VR gaming isn’t for everyone, and as much of a spectacle as it can seem when a player first jumps into a virtual world, this excitement can soon be overtaken by nausea, dizziness, and headache. For some, the human brain and the body’s senses cannot comprehend why the world is moving but the body is stationary, and to cope with these conflicting senses, some players starts to feel dizzy and nauseated after 15 minutes of VR gaming.
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Thankfully, there are a bunch of VR games that are made up of smaller minigames that can be played in bite-sized intervals and don’t have complicated stories to follow. They’re fun for families to play together, and can ease players into using VR without suffering from the uncomfortable side effects.
7 Fruit Ninja
One Fruit Salad Coming Up
Fruit Ninja
- Released
- April 27, 2010
- Developer(s)
- Halfbrick Studios
- Genre(s)
- Arcade
Hailing from more than a decade ago, Fruit Ninja became extremely popular on iPhones and Androids due to its simple gameplay: players swipe at their screen to cut fruit while avoiding bombs.
There’s no wonder that the game works as well as it does in VR, where players use the VR controllers to swipe at fruits in a more interactive virtual world. Even middle-aged gamers who have difficulty using VR for long periods of time can easily hop in and play a couple of rounds of Fruit Ninja before the headache settles in.
6 Job Simulator
For Workaholics - Or Players Who Just Want To Mess Around At Their Desks
- Platform: PlayStation 5, Meta Quest, PlayStation 4, Microsoft Windows, Oculus Quest
- Released: March 31, 2016
- Developer: Owlchemy Labs
- Genre(s): Simulation, Action, Indie, Casual
It’s surprising, to say the least, that a game that simulates a player behind a desk at his job would get so popular. As much as people hate going to work, doing the same thing in the comfort of their home and in a VR headset with no worry of facing the consequences if they mess up, is nothing short of cathartic.
Players can, of course, be good employees and do the work that they’re supposed to do, but it’s much more fun to do anything but that. The sandbox nature of creating havoc in a virtual office that makes players feel like they’re actually there is what makes Job Simulator so fun and inviting for new players.
5 I Expect You To Die
James Bond Simulator For Escape Room Enthusiasts
- Platform: PlayStation 4, Microsoft Windows, Meta Quest
- Released: December 13, 2016
- Developer: Schell Games
- Genre(s): Adventure game, Adventure
For something slightly more immersive than Beat Saber or Fruit Ninja, the escape-room puzzle-style game I Expect You To Die is the perfect candidate. The game is a bit more complex than slashing at fruits and boxes, and every level puts players in a different setting with a unique puzzle to solve.
The player is a top-secret agent/spy, and while the story is nowhere as interesting, what will actually attract gamers to this title are the unique puzzles that make perfect use of VR and all of its capabilities — not to mention that the worlds it puts players in are equally immersive as well.
4 Beat Saber
Slash To The Beat In This Satisfying Rhythm Game
Beat Saber
The one VR game that needs no introduction has to be Beat Saber, which has become more of a cultural phenomenon at this point. Its simple, rhythm-based gameplay, combined with vibrant and colorful graphics, is easy to get into but really hard to master. Plus, it’s never a bad thing that playing Beat Saber at higher difficulties can help players really work up a sweat.
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The game has different music tracks, and the player has to hold the VR controllers in their hands, which appear as basically lightsabers in the game, and they must slash in the direction that’s indicated on the blocks that appear with every beat of the music. The score is calculated based on how many correct slashes the player makes.
3 Tilt Brush
Art Class Is In Session
- Platform: PlayStation 4, Microsoft Windows, Meta Quest
- Released: April 5, 2016
- Developer: Google
- Genre(s): 3D Painting
For players who love to show their creative side, Tilt Brush by Google is the perfect title. While not exactly a game per se, it's more of a 3D canvas that allows gamers to create models using their VR controllers, which act as brushes in-game.
It’s perfect for gamers new to VR, since there is not a lot of movement involved, and the slow-paced gameplay of Tilt Brush makes it easy for players to jump into VR gaming and get used to it.
2 The Lab
Lab Coats On For Some Wacky Science
The Lab
If Valve develops a game, it’s almost guaranteed to be a hit. The Lab is set in the universe of Portal at Aperture Science, and it puts players in the shoes of various characters, each having to test something out. These tests are basically minigames — 8 to be exact — that put a VR headset and its controllers to their best use to make the game more immersive.
The best thing is that The Lab is a free-to-play VR title, making it perfect for newcomers to VR to try it out.
1 Space Pirate Trainer DX
Pirates Of The Galaxy
Space Pirate Trainer DX
- Released
- May 21, 2019
- Platform(s)
- PC
- Developer
- I-Illusions
- Publisher
- I-Illusions
- Genre(s)
- FPS
- Supported VR Headsets
- Meta Quest 2, Oculus Quest, Meta Quest 3, Meta Quest Pro
Perfect for players who want a bit more fantasy to the game’s setting, Space Pirate Trainer DX adds space and pirates to the mix, adding in a shooting mechanism using the VR controllers.
The best thing about this game is probably its multiplayer mode, which adds much-needed replayability to it. Where other games with a fixed number of minigames might get boring and repetitive after a while, players can keep honing their skills in Space Pirate Trainer DX’s multiplayer.
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