Just Got a Meta Quest Headset? These Are Our Favorite Games

With the release of the Meta Quest 3S (8/10, WIRED Review), Meta is hoping for a surge in interest in its mixed reality tech. The new headset brings key features like color passthrough and hand tracking to the lower $300 price point, rendering the older Quest 2 largely inadvisable.

Meanwhile, Meta discontinued production of the Quest Pro in January of 2025, making the Quest 3 (8/10, WIRED Recommends) the de facto upgrade pick, with a higher resolution screen and the improved pancake lenses. Both options are among our favorite VR headsets, thanks to their range of affordable prices and their ability to play games and activities completely on their own, without the help of a console or computer.

No matter which headset you have, there are hundreds of games available—everything from shooters to puzzlers to mini golf. The AR features on the Quest 3 and Quest 3S enable whole new genres that can use your real environment as part of the game or application. We've spent countless hours trying dozens of games and apps on the Meta Store. Here are some of our favorites.

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Updated February 2025: We added Walkabout Mini Golf, Batman: Arkham Shadow, and Myst, and we updated the tips section.

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Big AAA games for the Quest are few and far between, so Batman: Arkham Shadow really blew us away with its in-depth mechanics, graphical polish, and engaging story.

After spending some time with the game, WIRED writer Matt Kamen called it “an experience that could conceivably be a breakthrough moment for VR gaming.” The game perfectly encapsulates what it's like to be The Batman, letting you don the famous cowl, hiding in the shadows and taking down Gotham's worst criminals. Make sure to check out the full breakdown on Arkham Shadow for all the gory details. —Brad Bourque

Out of all the games on my Quest 3, Walkabout Mini Golf VR is the one I come back to the most. It's all too easy to pop my headset on for a quick round on any of the 30-plus courses, eight of which are included in both easy and hard variants. There are familiar concepts like windmills and pirate ships but also detailed and mechanically unique tie-ins with games like Myst and popular media like Wallace & Gromit.

Don't let the simple graphical style fool you, the mechanics here are extremely satisfying and realistic and will have you constantly trying to beat your own best score. Plus, there are a ton of secrets and easter eggs to find while your friends take their shot. —Brad Bourque

The timeless first-person point-and-click game Myst moved from 2D to 3D and now to a full virtual reality makeover for the Quest. While the puzzles from the early ’90s may not be the most challenging by today's standards, the atmosphere and story of the original game are as compelling as ever. Not only does the VR aspect add to the immersion, but it also allows you to fiddle with objects in the environment, adding another layer of detail and interactivity to the world. Plus, folks who have played before can take advantage of a puzzle randomizer to freshen up the experience. —Eric Ravenscraft

Moss is one of the first games I show people new to VR. It’s the first VR game I ever sat down to play all the way through. Moss tells the story of an adorable little mouse on a quest to save her people. Most VR games put you directly in the shoes of the main character, but in Moss you play as a kindly forest spirit helping Quill (the mousey) through puzzles, traps, and even fights against tiny little monsters. Your perspective is more removed from the action, like you’re looking down into a gorgeous and interactive diorama. That makes Moss approachable, especially if you’re prone to motion sickness—Moss is primarily a seated experience.

More recently, Moss: Book II sees you return to the fray as Quill's faithful ally. This time our mousey protagonist finds herself chased by a mysterious force seeking to unmake the world. Once again, you get to accompany her on this journey, protecting, guiding, and helping her out all along the way. At this point I would take a bullet for Quill, so I was stoked to jump back into this world and go with her on another adventure. Not only is it a worthy successor to one of the best games for any VR platform, but it also stands on its own as yet another killer VR game from Polyarc. —Jaina Grey

More than five years after its initial release, there's a reason Superhot VR still tops the lists of games you have to play on your headset. In this first-person shooter, you’re forced to fight your way through a barrage of enemies, with one key twist: Time only progresses when you move. This means you can take your time planning your attack or just let out a defeated sigh as you stare at the bullet that's an inch away from your head and about to kill you. —Eric Ravenscraft

I have run out the battery on my Quest multiple times. I simply cannot stop puzzling. In Puzzling Places, you pick a gorgeous, detailed object or location, like a beautiful antique kimono or the French coast of Biarritz, break it into 25 to 400 pieces, and then … painstakingly put it back together. Flip through 2D cards to examine how each side should look. Rotate the partially built Swiss cathedral or Swedish drawing room in your hands. Click pieces into place with the most satisfying haptic click that has ever been clicked, and once it’s done, move through the hallways of an Armenian monastery examining candelabras. Once I’ve done all the 400-piece puzzles twice, I’ll have no choice but to email the developers and ask for more puzzles. It’s traveling and puzzling and it’s great. —Adrienne So

A beautiful twist on the Alice in Wonderland universe, Down the Rabbit Hole is a charming 360-degree puzzle game that switches between third- and first-person perspectives to bring clever game mechanics to life. You, the protagonist, are searching for your lost pet Patches when you fall down a hole hidden beneath a trap door. At the bottom, you land in the White Rabbit’s home, scattering the invitations he’s been preparing for the Queen of Heart’s birthday party. Think of this like a single-person escape room—if you were both the person stuck in the room and the person watching the person stuck in the room, who is able to see the bigger picture. Oh, and mix in a dash of excitement as you meet characters you know along the way. —Saira Mueller

Yes, Beat Saber was released in 2018. But you cannot deny that it is insanely fun. Come on, who doesn’t want to wield a lightsaber in each hand? And then have your controllers rumble when you accidentally (or purposefully, in my case) tap them together, so it feels like you’re battling yourself on Endor. Set aside the lightsabers and the game’s controls are very easy to pick up, which means you’ll be spacing out to some of your favorite songs in no time (Green Day or Skrillex, anyone?). If you’re the competitive type, you can also choose to play Beat Saber with friends so you can see who’s the best at slicing boxes and dodging walls to a beat. As a bonus, it is actually a pretty decent workout once you’re playing for a while on harder modes. —Saira Mueller

If you’ve ever wondered what it’s like to duel with pistols as people did in the 18th century, Blaston is the game for you. You can play it by yourself against online opponents, but it’s way more fun with a friend (or two or three). While only two people can duel at a time, other friends in the group can spectate the match—trust us when we say it gets ridiculous and hilarious. The dueling participants get dropped onto individual platforms in an arena, and weapons and shields spawn around their platform. Then it’s a best-of-two show match to deal damage and reduce your opponent’s health bar. If you really want to tilt your opponent (and do some damage in the process) throw your weapon at them once you’re out of ammo. If you get good enough, you can even enter an official tournament. Or, for some ridiculous snowball fun, check out the Arctic Blast mode. —Saira Mueller

Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes has been out for a few years, but it's still an iconic title. In this game, one person wears a headset to manipulate a virtual bomb that has several puzzles all over it. The catch is, there's no way to solve the puzzles from within the headset. Everyone else in the room is given a dump of documents (which you can either print or view online here) that contain instructions the team must communicate to the person in the headset. Oh and, of course, there's a time limit. Because, you know, it's a bomb. This is one of the few VR games that manages to be engaging and fun for a group of people, even if only one headset is available.—Eric Ravenscraft

To my mind, BAM is less a game than it is a proof of concept, and it's an exciting one. If you have multiple Quest headsets lying around, you can get a group of people together to play this mixed reality battlefield game and experience a shared virtual vision. While it's best with the Quest 3's AR features, it can also run on the Quest 2 and Quest Pro. If you've upgraded in the past, all your old headsets are compatible as well.

Each player gets to puppeteer little robots in a central playing field, forcing them to battle like you're all some combination of ancient Roman gladiatorial audiences and high-tech gods. While I wouldn't go so far as to say the gameplay itself is revolutionary (you probably won't be playing this particular game for ages), it's a fascinating look at what kind of games could be made when having a few VR and AR headsets around the house is more common. —Eric Ravenscraft