Virtual reality gaming moved forward in 2025 as developers released new titles and expanded existing experiences that demonstrated how far the medium has come. From action-driven adventures to story-focused and cooperative games, this year’s VR lineup reflected stronger production values, deeper immersion, and growing support across modern headsets.
Marvel’s Deadpool VR
Supported Devices: Meta Quest 3, Meta Quest 3S
Released in November 2025, Marvel’s Deadpool VR brought the Marvel antihero into a fully immersive format built specifically for standalone VR hardware. Players step directly into Deadpool’s perspective, engaging in melee combat, gunplay, and environmental interaction while navigating the Mojoverse. The game leans heavily on physical movement and exaggerated animations, encouraging players to use their hands, body positioning, and spatial awareness to fight enemies and solve challenges. Its humor and fourth wall breaks are integrated into gameplay rather than limited to cutscenes, reinforcing the character’s identity throughout the experience.
The Midnight Walk
Supported Devices: PlayStation VR2, PC VR
The Midnight Walk arrived in May 2025 with a strong emphasis on atmosphere and storytelling. The experience unfolds across five chapters, each centered on symbolic environments shaped by darkness and fire. Players progress slowly through handcrafted spaces, interacting with the world at a measured pace. Rather than prioritizing complex mechanics, the game focuses on mood, sound design, and visual composition. Its presentation and narrative structure earned recognition during the year’s major awards season.
Thief VR: Legacy of Shadow
Supported Devices: Meta Quest 2, Meta Quest 3, PlayStation VR2, PC VR
Launched in December 2025, Thief VR Legacy of Shadow reintroduced the stealth-focused franchise through a first-person VR perspective. Players control a new thief named Magpie while being guided by the presence of Garrett from earlier entries. Gameplay centers on physical stealth actions such as leaning around corners, manually extinguishing light sources, and carefully picking locks. The VR format enhances tension by requiring deliberate movement and awareness of sound and visibility, reinforcing the series’ core design principles.
Hitman: World of Assassination
Supported Devices: PlayStation VR2, SteamVR
Hitman: World of Assassination brings Agent 47’s globe-spanning assassination sandbox into virtual reality on PSVR2. Players experience missions entirely in first person, using motion controls to aim weapons, manipulate disguises, and interact with environments. Classic levels from across the Hitman trilogy are reworked for VR, emphasizing physical stealth, close-range tactics, and player choice in how each target is eliminated.
Path of Fury – Episode 1: Tetsuo’s Tower
Supported Devices: Meta Quest, PC VR
Path of Fury Episode 1 places players in a stylized martial arts action experience inspired by classic kung fu cinema. Gameplay focuses on fast-paced, close-quarters combat as players climb Tetsuo’s Tower, using hand-tracked strikes, blocks, and environmental interactions. The episodic structure emphasizes replayability and skill mastery rather than exploration.
Lumines Arise
Supported Devices: Meta Quest, Valve Index, SteamVR
Lumines Arise adapts the iconic puzzle franchise for virtual reality, combining rhythmic block placement with immersive audiovisual design. Players manipulate falling blocks in a three-dimensional space while music and visuals dynamically react to their actions. The VR presentation enhances the series’ signature flow state, placing players inside the puzzle itself.
Ghost Town
Supported Devices: Meta Quest 2/3/Pro, PlayStation VR2, PC VR
Ghost Town is a narrative-driven VR adventure that blends mystery, exploration, and supernatural themes. Players investigate an abandoned town filled with environmental storytelling, interactive objects, and unsettling encounters. The experience emphasizes atmosphere and discovery, encouraging players to piece together events through exploration rather than direct exposition.
Arken Age
Supported Devices: Meta Quest 2/3/3S, PlayStation VR2, SteamVR
Arken Age is a sci-fi fantasy action adventure set in a world shaped by advanced technology and ancient conflict. Players engage in melee combat, ranged attacks, and exploration across large environments while uncovering the history of the Arkenite civilization. The game places strong emphasis on physical combat mechanics and environmental interaction.
Escaping Wonderland
Supported Devices: Meta Quest 2/3/Pro, PlayStation VR2
Escaping Wonderland reimagines the Alice in Wonderland mythos as a VR puzzle adventure focused on perspective shifting and environmental manipulation. Players navigate surreal spaces, solve physics-based puzzles, and uncover a darker interpretation of the familiar world. The experience uses VR scale and spatial awareness as core mechanics rather than traditional controls.
Looking forward to this
It’s a shame vr makes me sick when I try to use it