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Lists of killer apps and games by user ratings - for the Rift hmds and Quest 1 & 2 with Link

RuneSR2
Grand Champion

To get an overview, here're lists of the highest rated games and apps for the Oculus Rift hmds and for Quest 1 & 2 with (Air)Link. If you're new to PC-VR, maybe these lists can be of inspiration - and maybe even old-timers can find stuff they've overlooked...  

To be included at least 40 users must have rated a game or an app, and the average user rating must be at least 4.5 stars out of 5 (= 90 % or better) - based on user ratings in the Oculus Rift Store (Steam games or apps are not included). Maybe we could call these lists for grade "A" games and apps - or simply current Rift killer games and apps  😉

And why the need for 40 user ratings? In the Oculus Rift Store there are many games and apps receiving high ratings, but to provide sound statistics it's not enough with just 3 user ratings - or 10 - or even 20. I've chosen 40 because it's close to the minimum number of individuals I'd want in a group, if I was trying to get some robust statistics after collecting answers to a questionnaire (for a medical trial and similar investigations). I've provided the current number of user ratings for each game or app, so if some readers only trust average ratings based on 100, 500 or even 1,000 user ratings, the lists will accommodate for such preferences. 

Note that these lists are not influenced by my preferences - I'm just the guy counting user ratings and associated average ratings  o:)
Also note that new awesome games or apps may not yet be on the lists due to an insufficient number of user ratings. 

Highest rated Rift games:

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98% average rating
The Room VR: A Dark Matter (379 ratings)
Altdeus: Beyond Chronos (71 ratings)
Red Matter 2 (56 ratings)

96% average rating
Beat Saber (15344 ratings)
Moss (949 ratings)
Golf+ (289 ratings)
Walkabout Mini Golf (187 ratings)
Merry Snowballs (44 ratings) - removed from the Store (Feb 2020)

94% average rating
Robo Recall (11352 ratings)
Lone Echo (5283 ratings)
I Expect You to Die (1273 ratings)
Brass Tactics (764 ratings)
Trover Saves the Universe (303 ratings)
Until You Fall (198 ratings)
Airtone (99 ratings) - removed from the Store (maybe Jan 2021), still available on Steam
Jet Islands (78 ratings)
Hyper Dash (46 ratings)

92% average rating
Gorilla Tag (1101 ratings)
Eleven: Table Tennis VR (910 ratings)
Blaze Rush (780 ratings)
Five Nights at Freddy's VR: Help Wanted (778 ratings)
Space Pirate Trainer (726 ratings)
Vox Machinae (390 ratings)
Vacation Simulator (383 ratings)
Final Assault (273 ratings)
Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes (233 ratings)
The Invisible Hours (228 ratings)
Bending the Light (174 ratings)
Racket: Nx (113 ratings)
Virtual Virtual Reality (114 ratings)
Synth Riders (115 ratings)
The Under Presents (58 ratings)
Crisis VRigade (55 ratings)
Mini Motor Racing X (49 ratings)
Down the Rabbit Hole (49 ratings)

90% average rating
Vader Immortal (5609 ratings)
Superhot VR (3690 ratings)
Asgard's Wrath (3585 ratings)
Blade & Sorcery (3913 ratings)
Elite Dangerous (2566 ratings)
Stormland (1946 ratings)
Job Simulator (1489 ratings)
Boneworks (1344 ratings)
Gorn (928 ratings)
In Death (726 ratings)
Pistol Whip (709 ratings)
The Thrill of the Fight (620 ratings)
Brass Tactics: Arena (481 ratings)
Windlands (388 ratings)
Audica (368 ratings)
Racket Fury (346 ratings)
Red Matter (315 ratings)
Witchblood (265 ratings)
A Fisherman's Tale (224 ratings)
Raccoon Lagoon (217 ratings)
Form (206 ratings)
Thumper (196 ratings)
Journey of the Gods (134 ratings)
Shadow Point (117 ratings)
Catan VR (95 ratings)
Half + Half (80 ratings)
The Gallery - Episode 2: Heart of the Emberstone (79 ratings)
The Eastern Edge (75 ratings)
Gravity Labs - Gravitational Testing Facility & Observations (66 ratings)
Shooty Fruity (65 ratings)
Audio Trip (44 ratings)


Highest rated Rift apps:

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96% average rating
Wolves in the Walls (1147 ratings)
Art Plunge (85 ratings)
Get Lost in Nature with Luke (60 ratings)
Where Thoughts Go (44 ratings) 

94% average rating
First Contact (1684 ratings)
Crow: The Legend (891 ratings)
Show It 2 Me (203 ratings)
Electronauts (104 ratings) - removed from the Store, still available on Steam
Sky VR: Hold the World (83 ratings)
Jig Space (57 ratings)
Arden's Wake (43 ratings)

92% average rating
Aircar- 92 % (2455 ratings)
1943 Berlin Blitz (1032 ratings)
Allumette (870 ratings)
Dear Angelica (882 ratings)
Fantasynth (568 ratings)
Dance Central (350 ratings)
Sensor Bounds (223 ratings)
Apollo 11 VR HD (209 ratings) - removed from searches in the Store, still available on Steam 
Wonderful You (155 ratings)
The Bond (133 ratings)
Beach Body Bros (117 ratings)
Nanome (40 ratings)

90% average rating
Google Earth VR (8776 ratings)
Henry (1178 ratings)
Wrench: Engine Building Demo (330 ratings)
Sharecare VR (300 ratings) - removed and replaced by a new and updated app
Tilt Brush (268 ratings)
Spice & Wolf VR (65 ratings)
Chroma Lab (42 ratings)

BTW, to make these lists I selected the Oculus Store category containing all games and apps, organized the items according to user ratings (highest ratings first) and then - one by one - checked the number of ratings and the average score. 

Finally we could also check which game or app (with an average user rating of at least 90 %) has the most votes in total - and the winner in each category is:

 

Rift game with the most ratings

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Rift app with the most ratings

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"Ask not what VR can do for you, but what you can do for VR"

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RuneSR2
Grand Champion

snowdog said:

Collect Nature's Bounty sounds like something a cult leader would say before shagging half of his followers!!! 😮 😄



To each his own, I was thinking more about goats and sheep :blush:  😄 (dear mods, I'm innocent, Snowdog started it all!)

Oculus Rift CV1, Valve Index & PSVR2, Asus Strix OC RTX™ 3090, i9-10900K (5.3Ghz), 32GB 3200MHz, 16TB SSD
"Ask not what VR can do for you, but what you can do for VR"

RuneSR2
Grand Champion
A few more games got at least 90 % averate rating based on 40+ ratings - I just added to the list on page 1:

94% (and only $6): 
https://youtu.be/pTiF042IsWw

90%:
https://youtu.be/hDhaRX7-y1E

https://youtu.be/ndMyArgNcps

Oculus Rift CV1, Valve Index & PSVR2, Asus Strix OC RTX™ 3090, i9-10900K (5.3Ghz), 32GB 3200MHz, 16TB SSD
"Ask not what VR can do for you, but what you can do for VR"

RuneSR2
Grand Champion
Battlewake just achieved a rating of 90 % based on 40 ratings:

https://youtu.be/qhre5zGqDS0

Get it here:

https://www.oculus.com/experiences/rift/1994433897296970/?locale=en_US

Audica also just made the list (90%, 189 ratings):

https://youtu.be/1PwmDO5WCq8

Get it here:

https://www.oculus.com/experiences/rift/2172302616173639/?locale=en_US

Oculus Rift CV1, Valve Index & PSVR2, Asus Strix OC RTX™ 3090, i9-10900K (5.3Ghz), 32GB 3200MHz, 16TB SSD
"Ask not what VR can do for you, but what you can do for VR"

SkScotchegg
Expert Trustee
Thanks, I love Audica and I'll check out Battlewake this week no doubt 🙂
UK: England - Leeds - - RTX 2080 - Rift CV1 & Rift S - Make love, not war - See you in the Oasis!

RuneSR2
Grand Champion
In about one day Asgard's Wrath has received 280 rating and got an average rating of 92% - get it here:

https://www.oculus.com/experiences/rift/1180401875303371/

https://youtu.be/d5a4nWtbVyY

Oculus Rift CV1, Valve Index & PSVR2, Asus Strix OC RTX™ 3090, i9-10900K (5.3Ghz), 32GB 3200MHz, 16TB SSD
"Ask not what VR can do for you, but what you can do for VR"

RuneSR2
Grand Champion

RuneSR2 said:

Battlewake just achieved a rating of 90 % based on 40 ratings:

https://youtu.be/qhre5zGqDS0



Battlewake, Creed, Electronauts and many other VR games/apps made by Survius are now 50% or more off on Steam (Electronauts like $6):

https://store.steampowered.com/search/?developer=Survios

Personally I did buy Battlewake on Steam earlier, but refunded it, it was slightly demanding using the Index and graphics didn't impress me. I think it's more a game for teenagers and kids - so although it's cheap now I'll wait for a sale in the Oculus Store, this way my kids can get it on the CV1 where ASW2.0 may work some wonders. 

Oculus Rift CV1, Valve Index & PSVR2, Asus Strix OC RTX™ 3090, i9-10900K (5.3Ghz), 32GB 3200MHz, 16TB SSD
"Ask not what VR can do for you, but what you can do for VR"

RuneSR2
Grand Champion
Stormland now has an average rating of 90% based on 365 ratings:

https://youtu.be/dXmqHaiQXSQ

Get it here:

https://www.oculus.com/experiences/rift/1360938750683878/

Oculus Rift CV1, Valve Index & PSVR2, Asus Strix OC RTX™ 3090, i9-10900K (5.3Ghz), 32GB 3200MHz, 16TB SSD
"Ask not what VR can do for you, but what you can do for VR"

RuneSR2
Grand Champion
Maybe quite a sensation: when including only games with at least 40 ratings and an average rating of at least 90 % there's a new number 1!  😮 

With 48 ratings and an average rating of a massive 98 % (4.9/5) Until You Fall is the best you can get for the Rifts:

https://youtu.be/gVv24jnkdC4

Get it here: 

https://www.oculus.com/experiences/rift/3629229127102494/?locale=en_US

So this game - and not Asgard's Wrath, Stormland nor Boneworks - is Game of the Year 2019? (Click to enlarge the shots below)

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Oculus Rift CV1, Valve Index & PSVR2, Asus Strix OC RTX™ 3090, i9-10900K (5.3Ghz), 32GB 3200MHz, 16TB SSD
"Ask not what VR can do for you, but what you can do for VR"

RuneSR2
Grand Champion
Just added (to make sure no-one gets bored this Christmas o:) :

App: Where Thoughts Go - 96% (40 ratings):
https://youtu.be/1-rwlQRhP9o

Game: Path of the Warrior - 92 % (54 ratings):
https://youtu.be/ulDN5pwl47U

App: Art Plunge - 98 % (40 ratings):
https://youtu.be/fpgj9b8-JMA

Game: Synth Riders - 92% (58 ratings):
https://youtu.be/InTrpOCkxXo

App (game?): Beach Body Bros - 90 % (96 ratings):
https://youtu.be/8HZ_J62KgKU

App: Gravity Sketch - 90 % (85 ratings):
https://youtu.be/FdFsRWodTqI

Game: The Morrigan - 90 % (49 ratings):
https://youtu.be/JgLbX_cvTVg

Game (free!): Glyph - 90% (45 ratings):
https://youtu.be/o6hT-DfZqBs

Game: Pistol Whip - 90% (448 ratings):
https://youtu.be/KUwzpaReU5g

App: Sheaf - Together EP - 90 % (45 ratings):
https://youtu.be/nM3BNUoF-4E

Game: Real VR Fishing - 90 % (91 ratings):
https://youtu.be/DUdmUv3XccU

Sharecare VR - 90% (260 ratings):
https://youtu.be/70g0KdTS35c

Oculus Rift CV1, Valve Index & PSVR2, Asus Strix OC RTX™ 3090, i9-10900K (5.3Ghz), 32GB 3200MHz, 16TB SSD
"Ask not what VR can do for you, but what you can do for VR"

RuneSR2
Grand Champion
BTW, 98% for Art Plunge is no joke - it really is awesome. It is short, but it is less the $1 in the Store. Got solid 90 fps CV1 ss 2.0, and this gem of an app truly shines. It may be close to the perfect intro to VR, especially for persons who like art. 

Oculus Rift CV1, Valve Index & PSVR2, Asus Strix OC RTX™ 3090, i9-10900K (5.3Ghz), 32GB 3200MHz, 16TB SSD
"Ask not what VR can do for you, but what you can do for VR"