There are some promising virtual reality games on the way this year. They could include some real hits. Check out our list of releases for all the upcoming virtual reality games, virtual reality apps, and virtual reality movies.
Among Us VR
As you must know, in Among Us, you slip into the roles of crew members who have to get a broken spaceship back on track. That wouldn’t be a problem if there weren’t traitors among the crew. They want to sabotage the job and take care of the rest of the team from behind. They win by finding and catching the impostors or preparing the spacecraft to leave despite all obstacles.
Schell Games are developing the virtual reality port (I Expect You To Die 1 & 2 Until You Fall). It will be a standalone version of the game in 3D and from the first person’s perspective.
Cities: VR & Little Cities
Cities: VR is a VR port of the popular city-building simulation Cities: Skylines, developed by virtual reality studio Fast Travel Games (Apex Construct, The Curious Tale of the Stolen Pets, Wraith: The Oblivion – Afterlife).
The virtual reality game optimized for Meta Quest 2 will offer a significantly smaller building area (2 x 2 km) than in the original game and comes without DLC or mod support. But it shines with a more impressive city experience.
With Little Cities, another city planning simulation will appear in 2022, developed from the ground up for VR and, unlike Cities: VR, will also launch for the first Meta Quest.
Cosmonious High
Do you know and love Job Simulator and Vacation Simulator? Then we have good news for you: Cosmonious High, another game from the US studio Owlchemy Labs, will be released in 2022.
You take on the role of a new student attending the alien high school of the same name. The school is struggling with all sorts of technical glitches, and it’s up to you to find the cause. You’ll encounter strange alien characters and gradually unlock superpowers that will help you fix the catastrophic flaws.
Cosmonaut high is a giant interactive virtual reality playground that Owlchemy Labs created to date. You can use new gestures and emojis to interact with the characters and, thanks to your superpowers, work fire and ice with your hands. The studio’s colorful graphic style and raunchy humor are back.
Gazzlers
The year is 6042. You find yourself on the distant planet Ginkgo and in the steel shells of rusting, disused robots. To save the god of machines, you board the locomotive Motherlode and embark on an epic train journey through wild landscapes, pursued by motorized hordes gone mad, the so-called Gazzlers.
The rail shooter mixes frantic action, rogue-like elements, and a cooperative mode for up to four players: inside for an explosive mix. After each kill, you will receive points to invest in new explosive weapons and upgrades. That’s also very necessary because each gazzler has individual abilities to beat you. With monster trucks, hippy vans, tricycles, bulldozers, tanks, and party buses, they roll through the desert and aggressively attack you.
Gazzlers will be available in Early Access on Steam in 2022. However, according to the current schedule, the finished virtual reality game won’t arrive until 23 February for the Quest platform and Playstation VR.
GTA: San Andreas
With Resident Evil 4, Meta created a nice VR version of the classic game of the same name. Will GTA: San Andreas 2022 achieve a similar success? The VR port was announced and should be in development by 2021 for many years to come. Let’s hope it doesn’t crash as the Definitive Edition remasters.
Hitman 3 VR (PC VR version)
Hitman 3 VR (test), released for Playstation VR in 2021, failed to live up to its potential. The flaw is the old VR headset tracking system and the lack of support for VR controllers. The PC VR version should address these shortcomings and take the hitman experience to the next level.
The virtual reality adaptation can be played from the first-person perspective from start to finish and offers all the locations from the trilogy. IO Interactive also promises new maps, game modes, and more for 2022.
What’s interesting, you can find a lot of Hitman slots in UK non gamstop casinos. That’s how popular the franchise.
Horizon Worlds (EU-Start)
With Horizon Worlds, Meta wants to make the metaverse the foundation and compete with social virtual reality platforms such as Rec Room and VRChat. Users can design their rooms and worlds on it.
The project was announced in autumn 2019. Horizon Worlds has been open to North American users since late 2021. No word on when European Metaverse travelers will be able to join. In any case, we expect it to start in 2022 finally.
Lost Recipes
Schell Games (I Expect You To Die 1 & 2 Until You Fall) brings a cooking simulation of a different kind. Accuracy rather than speed is what counts here. You have all the time you want to prepare historically attested dishes from various eras and cultures for the spirits of the ancient Greeks, Chinese, and Mayans. It has a relaxing effect and teaches you a thing or two about the traditional art of cooking.
By the way, local UK casinos, which help to grow the local economy, provide a lot of sweet, pastry, and culinary games.
Moss: Book II
Moss is, to this day, one of the best virtual reality games and has sold more than a million times. With good reason: Driving the little wandering mouse Quill through a beautiful diorama landscape, solving puzzles with her, and defeating enemies is a lot of fun and creates an emotional relationship between player and protagonist.
The second book continues the adventure to perfection. The studio promises more complex puzzles, new game mechanics, and a broader scope.
Outlier
With Stride and Against, virtual reality studio Joy Way made an impressive contribution. However, it’s not unreasonable to expect Outlier to be just as good. In this rogue-like shooter, you choose between various combat skills and weapons and explore procedurally generated worlds. The combination of power-ups and modifiers ensures that every game feels different.
Outlier will be available in Early Access on Steam in Q1 2022. The regular PC-VR release is currently scheduled for winter 2022. A quest version is also planned.
The Last Clockwinder
The Last Clockwinder offers a fascinating new game concept that can only be implemented in virtual reality. You wake up in an ancient and mysterious machine built into the hollow trunk of a colossal tree. Your job is to make the complex clockwork mechanism work again. Too bad you can’t do it alone.
The tide turns when you find a pair of magic gloves to wear—clone power. You perform a move or action, and a mechanical alter ego emerges to mimic you in a continuous loop. If you cleverly connect your clones in series, you can build entire factories and complex devices. Mechanical assistants support you in tasks such as cultivation and harvesting and are the key to repairing the machine.
Ultimechs
Ultimechs is the latest game from virtual reality hitmaker Resolution Games, responsible for titles such as Demeo and Blaston and targets the latter competitive gamers. Here you play professional athletes who glide around in highly developed ‘Mechs and have to shoot iron balls at the goal in virtual stadiums. You can use rocket-propelled fists. According to Resolution Games, you need speed, precision, and technology to win.
Ultrawings 2
The sequel to the arcade flight simulation is supposed to be more significant, better, and more extensive than the original. The studio promises five unique aircraft, including an aerobatic plane, a rocket-powered glider, a jet, and a helicopter.
The virtual reality game is said to offer more significant, more animated islands, more accurate physics, several hundred hand-crafted missions, and a dogfight mode for the first time. Plus, you can now fly at night, at dusk, and in the rain.
Wanderer
In this game, we slip into the role of Asher Neumann, who, with the help of a chattering wristwatch, must travel through time to prevent the destruction of human civilization. We meet Nikola Tesla, find ourselves on the moon, decipher ancient symbols, and beat the drum in front of thousands of spectators at the famous Woodstock Festival.
The title is based on a combination of escape room puzzles and action set pieces. However, Asher also needs to connect elements from different eras in innovative ways to advance the story.
Zenith: The Last City
Zenith is an MMORPG inspired by Japanese role-playing games. The stylized fantasy world is designed by hand; it ranges from massive forests to paradisiacal coastlines and the futuristic city of Zenith.
Zenith offers maximum freedom of movement. So you can climb any object at hand, be it skyscrapers or mountains. With a gliding system, you can float freely through the air to reach distant map areas, attack enemies, or enjoy the view.
The combat system is movement-based and uses intuitive mechanics such as throwing, blocking, and dodging instead of pressing buttons. Social aspects were also crucial to the team. Zenith offers many group content, including epic world bosses, events, and dungeons.
