnie’s Compound.

Out today in Early Access, this all makes for a surprisingly meaty, if imperfect haunted house. Ghosts are dispatched first by reducing a health meter with a Proton-style beam and then sucked up. It’s a reliable system in need of a little more substance. Ghosts feel like bullet (or laser) sponges, with robust health bars crawling to depletion. Regular upgrades, unlocked by finding keys and pairing them with chests, alleviate those frustrations, though there’s a desire for more process. It would be great, for example, to use motion controls to slam ghosts into walls to stun them, or to summon household items as shields.

Some variety does come in the way of enemy types. Most simply shoot projects at you but others drop bombs. Incoming projectiles are clumsily dodged using smooth locomotion or teleportation; it’s much more engaging to lean out of their way instead. It left me longing for some sort of Resident Evil 4-style stop-and-shoot system that would root you to the spot. Still, as it stands Spectro plays like an enjoyable shooter that could lean a little more on its weirder side and be a bit more intentive with its platform.

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There are a precious few examples of that already, though. To progress to the next level, you have to collect totems that expose hidden doors. It gives each level a fun sense of mystery, even if the item hunting minigame required to collect totems is a little monotonous.

But the appeal of tackling more levels with other upgrades, bought by discovering coins inside items, is a strong one. My first run at Spectro’s gauntlet lasted 25 minutes and, after a quick break, I found myself wanting to dive straight back in for the next.

It’s something of a relief, then, that Spectro launches as an Early Access game. This is an enjoyable little VR ghost hunter that could be much better if it more readily embraced its platform.  Fortunately, the developer is promising to add “more hand crafted level components, more pick-ups and upgrades, more ghosts” and other elements over the course of pre-release. I’m pretty optimistic that this one is going to get the love it deserves.

Spectro is available now on Steam Early Access with support for Rift and Vive for $19.99.

 

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15 Best VR Horror Games to Play This Halloween

Things seem to be gradually getting back to normal for many of us as costume parties, haunted houses, and tossing candy to trick-or-treaters are all back on the Halloween menu this October. If you’re looking for an extra fright this spooky time of year though, go no further than these top VR horror games which are sure to send shivers down your spine.

Here’s our top 15 favorite VR games which span the gamut of horror and thriller sub-genres.

With rare exceptions, most of the games below support all major VR headsets, including SteamVR, PSVR and Oculus Quest. We’ll get the platform exclusives out of the way first before heading into the cross-platform titles.

Platform Exclusives

Resident Evil 4 – Quest 2

Fire up the nostalgia train for one of the most beloved survival horror games out there, as Capcom has teamed up with Facebook and Armature Studio to bring Resident Evil 4 (2005) to VR in a big way. Although it’s still not what you’d call a native VR experience, the new first-person viewpoint really works alongside some fine-tuning by Armature to make this a much more immersive and visceral way to enjoy the 15 hour zombie-slaying adventure. The only thing we want out of RE4 now is broader support for other headsets besides Quest 2.

LinksOculus Store (Quest 2)

Lies Beneath – Oculus Quest & Rift

What bumps in the night must be killed, no question. In this graphic novel-inspired survival horror, you traverse levels delving into the psyche of the protagonist, Mae. Gain a full arsenal of weapons as you battle different monsters, all of them intent on putting a stop to your one-way quest to salvation.

Links: Oculus Store (Rift, Quest)

Resident Evil 7: Biohazard – PSVR

Whereas RE4 is all about running and gunning, Resident Evil 7 Biohazard is more on the horror adventure side of things, offering atmospheric frights and plenty of story to experience as you delve into the Baker House Mansion. Even at nearly five years old, this one is still very much worth your time if you haven’t played before. We were hoping for broader VR support when the flatscreen game came to PC, but that never happened.

Links: PlayStation Store (PS4, PSVR)

Half-Life Alyx – SteamVR

You may have a gun and a handy dandy gravity glove to help you, but nothing will prepare you for VR’s preeminent horror shooter, which dumps you into the quarantined zone (sound familiar?) for a zombie-killing good time. It’s worth the $60 bucks, although we’ve seen it on sale for $35 back in March. Maybe something to watch out for when Steam’s Halloween sale rears its head on October 28th.

LinksSteam (Index, Vive, Rift, Windows VR)

Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice VR Edition – SteamVR

Hellblade: Senau’s Sacrifice is a frightening action-adventure game that simulates psychosis, which is heightened in VR to such a degree that you’d be forgiven for taking a few breaks. The game’s disembodied voices whisper into your ears and criticize your every move, level geometry mysteriously changes as you look away to accomplish another task, making you question your own sanity. It’s a third-person game that doesn’t so nearly enough for the sake of making it more of a VR-native experience, but it’s so beautiful and well-crafted that we might just forgive it.

LinksSteam (Index, Vive, Rift, Windows VR)


Cross-platform Titles

The Walking Dead: Saints & Sinners

Where other zombie games may have failed to provide a good balance between creepiness and all-out zombie-ganking fun, The Walking Dead: Saints & Sinners has definitively succeeded. Enter a post-apocalyptic New Orleans as ‘The Traveler’ in this single-player RPG, where you’ll scrounge for parts, craft weapons, and broker deals between waring factions—all while dealing with the truly deadly hordes of ghoulies. Shoot, stab, rest and survive for another day.

Links: Steam (Rift, Vive, Index, Windows VR), PlayStation Store (PSVR), Oculus Store (Rift, Quest)

Wraith: The Oblivion- Afterlife

Just because you’re already dead doesn’t mean you’re safe in Wraith: The Oblivion – Afterlife. Set in a haunted Hollywood mansion that acts as a prison, you use your supernatural powers to unravel the mystery behind why the mansion is chocked full of ghosts. Run, hide, and don’t get caught.

Links: Steam (Rift, Vive, Index, Windows VR), PlayStation Store (PSVR), Oculus Store (Rift, Quest)

Five Nights at Freddy’s: Help Wanted

The makers of the famous jump scare-tastic Five Nights at Freddy’s, Steel Wool Studios, have done the unthinkable and made a version for all major VR headsets. Keep an eye on the monitors, manage power, and for heaven’s sake don’t blink for a second, because Freddy Fazbear and his possessed animatronic compatriots will definitely going to eat your face.

Links: Steam (Rift, Vive, Index, Windows VR), Viveport (Rift, Vive, Index, Windows VR), PlayStation Store (PSVR), Oculus Store (Rift, Quest)

Blair Witch

Franchise tie-in games aren’t always good, but Blair Witch bucks the trend by offering up a story-driven psychological horror game which has been thoughtfully rebuilt for VR headsets. The VR port does have its rough edges, but this dark, bone chilling story will truly force you head first into insanity. Make sure your flashlight is working.

Links: Steam (Rift, Vive, Index, Windows VR), PlayStation Store (PSVR), Oculus Store (Rift, Quest)

Red Matter

Take one part Soviet brutalism, two parts puzzle-adventure, mix them up in the low atmosphere of a mysteriously abandoned off-world colony, and garnish with a slice of Cold War espionage. That’s the sci-fi thriller Red Matter in a nutshell. Creepy, unsettling atmosphere and no jump scares.

Links: Steam (Rift, Vive, Index, Windows VR), PlayStation Store (PSVR), Oculus Store (Rift, Quest)

Arizona Sunshine

As the years pass us by, it’s amazing how Arizona Sunshine persists as one of the besy co-op zombie shooting adventures out there. Zombies popping out left and right, dwindling ammo—there’s not much more to say about Vertigo Game’s story-driven co-op shooter Arizona Sunshine. Ok, maybe one thing: practice your headshots.

Links: Steam (Vive, Rift, Index, Windows VR), Viveport (Vive, Rift),  PlayStation Store (PSVR), Oculus Store (Rift, Quest)

AFFECTED: The Manor

AFFECTED: The Manor is an oldie but a goodie. Essentially a haunted house simulator, in Affected you move through multiple pathways and obstacles on your way through a number of classic horror tropes. Only being able to see by candle light  simultaneously adds immersion while detracting from user sanity.

Links: Steam (Valve Index, Windows VR), Viveport (Vive, Rift),  PlayStation Store (PSVR), Oculus Store (Rift, Quest)

The Room VR: A Darkmatter

This puzzler lets you step back into Edwardian-era London, 1908. As a detective, you’re tasked with investigating the disappearance of an esteemed Egyptologist where you’ll explore cryptic locations, examine gadgets and uncover an otherworldly discovery which blurs the line between reality and illusion. No jump scares, plenty of puzzles and creepy vibes.

Links: Steam (Rift, Vive, Index), Viveport (Rift, Vive, Index), PlayStation Store (PSVR), Oculus Store (Rift, Quest)

In Death: Unchained

Sólfar Studios’ rogue-lite bow-shooter is drenched in gothic horror. You fruitlessly battle against increasingly powerful monsters with your trusty bow, all in service of an achievement-based progression system that advances between sessions, revealing yet more unseen horrors.

Links: Steam (Rift, Vive, Index), PlayStation Store (PSVR), Oculus Store (Rift, Quest)

The Exorcist: Legion VR

Broken down into five chapters with their own stories, The Exorcist: Legion VR serves up plenty of demonic entities, exorcism tools, hidden artifacts and atmospheric locations. Less scary and more ominous.

Links: Steam (Rift, Vive, Index), PlayStation Store (PSVR), Oculus Store (Rift, Quest)

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Update (October 27th, 2021): It’s that time of year again, and rejiggered the list with more awesome horror games.

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13 Best PSVR Horror Games And Experiences To Send You Screaming In Fear

13 Best PSVR Horror Games And Experiences To Send You Screaming In Fear

With Halloween right around the corner, we felt like it was time to start rounding up some of the very best PSVR horror games and experiences out there. Ever since Sony’s headset launched back in late 2016, over two years ago, it’s become a go-to destination for some of the best and most terrifying VR horror games out there, even securing some high-profile exclusives.

For this list we’re focusing specifically on PSVR . You can read our full review of the headset here (we like it a lot) as well as our big, constantly updating list of the 9 best PSVR games here.

15 Best Oculus Go VR Horror Games and Experiences

The following experiences are all listed in alphabetical order:

Arizona Sunshine

Price: $39.99 (Store) (Our Review) (Dead Man DLC Review)

Review Synopsis:

Vertigo Games proved that even in the most saturated genre we’ve seen for VR games this year — shooters with zombies — there was still room for something fresh. Arizona Sunshine combines the narrative power of a fully-featured 4+ hour campaign mode, with the intensity of a wave-based horde mode, and then adds multiplayer to both experiences. The protagonist’s witty humor make it worth recommending on his charming personality alone, with enough depth and variety to keep people coming back for several hours. By doing so many things so well, Arizona Sunshine quickly rose to the top of the pack as the best overall zombie shooter we’ve seen yet in VR.

The Brookhaven Experiment 

Price: $19.99 (Store) (Our Review)

Review Synopsis:

The Brookhaven Experiment builds on the foundation of its popular demo and establishes itself as one of the premiere VR zombie shooter experiences on the HTC Vive. It doesn’t have a deep or engaging narrative, but between the Campaign and Survival modes there is enough content to satisfy fans of all experience levels. The new maps, enemies, and weapons take what was an already scary game and cranks things up to a downright hair-raising degree of terror.

The Exorcist: Legion VR 

Price: $29.99, Complete Series (Store) (Our Review)

Review Synopsis:

The Exorcist: Legion VR is without a doubt one of the best VR horror experiences available. The slow-building tension is expertly paced, each and every scare feels visceral and dangerous, and the sheer sense of terror you feel while methodically exploring the richly detailed environments is staggering. It honestly felt like I could hear the voices inside my own head and I could feel the heat from my crucifix as I stared down the faces of demon and eradicated the evil within. The Exorcist: Legion VR will turn even the most hardened horror fans into whimpering piles of fear.

Home Sweet Home

Price: $29.99 (Store) (Our Review)

Review Synopsis:

Like many VR titles, Home Sweet Home can at times feel like its VR mode is simply a tacked on bonus to an otherwise pretty entertaining game. Unlike other titles, however, Home Sweet Home manages to add enough to the mode to make it something that all PSVR owners should try out. Though it has its issues, the eerie atmosphere, incredible sound design, and surprisingly unique theme of the game make it one of the better horror experiences that I’ve had on the PSVR. If you’re into atmospheric horror and looking for something to scare you this month, then this is definitely worth a try.

The Inpatient

Price: $19.99 (Store) (Our Review)

Review Synopsis:

The Inpatient has a great premise with excellent production values, but its hampered by poor controls and lackluster character development. As a prequel to Until Dawn, it does a great job of fleshing out the lore a bit more, but it’s a bit short to really stand on its own. That being said, the moments that are there and the scares that they produce are totally worth experiencing. Plus, more games should absolutely adopt the voice recognition dialog feature going forward.

Killing Floor: Incursion 

Price:  (Store) (Our Review)

Review Synopsis:

Killing Floor: Incursion isn’t the best zombie game I’ve played in VR (that would still go to Arizona Sunshine) but it does a lot right. The unsettling atmosphere is pervasive through each level and the excellent gameplay mechanics between melee and gun combat feel visceral and satisfying. While it does clock in a bit shorter than I’d have liked with only four levels, they are each large and fun to explore. I absolutely recommend that you grab a buddy for some insane co-op fun and lop off a few zed heads for a good time.

The Nun: Escape From Abbey 360 Experience

Price: Free (Our Coverage)

The Nun released to a mixed reception at the box office, but this short little VR teaser is worth giving a watch. It’s very, very short and doesn’t have any interaction at all, but it all builds up to one big jump scare at the end that is definitely scream-worthy. The atmosphere is extremely chilling. Boot this one up from inside the PSVR’s YouTube app.

Paranormal Activity: The Lost Soul

Price: $29.99 (Store) (Our Review)

Review Synopsis:

Paranormal Activity: The Lost Soul is a relatively solid VR horror game. There is a strong foreboding sense of terror, a thickly developed atmosphere, and excellent use of sound and lighting to convey a real sense of fear. The adaptive scare system also works well, for the most part, and keeps you guessing. However the poor control system, occasional bugs (which will likely be addressed soon with patches,) short length, and inconsistent pacing keep it from being as successful as it could have been.

The Persistence

Price: $29.99 (Our Review) (Our Review)

Review Synopsis:

The Persistence offers something fresh and engaging by mixing different genres that we don’t often see melded together so well. On a moment-to-moment basis the horrors lurking around every corner keep you on your toes and the give-and-take aspect of its roguelike nature ensures that no two runs are ever quite the same. The lack of Move or PS Aim controller support is a bummer, but it still plays wonderfully just on the standard DualShock 4. This is a dark, challenging stealth shooter that PSVR fans can keep coming back to for quite a while.

Resident Evil 7: Biohazard

Price: $29.99 (Store) (Our Review)

Review Synopsis:

Resident Evil 7: Biohazard sets a new bar for survival horror games and stands shoulder-to-shoulder with the best games in the franchise’s long history. By uniting elements from the past, such as the slow pacing, focus on exploration, mind-bending puzzles, and desperation for survival, with the pulse-pounding first-person gameplay of the recent era of horror games, Capcom has crafted a veritable modern classic. Resident Evil 7 embraces virtual reality as a medium and proves that you don’t have to cut corners or make sacrifices to create a compelling VR experience.

Stifled

Price: $19.99 (Store) (Our Review)

Review Synopsis:

Stifled is a one-of-a-kind horror game that’s unlike anything I’ve seen before. The use of sound to allow you to see the world around you but also alert your enemies creates a terrifying and suspenseful dynamic that left me quivering in my shorts. The pacing isn’t perfect and some other pieces felt lacking, but the core premise of Stifled is so very strong it’s impossible not to recommend it. This game should be experienced by anyone that wants to see how VR as a medium can transform the way we interact with video games.

Transference

Price: $24.99 (Store) (Our Review)

Review Synopsis:

There is a lot to unpack in Transference. It deals with several heavy themes that will likely make players uneasy, and from what I can tell, that’s sort of the point. Ubisoft and SpectreVision have mixed the stylings of Black Mirror and The Matrix with a twisted vision of the future that feels dangerously honest and realistic. While I’d have certainly loved for it to be a bit longer, I also appreciate how well-paced and polished it feels at the same time. It’s not without its flaws, but Transference is an unforgettable VR experience that I won’t soon forget.

Until Dawn: Rush of Blood

Price: $14.99 (Store) (Our Review)

Review Synopsis:

Until Dawn: Rush of Blood delivers on the promise of pulse-pounding scares and has enough context to feel like an adequate follow-up to the excellent previous game. It may not resemble the franchise’s core values at first glance, but what you’ll find beneath the surface is a game that swaps the sophisticated character development of its predecessor for a sophisticated interpretation of horror genre tropes.

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Community Download: What’s Your Favorite VR Horror Game?

Community Download: What’s Your Favorite VR Horror Game?

Community Download is a weekly discussion-focused articles series published every Monday in which we pose a single, core question to you all, our readers, in the spirit of fostering discussion and debate.


Halloween is fast-approaching this week and if you’re not too busy watching The Haunting of Hill House or re-watching Hocus Pocus for the 100th time, you might find some time in your schedule to send chills down your spine with a terrifying VR horror game or two.

We are still working on our lists of favorite VR horror titles, but you can already read about our picks for the standalone Oculus Go headset here. However, there are lots of great games out there for PSVR, Rift, Vive, Windows VR, and all of the other platforms as well.

So, thinking about the Halloween holidays and spooky season, we ask our community: What is your favorite VR horror game? Which moment sticks out to you as the most terrifying in that game? Why did it stick with you so much?

For me, it’s got to be Resident Evil 7 on PSVR. I’ll never forget the harrowing journey of playing that entire game in VR and how much it affected me. It’s full of hair-raising moments that got my adrenaline pumping. But with so many great VR horror titles over the past few years, such as The Exorcist: Legion VR, Paranormal Activity, Affected, and many others, it could be hard to pick.

Let us know your choices down in the comments below!

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Onward Update 1.4 Adds Spec Ops Halloween Mode And Pistol Attachments

Onward Update 1.4 Adds Spec Ops Halloween Mode And Pistol Attachments

Onward’s 1.4 Update today brings with it a lot of improvements and new additions. Chief among them is a brand new game mode called Spec Ops, which works a lot like typical “Infection” modes from other shooters. In the mode, a Marsoc soldier armed with only a knife gets increased speed, visibility, and some utility items to try and take out the Volk team. It’s hunter versus hunted.

You can see a teaser of the mode, which has some heavy Halloween-style undertones, right here:

Also included in the 1.4 Update are molotovs and C4 for the Volk specialist class, pistol attachments like suppressors and red dots, a revamped Subway map, some new gun models, better UI, and more. Onward will also be free on Oculus Home this weekend from today until October 29th so you can try it out at no charge to see if you like it.

Onward is widely considered to be one of the (if not the absolute) best VR shooters on the market and it was first created by a single indie developer. You can read more about its origin story here. We’re still waiting to hear about what’s next from developer Downpour Interactive.

Since then the game has gone on to include co-op modes, tons of maps and guns, and so much more to establish itself as the premiere VR military simulation shooter. Check out our field guide for detailed advice on getting started with the game.

Let us know what you think of the update down in the comments below!

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