All VR titles:
Beat Saber
Moss
MOTHERGUNSHIP Forge
Tinertia
Ragnarock
Various racing games with my wheel
Zone of the Enders 2
Rez Infinite
Redout
Hellblade
Psychonauts Rhombus of Ruin
Vox Machinae
Thumper
Thrasher
Bocce Time (I like Bocce Ball, sue me)
Doom VFR
Metal: Hellsinger VR
Half Life Alyx

Of note, Metal: Hellsinger VR is that far down the list because it's apparently a bit brutal for people new to VR. Very fast movement, not for weak stomachs. So I'll be trying that after I've gotten used to VR a bit. I will also play some flat games, but I have no idea what offhand yet. Only time will tell!

Why would highly reviewed games being older be a bad thing? Those are the most likely to run well on Frame.

Older games are awesome and cheaper than grabbing something right at release. If anything, something being newer gives me more pause since the issues haven’t been worked out.

I've already got a pretty large library, so I'll give some recommendations (mostly older as haven't had much time of late). All PCVR as I prefer buying on Steam:

• Synthriders - rhythm game like beat saber but more dance focused

• Dirt Rally 2.0 - not sure what the status of sim racing on Linux (and the Frame currently) but a great experience if you're at all into racing

  • Automobilista 2 - similar quality but track instead of rally-focused

• Doom 3 Fully Possessed Mod - Doom 3 mod. I never really enjoyed the original game but in VR it's a lot of fun (and scary). Looks like the github repo has gone, so not sure where to find it today

• Eleven Table Tennis - Just what it appears to be, a nice table tennis again with somewhat realistic physics. Suprisingly fun.

• Half-Life 2: VR Mod - For when you've played Alyx to death and want something similar. A greater challenge as well since it wasn't designed as an intro to VR.

• Ragnarock - Another rhythm game that has a kind of viking drumming motif with a more rock/metal focused soundtrack

• Sniper Elite VR - A bit janky but feels like an oldschool WW2 game but in VR. Maps are a lot smaller than the mainline series though, likely due to standalone limitations.

• The Walking Dead: Saints & Sinners - This one has had controller issues with the open source Linux stack, but hopefully it will work well with the Frame. Semi-open world survival horror game with fun combat being the main draw. There's also a sequel/DLC but I haven't gotten to it yet.

• Crysis VR - The original Crysis in VR. The game in flat never really grabbed me, but is a lot more compelling as a VR game (although I'm a bit more prone to nausea with this one). See: https://crysis.vrmods.eu/

• UEVR mods - A bunch of games with unreal engine support this. A bit of a pain to setup and the quality of the experience varies, but opens up a lot of conventional games. See: https://uevr-profiles.com/

EDIT: I also suggest digging into the Steam Workshop mods for Alyx. There's a lot of good content there, and you get the fantastic Alyx engine and gunplay.

EDIT 2: I'll throw in a recommendation for this bundle: https://www.digiphile.co/collections/vr-games-showcase-the-new-essentials as it looks to have some well regarded games (Into the Radius 2 and Convrgence in particular)

I am excited to finally have standalone Beat Saber, as a PC VR only user that never owned a meta device it will be nice to finally take Beat Saber wherever I want.

Chants of Sennaar (a flat game) also just got verified today, so I will probably play that. I think it also might be time to play Half Life Alyx again, maybe I will try playing through the whole thing standalone.

And I will probably also stream some of the other games I have been playing (Resident Evil Requiem, 007 First Light, and finally playing the Indiana Jones DLC).

I have been building a backlog of both VR-native and VR-moddable games. I already own an Index and a Quest 3S. The latter I bought second-hand on the cheap and it really sold me on SteamVR streaming over WiFi. I have been waiting for the Frame in order to get a "modern VR" experience (wireless, pancake lenses, higher resolution, inside-out tracking, foveated rendering).

Native

• Metro Awakening
• Arizona Sunshine 2
• The 7th Guest VR
• TaVRn's Takedown
• FlatOut 4 VR
• G-Rebels

Moddable

• Resident Evil 7 & 8
• Dead Island 2
• Ready or Not
• Nuclear Option

And then there are the oldies but goodies. I'll likely return to Half-Life: Alyx for a 4th playthrough, and also have another go at Moss Book I & II. BeamNG.drive will definitely be back on the menu for various driving shenanigans, and Dungeons of Eternity for some multiplayer dungeon crawling.

BeamNG has VR support if you hate yourself and want an express ticket towards motion sickness.

No Mans Sky

Just lapping abulzz's Targa Florio in Assetto Corsa, or dodging traffic on the Hamburg freeway. Same as always.

Edited to add links.

I sold both my quest 2 for this a few months back.

Absolutely miss pistol whip.

I am sure the first game I try will be Beat Saber, standalone. That was my favorite VR title, but I haven't used VR in years.

EDIT: I also want to give Polycube another go in VR. I remember finding that there wasn't really any added benefit to playing that game in VR compared to flat, but I sure want to try again. That is easily one of my favorite games.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/798790/PolyCube/

I have a bunch of games I want to play when I get back into VR gaming.

• Blade & Sorcery
• Tales of Glory
• Skyrim VR
• Surgeon Simulator

Games I don't have

• Rumble
• Payday: High Aces
• Gunman's Contracts

If Walkabout Mini Golf is available on steam frame, it's the best game I've played so far! Highly addicting.

I want to try games like beat saber, and the talos principle vr.

Other suggestions are good but also: Tetris effect.

Doesn't seem like a big deal, I don't really like Tetris, but I really enjoyed it. And didn't really like it trying without VR afterwards.

I had an hp reverb g2 before Microsoft killed it. I'm using the frame to get back into VR after all that time.

I'm looking to use big screen again occasionally. I'll probably see where VRchat is at nowadays. I never finished half life alyx so I'll be doing that. Tabletop simulator I believe supports VR so that'll be neat to try.

I also have a handful of games in my steam wishlist that I'll start checking out. These are all relatively old because I stopped keeping up with VR while I didn't have a headset:

• Rocking legend - https://store.steampowered.com/app/1260800/Rocking_Legend/
• I was going to look at medal of Honor above and beyond but it's still mixed in the reviews so maybe not - https://store.steampowered.com/app/1402320/Medal_of_Honor_Above_and_Beyond/
• Trover saves the universe - https://store.steampowered.com/app/1051200/Trover_Saves_the_Universe/
• hello puppets VR - https://store.steampowered.com/app/1426280/Hello_Puppets_VR/
• new retro arcade: neon, I actually played this on a console and thought it'd be fun in VR - https://store.steampowered.com/app/465780/New_Retro_Arcade_Neon/
• the walking dead: saints and sinners - https://store.steampowered.com/app/916840/The_Walking_Dead_Saints__Sinners/

Edit: oh I forgot I used to play dirt rally 2 in VR all the time, that was great. I think they stopped supporting VR in their newer games so I'll probably just stick with that one.

I really only need Elite Dangerous and I'll be happy. I'm going from an OG Vive so having no tether and 150g less weight around my face is gonna be just great. But I'm also excited to try new stuff I wouldn't have dreamed to try in the OG with the tether, like Beat Saber. Being able to do it anywhere, so I can pick the biggest room in the house instead of being limited to the one that has the computer is just like a whole different level.

I'm surprised nobody has mentioned Into the Radius 1 & 2.

Honestly I haven't really looked into many VR games other than Alyx and Beat Saber. I'll figure it out when it gets here LOL.

I'm also very intrigued by the whole "spacial computing" thing.

Moss was a lot of fun.

Automobilista 2.

Okay, I already spent countless of hours on it in VR. But it was with a shitty CV1 headset!

Maybe this time I'll finish Alyx too.

I've been playing:
Hotdogs, Horseshoes, and Handgrenades (looking forward to 2 coming)
Elite: Dangerous
DCS World
Derail Valley
Pavlov
Contractors (Battlefront mod FTW)
Beat Saber
MechWarrior 5 (modded)
Phasmophobia
Tribe XR (sometimes in conjunction with VRChat)
War Thunder
Assetto Corsa
Project Cars 2
SUPERHOT Pistol Whip
Waltz of the Wizard

Games I haven't played in a while, but I recommend:
Sprint Vector (I need people to race against)
GORN
Battle Zone Gold
Iron Wolf
Star Trek Bridge Crew
Boneworks (haven't tried Bonelab) Zero Caliber
Job Simulator
Blasters of the Universe
Star Wars Squadrons
Electronauts
Open Brush (replaced Tiltbrush)
Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes
Sairento
Raw Data
Gunheart
War Dust
Drunkn Bar Fight
Please Don't Touch Anything 3D
Hard Bullet
Blade and Sorcery
Budget Cuts 2

Games I am looking forward to getting VR support:
Nuclear Option
Iron Nest
Star Trucker (I hope)

Games I plan to play:
Skyrim VR (with QoL mods)
Fallout 4 VR (same)
Among Us VR Vermillion Vox Machinae
VTOL VR

Currently? VRChat. Only thing I was playing on my Quest until I sold it; you don't need VR for it anyway. Alyx was good, but it's not really long or replayable.

Half-life Alex. One genre i suppose will be Eurotruck Simulator 2, and American Truck Simulator. I have around 150 VR games, so i'll be revisiting a lot of experiences like arcades, pinball, bowling, golf and other physical games like BoxVR and Beatsaber. I also love sword fighting games, rpg's, etc. Also looking to play around with the colored pass-thru camera from Arcturus, but that will be bare bones for some time as people start making applications for that medium. Also normal flatscreen/pancake games. I'll be mostly streaming from my more powerful PC to the headset. Don't downplay older games either, there's some decent quality games out there. Just because a game isn't listed as "great on frame" doesn't mean you can't play them.

VRChat and nonvr Indies sitting on the couch with a stream controller.

I haven't applied for one yet though. Waiting for oled. My index will hold me over till then

I went through the Steam store “great on frame” listings as well as the overall VR listings, and IMO it’s quite a mixed bag. There’s fairly good variety but many of the “overwhelmingly positive” titles are relatively old, like even 2017-2022. And many of the newer titles don’t seem to have a lot of players yet.

One thing I've started to be disappointed by as I start to look for titles is that there seem to be several VR games that are exclusive to either Meta Quest or PSVR. As if the VR market weren't small enough, they had to go and divvy it up to be even smaller. SMH.

I've never owned a headset before but for me I think the VR list would be:

• Subnautica
• HL: Alyx
• Psychonauts Rhombus of Ruin
• Pistol Whip
• Talos Principle
• Underdogs
• Star Wars Squadrons (if it works?)
• Elite Dangerous
• Dirt Rally
• Iron Nest (if that's coming, yay)
• Superhot
• Sublevel Zero
• Overload
• Phasmophobia
• Into Black
• Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes
• Metal: Hellsinger
• Titan Isles
• Red Matter 1+2
• Simple Planes 2
• First Person Tennis
• Alien Isolation (mod) maybe with an adult diaper on lol

[Added a bunch because you all have great ideas]

BeatSaber, Arizona Sunshine (it's really fun especially in multiplayer), Pistol Whip (somehow really cool and imo better than beat saber), and Alyx

First game to play would certainly have to be Beat Saber, I think that's my all time favorite game. Then probably play a fresh save of Half Life Alyx (I started one in 2023 but kind of stopped playing).

I've wanted to play Thrill of The Fight and Dragon Fist like forever. Hopefully there will be some kind of reasonable full body tracking solution for the Frame at some point, because I think that playing a Kung Fu game with full body tracking (punches and kicks) would be amazing.

I would also like to try Dirt Rally in VR, as well as Kayak VR: Mirage because it looks amazing and relaxing. I also just found out about Ocean Rift. That looks good, but I hope that it works with the Frame.

Other than that, some AR games on the Quest look amazing and I hope that they eventually make their way to the Frame.

Arma Reforger, non VR. I'll check out VR titles when I get it, buy it's mostly for the milsim

I'm excited for flight sims. Between MSFS and X-Plane, which is better in VR?

I'm leaning toward X-Plane but I'm just starting to look into it

If anyone wants to pretend they’re Spider-Man, give Yupitergrade a try. Crazy fun story, hard as fuck levels and the music is amazing.

I want to try the second one so bad.

Tbh, the only vr games that I've actually played have been skyrimvr and vrchat, and a tiny bit of subnautica with mods to improve the vr. I might play around with new ones a bit, but what I mostly want it for is to more conveniently hang out/try game worlds with friends of mine who are on VRC a lot.

My current headset can do it, but since switching over to linux it takes a significant amount of hassle to reboot to windows, probably let it update because I otherwise never use that partition, launch both steamVR and the pico link drivers and connect up all the cables and confirm that it's all working, just to have to reboot back to linux when I'm done with it.

That's not enough to spend money on new hardware by itself, but a close friend of mine has been wanting to try VR and hasn't gotten fed up with windows like I have, so I offered to give him my current headset when something that works with linux more smoothly comes out, which I figure the frame is probably the best bet for.

Currently I really just want something that Carnival Games VR works on. Tried it on my Quest and it crashes as soon as you select the first minigame. The devs knew about the problem and just told people to get a different headset.

VRs biggest issue. There's no games. Meta basically killed the segment before it could even get started.

It's interesting that some of these replies are listing dozens of games that they've played, as if dipping into each one and then moving on to another.

In the "flat screen" world I have maybe four favourite games with thousands of hours in each - and I'm not getting the impression that VR people are finding games with that level of interest.