These are games where multiple people can play at one time. Multiplayer games can be classified in different ways:
- Co-op games where you work together toward a common goal (e.g. fighting zombies)
- Head-to-head where you compete against each other (e.g. boxing each other, or playing mini-golf against each other)
- Simultaneous play where you each play independently but at the same time
- Alternate universes where you can explore or just hang out together (e.g. AltSpace VR, Rec Room, Horizon, VR Chat, Alcove) – we don’t go into those on this page, but see the menu on the left for more details about these)
There are too many multiplayer games to list them all here, but here are some of the more popular ones (see descriptions below; click on the image to go to the Oculus Store):
- Good for families: Acron, Cloudlands 2, Cook Out, Eleven Table Tennis, Premium Bowling, Racket Fury, Racket: NX, Real VR Fishing, Sculptr, Spaceteam VR, Star Trek Bridge Crew, VR Karts, Wander, Walkabout Mini Golf
- Good for the mobility-impaired (can be played sitting down): Acron, Cook Out, Echo VR, Poker Stars VR, Poker VR, Real VR Fishing, Rush, Sculptr, Spaceteam VR, Star Trek Bridge Crew, VR Karts, Walkabout Mini Golf, Wander
- Good for game night with friends not on VR: Acron, Spaceteam VR
- Good for socializing while you play: Cloudlands 2, Cook Out, Poker Stars VR, Poker VR, Premium Bowling, Top Golf With Pro Putt, Real VR Fishing, Sculptr, Spaceteam VR, Walkabout Mini Golf, Wander
- Good for getting a workout: Blaston, Creed, Echo VR, Path of the Warrior, Sports Scramble, Synth Riders
- Co-op first-person fighting games: Arizona Sunshine, Blaston, Death Horizon, Elven Assassin, Echo VR, Orbus VR Reborn, Path of the Warrior, Population One
- Sports simulators: Cloudlands 2 (golf), Eleven Table Tennis, Premium Bowling, Racket Fury (table tennis), Racket: NX, Sports Scramble, Top Golf with Pro Putt, Walkabout Mini Golf
Type of Multiplayer: Co-op and Head-to-head
Great For: Families, game night with friends, the mobility-impaired
Player Modes: Standing, Sitting
Genres: Action, Arcade, Social
Play with friends across VR and mobile devices. One player in VR takes on the role of a large, ancient tree that is the sole protector of the golden acorns. Meanwhile, two to eight frenemies can then grab their iOS and Android devices to become rebel squirrels that’ll do anything to steal the golden acorns using an arsenal of unique abilities across seven different maps.
Type of Multiplayer: Co-op
Great for: People who like shooting zombies
Player Modes: Standing, Roomscale
Genres: Action, Horror, Shooter
It’s the zombie apocalypse where you and up to 3 fellow survivors must navigate hordes of zombies in your desperate search for survivors.
Type of Multiplayer: Head-to-head
Great for: A heart-pumping workout, people who like shooting games but don’t want something too realistic
Player Modes: Standing, Roomscale
Genres: Action, Shooter, Sports
In this slow motion bullet-hell, you duck, dodge and weave to evade incoming attacks while preparing your dazzling next combos in a flash of skill. You feel like Neo and leave each session with your heart racing – a great workout. There is no single-player mode so if you’re not playing with friends you’ll get paired with a stranger (or if no one available, a bot).
Type of Multiplayer: Head-to-head
Great for: Socializing with friends while you play golf, families
Player Modes: Standing, Roomscale
Genres: Simulation, Social, Sports
Cloudlands 2 builds off of the fun of playing and building minigolf courses and adds the ability to play full sized golf courses. Arm yourself with a putter, wedge, and driver and hit the links in the clouds.
Type of Multiplayer: Co-op
Great for: Socializing with friends while you play, families, the mobility-impaired
Player Modes: Sitting, Standing, Roomscale
Genres: Casual, Food, Social
Set within the cook’s cabin of a fairytale forest, this is a wacky and whimsical adventure that challenges up to four players to work together to keep the orders coming for a cast of enchanted creatures. As players progress through increasingly hectic levels, they not only prepare meals but also need to fight off a number of nasty customers who seem absolutely set on making trouble — like jesters who hide parts of orders, or thieves who keep pilfering ingredients.
Type of Multiplayer: Head-to-head
Great for: A good workout
Player Modes: Sitting, Standing, Roomscale
Genres: Action, Fighting, Sports
Based on the Rocky franchise, you are Adonis Creed on your quest for boxing glory. Has multiple game modes including player vs. player where you can box against someone else who also has the game.
Type of Multiplayer: Head-to-head
Great for: Racing fans, the mobility-impaired
Player Modes: Sitting, Standing
Genres: Action, Casual, Racing
A kart racing game equipped with immersive full-hand driving and weapon controls. Including a fascinating story mode, online tournaments, countless customization combinations, and many achievements for the trophy hunters out there! Not good for those who get motion sick easily.
Type of Multiplayer: Co-op
Great for: People who like shooting zombies
Player Modes: Standing, Roomscale
Genres: Action, Horror, Shooter
The Horizon scientific research laboratory is a deceptively quiet place. When you came round, there were hundreds of the living dead all around you. All because of that damn T12 virus. To survive and save the world from the virus, use both hands and your head: never stop shooting, pick up rounds, climb up pipes and ladders, jump onto bars and grab hold of ropes, search cupboards and throw everything you find at the zombies. You’re free to choose whatever weapons and tactics you want. Prove your agility, imagination and accuracy. The denizens of the Horizon station will punish you for one thing: hesitation…
Type of Multiplayer: Co-op
Great for: A good workout, highly-competitive people, the mobility-impaired
Player Modes: Sitting, Standing, Roomscale
Genres: Action, Social, Sports
Set aboard a space station, experience the freedom of zero-g movement by grabbing and pushing off of the environment or using thrusters on your wrist in this highly-rated free game. Join other players for high energy competition against AI or opposing Echo Units in the Echo Arena. Not a good game for those who get motion sick easily. Make sure you have a big enough space to play as we’ve heard many stories of people punching objects in their room during game play.
Type of Multiplayer: Head-to-head
Great for: Table tennis fans, families
Player Modes: Roomscale
Genres: Simulation, Social, Sports
A realistic table tennis simulator where you play opponents in online multiplayer or practice against the advanced AI.
Type of Multiplayer: Co-Op and Head-to-head
Great for: Fans of fantasy and role-playing games
Player Modes: Standing
Genres: Action, RPG, Simulation
Using your bow, slay hordes of orcs and dragons to protect your elven town. Up to four assassins may unite to defend the town.
Type of Multiplayer: Co-Op and Head-to-head
Great for: Fans of MMO games
Player Modes: Roomscale, Standing
Genres: Adventure, RPG, Social
A massively multiplayer online game (MMO) with a huge open world, hundreds of hours of content, story quests, dragon pets, five-player group dungeons, ten-player Raids, voice chat, player trading, and more.
Type of Multiplayer: Co-Op
Great for: A good workout
Player Modes: Sitting, Standing
Genres: Action, Arcade, Fighting
In this first-person fighter game you work to bring order to the streets of Rage City after local gangs have unified and unleashed a wave of terror. Avoid if you get motion sick easily.
Type of Multiplayer: Head-to-head
Great for: Socializing while playing, the mobility-impaired
Player Modes: Sitting
Genres: Casual, Social, Strategy
Play poker, blackjack and slots in a variety of locations. We hear many reports of too many disruptive kids, but you can avoid this by creating your own room to play with friends. Reviews report a number of glitches resulting in lost money, so consider limiting in-app purchases.
Type of Multiplayer: Head-to-head
Great for: Socializing while playing, the mobility-impaired
Player Modes: Sitting, Standing
Genres: Casual, Social, Sports
Play poker in multi table tournaments and cash games with friends or with strangers. Like PokerStars VR, we read many reviews of disruptive kids.
Type of Multiplayer: Co-op
Great for: People who like realistic shooting games
Player Modes: Sitting, Standing, Roomscale
Genres: Action, Arcade, Shooter
In this combat game you and your squad must fight together to survive. Fly through the map to rain down bullets from above. Climb anything you see to gain the high ground advantage. Build strategic cover to protect your squad.
Type of Multiplayer: Head-to-head
Great for: Fans of bowling, socializing while playing, families
Player Modes: Standing, Roomscale
Genres: Simulation, Sports
This is as close to real bowling as you’ll get without picking up a physical bowling ball. However, we hear the multiplayer mode can be glitchy, so come with patience.
Type of Multiplayer: Head-to-head
Great For: Fans of table tennis, families
Player Modes: Standing, Sitting
Genres: Action, Simulation, Sports
Realistic ping-pong with robot players, with the ability to switch between arcade (more relaxed pace) and simulation modes.
Type of Multiplayer: Head-to-head
Great For: Fans of racquetball, families
Player Modes: Standing, Roomscale
Genres: Arcade, Social, Sports
The game is played inside a giant glass dome, the walls of which light up with targets you must destroy with the ball. But this is no ordinary ball! Hit it with force and it will slam into the wall, rolling across it and bulldozing everything in its path! Use your racket’s tractor beam to pull it back, or simply to line up your next shot exactly where you want it.
Type of Multiplayer: Co-op
Great For: Socializing while playing, relaxing, families, the mobility-impaired
Player Modes: Sitting, Standing, Roomscale
Genres: Relaxation/Meditation, Simulation, Sports
Explore the world of fishing or just sit back and relax in mesmerizing scenery together with up to 4 users.
Type of Multiplayer: Co-op and Head-to-head
Great For: Adrenaline junkies, the mobility-impaired
Player Modes: Sitting, Standing, Roomscale
Genres: Flying, Racing, Simulation
Take a dive into the adrenaline-pumping world of wingsuit flying with RUSH. Soar down mountainsides at breakneck speeds. Weave through canyons, dodge outcrops, and plummet down sheer drops as you race towards the finish line. May be an issue for those who get motion sick easily.
Type of Multiplayer: Co-op
Great For: Aspiring artists, families, the mobility impaired, socializing while playing
Player Modes: Sitting, Standing, Roomscale
Genres: Art/Creativity, Exploration, Productivity
Create sprawling, brilliant worlds and explore them with your friends! Invite your friends to an online game, then race to the finish with hang-gliders, or switch to climbing mode for even more fun. Discover thousands of amazing creations in the interactive gallery then remix them however you want! When you’re happy with your creation, you can upload to the SculptrVR content gallery and let others see the incredible things you’ve made.
Type of Multiplayer: Co-op
Great For: Game night, families, the mobility impaired, socializing while playing
Player Modes: Sitting, Standing
Genres: Arcade, Social, Space/Universe
A cooperative and chaotic party game that requires you to shout technobabble at your friends! Play with people on mobile/tablet and with other VR players online. Attempt to follow randomly generated, incorrectly assigned instructions. If your Spaceteam can complete enough instructions successfully in a sector you will progress to the next, each sector becomes increasingly difficult and as the ship becomes harder to control!
Type of Multiplayer: Head-to-head
Great For: Families, getting silly, an easy workout
Player Modes: Standing, Roomscale
Genres: Arcade, Social, Sports
Take your favorite sports and mix them together! Play Tennis with a Golf Club. Bowl a strike with a Basketball. Smash a Home Run with a Hockey Stick! Or play tennis, bowling, or baseball with the usual equipment.
Type of Multiplayer: Co-op
Great For: Trekkies, families, the mobility-impaired
Player Modes: Sitting, Standing
Genres: Simulation, Social, Space/Universe
The game puts you and your friends in the heart of the U.S.S. Aegis. Your mission: explore a largely uncharted sector of space known as The Trench, in hopes of locating a suitable new home world for the decimated Vulcan populace. The Klingon Empire is also active in the region, and their purpose is a threat to the Federation’s plans. Make strategic decisions and coordinate actions with your crew to complete the mission.
Type of Multiplayer: Simultaneous play
Great For: Music/dance lovers, a fun workout with friends
Player Modes: Standing, Roomscale
Genres: Casual, Music, Sports
A rhythm/dancing games that has you connecting lighted orbs on your hands to colored targets in sync with the beat of the music while dodging oncoming obstacles. While you can talk with your friends while playing you don’t see them and you play independently, only comparing scores at the end of each song.
Type of Multiplayer: Simultaneous play, head-to-head
Great For: Golf lovers, socializing while playing
Player Modes: Standing, Roomscale
Genres: Adventure, Simulation, Sports
Hang out with up to 7 friends as you hit the driving range or practice your putts.
Type of Multiplayer: Head-to-head
Great For: Racing fans, families, the mobility-impaired
Player Modes: Standing, Roomscale
Genres: Action, Arcade, Racing
Get in the drivers’ seat and race against other opponents in your own customized kart. Race through stunning tracks, collect power ups and use weapons to gain the upper hand over other racers.
Type of Multiplayer: Head-to-head
Great For: Mini golf fans, socializing while playing, families, the mobility-impaired
Player Modes: Standing, Sitting, Roomscale
Genres: Casual, Sports
Play 6 creative mini-golf courses that are more fun than any real-life course restricted by physics, gravity, and the need to go searching for balls hit out of bounds. The courses have varying levels of difficulty, with the ability to practice on a hole as much as you want before you challenge up to 4 of your friends.
Type of Multiplayer: Simultaneous play
Great For: Aspiring travelers, students and lifelong learners, families, the mobility-impaired
Player Modes: Standing, Sitting
Genres: 360 Experience, Exploration, Travel
From the comfort of your living room you can teleport almost anywhere in the world – whether you wish to walk across the London Bridge, stroll the gardens of the Taj Mahal, or witness the enormity of the Great Pyramids of Egypt – anywhere Google Street View has data. It has integration with Wikipedia for location-based learning.