15 Best Free VR Games To Play In 2025

2025 is one of the best times to be a VR gamer, and thanks to the power of new devices and the hard work of developers, you can access an array of high-quality titles at absolutely zero cost. While it still feels like we're only in the infancy stage of virtual reality video games, there's no shortage of completely free VR games that are playable on a wide number of headsets. As you might expect with VR, these titles offer realistic experiences across a large range of genres.

From racing games that make you feel like you're hurtling at 100 miles per hour to interactive games where you can connect with others in real-time, the free VR game market is chock-full of incredible titles with hours of content to offer. Of course, trying to sift through that market can be a bit of a slog, so we've come up with the 15 best free VR games you can play right now.

These games are supported by several different headsets across various generations, from the current Meta Quest 3 to the older HTC Vive and Vive Pros. So regardless of your situation, you should be able to hop right in and experience everything these games have in store. This list is in no particular order. If you're willing to spend some money, we've also got a list of the best VR games overall to play in 2025, as well as the best free games across all platforms.

Rec Room

• Developer: Rec Room
• Release Date: June 1, 2016
• Genre: MMO
• Compatibility: Oculus Rift, Meta Quest, Pico 4, PSVR

Another popular VR MMO game is Rec Room. While not as storied as VRChat, Rec Room offers the same freedom and social interaction, primarily meant for kids. However, instead of exploring player-created worlds or full-blown levels, you're going into different "rooms." Rec Room allows any player to create their own room, which can consist of social hubs, neat environments to explore, or a variety of both new and existing game types.

For example, one Rec Room level can have a large-scale chess game while another will be a tropical paradise where you can float around a pool with your friends. The only limit in Rec Room is a player's imagination. When you're not exploring different rooms, you can hang out in social hubs with friends and other players from across the world as well as fully customize your avatar.

VRChat

• Developer: VRChat, Inc.
• Release Date: January 16, 2014
• Genre: MMO
• Compatibility: Oculus Rift, Oculus Quest, HTC Vive, Valve Index

In terms of free VR games, there is perhaps not a more recognizable title than VRChat. This is one of the games that helped sell the industry on the functionality and potential of a VR headset, and it's still going strong in 2025. VRChat is a massively multiplayer online game that can be thought of as similar to Roblox, which is another free PC game you should check out.

In VRChat, you're able to do just about anything your heart desires. It's a virtual world that allows you to experience what others have created, create worlds from your imagination, and interact with thousands of other players in social hubs with voice chat. You can explore a distant planet, hike through a dense jungle, go to live concerts, and play games from all sorts of genres, including first-person shooters, racing games, and horror. It's all at your fingertips in VRChat. However, with so many diverse individuals meeting "face-to-face," there's always the threat of toxicity or mature content, so be warned before hopping in.

Gorilla Tag

• Developer: Another Axiom Inc.
• Release Date: January 1, 2023
• Genre: Party
• Compatibility: Meta Quest

Gorilla Tag is a quirky and fun social party game that puts you in the body of a gorilla. As a gorilla, you can only run, jump, and climb using your hands, which does require a bit of practice to get the hang of in VR. With your newfound abilities, you can play a few different game modes, with the main one being Infection. Gorilla Tag also features a more simplistic Tag mode, along with Hunt and Paintbrawl modes. All modes can be played across six different levels. During your downtime between modes, you can enter a social hub called The City, where you're able to interact with other players and customize your gorilla's look.

It should be noted that Gorilla Tag is only a free game on Meta. If you want the Steam version on PC, it costs $20.

Big Ballers

• Developer: Doge Labs
• Release Date: November 21, 2023
• Genre: Sports
• Compatibility: Meta Quest

There are plenty of VR games that put you in the shoes of an athlete in one specific sport. Big Ballers gives you the chance to play several different sports and use next-generation physics to really feel like you're pulling off the moves in-game. You can throw or catch long touchdowns in football, smack home runs or strike players out in baseball, soar over defenders' heads for a dunk in basketball, and play various other sports. Big Ballers emphasizes its "easy to learn, hard to master" physics that provide an extra layer of depth to your sports VR experience.

The game allows for 10 players per game and features a plethora of updated customization options.

Orion Drift

• Developer: Another Axiom Inc.
• Release Date: February 25, 2025
• Genre: Sports
• Compatibility: Meta Quest

Orion Drift is another game developed by Another Axiom Inc., the same team behind Gorilla Tag. Orion Drift takes the social elements from Gorilla Tag and applies them to an entirely new genre: You're a robotic athlete who can explore a variety of space stations with up to 75 other players. The space stations feature a variety of activities, including sports games.

One of the more popular games is played with a ball and net across a massive map. Your goal is to get the ball into the net using your robot's movement mechanics. Think Rocket League in VR, but with a robot instead of a car.

Propagation VR

• Developer: WanadevStudio
• Release Date: September 25, 2020
• Genre: Horror
• Compatibility: Oculus Rift, HTC Vive, Valve Index, Windows Mixed Reality

If you're not someone who shies away from horror and you have decent aim, then Propagation VR is a match made in heaven for you. This first-person shooter places you in the shoes of a soldier who is fending off a zombie apocalypse. You're armed with the weapons you start the game with, but you can find additional weapons throughout the map. Naturally, the map is full of terrifying zombies that can tear you limb from limb if you let them get too close. You'll also find other types of mutants that can be harder to kill than the run-of-the-mill zombie.

Propagation VR is split up into sessions, which are roughly 30 minutes long. You can play on four difficulties, and your personal high scores are recorded for every session. If you're looking to get your heart rate up, few games will do it better than Propagation VR.

Moon Rider

• Developer: Supermedium
• Release Date: May 6, 2020
• Genre: Rhythm
• Compatibility: WebVR-compatible headsets

Trying to find a free alternative to the ever-popular Beat Saber can be difficult, but Moon Rider is arguably the best option. Just like Beat Saber, Moon Rider, an open-source project, is a rhythm-based music game where you have to punch your way through thousands of different songs as you accelerate down a track. The songs are split up into notes that are represented by shapes on the track, which you need to punch to earn points and rack up a higher score. Moon Rider can be a great way to get some stress out or even get a workout in, as it can get exhausting trying to hit all the notes of a song as they come at you from different directions on the track.

RaceRoom Racing Experience

• Developer: KW Studios
• Release Date: February 12, 2013
• Genre: Racing
• Compatibility: Meta Quest, Oculus Rift, HTC Vive

RaceRoom Racing Experience is one of the best free VR racing simulators you can play. You can drive a selection of free vehicles, which range from traditional cars to F1 vehicles, and play on a variety of tracks that are suited for both single-player and multiplayer racing. RaceRoom features fully licensed vehicles, so you'll certainly see some famous car manufacturers. As the driver of these cars, you'll experience a full racing simulation that feels extremely realistic. The feeling, sounds, and visuals of driving a racecar are all exquisitely done and your VR experience in RaceRoom will have you reaching for a seatbelt.

FPS Infinite

• Developer: Phr00t's Software
• Release Date: March 16, 2020
• Genre: First-Person Shooter
• Compatibility: Valve Index, Meta Quest, HTC Vive

As its name indicates, FPS Infinite is a first-person shooter, but with the added twist that it combines different elements of rogue-likes and platformers. The entire game and all of its levels are procedurally generated, so the enemy placements, weapons you encounter, and other items are all in random locations as you progress. In these levels, your main task is to locate a "Forbidden Phr00t," which detonates the current level and allows you to move on to the next one. FPS Infinite features responsive FPS gameplay, graphics that look like Halo and Borderlands mashed together, and hours of content.

Republique VR

• Developer: Camouflaj/Darkwind Media
• Release Date: June 16, 2020
• Genre: Stealth-Action
• Compatibility: Meta Quest, Oculus Rift, SteamVR, Windows Mixed Reality

Republique VR is unlike any other game on this list. It's a stealth-action game with an emphasis on a dystopian story that focuses on government interference in the age of the internet. There are five episodes in the story that take place as you try to guide a woman named Hope through top-secret government facilities. The game features similar gameplay to something like Metal Gear Solid, where you're constantly moving around and behind cover to avoid enemy detection. You can engage in some combat, but you generally want to stay hidden from enemies.

The graphics are extremely well done for a VR game and there's impressive voice acting from recognizable voice actors, some of whom had parts in Metal Gear Solid games.

The Lab

• Developer: Valve Corporation
• Release Date: April 5, 2016
• Genre: Simulation
• Compatibility: HTC Vive, Meta Quest, SteamVR

The Lab, developed by Valve and released all the way back in 2016, acts as a sort of introduction to VR gaming. The game is made up of several different minigames you can engage with that range across a variety of genres. There are games focused on combat, such as Longbow, where you take on the role of an archer to defend a castle from enemies, and other games that allow for simple exploration. You can also take ownership of a small convenience store, repair a robot, and get up-close-and-personal looks at CT scans. While The Lab might be catered towards newer VR players, it's a terrific experience that offers plenty of content.

The Blu

• Developer: Wevr, Inc
• Release Date: December 28, 2022
• Genre: Simulation
• Compatibility: SteamVR, Meta Quest

One of the core reasons why so many people pick up a VR headset in the first place is to experience what they might have never seen--or even could see--in real life. The Blu offers an immersive and incredible experience that takes you right up to some of nature's most beautiful creatures. You get to swim through a vast ocean and come face-to-face with some aquatic marvels. Towards the surface, you'll see whales, fish, and turtles, but as you explore habitats deeper down, you'll start seeing some creatures that the human eye rarely witnesses in-person.

The graphics in The Blu are extremely lifelike. As long as you don't have thalassophobia, you'll be blown away by what you're seeing.

Cards & Tankards

• Developer: Divergent Realities, LLC
• Release Date: May 25, 2023
• Genre: Card
• Compatibility: Meta Quest, Oculus Rift, SteamVR

Focused on the social aspects of VR, Cards and & Tankards is a card battler where you assemble a deck of cards and then battle against an opponent using your deck. As you play cards, they come to life on the table in front of you, acting as action figures.

The game features over 200 cards and more customization options for your avatar, which is on display for all your friends and other players to see while playing. Other players can even watch games happen from the sidelines in real time, adding another social layer to the experience.

Shattered Lights

• Developer: Team Morbid
• Release Date: June 11, 2019
• Genre: Horror
• Compatibility: SteamVR, Oculus Rift

We have another horror VR game, and this time it's Shattered Lights. This is a true test of wits, as Shattered Lights looks to draw you in with unparalleled immersion. In Shattered Lights, you start out going down a long and dark hallway with nothing but a flashlight. The hallway features some rooms you can explore along the way, but who knows what's around the corner or waiting in the darkness? Every step you take down this hallway requires you to take a step in the real world, so there's no faking your way through this journey. This, paired with the ultra-realistic sounds and graphics, makes Shattered Lights an unforgettable and immersive experience.

Aircar

• Developer: Giant Form Entertainment, LLC
• Release Date: August 17, 2017
• Genre: Flight Simulator
• Compatibility: SteamVR, Meta Quest, Oculus Rift

Aircar is a flight simulator that places you in the cockpit of a futuristic plane. The game doesn't offer any sort of combat, but you get to pilot the plane and fly it throughout a cyberpunk-inspired city, complete with neon lights, tall buildings, and rainy environments. The graphics are especially impressive, but the controls are also fluid and easy to understand. You have full control over the plane, so you're in charge of taking off, changing course, and landing. Aside from simply flying around the city, you have to pick up some items along the way, but that objective plays second fiddle to the overall experience of flying a plane through a futuristic landscape.