Games Like Onward

Pavlov is a multiplayer shooter in VR with heavy focus on community features. Realistic reloading features and fast paced combat as part of the core experience. Play the #1 most popular VR shooter on PC today.

Why similar: VR 33.4%, Military 15.2%, FPS 11.1%, Shooter 10%, Multiplayer 7.1%

Why You'll Like It: Provides a fast-paced yet tactical VR shooter experience with a massive community and diverse range of realistic weapon mechanics.

Contractors is a team-based competitive multiplayer shooter game for virtual reality devices. Experience the next level virtual warfare with hardcore controls, lethal weapons, customizable load-outs, and intense firefights. BECOME AN OPERATOR.

Why similar: VR 33.8%, Military 15.9%, FPS 13.4%, Violent 11.7%, Shooter 6.6%

Why You'll Like It: Offers a similar tactical VR experience with extensive mod support that allows for a variety of realistic military scenarios.

Tactical Assault VR is an intense tactical shooter where you use real-world CQB (Close Quarters Battles) tactics to stack up, breach doors and eliminate threats. Play solo or join an online co-op special forces unit in missions around the world.

Why similar: VR 26.9%, Tactical 14.8%, Shooter 13.3%, War 12.1%, Online Co-Op 10.3%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses heavily on close-quarters battle and tactical team coordination in a realistic VR environment.

Ghosts of Tabor is VRs only FPS PVP and PVE survival game where you will use your wits, skills and resources to survive. Inspired by games such as Escape from Tarkov and DayZ, featuring different scenarios from scavenging to looting and crafting. Will you survive long enough to make it out alive?

Why similar: VR 36.6%, Military 26.8%, Shooter 17.9%, PvP 7.2%, Multiplayer 6.5%

Why You'll Like It: Combines tactical VR combat with an extraction-based looter-shooter loop that demands high-level survival skills.

GERONIMO is an immersive, tactical CQB shooter built for Virtual Reality that depicts a modern-day world in which Tier 1 operators are called to implement unconventional operations as members of elite teams. Breaching, in-depth character and weapon customization and more! "Who Dares, Wins"

Why similar: VR 20.3%, Military 16.8%, FPS 13%, War 10.3%, Shooter 9.7%

Why You'll Like It: A highly realistic tactical shooter built for VR that emphasizes authentic weapon manipulation and squad-based mission execution.

Breachers™ is a tactical 5v5 VR FPS. Plan your assault or orchestrate your defense as a team through intense close-quarters combat. Climb, vault, rappel, swing, shoot and strategize your way to victory in stunning environments.Supports cross-play with Quest and PSVR2 player base.

Why similar: VR 15.5%, eSports 13.6% ★, FPS 11.7%, Military 10.4%, Shooter 8.3%

Why You'll Like It: Delivers a competitive 5v5 tactical shooter experience in VR that rewards strategic planning and precise team movement.

Zero Caliber 2 Remastered brings the full VR shooter experience to PC - with intense, cinematic firefights, a full single player and Co-op campaign, PvP, a huge arsenal to unlock, and character customization to make you stand out. Jump in if you’re after a proper VR shooter. Out NOW!

Why similar: VR 18.5%, Military 17.1%, FPS 12.6%, War 10.6%, Modern 9.9%

Why You'll Like It: Provides a polished military shooter experience with a focus on co-op campaigns and realistic gunplay.

Do you like hot dogs? How about horseshoes? Hand grenades? (everyone likes hand grenades) Anyway, we've got all that, and guns. SO MANY GUNS. So if you like ordnance, meat, and far too many groan-worthy puns, this is the VR sandbox game for you.

Why similar: VR 34.3%, FPS 21%, Shooter 16.6%, Realistic 10.2%, Simulation 7.5%

Why You'll Like It: The gold standard for realistic firearm simulation in VR, offering unparalleled depth in weapon handling and mechanics.

Into the Radius is a single-player survival shooter in VR. Explore the Pechorsk zone filled with surreal landscapes and dangerous anomalies. Defend yourself with realistic firearms, recover strange artifacts, scavenge for loot, and uncover the mysteries of this unforgiving dystopian environment.

Why similar: VR 43.3%, FPS 22.3%, Shooter 12.1%, Realistic 9.3%, First-Person 4.6%

Why You'll Like It: Features deep survival mechanics and realistic weapon maintenance that mirror the immersive nature of Onward's combat.

Contractors Showdown delivers intense VR extraction combat in ExfilZone, now featuring PvE Mode alongside high-stakes PvPvE action. Customize your loadout, complete missions, loot, survive, and fight your way through immersive tactical battles.

Why similar: VR 22.2%, Military 17.2%, FPS 11.5%, Shooter 10%, War 9.4%

Why You'll Like It: Expands the tactical VR formula into a large-scale battle royale format that requires careful positioning and resource management.

From one of the developers behind the original Rainbow Six® and Ghost Recon® games, comes a thinking-man's first-person shooter featuring in-depth character and weapon customization. Take your time. Think ahead. Get the job done.

Why similar: Military 24.3%, Tactical 15.7%, Realistic 14.4%, FPS 14.2%, Shooter 8.4%

Why You'll Like It: A non-VR tactical shooter that prioritizes realistic ballistics and authentic military loadouts for players who value simulation over arcade action.

Download VAIL and experience the #1, highest-rated VR shooter, with precision-crafted gunplay, stunning visuals, unparalleled combat, and a constantly expanding world of modes, maps, and community

Why similar: VR 19.7%, Military 17.1%, FPS 14.3%, Shooter 10.2%, Tactical 8.9%

Why You'll Like It: A competitive VR shooter that emphasizes tactical team play and precise movement in a modern military setting.

Squad is a tactical FPS that provides authentic combat experiences through teamwork, communication, and realistic combat. It bridges the gap between arcade shooter and military realism with 100-player battles, combined-arms warfare, and base building.

Why similar: Military 22.3%, FPS 12%, Realistic 10%, War 8.9%, Tactical 8.2%

Why You'll Like It: This large-scale military simulator captures the team-based communication and strategic depth that Onward players crave.

Become an elite SWAT commander and bring order to a city overwhelmed by chaos and corruption.

Why similar: FPS 18%, Tactical 17.5%, Realistic 15.4%, Shooter 11.5%, Multiplayer 8.8%

Why You'll Like It: While not in VR, this is the premier tactical CQB simulator that matches Onward's intensity and focus on realistic police/military operations.

Zero Caliber is the ultimate VR FPS: single player/Co-op campaign, PvP and mod support with 40+ realistic firearms & melee weapons, 100+ unlockable skins, 50+ attachments, realistic physics, progression & more! Immerse yourself in the action, customize your gear and unleash your inner hero!

Why similar: Military 19.8%, VR 17.9%, FPS 11.5%, War 8.7%, Shooter 8.2%

Why You'll Like It: A foundational VR military shooter that offers solid co-op gameplay and a variety of realistic weapon platforms.

Insurgency: Sandstorm is a hardcore tactical FPS built on lethal close-quarters combat and ruthless intensity. Every bullet count, every step matters, and teamwork is your only path to survival in the brutality of modern warfare.

Why similar: Military 20%, FPS 17.7%, Realistic 11.7%, Shooter 10.7%, Tactical 9.1%

Why You'll Like It: A gritty, realistic FPS that emphasizes tactical movement and lethal combat encounters similar to Onward's pace.

VTOL VR is a near-futuristic combat flight game built for Virtual Reality. Pilot advanced multi-role jets, using your hands to flip switches, press buttons, and manipulate the virtual flight controls.

Why similar: VR 31%, Military 23.2%, War 14.6%, Realistic 11.2%, Multiplayer 6.1%

Why You'll Like It: While focused on flight, it provides a highly immersive and realistic military simulation experience that appeals to the same audience.

Join the fight in War Dust VR, the ultimate FPS shooter with immersive VR gameplay. Dominate expansive battlefields with diverse vehicles, exciting mechanics, and strategic control points. Join your team and become a champion of this multiplayer war today!

Why similar: VR 15.4%, Military 14.3%, War 9.9%, FPS 9.6%, Class-Based 7.7%

Why You'll Like It: Provides large-scale VR combat that mimics the chaos and tactical requirements of massive military battles.

Experience true combat gameplay in a massive military sandbox. Deploy with a wide variety of single- and multiplayer content, a massive arsenal of modern weapons and vehicles, and limitless opportunities for content creation. Authentic, diverse, open - Arma 3 sends you to war.

Why similar: Military 25%, Shooter 10.8%, War 10.2%, FPS 10.2%, Realistic 9.7%

Why You'll Like It: The definitive military sandbox that offers the most comprehensive simulation of tactical combat and large-scale warfare.

Team up and join the frontline in Squad 44, the most authentic tactical WW2 shooter. Experience ruthless realism with an immense arsenal of faithfully recreated weapons and vehicles across massive WW2 battlefields.

Why similar: Military 22.6%, FPS 15.3%, War 12.1%, Realistic 10.3%, Multiplayer 8.5%

Why You'll Like It: Provides an authentic World War II tactical experience that requires intense coordination and realistic combat tactics.

Operation: Harsh Doorstop is the ultimate, free to play, tactical shooter sandbox. Play singleplayer, multiplayer, or co-op modes and explore thousands of community-created maps, weapons, and vehicles via the Steam Workshop. Created by developers of the cancelled Project Reality 2 project.

Why similar: Military 24.4%, FPS 14.7%, Realistic 11.7%, War 10.6%, Tactical 9.6%

Why You'll Like It: A free-to-play tactical shooter that focuses on realistic military combat and community-driven content.

Forget what you have played so far, SURV1V3 is a unique realistic zombie survival fps game expressly designed for VIRTUAL REALITY that will let you test your survival skills. Play the thrilling story in single mode or coop with your friends (up to 4 players) and survive the apocalypse!

Why similar: VR 56.5%, Violent 12.7%, Multiplayer 8%, Online Co-Op 7.4%, Simulation 7.2%

Why You'll Like It: A tactical VR survival game that forces players to manage their gear and movement carefully in a hostile environment.

Fierce military arcade shooter in VR for single-player and co-op multiplayer. Drop into a variety of indoor and outdoor battle scenes with 63 missions, 39 different weapons, and 17 types of enemies as you lead an elite fireteam into immersive 360° combat.

Why similar: VR 22.9%, FPS 16.1%, Military 14.7%, Shooter 11.4%, War 9.8%

Why You'll Like It: A polished VR shooter that provides intense co-op missions and a variety of tactical combat scenarios.

Forefront is an intense VR shooter featuring 32-player large-scale battles, land, sea, and air vehicles, and immersive, tactical combat. You are the tip of the spear in the war between a global energy giant and resistance forces. Which side will you take?

Why similar: VR 16.4%, Military 13.4%, FPS 11.7%, Class-Based 8.7%, War 8.6%

Blade & Sorcery is a built-for-VR medieval fantasy with full physics driven melee, ranged and magic combat. Become a powerful warrior, ranger or sorcerer and devastate your enemies.

Why similar: VR 62.1%, Violent 16.4%, First-Person 5.7%, Simulation 5.3%, Action 4.2%

BONEWORKS is an Experimental Physics VR Adventure. Use found physics weapons, tools, and objects to fight across dangerous playscapes and mysterious architecture.

Why similar: VR 43.1%, Shooter 12.5%, Realistic 10%, FPS 9.9%, Violent 8.2%

Why You'll Like It: Features advanced physics-based combat that allows for creative and immersive tactical interactions in VR.

Grab your rifle, gaze down the scope and take aim in this stealth-action WW2 first-person shooter built exclusively for VR. With an explosive campaign, astonishing immersion, authentic weaponry, and signature gunplay from the award-winning Sniper Elite series

Why similar: VR 39.6%, FPS 20.4%, Shooter 15.6%, Violent 9.1%, Action 7.4%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the tactical precision of long-range engagement with immersive VR mechanics for aiming and reloading.

Take to the range with an arsenal of the world’s most powerful weaponry in Gun Club VR. Addictive gameplay and unsurpassed realism combine to make Gun Club VR the ultimate virtual weapon simulator. The only thing missing is the smell of the gunpowder.

Why similar: VR 32.5%, FPS 19.2%, Shooter 19%, Realistic 13.4%, Simulation 5.7%

Why You'll Like It: Offers an incredibly detailed look at weapon customization and realistic firing mechanics for enthusiasts of military hardware.

Take the fight to war-torn Europe in Medal of Honor: Above and Beyond. The franchise returns to its roots complete with a deep single-player campaign and powerful interviews with survivors and veterans of the Second World War. (VR Title)

Why similar: VR 33.8%, War 18.3%, Multiplayer 8.5%, First-Person 8.1%, Violent 8%

Why You'll Like It: A cinematic VR military shooter that delivers a high-production experience with realistic combat scenarios.

Into the Radius 2 is an immersive VR survival shooter, set in a realm of surreal landscapes and deadly entities known as Pechorsk Anomaly. Arm yourself with realistic weapons and venture deeper into the mysteries within. Featuring co‑op for up to four players.

Why similar: VR 28.6%, FPS 18.6%, Realistic 13.9%, Shooter 13%, Online Co-Op 10.7%

Engage in massive combined arms battles, create and curate combat missions in real time, and shape your experience with endless community mods. Deploy into the Cold War and experience the most authentic and immersive military sandbox ever created.

Why similar: Military 25%, FPS 12.4%, Realistic 10.8%, War 10.7%, Shooter 10.7%

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 30.5%, FPS 18%, Shooter 13.5%, Multiplayer 11.6%, Online Co-Op 10%

Bodycam is the first tactical multiplayer FPS with a true body-camera view in Unreal Engine 5. Close-quarters combats feel raw and loud. Every angle, callout, and bullet matters. Play Deathmatch, Team Deathmatch, and Wingman on photoreal maps where teamplay, tactics, and clutch skill are key.

Why similar: Military 16.6%, VR 15.4%, FPS 14.1%, Realistic 11.1%, Tactical 11.1%

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 43.8%, FPS 22.9%, Shooter 18.8%, First-Person 8.6%, Action 4.1%

Out of Ammo is an intense VR Tower Defense / FPS hybrid strategy game that will have you constructing defenses, calling in artillery, issuing orders, and taking direct control of your soldiers in order to survive a relentless enemy onslaught.

Why similar: VR 27.2%, Military 23.3%, FPS 17.4%, Shooter 12.4%, Online Co-Op 10.5%

Beat Saber is a VR rhythm game where you slash the beats of adrenaline-pumping music as they fly towards you, surrounded by a futuristic world.

Why similar: VR 63.5%, Multiplayer 11.8%, PvP 9%, First-Person 7.6%, Action 3.8%

Enter a high-stakes PvE-first open-world tactical shooter set on a quarantined Southeast Asian island torn apart by faction warfare. Deploy as an elite operator, fight solo or with your squad to carry out missions, earn reputation, and explore the truth behind the Event igniting the conflict.

Why similar: Military 17.6%, FPS 12.9%, Tactical 10.1%, Realistic 10%, War 9.1%

Serious Sam VR: The First Encounter is a frantic arcade action FPS, featuring singleplay and co-op campaign, various multiplayer modes, all presented in glorious VR and with different locomotion movements.

Why similar: VR 60.2%, Violent 26.1%, Action 8.9%, Indie 4.9%

Built exclusively for VR, Arizona Sunshine® puts you and up to 3 fellow survivors in the midst of a zombie apocalypse. Survive solo or in co-op, handle weapons with real-life movements, and explore a post-apocalyptic world in VR. Putting the undead back to rest is more thrilling than ever before.

Why similar: VR 34.5%, FPS 14.2%, Shooter 10.8%, Multiplayer 10.7%, Online Co-Op 10.4%

Play in VR or with traditional FPS controls as you breach and clear your way through 23 handcrafted levels. Fast and Low is the only tactical shooter where a VR player and a keyboard player can team up side-by-side, locally or online, in intense co-op missions.

Why similar: VR 26.4%, FPS 13.3%, Violent 13.3%, Tactical 13.3%, Online Co-Op 11.3%

Zero Hour is a tactical FPS with online team-based game play that takes place in a variety of fictional locations interpreted in Bangladesh with Real-life scale & resource management. It brings a grounded, close quarter combat experience to the game.

Why similar: Military 16.5%, Tactical 15.2%, FPS 14.8%, Shooter 12.8%, Realistic 11.4%

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 63%, FPS 14.1%, Multiplayer 8.6%, Shooter 6.2%, Action 5%

Six Days in Fallujah is an intensely realistic first-person tactical shooter based on true stories from one of this century’s toughest urban battles.

Why similar: Military 21.3%, FPS 13.2%, War 12.5%, Tactical 10.8%, Realistic 10.7%

In OPERATOR, you will play as an elite Tier 1 operator undergoing dangerous clandestine operations all over the globe. With a strategic, measured, and unforgiving style of gameplay. You are the tactical advantage, Good luck.

Why similar: War 15.1%, FPS 14.7%, Realistic 13.5%, Tactical 13.3%, Shooter 13.1%

IronWolf VR is a roomscale submarine game playable either singleplayer or online co-op with motion controls. Built from the ground up for VR, each part of the submarine has been crafted for an optimal VR experience.

Why similar: VR 47.3%, Multiplayer 18.2%, Online Co-Op 13.9%, Simulation 11.9%, Action 6.1%

Kill, build, drive, do parkour, fly, make friends, eat... Compete to be the last man alive on huge islands filled with deadly weapons and vehicles. Play the way you want, this is Battle Royale.

Why similar: VR 60.8%, Simulation 14.5%, FPS 9.7%, Action 9.5%, Multiplayer 5.4%

Crisis VRigade is a virtual reality action filled first person shooter that lets players take on the role of a SWAT trooper and deal with terrorist situations. Play solo or team with your friends with the coop multiplayer mode.

Why similar: VR 34.3%, Violent 23.4%, FPS 11.5%, Shooter 9.5%, Multiplayer 7.6%

Skyfront is a fast-paced multiplayer FPS built exclusively for VR. The game launches you into mesmerising zero-G arenas. But not before equipping you with an array of awesome weapons and impressive special abilities.

Why similar: VR 26.5%, FPS 11.8%, Shooter 9.5%, War 8.2%, Multiplayer 7.6%

From the team that brought you Arizona Sunshine® comes an epic VR action FPS with intense co-op gameplay at its core. Team up with friends and take on a hostile VR world filled with ferocious undead--mutated and twisted by the relentless cold.

Why similar: VR 32.1%, FPS 18.6%, Shooter 12.9%, Realistic 11.4%, Violent 7.6%

Join the ever expanding experience of Hell Let Loose - a hardcore World War Two first person shooter with epic battles of 100 players with infantry, tanks, artillery, a dynamically shifting front line and a unique resource based RTS-inspired meta-game.

Why similar: Military 16.7%, FPS 13.3%, War 13.1%, Shooter 10.8%, Realistic 10.8%

STRIDE is a high-octane parkour adventure in virtual reality. Fight for your life as you hurtle through the rooftops of a futuristic metropolis. Step into the shoes of a master freerunner as you vault, swing, and shoot your way through this action-packed adventure. Multiplayer now available!

Why similar: VR 38.4%, FPS 17.2%, Shooter 14.2%, First-Person 8.2%, Violent 7.1%

GORN is a ludicrously violent VR gladiator simulator, made by Free Lives, the developers of Broforce and Genital Jousting.

Why similar: VR 58.9%, Violent 25%, Action 6.6%, First-Person 5%, Indie 3.4%

Experience hyper-realistic visuals and fluid controls from an unprecedented Bodycam perspective. The world's first shooter with truly playable 3DGS environments. Every pulse-pounding firefight and precise tactical move is captured by your chest-mounted camera for unmatched battlefield immersion.

Why similar: Military 18.4%, FPS 13.6%, War 10.9%, Realistic 10.5%, Tactical 10.5%

Combining survival horror and static wave shooting, Propagation VR will get your adrenaline pumping as you try to survive a zombie apocalypse. Armed only with your guns and your fists, fight off terrifying zombies and other multi-species mutants. Will you get out alive?

Why similar: VR 47.1%, FPS 13.6%, Violent 12.2%, Multiplayer 9.7%, Shooter 7.2%

Take to the streets for intense close quarters combat, where a team's survival depends upon securing crucial strongholds and destroying enemy supply in this multiplayer and cooperative Source Engine based experience.

Why similar: FPS 37.8%, Military 12.4%, Realistic 10.2%, Tactical 9.1%, Shooter 7.7%

Virtual Battlegrounds is a VR Battle Royale built from the ground up for virtual reality. Battle to become the last warrior standing on this dystopian war-crazed island with tactical gun-play, an epic map, and physically controlled locomotion.

Why similar: VR 62.3%, Simulation 14.1%, Action 9.1%, Shooter 8.9%, Indie 5.5%

Step inside a colossal war machine and experience what it means to be a mech pilot. Control every switch, weapon, and system from the cockpit, customize your mech for battle, and outmaneuver rival pilots in tactical cross-platform multiplayer combat.

Why similar: VR 25.5%, FPS 16.2%, Tactical 11.8%, Shooter 11.6%, Multiplayer 9.9%

Hand Simulator Shooter — a true contender for the shooter throne, inspired by iconic games of the genre. Take control of your hands to survive and dominate in physically realistic shootouts. Experience unique gameplay where every move matters, and become the master of the new king of shooters.

Why similar: Military 17%, FPS 15.8%, Shooter 14.7%, Simulation 11.3%, War 10.5%