Phasmophobia vr Pc#
Phasmophobia vr series#

Phasmophobia vr series#

Expect jump scares from series staples, plenty of references, and a ton of collectibles to amass throughout those five fearful nights.

Naturally each is characterized by the ever-present fear of an animatronic aberration springing up out of nowhere. It goes without saying that said fur balls are out to end your gainful employment early.įive Nights At Freddy’s VR: Help Wanted is framed as a series of mini-games and game modes that include throwbacks to previous entries in the series, maintenance tasks, creepy hide and seek sessions, and on-rails shooting, among others. Easy enough on paper, other than the pesky issue of animatronic fur balls romping around the place as soon as the sun sets and a concerning absence of decent lighting. Don’t just take our word for it: the game is one of the best-selling VR games, all genres confused, on Steam and a fan favorite among VR horror buffs.Īs the newest hire at Freddy Fazbear’s Pizza, you’re tasked with surviving five successive nights in the kid’s pizzeria.

Additionally, the game doesn’t support the PS Move controllers and is only playable with a controller.Īnother long-running franchise bound to jump to VR at some point, Five Nights At Freddy and its unique brand of animatronic horror transitions splendidly to the immersive qualities of the platform in the shape of Five Nights At Freddy’s VR: Help Wanted.

Phasmophobia vr Pc#

The only real catch is that it’s a PSVR exclusive, so PC players are out of luck. Suspense and anticipation are just as effective as the enemies who’ll cross your path.As the most complete VR horror experience out there, Resident Evil 7: Biohazard is largely unrivaled.

Resident Evil 7: Biohazard doesn’t eschew classic jump scare mechanics, but these aren’t gratuitous instead, they are married with an ever-present dread, a visceral fear of an unseen horror creeping around the Baker’s haunting cabin. What makes Resident Evil 7: Biohazard a must-play on VR is the polished quality of the production married to a well-paced story that leans heavily on superb audio design, a genuinely terrifying atmosphere, and attention to detail rarely found in VR titles. VR brings every shadowy corner, distant structural groan, and filthy detail of the Bayou cabin to life like never before. The Bakers are no ordinary family and one that’s hiding a bleak secret. Dropped in a haunting Louisiana estate owned by the crazed Baker family, protagonist Ethan Winters is faced with the task of tracking down his missing wife. Resident Evil 7: Biohazard is an unnerving, deliciously unsettling experience on PC and console, but the VR version ramps the fear factor in every respect. With three decades honing their craft, Capcom’s VR debut was always going to be a momentous occasion, and Resident Evil 7: Biohazard doesn’t disappoint. If we’ve omitted a game that’s close to your heart, please do drop into the comments section at the end to let us and other readers know what we’re missing.Īs far as horror franchises go, none is quite as suited to VR as Resident Evil. It goes without saying that our recommendations are by no means exhaustive but instead align with those most commonly lauded among versed VR players for their haunting and eerie qualities. Further down, we’ll introduce each game and provide some insight into what’s in store once you don your headset, shut out the outside world, and dive in. Good media press reviews and the odd award also helped narrow down our choices.Īfter careful deliberation, we slimmed down our list to five VR horror games that deserve every VR headset owner’s attention. We favored games that tap into the immersive qualities of virtual reality to deliver a uniquely spine-tingling, unsettling, or straight-up terrifying gaming experience. The driving force behind compiling this list was to pull together a selection of games we believe horror buffs and, more broadly, all VR headset owners should sample at least once.