Virtual reality offers so many avenues to experience things you've always dreamed about, and getting thrown directly into the action is one of the best ways to immerse yourself. There are lots of great Playstation VR games available, but shooters are at the top of the list because of their fantastic motion controls and the unique environments they offer.
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If you're interested in experiencing a VR shooter on your PSVR headset then you're in luck, because there's a large selection of fantastic games to choose from. Get ready for a tactical mission; these are the best VR shooters on the PSVR.
Updated June 24, 2024 By Matthew Mckeown: The PlayStation VR is far from finished, and with the launch of the PS VR2, production and development into continuing the line of console VR games has sped up somewhat. There’s a lot of new interesting games that were previously only available on PC making the leap across, so it’s worth digging the old headset out of the cupboard now.
For those looking for a good time in virtual reality that involves a lot of gunplay and liberal use of your itchy trigger finger then look no further. We’ve got a great collection that’s sure to satisfy all sorts of gun nuts. So here’s an updated look at the best first-person shooters on the Playstation VR.
29 Blood & Truth
An action-packed VR game that found its roots in a tech demo way back when the PSVR first launched, Blood And Truth is an action movie hero simulator in all the best ways. You play as Ryan Marks, an ex-Special Forces soldier who has to save his family from a UK Criminal Gang.
What follows is a blood-soaked adventure with plenty of gunplay, wild set pieces, and great acting from a list of famous British faces. It’s an exhilarating adventure with a relatively interesting if predictable story and gunplay that’s satisfying and stylish to pull off. If you’re looking for a good excuse to don the plastic headset again, do it for Blood and Truth.
Blood And Truth can be played both standing and sitting, so you can still play it if you don’t have a ton of legroom.
28 Pistol Whip
An arcade shoot-to-the-beat style game, Pistol Whip from Cloudhead Games is a music-filled gunfight in a neon-colored world. The level constantly flows around you and you’ll have to dip, dive, and dual wield those guns accurately to get to the end.
The flow of combat is a constant rhythm and you’ll need to adjust to those melodies and time your shots with them in order to succeed. Featuring tons of songs, plenty of guns to unlock, 35 levels, daily challenges, mod support, and a campaign, there’s plenty of targets to shoot in Pistol Whip.
Mod Support can be found in the Remix Menu and it’s highly recommended that you check it out as there’s some fantastic player-made additions to the game in there.
27 After The Fall
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After the Fall
- Released
- December 6, 2021
- Developer(s)
- Vertigo Games
- Publisher(s)
- Vertigo Games
From the chaotic crew that created Arizona Sunshine comes After The Fall, a similarly styled game with a higher focus on horror. Ideal for a party of friends, you and your crew are tasked with taking on the relentless hordes of undead and viral mutations in ice-covered 1980s LA.
There are three survivors to choose from and an array of deadly tools to wield such as close combat melee weapons, guns of all sizes, and even homemade crafted items. It’s a fast-paced game with a lot of Left 4 Dead energy and it’s something the PSVR does particularly well.
Whilst you can play through After The Fall solo, it’s highly recommended to match with randoms or bring in some friends as it’s balanced for a team of players.
26 Immortal Legacy: The Jade Cipher
A VR game with a strange style yet oddly compelling story, Immortal Legacy: The Jade Cipher from Viva Games is worth running through at least once to see how deep the rabbit hole goes. You play as Tyre, a former Special Forces soldier who’s trapped on a mysterious Chinese island.
Deep within the Dragon Triangle, the isle of Yingzhou is both beautiful and haunting. Monstrous creatures stalk the lands, ancient guardians arise from their slumber, and crawling all over it all are heavily armed mercenaries. There’s puzzles to solve, a cast of colorful characters to meet, and combat encounters that can usually be tackled in any way you like.
Immortal Legacy is a little rough around the edges, but once it gets going you can start to see past it for all its odd charm.
25 Chroma Gun VR
The VR addition to an already very successful first-person puzzle game, Chroma Gun VR lets you experience the brain-teasing tests firsthand in virtual reality. As part of Chroma Tec’s latest test subject, it’s up to you to methodically test their latest devices in a series of chambers.
Use the highly advanced Chroma Gun to color walls or convert droids to help work your way through the different chambers that get progressively trickier as the game goes on. It’s a simple concept that carries a lot of the charisma of Portal and provides a satisfying series of tricky puzzles to solve. If you enjoy brain teasers, you’ll have fun with Chroma Gun.
The developers state that the game is primarily meant to be played sitting down. So it’s perfect for small setups.
24 Wolfenstein: Cyber Pilot
Though it was released just a day before Wolfenstein: Young Blood, Cyber Pilot is arguably the better of the two new-era Wolfenstein games. Set in an alternate Paris during the 1980s, your goal is to help the French Resistance in the best way possible, by stomping Nazis with giant robots.
Part Mech Warrior, part power fantasy, Cyber Pilot is an FPS that lets you sit down comfortably as you remotely control various clanking, and stomping droids. Though it’s a fairly short experience, there’s a lot of joy you can get from barbecuing Fascists with a flamethrower or grinding them into a paste with a big chain gun. It’s cheap, quick, and oh-so-satisfying to play, especially if you’re short on space.
How Long To Beat has Wolfenstein: Cyber Pilot at an average playtime of one hour and 53 minutes to hit the title screen, but six hours if you want to go full completionist.
23 Solaris: Offworld Combat
A simple arcade shooter, Solaris: Offworld Combat is a fast multiplayer game where two teams of four face off against each other to see who’s the best. The group that has ownership of the Control Point wins and kills add to your score, simple, easy, fast.
Staying mobile is encouraged so expect a lot of whipping your torso around to deal with new threats. Plus, there’s a sprinting and slide option for John Woo-esque shooting-style points. There are seven maps, a range of one and two-handed weapons as well as Utilities to aid you in combat. Add on top the various cosmetics, Weekly Challenges, 50 levels, and unlockables to earn and you’ve got a fun evening ahead of you.
22 Pavlov
If you’re looking for a VR FPS game that puts a lot of weight on realism then you can’t go wrong with Pavlov. An old favorite that’s still getting a lot of love, it’s a great game with a lot of variety to it once you start to dig into its toybox.
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Think of it like a slower-paced Counter-Strike and you’re in the ballpark. There’s a range of game modes including King Of The Hill, Gun Game, Teams, and Free For All as well as multi-crew options for a few vehicles, notably tanks. The proximity voice chat provides a lot of laughs and there are tons of guns to tinker with in-game or on the firing range for practice. If you need a new FPS VR game, this is highly recommended.
There’s quite a steep learning curve to some of the weapons, so spend some time in the Firing Range learning how they reload, it’s often more complicated than you would think.
21 The Persistence
A challenging roguelike set onboard a horrifying Space Colony that’s overrun with twisted mutants and frightening aberrations that were once Colonists. The Persistence has you navigating around a constantly changing maze of malfunctioning ship stations and destroyed decks.
There’s loot, upgrades for your suit and weapons as well as new ways to make the monsters stay dead just waiting around the corner, so get out there and start exploring. For those who want some company, there’s also an asymmetrical option that involves using a tablet or phone to operate ship systems like doors and monster lures. It’s a great blend of horror and FPS elements that is sure to give you a fright or two.
The developers recommend a stable internet connection for mobile players as data charges may apply otherwise.
20 Guns’n’Stories: Bulletproof VR
A dynamic and fast-paced VR FPS game from MIROWIN, Guns’n’Stories: Bulletproof VR is a classic Western shooter with a modern arcade coat of paint. There’s a huge army of banditos gunning for you and you’ll need to stay on the move to avoid their gunfire.
There’s a massive arsenal of weapons ranging from the trusty Six-Shooter to the classic Chicago Gangster Tommy Gun and more. The soundtrack is filled with head-bobbing Rock numbers and there are a lot of jokes and cynical gags at the game's expense to add some levity to all the mass murder. It can be as simple or as complex as you want it to be and there are plenty of interesting and vivid locales to visit as you bash through the story.
This is a very active game, so make sure your play space isn’t full of hazards or breakables. Also remember to take breaks as you’ll get tired very quickly.
19 Fracked
Become a one-person army in this exciting adventure from nDreams. Stuck in a remote mountain-top research site, you’re the only thing standing between an army of interdimensional nightmares and the world. Ski, climb, and dive to cover as you blast your way through the heavily armed forces standing in your way.
There are some great set-piece fights, including some base jumps and vertigo-inducing climbs, a nice selection of weaponry, and plenty of style as you tear apart your foes. It’s pretty cheap to pick up and it’s single-player only, so no multiplayer sadly. But it’s understandable considering how hectic and fast-paced some sections can become.
It's recommended to make sure you have plenty of play space as this is a very active and physical VR game.
18 Hitman 3
If you’ve ever tired of looking at the back of Agent 47’s head or fancied yourself a better shot with his pistols than the master assassin himself, then Hitman 3 VR is for you. It’s just the full game, but this time it’s in virtual reality. So you can sneak around halls in first-person, try your best to blend in, or go full John Wick with your biggest guns in this iconic assassination series.
Play through your favorite missions from a different perspective and see if you can be a better master of murder than the red-tie-wearing man himself. The resolution translates over pretty well on consoles and the controller mapping is easy enough that you won’t forget which option does what in a moment of panic or whilst under a hail of gunfire from alerted security teams.
17 Borderlands 2 VR
Borderlands 2
- Released
- September 18, 2012
- Developer(s)
- Gearbox Software
- Publisher(s)
- 2K
Strap your headset on and step back into this classic looter shooter from Gearbox. Arguably the best game in the series, Borderlands 2 set you loose on the vast and deadly plains and ramshackle burgs of everyone's favorite planet, Pandora.
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Full of deadly wildlife, psychotic bandits, big battle bots and so much more, there were plenty of targets to keep your itchy trigger finger active. Now you can run through it all again, but this time in VR. Classes remain the same so you can load up your favorite builds or try someone new from a different perspective as you blast around the wastelands harassing the local Skag population.
16 Gun Club VR
For those that like their realistic shooters and the satisfying kerchunk of a tactical reload, then Gun Club VR should be firmly in your sights. This simple VR FPS game presents you with your own personal gun range where you can tinker and toy around with all sorts of diverse weaponry.
From small handguns to higher caliber automatics, bolt-action rifles, and even big heavy MGs, there’s enough here to keep any gun nut extremely happy. Outside of the range though, there’s also a collection of missions, modes, and challenges to try. Plus, you can even build your own target setup if you want to practice shooting a particular type of target.
Spend a lot of time on the Practice Range. There's a lot of attention to detail put into how the weapons reload and it can catch you out if you've never fired a real gun before.
15 Space Pirate Trainer
Everyone at some point has experienced Space Pirate Trainer. It’s a classic first-person shooter VR game that came out back in 2017 and its developer I-Illusions did a lot of great work with it. Featuring a stylish sci-fi setting and a sprawling vista of the earth below, there’s a lot of eye candy in this simple virtual reality shooter.
The goal of the game is simple, blast the space pirates. Your weapons at hand are pretty powerful, but it all comes down to how well you can aim and how nimble your dodges are. It doesn’t take long for the air to fill with missiles and energy rounds, so keep on your toes and never take your eye off those enemy droids.
14 Raw Data
Raw Data is set hundreds of years in the future, and has a cool sci-fi vibe. Like most VR games, you'll use your hands to control everything you do, most notably aiming and shooting your guns and other weapons, which is a lot of fun considering how fast-paced Raw Data actually is.
The story in Raw Data is quite unique in its own right. You're part of a hacker group that has one goal - steal data from Eden Corp, the primary antagonist in this thrilling adventure. If you like fast-paced combat, then Raw Data will quench your thirst for action.
Raw Data can run a little rough on VR for consoles, but its PC version is a lot smoother. So it's something to consider if you want to experience the best version of the game.
13 Out Of Ammo
Out Of Ammo may be the most unique first-person shooter that you can play on the PSVR. What makes this game so special is that it's a strategy game where you can take control of individual units. Running around the battlefield, you're capable of commanding your troops to fight for you, giving them orders as you see fit.
Your soldiers will have to survive against waves of enemies, which can become quite challenging after multiple battles. As previously mentioned, you can even head into the fight by equipping a gun and hiding behind cover, fighting the soldiers directly in first-person virtual reality.
12 Mortal Blitz
Mortal Blitz is one of the most engaging FPS games available on any virtual reality platform. You can equip two guns at once, dual-wielding one for each of your controllers. Using your guns, you'll fight many virtual battles where movement is key, so you'll have a workout on your hands every time you play Mortal Blitz.
You can even use psychokinetic powers to interact with objects you find around the world, which adds a unique edge over other VR first-person shooters. If you want to try a VR FPS where dual-wielding guns are an option, then Mortal Blitz was made with you in mind.
Mortal Blitz is another one of those very active VR games, so make sure there are no breakable objects or people in your vicinity. Otherwise, you might do the classic 'Accidental VR Handset Suckerpunch'.
11 Blasters Of The Universe
Blasters Of The Universe is worth playing if you enjoy games like Superhot, because you'll need to dodge bullets that are flying at you in mid-air if you want to survive. The primary content you'll experience in this game is the campaign mode, which allows you to unlock new items to use in combat as you progress.
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There are hundreds of ways to customize your personal loadout, which adds hours of extra fun finding every way you can defeat the futuristic enemies you'll face in Blasters Of The Universe. Dodging bullets has never been this much fun.
10 Farpoint
If you like adventures that take place in space, then we have the perfect suggestion for you. Farpoint crashes you onto an unknown planet, where you'll have to attempt to make your way back to your fellow workers who also crashed somewhere else on this strange planet.
You'll encounter alien life forms, which you can kill using your guns in first-person combat. Your gun will be essential if you want to make it off the planet alive, so the FPS mechanics in Farpoint are integral to its gameplay design. Virtual reality doesn't get more out of this world than Farpoint.
