10 Video Games That Will Make You Believe In VR

City 17 is just one stop on this train.

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Insomniac

It wasn’t that long ago where Virtual Reality was considered to be a gimmick, gaining a niche interest on par with 3D films. Having seen several attempts at utilising VR for gaming in the past, most notably through Nintendo’s disastrous attempt with the Virtual Boy, it began with a rocky start.

Since Palmer Luckey began developing the Oculus Rift back in 2010, eventually releasing in 2016 after being acquired by Facebook, it’s experienced a slow but steady uptake. Microsoft, Valve, Oculus and HTC have brought us their own PC headsets, with Sony making an unprecedented home console breakthrough with Playstation VR.

It wasn’t smooth sailing to start with though, and early efforts saw a few hiccups, often feeling like tech demos as opposed to fully-fledged releases. The last few years have seen some truly outstanding titles though, now bolstered by Valve’s incredible Half-Life: Alyx.

That's far from being alone in its quality though, and developers have brought us some incredible experiences, providing a new level of immersion not possible with traditional games. Here are some that will convince you VR is finally a worthwhile platform all its own.

10. Budget Cuts

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Neat Corporation

Budget Cuts is a good starting point for virtual reality. Combining corporate satire with an action stealth premise, it released back in 2018 on PC and is due for PSVR release later this year. Playing as a human employee of Transcorp, you find both your job and life under threat from automation, as Transcorp seek to replace the human workforce with a robot army.

Seeing one of your colleagues summoned to the mysterious HR department, you find a mysterious package at your desk and this sets the stage for your fightback. Whilst it doesn’t have a long campaign, it’s a good few hours of gameplay that comes boosted with an arcade mode to keep you busy.

Suffering with some minor physics issues, it’s a title filled with humour, well-designed puzzles and killing the armed robots proves satisfying. Developers Neat Corporation may have moved onto Budget Cuts 2 last year but the original holds plenty of merit and is worth visiting.

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