Purely Puzzling

The Last Clockwinder – $25

The Last Clockwinder feels a bit like a love letter to Hiyao Miyazaki’s Studio Ghibli and Factorio all at the same time. You’re beset on a mission is to repair the Clocktower, an ancient haven for the galaxy’s plants and seeds. You unravel a heartfelt story whilst physically cloning yourself to complete important clockwork automaton tasks. It’s magical, plain and simple.

‘The Last Clockwinder’ on Quest

Cubism – $10

Cubism is an extremely chill puzzler that will force you to think in three dimensions, as you fit oddly shaped blocks together in a specific target shape. It has hand tracking now too, so you can ditch the controllers and puzzle away like you’re in Minority Report, except with block puzzles instead of pre-crime and a contrived sci-fi user interfaces. Also, you can cube in mixed reality.

‘Cubism’ on Quest

Puzzling Places – $15

This is the end-all, be-all of VR jigsaw puzzles. Puzzling Places takes jigsaw puzzles in a new and clever direction by offering up multiple difficulties of some highly textured and interesting 3D scenes, making for an experience that’s better than either physical 2D or 3D puzzles in almost every way. It also includes a mixed reality mode!

‘Puzzling Places’ on Quest

LEGO Bricktales – $30

LEGO Bricktales may not be a VR-native, as it was first released on flatscreen last year, but this Quest-exclusive port makes a pretty solid case that lego brick-building not only works in VR, but is something anyone can do for hours on end—even in the face of a fairly kid-focused story. It’s pretty much all of the fun of building with LEGO in VR, albeit without a ‘free mode’ sandbox. Mixed reality mode included.

‘LEGO Bricktales’ on Quest

Gadgeteer – $15

Gadgeteer has a lot of fun physics-based A-to-B type puzzles to solve, but it’s more about making and experimenting with fun and weird inventions along the way. Build one of those endlessly complex Rube Goldberg machines or try to accomplish your task in the least amount of pieces possible, but once you’re done with fulfilling objectives it’s absolutely your prerogative to go hog wild by building any contraption you can imagine.

‘Gadgeteer’ on Quest

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Scott Hayden
Well before the first modern XR products hit the market, Scott recognized the potential of the technology and set out to understand and document its growth. He has been professionally reporting on the space for nearly a decade as Editor at Road to VR, authoring more than 4,000 articles on the topic. Scott brings that seasoned insight to his reporting from major industry events across the globe.
  • Mark Zemlin

    Should have included Journey of the Gods

    • D-_-RAiL

      That was definitely one of my favorite games this year. Easily top 5 Quest Games and the best game specifically developed for Quest at the time.

  • flamaest

    These are all really old games and they really shouldn’t cost this much by now. They should be like 5 bucks each. There came out YEARS ago.

    • Stop devaluing devs

      Are you one of those awful people who complain that mobile games cost more than $1?

      • Jistuce

        Some people just want everything to be free.

        • D-_-RAiL

          oh yeah you see those reviews on Steam all the time. This game should be F2P or even in the Discussion threads. Just tons of people writing I wont play this unless its f2p

          • Jistuce

            See also everyone that keeps complaining that Beat Saber hasn’t gone on sale since before it left Early Access.

            I still maintain they should raise the price, then put it on sale for the original price. That should shut everyone up, right?

          • aasdfa

            nah they make a ton from dlc music packs, they should really lower the price to get more people in because theyll end up selling multiples more just from sound packs.

    • Jistuce

      Just because a game’s old doesn’t mean it is worth less. Normally, costs fall as sales slow. If sales are still strong, why should developers cut costs? Particularly in VR, which is a growing market. There’s always a new player coming in.

      Also:
      Moss: Last year.
      Beat Saber: technically this year, though paid beta access began last year.
      These games didn’t all come out YEARS ago.

      The oldest of these is… Superhot, which first came out in 2013 as a freeware title before being expanded and release as a “real game” and then reworked for VR before being YET AGAIN being reworked for the Quest earlier this year. It was old when the first paid version came out. And people still love it, because the game has a very unique style(both in terms of visuals and play).

      And … none of this matters. If someone is new to VR, they haven’t played any of these except maybe Superhot. It doesn’t have to be new to be new to you.

      • doublej42

        Superhot and superhot be are completely different games with different levels. You could call it superhot 2 vr.

        • Jistuce

          Could call it Superhotter. I WOULD call it Superhotter. This is why I shouldn’t be allowed to name things.

      • aasdfa

        it would be nice for some of them to reduce a bit after a while so there isnt a second big pay wall for newcomers. after spending a few hundred on a headset you have to spend another hundred on games and thats commonly overlooked which does devalue the experience a bit.

      • Ace of Spades

        No it does, game is old after 1 month

        Look at AAA games, Valhalla, is already on sale, Watch dogs 3, half price
        All AAA games go down in price after month, except COD [they special case greedy A holes and keep original price for years]

        • shadow9d9

          “AAA” just means bloated, big budget, and soulless. They need to drop in price because they are mostly generic games. They are pumped big by gaming sites and the suckers buy them at full price and then sales dry up, so they drop them in price. But let’s be honest, on the PC, most “AAA” games can be bought for 10-20 dollars cheaper on release day itself.

          • Ace of Spades

            Big Budget = Quality
            Indie = Horrible Useless Trash
            I despise Indie game and Indie movies, if it has no production values and million of dollars invested I wont touch it.

          • Jistuce

            You won’t touch it if it didn’t cost millions to create, but also think that all games should drop prices drastically almost immediately after launch to minimize their profits, no matter how well they are selling?

            And you don’t see a problem with this?

          • Ace of Spades

            Its called competition, if new game comes out i have zero reasons to pay full price for the old one.
            Games are horribly overpriced anyway and most people never finish them.
            I have 1220 steam games, maybe finished 5

          • xyzs

            1220 games and you finished 5 lol maybe you should start an introspection…

          • Jistuce

            And yet, the games previously named continue to sell well without any markdowns. This implies that they are in fact being offered at a fair price.

            As I asked last year, why should a game which has seen no reduction in sales engage in drastic price cutting?

          • xyzs

            The biggest moron of the year award goes to you!

        • Jistuce

          I respectfully disagree as much now as I did a year ago.

          The worth of a game is completely unrelated to its age. A game can be worthless garbage on launch day or worth every penny years later.

          Though at least at this juncture in time, we’re not arguing that BRAND-NEW games need to see their purchase price slashed by 90% because they are several years old. Every game on last year’s list is over a year old now.

    • D-_-RAiL

      They are like the Nintendo Store when it comes to prices.

    • doublej42

      So most new games here cost $80 to $100 so these are 75% off of that.

    • JakeDunnegan

      Those games have stood the test of time. It’s supply and demand – the demand is still high for those games, so the price will continue to be high. (Though, I;ve purchased every single one of them on one sale or another.) Other games that have stayed high price b/c of quality include games like Minecraft and Divinity: Original Sin 2.

    • Muhammad Jihad ✓ᵛᵉʳᶦᶠᶦᵉᵈ

      Another welfare slob who thinks everyone should give them stuff for free. This is why VR isn’t going to ever catch on, for whatever reason only welfare trash is drawn to VR.

    • Tommy

      These same games frequently get major discounts on Steam. Your argument for them needing to be cheaper is completely valid.

  • Great products, for sure

    • JakeDunnegan

      Agreed – nice recommendations for folks who are new to VR and are looking for some current games for their recently un-wrapped gift! :)

  • Xron

    My first games on quest were

    1. Thrill to fight.
    2. Real Fishing
    3. Virtual Virtual Reality
    4. Elven Assasin
    5. Racket Fury: Table Tennis VR

    Thinking about beat saber.

    • Immersive Computing

      How is V.V.R. on Quest?

      • Xron

        It’s unique story telling and its fun, worth grabbing it.

        • Immersive Computing

          Don’t currently have access to Quest but interested how it looks and feels.

          Was great on Daydream original, spoiled on my Daydream 2017 and my Rift CV1 by their Fresnel lenses causing very off-putting god-rays, Index has been better with touch of glare but not god rays on vvr

          • Xron

            Seems a bit buggy to me, maybe because one of my controllers stopped working, need to recharge battery, but on wihte enviroment game seems pretty clear.

          • Immersive Computing

            That’s good to hear. VVR looked good in original Daydream but small aperture aspherical lenses so FOV limited.

            2017 daydream had bigger FOV and much better clarity but VVR was spoiled at time by off-putting Fresnel lens artifacts. Rift CV1 was worse for VVR. It’s much better on Index and thankfully not getting glare problems

  • Uncle Right

    Recently this website does not add much news from VR industry. Mostly sponsored posts every few days. RoadToVR is weak and boring.

    • JakeDunnegan

      Funny… I get most of my VR news from this site. Maybe you mean since Christmas – which would make sense, since it’s a slow news period and I’m sure the folks are taking a Christmas break.

    • johann jensson

      You probably never visited UploadVR – it’s much worse there. The only thing i don’t like about RoadToVR is that it’s a bit slow with the news. []-)

  • NooYawker

    I haven’t played it but Asgards Wrath looks pretty fun.

  • For exactly ZERO dollars you can install SideQuest and download QuestORama. It’s grappling hooks, climbing, gun-play, puzzles and more. https://sidequestvr.com/#/app/338

    • Muhammad Jihad ✓ᵛᵉʳᶦᶠᶦᵉᵈ

      Not everyone is an 11-year old, kiddo.

      • Tommy

        I thought it was a helpful suggestion that many might find fun. No reason to be rude.

  • Ad

    The first thing you should be telling anyone is to enable sideloading.

  • DigoriePiper

    Don’t overlook SideQuest ! RTCW is probably the best game on Quest at the moment for sheer length of play and immersive quality. It’s $3.99 on Steam for the original content which you can then manually copy to Dr. Beef’s amazing Quest port. He’s also done Half Life and Quake – all brilliantly playable.

    • shadow9d9

      I have no interest in playing a game from years ago that wasn’t designed for VR. No, just no. And there are more genres than shooters. Try them out.

      • asd

        uh no shit sherlock…. i HaVe No InTeReSt iN PlAyInG A gAmE fRoM Yuurrs AgO, DUr nOt FoR VURRRR

        Doesn’t mean it cant be good.
        Nobody asked you.
        They never said there were only shooters, just mentioned good games that happened to all be shooters because they too were older games relived in VR.

        Chill out you troll, people can talk about what they enjoy.

        • shadow9d9

          Oh man, a temper tantrum on the internet. What will I see next?

          “Troll” is just an insult used to skirt moderation by small people.

          Skyrim is a bloated generic mess, and always was. Even ten years ago. Seems like you need to expand your horizons. And go to anger management. Embarrassing.

          • Kai Vai

            Shadow9d9 The guy suggested a great alternative option. You not being interested was basically a useless emo reply. Not being rude but skip the covid test and get tested for down syndrome you spank off.

      • Jarek Draven

        I know this is old, but that’s such a dumb take… lol

        Resident Evil 4 is possibly one of the best games I’ve played on Quest so far, and that game is over a decade old, and not originally made for VR.

        For visuals and immersion it can’t really compete with a game like Sainis and Sinners, but it’s still pretty immersive, and fantastic gameplay.

  • JB1968

    I think the best game is the SpyOS by Facebook. Comes preinstalled for free with all Oculus products! What a bargain.

    • shadow9d9

      What phone do you use?

      • JB1968

        nokia 3310

  • MosBen

    Boy, I’m in a pickle now. Facebook refunded the full price of Marvel Powers Unite to me with a $40 credit to the Oculus store. That would mean that I could buy a Quest 2 and almost get the Elite Strap for free. But it would mean supporting Facebook AND having to use my Facebook login, which I hate. On the third, and most frustrating, hand, there really isn’t a major competitor in the mobile VR space, and I love the freedom that the original Quest offered so much that I don’t want to give it up forever…

    • Andrew Jakobs

      If you can wait, in 2021 there will be more competitors for mobile VR (as was said by qualcomm during the presentation of the XR2 chip which the Quest 2 uses). So maybe we’ll see some new products during the coming CES which is only a few weeks away.
      Only other way ofcourse is buying an index or something like that, with a wireless transmitter.. I feel you, I still use the HTC Vive Pro and the thing that bothers me the most, is the cable (for me the wireless unit is way too expensive, you can (almost) buy a Quest 2 for that price), the second thing are the lenses, but the rest of the headset is excellent (for me)..

      • shadow9d9

        If the index had all of the oculus funded games, I’d buy it with the wireless transmitter… 1300 is a lot though.

        • Andrew Jakobs

          Well revive can help you a lot with that.. and I agree, 1300 is a lot.. I just checked, I would almost need to pay 399 euro’s to be able to use my Vive Pro wireless, that’s not gonna happen..

      • MosBen

        Yeah, I just decided to put my Rift CV1 up on Craigslist/Facebook Marketplace. That leaves me with a Quest 1, but the plan has been to upgrade my PC’s graphics card (running a 1070) at some point next year and then get a new PC VR headset. But if I’m able to sell my Rift, then that plus the $40 in Oculus credit makes a Quest 2 fairly compelling, at least for now.

        I mean, I could always just write off the $40 and consider having gotten a refund to be a moral victory, but…eh?

        • Andrew Jakobs

          personally I would buy the Quest 2 then, but I don’t have a problem with Facebook in regard to the Quest 2.. And once you’ve got your Quest 2 you can always sell your original Quest.

          • MosBen

            Pretty much. We’ll see how the Rift sale goes. Assuming that it sells, selling the Quest too would give me a pretty significant amount to put towards a Quest 2 purchase.

    • shadow9d9

      Quest 2 is a huge improvement. And keep in mind the 25+ and upcoming oculus funded games- Asgard’s wrath, stormland, shadow point, Phantom Covert Ops, robo recall, Journey of the gods, wilson’s heart, lone echo 1 and 2, the climb 1 and 2, From other Suns, the unspoken, lies beneath, Ghost giant(pc exclusive to quest), Brass Tactics, Dirty Rally, Chronos, Edge of Nowhere, Lucky’s tale, Landfall, Vader Immortal, SW Galaxy’s Edge, defense grid 2 vr, Jurassic world aftermath and upcoming splinter cell. Experiences like Wolves in the wall and dear angelica.

      • MosBen

        Yeah, I just put my Rift CV1 up for sale on the various website, which leaves me with a Quest 1. If the Rift sells, I’ll see if I can sell the Quest. Between the two of those and the $40 credit, that should make a Quest 2 super affordable.

  • David Cole

    A game that should be included is Eleven Table Tennis. Game is $15 and is a perfect game do show the benefits of not having Cables to play.

    • Gato Satanista

      Yes, and Space Pirate Trainer too.

      • RazTOO

        They won’t be included. Creator didn’t pay to put their titles on the list. All of this is controlled you know ;)

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        • Zack Murphy

          Yeah it must be if 3/4 are in the same category. Great way to spend your first $110* in the Oculus store

    • eadVrim

      It needs a passthrough option

  • Joe Michaels

    I would add Pokerstars VR to this list, and ProPutt, and Real VR Fishing. Not as flashy as the games listed here but offer hours of fun.

  • Andrew Jakobs

    Personally I would say, if you have the PC to run VR, spend the $100 on SteamVR, you can buy A LOT of games on SteamVR for $100 when they are on sale.. Shame Indiegala doesn’t have a lot of VR bundles anymore..

  • sfmike

    What no Population – One? A must have for sure.

    • Sven Viking

      Looks like it’s been added since you made this comment.

  • User_Name_24601

    FYI Supernatural only has a 7 day trial now.

  • Ace of Spades

    Not a single proper story based game, I dont play pointless games.

    • Gato Satanista

      “Most of these lack story” But don’t lack gameplay. Just like some real life games: ping pong, chess, tennis… it’s about gameplay and motor/strategic skills.

      “I don’t play pointless games.” I understando what you saying but all games are pointless in real world.

      I really enjoy booth. Story based and gameplay only based games. Can’t see a reason to bash one for another.

      • johann jensson

        The problem is that developers currently focus on gimmicky titles with “fun gameplay”, and almost no studio cares about including a good story and interesting characters, or at least interesting exploration with high quality map design (the environment being a character in itself).

        So, you might enjoy those “fun” titles, but we story driven gamers don’t have anything to enjoy ATM, so forgive us for being vocal on forums and trying to draw attention to the issue.

    • jbob4mall

      Fuck story. I’m sick of video games that are basically a shitty movie with two hours of cut scenes and linear gameplay.

    • Muhammad Jihad ✓ᵛᵉʳᶦᶠᶦᵉᵈ

      They’re video games, not movies, you dullard.

      • Ace of Spadеs

        They dumb and pointless.
        A good game needs a good story and production, not cheaply made like that trash beat saber so many weirdos love to play for some reason, wasting their pointless time.

        • Muhammad Jihad ✓ᵛᵉʳᶦᶠᶦᵉᵈ

          Go ‘play’ your gay underage visual novel, creep.

  • TechPassion

    Beat Saber = Audica = boring crap. I deleted this thing after 10 minutes.

    • Alex

      What? you dont have to be rude about it its just not your type of game, its on this list because beat saber is by far the most popular VR game of all time, and audica is also a good game

    • Muhammad Jihad ✓ᵛᵉʳᶦᶠᶦᵉᵈ

      You’re probably suffering from being a gay, that would be my guess. Lots of gays feel the need to play nothing but first person shooters because they know that’s where all the 12-year boys are at.

  • HECMAR JAYAM

    “Thrill to fight” over “Creed” by far.

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  • xyzs

    Creed recommended instead of thrill of the fight… you are sponsored or what ?

    • Alex

      if this is a joke it made me laugh but if it isnt… ??? what

    • Ratm

      Only two of the top games are really worthy to begin with.. Beat saber and in death. Ofc it smells!

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    • Sven Viking

      Thrill of the Fight still isn’t listed a year later. The difference Oculus Store review scores is significant.

  • dan

    saints and sinners? gorn? superhot? vader immortal?

    • johann jensson

      Especially Lone Echo, IMO the very best in the Oculus catalog. Then again, it’s probably not mentioned because it’s not native…

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  • More recycled Quest promotions, go get the real VR news or something guys, yaaaawn.

  • Yeah, I would get Beat Saber and/or Pistol Whip, but not all four of those rhtym games. Any my only other picks from the rest of your list would be Superhot, Onward, and Saints and Sinners.

  • johann jensson

    Haha, i will never spend even a dollar on a Quest game, as long as PC games with VorpX have better story, scope and graphics. And besides, there are so many VR mods for flat games coming in the next year, that i can honestly say – times have changed since i bought my first HMD in 2019 (Rift S).

  • Martin355

    The first game I’d buy if I had a new Quest 2 would be Blaston.

  • Quest for Runia is also a nice puzzle game to relax to in a comfy seat after a stressful day

  • Anthony McCord

    No Rez or Tetris Effect list is irrelevant.

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  • Unless I’m reading this wrong, the fact it seems you consider Sniper Elite a higher ranked choice than RE4 VR is a joke imo. I played Sniper Elite and found so much of it just clunky as hell. It’s not even close to the quality of RE4 VR. And Superhot is very cool for what it is, but RE4 VR just wipes the floor with it if you have to pick one to buy.

  • mappo

    Sorry newcomers, that $100 now goes toward the Quest price increase! You only get Beat Saber for that money.

  • eadVrim

    Green Hell VR a cool survival game

  • Tommy

    The first $100 will now go towards the Quest 2 purchase. Your next, next $100 can be spent on games.

  • Now that the Quest costs $100 more, you don’t spend this money anymore

  • Mike

    Pop1 is free now, has been for a while

  • Nick B

    Might want to go over your articles before you republish them. Pop One is free now.

  • Corey Reynolds

    This list is as old as the hills. Actual answer to how you should spend your first $100: Asgard's Wrath 2 ($40), Walkabout Minigolf ($15), Into the Radius ($30), Red Matter or The Room ($25+). And wait for sales or work the referral program and you can add Assassin's Creed: Nexus, Walking Dead: Saints and Sinners, Demeo, and Into Black.

  • ZarathustraDK

    Slow news day? This is just a straight up ad.

    • Arno van Wingerde

      I think it is slightly more than that and provides a nice overview for beginners. Sure, you could always think of many other games but this provdies a good starting point.