Not ready to plonk down your first $100 on Quest games? Thankfully there's an impressive number of free games, experiences, apps, and social VR platforms to keep you playing before you're paying. Looking to make your Quest 3S gaming experience even better? Don't miss our top picks for the most essential Quest 3 accessories. The new hotness supports all of the same Quest 3 accessories, save the facial interfaces, which are unique to each headset. Free Quest Games Yeeps: Hide and Seek https://youtu.be/hBAUrrjQjLY As a Yeep, your belly is full of stuffing used to craft anything from pillows for building to bombs for destruction. Pull items from your vast imagination and toss them into the world. The game’s intuitive block-based building makes it easy to express your creativity at any skill level. Developer: Trass Games Store link Gorilla Tag https://youtu.be/HV1O9TaK_qg Like your primitive ancestors, Gorilla Tag will have you lumbering around a tree-lined arena using its unique 'grab-the-world' locomotion style that lets you amble around like a great ape. Chase the other apes and infect them or climb for your life as the infected chase you. Pure and simple. Make sure you're far from TVs, furniture, babies, and pets because you will punch something in the mad dash for sweet, low-poly freedom. Developer: Another Axiom Store link Maestro: The Masterclass https://youtu.be/fVTWdzGnW58 Step on the podium and become a true orchestra conductor in Maestro: The Masterclass. Play hands free or grab a chopstick and master the real hands motions that command the orchestra through an off the rail conducting masterclass that culminates with an epic symphonic concert in a packed opera house. Good luck, Maestro! Developer: Double Jack Store link Noclip VR https://youtu.be/6YG3IR4RVBI Riding off the success of cult-like status of 'The Backrooms' Internet lore, Noclip VR lets you and online players explore the liminal spaces, solve puzzles, and escape that which lurks within. To move, you'll need to swing your arms, and always keep in ear-shot of your friends, otherwise they won't hear you scream. Gameplay is a bit barebones, making it feel more like something you'd find imported on a social platform like VR Chat or Rec Room, although it's definitely invoking Gorilla Tag vibes. Developer: SuperFPS Store link Population: One https://youtu.be/2Fl1ARKEUwc Population: One is basically VR's most successful battle royale, letting you climb, fly, shoot, and team-up with whoever dares. The free-to-play game does feature microtransactions, but only for cosmetics, which is nice. It's more than just a battle royale though: you can play in the sandbox for custom maps and rules, team deathmatch with customizable loadouts, a 12v12 war mode, and more. Developer: BixBox VR Store link Gun Raiders https://youtu.be/U36FOXXjCCs Gun Raiders serves up a healthy slice of multiplayer shooter action with multiple game modes that let you jetpack through the air, climb from wall to wall, and shoot down the competition. There's the same sort of microtransactions you see in bigger games, but it they're all avatar skin stuff, so no pay-to-win here. Developer: Gun Raiders Entertainment Inc. Store link Gym Class - Basketball https://youtu.be/bgTHFkEHnVE Gym Class - Basketball is the solution if you're looking to shoot some hoops and dunk like you probably can't on a physical court. Online multiplayer lets you go head-to-head for a pretty convincing game of b-ball thanks to the game's physics-based and full-body kinematics. Developer: IRL Studios Store link Blaston https://youtu.be/rUyBDSi-U2k This room-scale shooter is now free-to-play, letting you take on friends, family and foes in head-to-head 1v1 dueling. Refine your loadout and jump into the action as you scramble for weapons and send a volley of hellfire at your enemies, all the while Matrix dodging through this innovative bullet hell meets futuristic dueling game. Developer: Resolution Games Store link Hyper Dash https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BOivB5Et06k Hyper Dash is a multiplayer shooter that basically fills in where Echo Combat never could (never mind that Echo Combat was never on Quest, and is now entirely defunct on Oculus PC). Letting you quick dash, sprint, and rail grind around, Hyper Dash manages to serve up an impressive number of modes, including Payload, Domination, Control Point, (Team) Deathmatch, Capture The Flag, and Elimination. You can also take on both Quest and SteamVR users thanks to the inclusion of cross-play. Developer: Triangle Factory Store link Ultimechs https://youtu.be/ztwf1VCQbIc Ultimechs should look pretty familiar: it's basically Rocket League, but instead of driving around in cars, you're given rocket-powered fists to punch balls into the goal. Online multiplayer includes both 1v1 and 2v2 matches, offering up tons of opportunities to earn cosmetic gear that will let you outfit your battle mech into something unique. There are also now two paid battle passes too, offering up a ton of cosmetics to set you apart from the competition. Developer: Resolution Games Store link FRENZIES (early access) https://youtu.be/HhPy31NH-Js Fans of arena shooters, get ready to battle in this lucky dip of game modes, including all of your favorite modes and a few new ones too, like Red Light, Green Light and Glitter Pig. Now in early access, the stylish, neon-soaked free-to-play team shooter packs in some serious style. Developer: Near Light (nDreams) Store link Cards & Tankards https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D4Jk7NgK8N4 Cards & Tankards is a pretty addictive social collectible card game, letting you collect and battle friends with over 180 cards. With cross-play against SteamVR headsets (also free on PC), you may consider hosting your regular game night playing more than a few rounds in the game's characteristic medieval fantasy tavern. Developer: Divergent Realities Store link Vegas Infinite https://youtu.be/6B_K1rJJNZQ No real cash gambling here, but PokerStars' Vegas Infinite not only let you go all-in on games of Texas Hold'em, but now a full casino's worth of table games a machines that are sure to light up the dopamine starved pleasure centers of your brain. It's all free play, so you won't be risking real cash unless you buy in-game chips, which cannot be turned back into real money: it's only to keep your bankroll flush for free play. Developer: LuckyVR Inc Store link Bait! Since the Fishin’ Buddies update, this classic VR title has gotten a whole new lease on life as a multiplayer VR fishing game that lets you sit back and crack a cold one with the boys as you reel in the big’uns. The additional social areas also let you sit back between your fishing adventures to take part in casual mini-games. Developer: Resolution Games Store link Gods of Gravity https://youtu.be/1TmbDI9209A Gods of Gravity is an arcade-style RTS game where you compete in an epic showdown of between celestial gods (2-8 players). Scoop up ships and fling them to capture a nearby planet, or open wormholes to teleport them across the solar system. Hold planets and moons to boost your production. Mine asteroids for the powerful resources within. And if you dare, capture the sun for the ultimate buff. Then send a massive fleet to conquer your enemy’s home planet. Last god standing wins. Developer: Trass Games Store link Social VR Platforms Rec Room https://youtu.be/Ipg7Sh13iMo Without a doubt one of the most fun, and most expansive VR titles out there... and it's free. Sure, you can pay real cash for in-game tokens to buy spiffy clothes for your avatar, but that's really up to you. Gads of mini-games await you in both first-party creations such as the ever so popular co-op Quests—that could be games in their own right—to user-created stuff that will keep your pocket book gathering dust. It's social VR, so meet people and have a ball for zero dollarydoos. Fair warning: there's a ton of kids. Developer: Rec Room Store link VRChat https://youtu.be/PWLPw4RE9Ig If you've been anywhere near the Internet in the last few years, it's likely you've already heard about VRChat, the user-generated social VR space filled with... well... everything you can imagine, re-pro games included like Among Us, Mario Kart, and even a version of Beat Saber. Fashion your own avatar or download the millions of user-generated avatars out there so you can embody SpongeBob, Kirito from Sword Art Online, or any one of the million anime girl avatars that you're bound to see there. Developer: VRChat Store link Horizon Worlds https://youtu.be/02kCEurWkqU Horizon Worlds has changed a lot since launch. It now includes more tools, user-generated content, and some more compelling first-party games which has rounded out things to make it more competitive with Rec Room and VRChat. You may want to check in just to see the state of Meta's first-party VR social platform. Whatever the case, the price of 'free' is hard to argue with. Developer: Meta Store link Continue on Page 2: Free Experiences & Apps» Free Interactive Experiences Anne Frank House VR https://youtu.be/HCFUuyi-lIc This interactive experience takes you into the secret annex where Anne Frank lived for two years in hiding from the Nazi regime. The experience lets you explore the entire annex where eight people hid, and experience what it must have been like for Frank up until the group was discovered and shipped off to concentration camps in August 1944. Developer: Force Field Store link Mission: ISS https://youtu.be/bVDy0B_X-fo Get your space boots and Tang ready, because you're about to take a trip into orbit to learn about life board the International Space Station. You'll float around in the station's microgravity environment and experience how to dock a space capsule, take a spacewalk, and let real NASA astronauts guide you on the ISS through informative videos and images. Look out over the pale blue dot and marvel at humankind's most awesome achievements. Developer: Magnopus / Oculus Store link Home After War https://youtu.be/3gFlfiXQwj0 Home After War is a room-scale, interactive experience that takes you to Fallujah, a city that was, until recently, under Islamic State (IS) control. Even though the conflict has ended, there’s a looming fear of returning refugees: booby trapped homes and improvised explosive devices (IEDs) in the neighborhoods. Awe-inspiring. Human. Disturbing. Developer: NowHere Media Store link Free Quest Apps Wooorld https://youtu.be/dCTkp1synho Ever wanted to use Google Earth in VR? The free tier of Wooorld (that's three 'o's) lets you do just that, as you explore our little blue marble in company of others. There's a (mostly) 3D map and Google Street View, all of which you use as great focal points as you chat with people around the world. There's a premium tier that unlocks games similar to Geoguessr. Developer: Wooorld Inc Store link Bigscreen Beta https://youtu.be/YcZmUzSWDx8 Bigscreen is the mother of all VR video apps, and it's social too. Configure your avatar and pop into virtual movie theaters to watch your own content, stream your own stuff for others to see, and watch other people's content all while having a friendly chat. You can also rent movies, show up for bespoke movie nights, and watch all the free live TV you can shake a stick at, courtesy of a partnership with Pluto TV. Developer: Bigscreen VR Store link Flipside Studio https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MKBVNImcM6Q Flipside Studio is a virtual production studio that lets you use VR to make real-time animated shows for Twitch, YouTube, TikTok, and more. You can pick from sets, avatars, and props, and collaborate in real-time so you can finally get that VR podcast off the ground, or make the next viral video about a hotdog man belittling some sort of lizard boy for whatever reason. Anyway, it's up to you to make hilarity ensue! Developer: Flipside XR Store link Gravity Sketch https://youtu.be/0aoUlwZxzow Design models, ideate products, create anything in VR with Gravity Sketch. It has the ability to import images, video, and 3D files (.jpg, .png, .mp4, .obj) and output snapshots and 3D objects (.png, .obj, .iges). Even when it was a paid app, it was a powerful and surprisingly intuitive creation suite. Now that it's exactly $0 with no hidden gotchas, it's even better. Developer: Gravity Sketch Store link Update (October 14th, 2024): Our latest update shuffles some new titles into the mix to keep you up to date on the top free Quest 3 games and experiences. If we missed one of your favorite free apps, let us know in the comments below! [adrotate banner="101"]