Revive, the mod which lets HTC Vive owners play games released only on Oculus Home, has just got a new release and is now compatible with 35 titles in the Oculus Store.
Revive, a free mod project created by LibreVR in response to Oculus’ stance on software exclusivity, has seen its fair share of controversy since its initial proof of concept was revealed last October. If you’re looking for a deep dive into the Revive dilemma, you’d better check out our interview with project creator for the long of it.
Here’s the quick and dirty though: With the latest Oculus Home update removing ‘headset check’ DRM from titles published on the marketplace—a security measure added back in May that stymied LibreVR’s progress into liberating the entire store’s worth of exclusive content—the compatibility tool now has free rein over exclusive Oculus content, effectively marking a reversal in the company’s DRM policy.
In light of the update, Oculus now maintains they “won’t use hardware checks as part of DRM on PC in the future.”
Check and mate. So Vive owners can look forward to purchasing and playing 35 games directly on Oculus Home without the fear of Oculus actively blocking unofficially supported headsets, which includes platform exclusives EVE: Valkyrie, Chronos, and Edge of Nowhere; and free content such as Henry, Lost, and bundled launch title Lucky’s Tale—all playable using HTC Vive. Note that Oculus maintains they don’t guarantee the continued functionality of any unofficial mod, as updates to their platform may break things.
At the time of this writing, the list below complies all Oculus Home titles currently working with Revive. Check the full compatibility list for updates before purchasing games however, as a total of 55 Oculus games and experiences are marked to work, partially work, or not work at all.
Revive-supported Oculus Home Titles
- AirMech: Command
- BlazeRush
- Boursin Sensorium Virtual Reality Experience
- Chronos
- Defense Grid 2
- Dreadhalls
- Edge of Nowhere
- Esper 2
- EVE: Valkyrie
- Farlands
- Fly to Kuma
- Henry
- Hitman GO: VR Edition
- Invasion!
- Introduction to Virtual Reality
- iOMoon
- Lost
- Lucky’s Tale
- Ocean Rift
- Oculus 360 Photos
- Oculus Dreamdeck
- Oculus Video
- Please Don’t Touch Anything
- Pinball FX2 VR
- Shufflepuck Cantina Deluxe
- Smashing the Battle
- Technolust
- The Body VR
- The Climb
- The Rose and I
- VR Karts
- VR Tennis Online
- vTime
- VRIDEO
- Woofbert VR