- #1 Thirst VR
97% matchMostly Positive75% of 123 reviews2016
Dev: RLTY CHK
Windows
A battle rages over the last of the worlds water. Your transport train is the only hope for thousands. Protect the train - Humanity's survival depends on it!
Why similar: VR 50%, Action 28.8%, Indie 21.2%
- #2 The Path of Greatest Resistance
96% matchMostly Positive79% of 53 reviews2017
Dev: RealityRig
Windows
Mankind was wiped off the Earth, but some escaped off the planet. Now the last remnants of humanity hide in the rocky outer regions of our solar system. Fight back against the Machine Alliance in this made-for-VR shooter.
Why similar: VR 54.5%, Action 45.5%
- #3 SUPERHOT VR
95% matchVery Positive82% of 9,490 reviews2017
Dev: SUPERHOT Team
Windows
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 7.2 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Lose track of what’s real. Commit yourself, body and mind. Confront the evocative, elegantly brutal world of SUPERHOT VR. Enemies pouring into the room from all sides, dozens of bullets coursing through the air... Wait. Something seems different in here...
Why similar: VR 79.2%, Action 20.8%
- #4 Mind Unleashed
96% matchMixed62% of 50 reviews2016
Dev: Frost Earth StudioPub: IV Productions
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 97%
Mind Unleashed is a first person Sci Fi shooter game specifically designed for Virtual Reality. You are a robot that is trying hard to survive in a secret military base, inside a rocky mountain. Rocks and futuristic stuff will surround you in this epic challenge where you'll need to survive as long as possible, fighting hordes of robotic...
Why similar: VR 39.2%, Action 34.7%, Indie 26.1%
- #5 Raw Data
94% matchMostly Positive76% of 2,483 reviews2017
Dev: Survios
Windows
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 52%
Built from the ground up for VR, Raw Data’s action gameplay, intuitive controls, challenging enemies, and sci-fi atmosphere will completely immerse you within the surreal world of Eden Corp. Go solo or team up and become the adrenaline-charged heroes of your own futuristic technothriller.
Why similar: VR 64.3%, Action 23.8%, Indie 11.9%
- #6 EPOCH
94% matchVery Positive84% of 174 reviews2014
Dev: Uppercut Games Pty Ltd
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 75%
EPOCH - Post-apocalyptic Robot Combat
Why similar: Action 60.3%, Indie 39.7%
- #7 Roboquest VR
90% matchVery Positive91% of 425 reviews2025
Dev: Flat2VR Studios
Windows
The future is in flames, overrun by ruthless machines—but you’re built to fight back. Roboquest VR is a lightning-fast roguelite FPS where speed, firepower, and reflexes are your best weapons. Adapt, survive, and reboot the future!
Why similar: VR 70.2%, Action 27.7%, Indie 2.2%
- #8 Sweet Surrender VR
91% matchVery Positive86% of 143 reviews2021
Dev: Salmi Games
Windows
Sweet Surrender is a fast-paced roguelike VR shooter. Fight your way up a dystopian megatower, filled to the brim with tyrant machines hell-bent on destroying the last of humanity. Build your arsenal of weapons, upgrades, and explosives to take down the machine overlords.
Why similar: VR 77.6%, Action 22.4%
- #9 Battle For The Sun
93% matchMostly Negative38% of 66 reviews2015
Dev: Appsolutely Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Battle for the Sun is an action-packed, first-person shooter documenting the realities of war seen through the eyes of a special forces soldier in a world under alien attack. We find ourselves abruptly thrown into an adventure as a talented soldier carrying out his duty in this epic war.
Why similar: Action 58.7%, Indie 41.3%
- #10 Regenesis Arcade Lite
92% matchMixed69% of 51 reviews2017
Dev: Hyperbook StudioPub: Blue Technology Sp. z o.o.
Windows
Regenesis Arcade is VR sci-fi shooter set in dystopian future ran by machines. Fighting the deadly killing machines will not be easy. Coming from all directions, covering both ground and air, each enemy requires different tactical approach.
Why similar: VR 50.1%, Action 40.3%, Indie 9.6%
- #11 Of Lies and Rain
89% matchVery Positive83% of 164 reviews2025
Dev: Castello Inc
Windows
Of Lies and Rain is a story-driven first person shooter built exclusively for VR. Set in a dark, sci-fi, post-apocalyptic world, at the edge of the real and digital realm. You’ll fight to reclaim your past and save humanity from the brink of extinction.
Why similar: VR 70.2%, Action 29.8%
- #12 NIGHTSTAR: Alliance
91% matchVery Positive84% of 62 reviews2019
Dev: Tiny Leviathan Studios
Windows
A modern twist on arcade shooters realized in VR. SHOOT. DESTROY. EQUIP. REPEAT. Command a heavily armed battlecruiser as you forge a fleet capable of stopping the enemy A.I. that has decimated mankind. Only with this alliance can you hope to bring humanity back from the brink.
Why similar: VR 57.6%, Action 42.4%
- #13 Seeking Dawn
89% matchMixed68% of 809 reviews2018
Dev: Multiverse
Windows
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 3.0 hrs≥1hr: 63%
Welcome to Seeking Dawn, a multiplayer survival VR adventure that takes you far beyond the solar system. Step into the shoes of a soldier discovering a hostile planet, where predators roam free and enemies are ruthless.
Why similar: VR 76%, Indie 24%
- #14 Boiling Steel
86% matchVery Positive82% of 380 reviews2020
Dev: MIROWIN
Windows
"Boiling Steel" - is a sci-fi story-based FPS VR shooter. You are one of many who set off in search of a better life in the distant bastion of scientific progress. Immerse yourself in the thick of events and witness the inexplicable global cataclysm.
Why similar: VR 56%, Action 28.5%, Indie 15.6%
- #15 Singularity 5
87% matchMostly Positive77% of 79 reviews2018
Dev: Monochrome Paris
Windows
Play a pure WAVE SHOOTER arcade game in a globalized world led by moore, a global AI program. Your mission is to liberate Paris from the machines’ rebellion. The intense and immediate pleasure of playing with a rigorous and original art direction.
Why similar: Action 57.7%, Indie 42.3%
- #16 A-Tech Cybernetic VR
86% matchMixed60% of 778 reviews2020
Dev: XREAL Games
Windows
Median: 24 minMean: 2.2 hrs≥1hr: 29%
Built exclusively for VR, A-Tech Cybernetic's Story Mode will offer hours of explosive fun, while Swarm Mode will test your grit in a sci-fi nightmare scenario. Stop the mutant invasion at a futuristic megacorp, controlling an arsenal of weapons with real life movements!
Why similar: VR 61.8%, Action 22.2%, Indie 16%
- #17 Budget Cuts 2: Mission Insolvency
85% matchVery Positive81% of 527 reviews2019
Dev: Neat Corporation
Windows
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 7.3 hrs≥1hr: 52%
Built from the ground-up for Virtual Reality, Budget Cuts 2 is an action-adventure stealth game where you zip, sneak, and stab your way through enemy-filled offices, trains, warehouses, and skyscrapers to take down the evil efficiency robots at TransCorp.
Why similar: VR 60.2%, Action 23.1%, Indie 16.7%
- #18 HARD BULLET
82% matchVery Positive84% of 6,245 reviews2020
Dev: GexagonVR
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 6.5 hrs≥1hr: 72%
HARD BULLET is a physics-based action game, where enemies flood the neon-lit city bringing destruction to its streets. Use slow-motion, a huge arsenal, and brutal combat to survive and unlock new weapons. Prepare for the next RIDE by mastering your skills in Sandbox and Arena modes.
Why similar: VR 63.8%, Action 22.1%, Indie 14.1%
- #19 Apocalypse Express
81% matchVery Positive84% of 140 reviews2025
Dev: Llamaware Studios
Windows
Conduct, upgrade and repair your train through endless waves of enemies in a post-apocalyptic setting. In this action management roguelike, the player decides to embark on a journey through the wasteland looking to fulfill the dream of seeing the remains of the outside world.
Why similar: Action 68.5%, Indie 31.5%
- #20 2084
84% matchMixed60% of 136 reviews2018
Dev: Feardemic
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 1.4 hrs≥1hr: 35%
2084 is a fast-paced First-Person Shooter with hacking mechanics. Battle your way through hordes of enemies, hack their minds to gain advantage on the battlefield, and immerse yourself in a riveting short story set in a grim cyberpunk landscape.
Why similar: Action 57.1%, Indie 42.9%
- #21 IS Defense
82% matchVery Positive91% of 1,680 reviews2016
Dev: Destructive Creations
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 91%
„IS Defense” is a game set in politically-fictional 2020 – where the expansion of ISIS went out of hand. The player takes the role of NATO’s stationary machine-gun operator, deployed to defend the shores of Europe.
Why similar: Action 59.4%, Indie 40.6%
- #22 Cactus Cowboy - Plants at War
81% matchVery Positive90% of 131 reviews2022
Dev: Cactus VR Studios
Windows
When the bug army attacked Cacti Island, the Cacti Army deployed you into battle. Together with your comrade Emilio, you fight many battles in the trenches, cities, and woods of Cacti Island, unraveling the story behind the backstabbing attack of the bug army.
Why similar: VR 68.5%, Action 31.5%
- #23 Balloon Chair Death Match
83% matchMostly Positive73% of 52 reviews2017
Dev: Climax Studios Ltd
Windows
In a world where balloons are the premiere form of transportation, battle your way through tactile dogfights and challenging missions in this VR-only action shooter!
Why similar: VR 55.7%, Action 44.3%
- #24 Heat Death: Survival Train
77% matchMostly Positive79% of 660 reviews2024
Dev: Mass Game DevsPub: LightOnDevs
Windows
Heat Death is a sci-fi survival game where you can build, upgrade, and customize your battle train to explore and survive a frozen world! This train is not only your shelter and vehicle, but also your weapon and ally to face hostile drones, deadly storms, and hidden mysteries of an unknown world!
- #25 Pandemic Train
79% matchMixed57% of 241 reviews2023
Dev: Trigger LabsPub: Games Operators
Windows
In Pandemic Train you are in charge of the crew aboard a train roaming the postapocalyptic wasteland, ravaged by both war and a deadly plague. Your goal is to survive long enough to discover the cure… or die trying. Humanity’s fate is in your hands! Start your journey now!
Why similar: Action 60.6%, Indie 39.4%
- #26 VAR: Exterminate
78% matchVery Positive88% of 146 reviews2021
Dev: VAR LIVE International Ltd
Windows
The fight is here, humanity’s fate is in your hands! Match up different offensive and defensive upgrades between waves and fend off the onslaught of zombies. Level up and strengthen core abilities and progress to new areas where strains of the virus have evolved.
Why similar: VR 72.8%, Action 27.2%
- #27 Conductor
78% matchVery Positive93% of 301 reviews2017
Dev: Overflow
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 2.4 hrs≥1hr: 43%
Conductor is a action-adventure, puzzle game. Take control of a locomotive and clear anything that stands in your way. Solve puzzles by using tools and wit. Defend yourself from the forces of Overcorp.
Why similar: VR 58.4%, Action 41.6%
- #28 Heavy Fire: Shattered Spear
80% matchMixed64% of 120 reviews2015
Dev: TeyonPub: Mastiff
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Iran has nuclear weapons and one is sitting on a fully fueled ICBM going through its final launch checklist. Fight your way through Afghanistan, make it over the Iranian border, infiltrate the missile base and permanently stop the countdown in this super fast, high intensity on-rails shooter.
Why similar: Action 100%
- #29 The Battle of Sol
79% matchMixed57% of 102 reviews2015
Dev: Bit Planet Games, LLC
Windows
Median: 18 minMean: 12.2 hrs≥1hr: 23%
The Battle of Sol is an intense space action game where you participate in epic capital ship battles, thrilling dogfights, space station raids, and much more as you liberate humanity's solar system from enemies determined to bring us to its fiery end.
Why similar: Action 62.4%, Indie 37.6%
- #30 Pistol Whip
73% matchVery Positive94% of 4,099 reviews2019
Dev: Cloudhead Games Ltd.
Windows
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 63%
Enter: the ultimate action hero. Pistol Whip is a physical action-rhythm game where film-inspired gunplay and blood-pumping beats collide. Blast, duck and dodge your way through fever dream Scenes, build unique rhythms in a ballet of bullets and claim glory on the leaderboards. Includes mod support!
Why similar: VR 73.7%, Action 26.3%
- #31 Rolling Gunner
74% matchVery Positive91% of 65 reviews2022
Dev: Project Rolling GunnerPub: mebius.
Windows
March 18th, 2061 - "Operation Downfall" Commences With its reliance on BAC, humanity had forgotten how to operate even basic transportation, let alone weapons. After the attacks from BAC and the subsequent social chaos, the human population was reduced by half.
Why similar: Action 58.7%, Indie 41.3%
- #32 METAL EDEN
70% matchVery Positive86% of 1,722 reviews2025
Dev: Reikon GamesPub: Deep Silver
Windows
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 8.8 hrs≥1hr: 69%
An adrenaline-rush sci-fi FPS. A HYPER UNIT ASKA is sent on a suicide mission to rescue citizens' COREs from MOEBIUS, an orbital city turned into a deadly trap. Dive into cybernetic warfare, face the ENGINEERS, and uncover the secrets of METAL EDEN.
Why similar: Action 100%
- #33 Tinertia
76% matchVery Positive95% of 109 reviews2015
Dev: Candescent GamesPub: Candescent & Section
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 70%
Action-platformer set on a dying planet. Main protagonist - Weldon - must climb a vast expanse of ruins and tackle deadly sentient machines if he hopes to survive.
Why similar: VR 40.9%, Action 34.9%, Indie 24.2%
- #34 The Stranger VR
75% matchMostly Positive74% of 65 reviews2020
Dev: RealityArts Studio
Windows
The Stranger is an intense VR combat game which sets in an incredibly detailed exotic world. Explore the rich sci fi universe and survive with your weapons and wrist blade. Welcome to the world of the Stranger!
Why similar: VR 72.4%, Action 27.6%
- #35 Drone Hunter VR
77% matchMixed65% of 52 reviews2016
Dev: Ignibit
Windows
Are you prepared to defend the world against an alien invasion? Test your skills and reflexes in this highly immersive and intense game - Drone Hunter VR. You will be put through a series of tests to prove you are worthy to defend our planet using the top secret DH125, a hybrid alien/US weapon. Will you be the chosen one?
Why similar: VR 42%, Action 33.9%, Indie 24.1%
- #36 Omega Agent
76% matchMostly Positive76% of 54 reviews2016
Dev: Fireproof Games
Windows
Strap into your very own nuclear-powered jetpack and blast into the skies of Omega Island, a volcanic sea enclave converted to a vast, intricate super-spy training facility.
Why similar: VR 42.4%, Action 33.2%, Indie 24.4%
- #37 ZomDay
73% matchVery Positive84% of 835 reviews2020
Dev: Intostudio
Windows
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 3.0 hrs≥1hr: 55%
As zombie crisis broke out around the world,you will play one of the warrior of S.E.A.T(Special Event Action Team)to fight against the zombies all over the world.ZomDay is a fast pace VR shooting game contains multi-player mod,exciting Boss fight,character perk and hardcore weapon system.
Why similar: VR 68.7%, Action 18.4%, Indie 12.9%
- #38 IRON REBELLION
69% matchVery Positive85% of 792 reviews2024
Dev: Black Beach Studio
Windows
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 1.9 hrs≥1hr: 58%
Climb inside a colossal war machine, where every switch is at your command. Iron Rebellion is a VR multiplayer sci-fi mech shooter SIM that puts you in the pilot’s seat. Customize your mech, control every system from inside the cockpit, and face other players in fast-paced, tactical PvP battles.
Why similar: VR 71.6%, Action 28.4%
- #39 Metro Awakening
68% matchMostly Positive75% of 3,213 reviews2024
Dev: Vertigo Games
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Metro Awakening is a story-driven first person adventure built for VR that blends atmospheric exploration, stealth and combat in the most immersive Metro experience yet. Don your gas mask, brave the crippling radiation and venture into the depths of the Metro where threats haunt your every step.
Why similar: VR 84.3%, Action 15.7%
- #40 Ruin City Gasolina
75% matchMostly Negative36% of 96 reviews2017
Dev: LillyWelland inc.Pub: Bitlock Studio
Windows
Median: 0 minMean: 6.8 hrs≥1hr: 13%
Eliminate the invasion of mechanical invaders and save what remains of the once great city.
Why similar: Action 57.7%, Indie 42.3%
- #41 Train Bandit
73% matchVery Positive91% of 85 reviews2017
Dev: Rusty MoyherPub: Wild Rooster
Windows · Mac
Median: 30 minMean: 3.2 hrs≥1hr: 34%
THE LAW!! Looks to be a showdown atop a train. This will be your last fight. Good luck, Train Bandit.
Why similar: Action 56.3%, Indie 43.7%
- #42 Forsaken Remastered
71% matchVery Positive87% of 291 reviews2018
Dev: Nightdive Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 36 minMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 39%
Scavengers from all over the galaxy have come to a dead Earth to loot the remains of the technology that can found in underground tunnels. You must fight your way past the scum of the universe. As you prepare for deadly combat, you are going to quickly learn that the future is... Forsaken!
Why similar: Action 100%
- #43 Z.I.O.N.
72% matchMostly Negative68% of 598 reviews2016
Dev: VGstudio
Windows
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 38.9 hrs≥1hr: 98%
Z.I.O.N. - First-person shooter in a post-apocalyptic setting, where robotic creatures take over the planet and Z.I.O.N. group agents are trying to save the world.
Why similar: Action 100%
- #44 Serious Sam VR: The Last Hope
70% matchVery Positive85% of 1,427 reviews2017
Dev: Croteam VRPub: Devolver Digital
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 49%
Serious Sam is back! And this time it's REAL!
Why similar: VR 63.5%, Action 23.4%, Indie 13%
- #45 WORLDS AT WAR (Monitors & VR)
72% matchMixed66% of 167 reviews2018
Dev: Muddy Pixel
Windows
A fun, addicting & high-adrenaline dog-fighting 'sim-lite' horde-mode game. Worlds At War thrusts the player into the aftermath of an alien invasion. A multi-national ragtag group of surviving fighter pilots and crew man a small carrier-group, roaming the oceans, trying to survive against all odds.
Why similar: VR 55.1%, Action 25.9%, Indie 19%
- #46 Fracked
70% matchMixed67% of 82 reviews2022
Dev: nDreams
Windows
Stranded in a remote mountain facility, you play as a reluctant hero forced to defend the planet in a final stand against a legion of interdimensional enemies. Take aim and run head-first into explosive action as you shoot, ski, and climb your way across an extreme adventure.
Why similar: Action 59.2%, VR 40.8%
- #47 Hover Junkers
71% matchMixed63% of 835 reviews2016
Dev: Stress Level Zero
Windows
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 3.1 hrs≥1hr: 63%
Engage in multiplayer VR gunfights that capture real gun play like no FPS you've played before. Pilot and fortify Hover Junkers as you physically walk, duck, dodge and aim in cross ship combat.
Why similar: VR 73%, Action 16%, Indie 11%
- #48 Nuclear Dawn
69% matchMostly Positive78% of 2,481 reviews2011
Dev: GameConnectPub: Iceberg Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 6.1 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Explore war-torn post-apocalyptic landscapes and take fight against enemies using various weapons in this FPS/RTS hybrid.
Why similar: Action 68.1%, Indie 31.9%
- #49 Crisis Brigade 2 reloaded
67% matchVery Positive84% of 333 reviews2021
Dev: Sumalab
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 1.7 hrs≥1hr: 44%
Crisis Brigade 2 reloaded is about covering, pointing and shooting, fast-paced pure action. Intense shootouts, powerful weapons, challenging levels, fierce enemies... Like the 90's classic arcade machines, but with the immersion that Virtual Reality is capable of.
Why similar: VR 59.2%, Action 25.7%, Indie 15%
- #50 Battle Dome
68% matchVery Positive89% of 470 reviews2017
Dev: Bad Bird Studios
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 2.2 hrs≥1hr: 39%
Have a virtual shootout with other players! Work by yourself or with teammates to achieve victory. Will you survive the Battle Dome?
Why similar: VR 72.5%, Action 27.5%
- #51 Race The Sun
67% matchVery Positive93% of 6,344 reviews2013
Dev: Flippfly LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 6.3 hrs≥1hr: 75%
You are a solar-powered craft. The sun is your death timer. Hurtle towards the sunset at breakneck speed in a futile race against time. Delay the inevitable by catching speed boosts which reverse the setting sun - if only for a moment. Don't crash, stay in the light, and don't slow down!
Why similar: VR 78.4%, Action 21.6%
- #52 Metal Planet
71% matchMostly Negative31% of 72 reviews2014
Dev: Tiny Game Fort
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 95%
The game is set on a distant planet called Metal Planet. Two corporations are fighting for control of a valuable resource capable of transforming matter. You take on the role of a soldier with equipped power armor and powerful weapon.
Why similar: Action 59.7%, Indie 40.3%
- #53 Resist
65% matchVery Positive84% of 125 reviews2022
Dev: The Binary Mill
Windows
A dystopian future. An authoritarian regime. A tale of violence, intrigue, and hope. Swing from towering skyscrapers and battle deadly enemies as you fight to free your city from the evil that consumes it. With a kinetic swinging system, intense gunplay, and an immersive story campaign.
Why similar: VR 65.5%, Action 34.5%
- #54 Choo Choo Survivor
63% matchVery Positive85% of 580 reviews2023
Dev: GTGD
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 6.2 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Drive your train to safety while shooting down endless hordes of zombies blocking your way. Upgrade your weapons and abilities and become absurdly powerful!
Why similar: Action 100%
- #55 Fovos VR
67% matchMixed64% of 120 reviews2019
Dev: OnSkull Games
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 21.1 hrs≥1hr: 51%
Fovos is a post-apocalyptic horror, rail shooter for the HTC Vive, set in a future where an omnipotent AI is taking over human brains through genetic implants.
Why similar: VR 59.2%, Action 40.8%
- #56 Elite vs. Freedom
69% matchMixed43% of 101 reviews2016
Dev: AVE
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 9.3 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Elite vs. Freedom is an action-packed Indie third-person shooter game. In the near future, the Earth is controlled by a global government. Few dare to resist this neo-feudalistic, corporatist, police state. Leading the insurgence, a group known as Freedom takes up the fight.
Why similar: Action 62.4%, Indie 37.6%