- #1 Fantasynth One
97% matchVery Positive95% of 479 reviews2017
Dev: HelloEnjoy
Windows
Median: 24 minMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 29%
Fantasynth One is an audio-reactive experience designed for Virtual Reality. Glide through a procedurally populated environment that comes alight with electronic music by French producer N'to.
Why similar: VR 71.7%, Indie 28.3%
Why You'll Like It: Like Surge, this is a beautiful, music-driven VR experience that focuses on abstract visuals and rhythmic movement.
- #2 The Rose and I
96% matchVery Positive89% of 186 reviews2016
Dev: Eugene ChungPub: Penrose Studios
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 17.3 hrs≥1hr: 47%
An immersive, animated VR film. Crafted by the artists, animators and storytellers of Penrose Studios, “The Rose And I” is about loneliness, friendship, love, and loss. Come meet a lonely Rose living in the unlikeliest of places, and join her as she transports you to a brand new universe.
Why similar: VR 69.3%, Indie 30.7%
Why You'll Like It: A short, poignant, and beautifully crafted VR narrative that shares the artistic, non-gameplay focus of Surge.
- #3 Cosmic Flow: A Relaxing VR Experience
95% matchVery Positive96% of 203 reviews2020
Dev: vedev
Windows
Cosmic Flow is a relaxing visual experience, an audio-visual massage for the mind, a kaleidoscopic meditation.
Why similar: VR 54.9%, Indie 45.1%
Why You'll Like It: This experience offers a similar meditative, abstract, and visually stimulating journey designed for relaxation.
- #4 Senza Peso
96% matchVery Positive94% of 315 reviews2016
Dev: Kite & Lightning
Windows
Median: 18 minMean: 9.2 hrs≥1hr: 30%
As a soul transitioning into the afterlife, Senza Peso shepherds you on a spiritual journey through a beautifully dark world of lost souls and redemption.
Why similar: VR 100%
Why You'll Like It: A classic, high-fidelity operatic VR experience that captures the same cinematic and artistic wonder found in Surge.
- #5 Gloomy Eyes
91% matchVery Positive96% of 228 reviews2025
Dev: Atlas VPub: ARTE France
Windows
A cozy horror, “self-coop”, adventure about two unlikely souls who forge a forbidden bond and journey together to find the sun. Explore eerie yet charming Tim Burton-esque levels, switch between two unique characters, and solve brain-teasing puzzles.
Why You'll Like It: A beautifully stylized, short-form VR narrative that feels like stepping into a living, breathing music video.
- #6 DMT: Dynamic Music Tesseract
94% matchVery Positive92% of 201 reviews2018
Dev: DMT
Windows
DMT is a mind-bending 3D visualization of vast 4-dimensional objects driven by your music! This is not for everyone, but the people who like it really seem to like it! If you want to zone out listening to your music and watching trippy visuals, then this is for you.
Why similar: VR 77%, Indie 23%
Why You'll Like It: This title creates a psychedelic, music-reactive environment that mirrors the abstract visual style of Surge.
- #7 The Night Cafe: A VR Tribute to Vincent Van Gogh
94% matchVery Positive95% of 275 reviews2016
Dev: Borrowed Light VR
Windows
Median: 24 minMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 33%
The Night Cafe is an environment that allows you to explore the world of Vincent van Gogh first hand. Take a moment to enjoy his iconic sunflowers in 3 dimensions or walk around the chair he painted in his bedroom to see it from another angle. Step into the vivid colors straight from his palette.
Why similar: VR 73.9%, Indie 26.1%
Why You'll Like It: This experience allows you to step inside a famous painting, offering the same artistic immersion as Surge.
- #8 Allumette
93% matchVery Positive94% of 614 reviews2016
Dev: Penrose Studios
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 6.5 hrs≥1hr: 27%
Allumette tells a story about love, sacrifice and a deep bond between a young girl and her mother.
Why similar: VR 64.7%, Indie 35.3%
Why You'll Like It: A masterfully animated, short-form VR story that emphasizes visual immersion over traditional game mechanics.
- #9 Show It 2 Me
91% matchVery Positive97% of 148 reviews2017
Dev: Titmouse
Windows
Come take a musical ride through a retro-futuristic landscape with demons, space cars, crazy head things, and disembodied tongue-mouths. Created in Google’s Tilt Brush with music from Night Club.
Why similar: Indie 100%
Why You'll Like It: A short, music-focused VR experience that captures the same experimental and artistic spirit as Surge.
- #10 Jonah's Path
92% matchMixed70% of 77 reviews2016
Dev: Ionut Lucian Achiricioaei
Windows
A short immersive Virtual Reality experience placed somewhere between Jupiter's moon Europa and Jonah the biblical story.
Why similar: VR 69.3%, Indie 30.7%
Why You'll Like It: A short, atmospheric VR journey that focuses on visual storytelling without complex gameplay.
- #11 PAPER BIRDS
89% matchPositive91% of 22 reviews2022
Dev: 3DAR
Windows
Paper Birds is a 30 minute interactive story about a young musician in search of true inspiration. Starring Ed Norton, Joss Stone, and Archie Yates, this VR film offers unique moments of interactivity, inviting you to conduct music, unlock portals, light up the invisible world, and more.
Why similar: VR 62.7%, Indie 37.3%
Why You'll Like It: This interactive, visually striking VR experience uses music and art to create a deeply atmospheric and emotional journey.
- #12 Art Plunge
90% matchVery Positive96% of 157 reviews2019
Dev: Space Plunge
Windows
Get the feeling of being inside famous paintings!
Why similar: Indie 100%
Why You'll Like It: This title brings classic paintings to life in VR, focusing on visual fidelity and artistic appreciation.
- #13 Biolum
86% matchVery Positive83% of 118 reviews2021
Dev: IKOPub: Astrea
Windows
Biolum is a 30min VR sci-fi narrative experience. Dive to uncharted depths of the ocean and discover a beautiful world of bioluminescent creatures. But all is not what it seems. What lies beneath the surface?
Why similar: VR 80.2%, Indie 19.8%
Why You'll Like It: A visually breathtaking, short-form VR experience that focuses on exploration and atmosphere.
- #14 Soundboxing
89% matchVery Positive88% of 562 reviews2016
Dev: Maxint LLC
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 66%
Soundboxing is a VR music video kickboxing game where you create the beats! You can either punch to the music and compete to beat the best, or record your own challenge for others to beat—all set to your favorite music in a cool outdoor environment.
Why similar: VR 69.9%, Indie 30.1%
Why You'll Like It: This rhythm game focuses on the synergy between music and movement, providing a dynamic audio-visual experience.
- #15 Electronauts - VR Music
87% matchVery Positive92% of 497 reviews2018
Dev: Survios
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 50%
Immerse yourself in an interactive sonic environment where you build, drop, and jam with your friends and top artists. Remix over 80 tracks and express yourself like never before. Electronauts sets the stage for you to DJ, perform, and make music magic in virtual reality.
Why similar: VR 82.2%, Indie 17.8%
Why You'll Like It: While more interactive, this music-focused title provides a high-fidelity sound and visual playground.
- #16 Audioshield
88% matchVery Positive81% of 2,738 reviews2016
Dev: Dylan Fitterer
Windows
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 8.2 hrs≥1hr: 69%
Block the beats! Audioshield puts you at the point of impact for every hit in your songs. Block incoming orbs with your shields and feel the music. Works with any song!
Why similar: VR 76.6%, Indie 23.4%
Why You'll Like It: A rhythm-based experience that uses music to drive the visual and gameplay elements, much like the core concept of Surge.
- #17 Cosmic Sugar VR
86% matchVery Positive93% of 415 reviews2016
Dev: David LobserPub: Object Normal
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 8.0 hrs≥1hr: 38%
Cosmic Sugar is an elegant, GPU driven simulation space. Vive wands become attractors or repulsors which allow you to craft nebulas. The controls are very simple, but it takes some time to explore all of the possibilities. Thanks to East Forest for the trailer music.
Why similar: VR 100%
Why You'll Like It: A relaxing, particle-based visualizer that allows you to play with light and sound in a 3D space.
- #18 Visionarium
84% matchVery Positive84% of 80 reviews2019
Dev: Sander Bos
Windows
Visionarium is a visionary music driven VR journey. In this experience a visionary trance state is simulated.
Why similar: VR 68.8%, Indie 31.2%
Why You'll Like It: This abstract, psychedelic VR experience is designed to be a purely visual and auditory journey.
- #19 Museum of Other Realities
81% matchVery Positive90% of 437 reviews2020
Dev: MOR Museum Inc.
Windows
Median: 18 minMean: 64.4 hrs≥1hr: 31%
An immersive multiplayer art showcase in virtual reality, the Museum of Other Realities is a space to connect, share, and experience a growing collection of mind-bending VR art with others.
Why similar: VR 100%
Why You'll Like It: An artistic, virtual gallery that showcases high-fidelity, abstract, and surreal VR art.
- #20 Mirage
82% matchMixed62% of 319 reviews2020
Dev: MorganaVR
Windows
Mirage is a Next Gen VR/PC adult sandbox game. It features next-gen graphics (now) and next-gen physics (soon). Interact with digital girls, choose among > 200 animations, create your perfect girl. Pose them in VR/PC, undress, customize their appearance (> 500 sliders), share girls with community.
Why similar: VR 88.2%, Indie 11.8%
Why You'll Like It: An abstract, music-reactive VR experience that prioritizes visual exploration in a surreal environment.
- #21 PolyDome
84% matchVery Positive89% of 54 reviews2016
Dev: Plan8
Windows
Step into the Polydome, a musical environment that changes and progresses when you interact with it.
Why similar: VR 100%
Why You'll Like It: An abstract, surrealist VR environment that encourages exploration and visual appreciation.
- #22 Disco Time 80s VR
82% matchMixed61% of 80 reviews2017
Dev: Indiecode Games
Windows
Median: 0 minMean: 28.0 hrs≥1hr: 13%
The 80s are back! Enter the Dancefloor and celebrate an 80s club party in VR.
Why similar: VR 79.2%, Indie 20.8%
Why You'll Like It: A fun, music-themed VR experience that uses rhythm and visual flair to keep players engaged.
- #23 INVASION!
80% matchVery Positive88% of 194 reviews2016
Dev: Baobab Studios Inc.
Windows
Median: 18 minMean: 17.7 hrs≥1hr: 29%
Narrated by Ethan Hawke and created by the director of Madagascar, INVASION! is a colorful VR animated short about a duo of aliens with grand ambitions to take over our world. Instead, they are greeted by two adorable, white bunnies…..and you are one of them! Come experience what happens!
Why similar: VR 100%
Why You'll Like It: A charming, short-form cinematic VR story that prioritizes visual immersion and character interaction.
- #24 Sound Shift
81% matchVery Positive84% of 178 reviews2015
Dev: Matthew Brown
Windows
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 23.7 hrs≥1hr: 73%
Sound Shift is a VJ style music visualiser mixed with a simple arcade shooter.
Why similar: Indie 100%
Why You'll Like It: A music-driven experience that focuses on the interaction between sound and visual effects.
- #25 Disco Destruction
78% matchVery Positive92% of 61 reviews2019
Dev: Subjective Software UG
Windows
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 11.1 hrs≥1hr: 63%
Disco Destruction is an arcade DJ game, built for VR. Open your disco for the night, keep your eyes on your customers and play the correct vinyls to make them dance. Make some money, buy upgrades and add your own music, to live the craziest party ever!
Why similar: VR 72.3%, Indie 27.7%
- #26 InMind VR
79% matchMostly Positive79% of 432 reviews2015
Dev: Luden.io
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 12 minMean: 6.3 hrs≥1hr: 23%
InMind is a short scientific adventure with arcade elements designed for the Oculus VR. Submerge into the microworld and experience the miracles of the human mind.
Why similar: VR 91.9%, Indie 8.1%
- #27 Desert Ride Coaster
78% matchMixed67% of 60 reviews2016
Dev: iNFINITE Production
Windows
Median: 24 minMean: 12.9 hrs≥1hr: 44%
Short rollercoaster ride synchronized with music.
- #28 ShotForge
77% matchMostly Positive76% of 82 reviews2016
Dev: Alix
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 15.0 hrs≥1hr: 56%
A sandbox to build the coolest guns in.
Why similar: Indie 100%
- #29 The Cubicle.
76% matchVery Positive87% of 620 reviews2016
Dev: Roel van BeekPub: Pelican Party Studios
Windows
Median: 12 minMean: 9.5 hrs≥1hr: 18%
The Cubicle is a short VR experience about your regular everyday job in an office, or is it?
Why similar: VR 84.4%, Indie 15.6%
- #30 Covert Syndrome
77% matchMixed68% of 149 reviews2017
Dev: Offworld Industries
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 10.9 hrs≥1hr: 43%
Covert Syndrome is a free to play Coop corridor shooter with a focus on unscripted AI and fast tough combat. Created as a prototyping project we wanted to release it to the community so people can experience Co-op VR for free.
Why similar: VR 83%, Indie 17%
- #31 Freedom Locomotion VR
75% matchVery Positive87% of 223 reviews2017
Dev: Huge Robot
Windows
Median: 24 minMean: 8.2 hrs≥1hr: 32%
Walk, jog, run, climb and crawl across a range of locations and terrains in the Freedom Locomotion VR demo. This game showcases the revolutionary Freedom Locomotion System that provides you with a wide range of options, which will allow you to find the most immersive fit regardless of how motion sickness sensitive you might be.
Why similar: VR 75.8%, Indie 24.2%
- #32 INFINITI VR
75% matchMostly Positive71% of 68 reviews2017
Dev: The Pulse
Windows
Immersive VR experience for HTC Vive featuring world leading visuals and interactions. Check it out for free now.
Why similar: VR 100%
- #33 Found
74% matchVery Positive88% of 147 reviews2016
Dev: Priyam ParikhPub: FoundVR
Windows
Median: 12 minMean: 15.9 hrs≥1hr: 35%
“A dimly lit train cabin … swaying grassy plains … flickering fireflies … a mighty dragon.” Found is an interactive short film experience. Its story speaks to the connection and lack there of between nature, technology and fellow travelers as you make your way through a fantastical yet familiar world.
Why similar: VR 83.5%, Indie 16.5%
- #34 Abbot's Book Demo
73% matchVery Positive88% of 212 reviews2016
Dev: The Abbot's Book, LLCPub: Blackthorn Media, LLC
Windows
Median: 24 minMean: 21.9 hrs≥1hr: 38%
A trailer for the 8-episode narrative VR The Abbot's Book.
Why similar: VR 73.2%, Indie 26.8%
- #35 VRMultigames
74% matchMostly Positive77% of 87 reviews2016
Dev: Mad Triangles
Windows
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 13.9 hrs≥1hr: 55%
Play several original minigames designed for VR. This free collection of minigames is designed specifically for VR from the start, and provides original games and experiments for people to try.
Why similar: VR 78.6%, Indie 21.4%
- #36 Heart of the Emberstone: Coliseum
73% matchVery Positive85% of 79 reviews2017
Dev: Cloudhead Games Ltd.
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 10.1 hrs≥1hr: 38%
Coliseum gives you a telekinetic playground to wield a mystical power, solve puzzles, and meet "The Beast,” in a slice of fantasy from the VR world of The Gallery: Heart of the Emberstone.
Why similar: VR 75%, Indie 25%
- #37 MIRAGE
72% matchVery Positive84% of 112 reviews2018
Dev: MIRAGE VR
Windows
Be immersed in a transcendental experience that brings your music to life. Use your own music and watch the environment react. Play music in any music player and MIRAGE will listen and respond. This is a world-class music visualizer.
Why similar: VR 68.7%, Indie 31.3%
- #38 DrumBeats VR
60% matchMixed68% of 147 reviews2024
Dev: Marcel EissensPub: MESHm
Windows
DrumBeats VR is a drumming music game for VR. Play on iconic drumkits and play in epic scenes! With your driving rhythm you become the backbone of every song you play. With a setlist of 21 songs and more on the way, you can play along to your favorite tunes and feel like you're part of the band
Why similar: VR 88.5%, Indie 11.5%
- #39 Irrational Exuberance: Prologue
72% matchVery Positive86% of 354 reviews2016
Dev: Buffalo Vision
Windows
Median: 18 minMean: 12.2 hrs≥1hr: 32%
Awaken on an asteroid in deep space, underneath comets and giant stars. Designed for HTC Vive, Prologue introduces the critically-acclaimed world of Irrational Exuberance—a fever dream of interstellar interactions. Take the first step on a journey of risk, wonder and discovery.
Why similar: VR 70%, Indie 30%
- #40 Infected Mushroom Pinball
58% matchMostly Positive71% of 84 reviews2025
Dev: RAYWORKS
Windows
Whether you´re a music lover, a hardcore pinball wizard or just curious about pushing boundaries of virtual experiences, Infected Mushroom Pinball is your gateway to next-level audiovisual immersion, where the line between real and virtual blurs.
Why similar: VR 100%
- #41 Soundscape VR: 2017
71% matchMostly Positive71% of 113 reviews2017
Dev: Groove Science Studios
Windows
A hyper-immersive audiovisual adventure originally created for Burning Man, Soundscape VR: 2017 now lives on as a de-commodified gift to all humans who hold a passion for music & visual arts.
Why similar: VR 100%
- #42 AGAINST
57% matchMostly Positive71% of 315 reviews2025
Dev: Joy Way
Windows
AGAINST is a combat rhythm VR game that will immerse you in a dark comics story. Follow the beat to shoot and slice your way through evil henchmen of Dr. Vice. Empowering music is your only way out from these crime-ridden streets.
Why similar: VR 82.2%, Indie 17.8%
- #43 TapSonic World Champion VR
70% matchVery Positive84% of 63 reviews2018
Dev: NEOWIZ
Windows
TAP & Slide - Grab the controller and feel the Music!
Why similar: VR 100%
- #44 Modules
62% matchMostly Positive76% of 63 reviews2023
Dev: Zhestkov.Studio
Windows
Modules is a VR art experience by Maxim Zhestkov, where architecture, sculpture, film, and music blend together to immerse viewers into the artist's world.
Why similar: VR 100%
- #45 Construct VR - The Volumetric Movie
65% matchMostly Positive78% of 102 reviews2021
Dev: PresenZ
Windows
Now available for free via ImmersiX. Made in the PresenZ format, powered by V-Nova compression, Construct VR is a short film that shows the capabilities of a fully volumetric distributable pre-rendered movie.
Why similar: VR 100%
- #46 Wake Up
71% matchVery Positive81% of 98 reviews2016
Dev: Black Cell OG
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 22.5 hrs≥1hr: 50%
Experience a shattered and surreal dream filled with fascinating riddles, where your only guide is an elusive butterfly. Can you make the journey and wake up?
Why similar: VR 72.7%, Indie 27.3%
- #47 Endless Night - Alpha
71% matchVery Positive89% of 61 reviews2016
Dev: Yerawizard LLC
Windows
Endless Night is a room-scale VR experience that will get your heart pumping and your adrenaline roaring.
Why similar: VR 64.5%, Indie 35.5%
- #48 Dance Dash
60% matchVery Positive82% of 191 reviews2023
Dev: Rebuff Reality
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 3.1 hrs≥1hr: 37%
Arcade-style rhythm pumping FREE FULL BODY TRACKING on VR & PC. Empowered by mobile/webcam AI tracking. Groove to 100s of community songs and maps IN-GAME plus viral dance videos and MVs.
Why similar: VR 82.5%, Indie 17.5%
- #49 The Body VR: Journey Inside a Cell
69% matchVery Positive92% of 271 reviews2016
Dev: The Body VR LLC
Windows
Median: 18 minMean: 7.6 hrs≥1hr: 29%
The Body VR: Journey Inside a Cell is an educational virtual reality experience that takes the user inside the human body.
Why similar: VR 100%
- #50 Sheaf - Together EP
67% matchVery Positive96% of 170 reviews2019
Dev: Stryde Games
Windows
Enter virtual reality to listen to the debut EP “Together” of synthwave producer Sheaf. No gameplay involved -- just sit back, relax, and enjoy the music while you drive through a retro low poly world.
Why similar: Indie 100%
- #51 Short Circuit VR
68% matchVery Positive82% of 132 reviews2018
Dev: Stefan BauwensPub: N/A
Windows
Short Circuit VR is an electronics lab simulator in Virtual Reality. You can build your own electronic circuits with the components provided, learn basic electronics by completing challenges and just have fun while experimenting and making awesome projects!
Why similar: VR 64.5%, Indie 35.5%
- #52 The VR Museum of Fine Art
69% matchVery Positive87% of 320 reviews2016
Dev: Finn Sinclair
Windows
Median: 24 minMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 36%
JUST UPDATED: Explore the Second Floor of the Museum! Explore a virtual museum in room-scale VR: see famous sculptures in full, 1:1 scale and see famous paintings without the limitations of glass and security guards.
Why similar: VR 79.3%, Indie 20.7%
- #53 Tower Tag
51% matchVery Positive90% of 298 reviews2026
Dev: Steinfatt GmbH
Windows
Tower Tag is the original hyper-dynamic futuristic paintball like PVP shooter with a grappling hook locomotion method that becomes second nature instantly. Without any motion sickness!...
Why similar: VR 95.5%, Indie 4.5%
