VR users are going to be happy in May, as some huge releases are slated throughout the month. Probably the most highly anticipated is Ubisoft’s Star Trek: Bridge Crew, allowing every Trekkie’s dream of controlling the USS Aergis to come true by playing as the Captain, Helm, Tactical, or Engineering with four-player co-op . It was originally announced during E3 2016 to be released in Fall of that same year. That date was then moved to late November 2017, then March, and finally delayed once more to May 30.
Farpoint is also releasing this month, a shooter title that is being heavily pushed by Sony due to its release alongside the PSVR’s Aim Gun controller. Shaped like a rifle, the controller seeks to add another layer of immersion when it comes to shooting in VR.
Along with Farpoint, shooter Dick Wilde, which is already available on Oculus Rift and HTC Vive, will be releasing on PSVR on May 16 with Aim Controller support. Wave-based fighter The Brookhaven Experiment, which released alongside PSVR on Oct. 13, will be getting support for the controller as well. Sony has promised that more first-party titles centered around the capabilities of the Aim Controller are on the way.
Another one to keep an eye out for is stylish puzzler GNOG releasing on PSVR early in the month. Its colorful art style and unique interactive puzzles shaped as adorable monster heads make for a promising VR experience from publisher Double Fine. You can check out a trailer here.
All the confirmed May 2017 VR game releases:
- GNOG – PSVR (May 2)
- Time Carnage – Oculus Rift/HTC Vive (May 15)
- Dick Wilde – PSVR (May 16) *PS release alongside Aim Controller, already available on Oculus Rift/HTC Vive
- Farpoint – PSVR (May 16)
- Don’t Mess Up – Oculus Rift/HTC Vive (May 19)
- Star Trek: Bridge Crew – PSVR, Oculus Rift, HTC Vive (May 30)
- The Lost Pit VR – HTC Vive (May 2017)
Along with the confirmed releases, there are several others that also might drop sometime this month, but have yet to receive an official release date other than early, mid, or unspecified 2017. You can check these out below and simply be hopeful.
Here are all the VR titles are due to release sometime in early/mid or unspecified 2017, but have yet to receive a confirmed release date at the time of writing.
- Aderyn’s Cradle – Oculus Rift (Fall 2017)
- The American Dream – PSVR/ Oculus Rift/HTC Vive (2017)
- Aquanox Deep Descent – Oculus Rift/HTC Vive (2017)
- ARK Park – PSVR/Oculus Rift/HTC Vive (2017)
- Arktika.1 – Oculus Rift/Touch Exclusive (“Third Quarter of 2017”)
- Bad Day To Fly –Oculus Rift/HTC Vive (2017)
- Bee Bee Q – Oculus Rift/HTC Vive (2017)
- Blunt Force – Oculus Rift (“Episodes starting in 2017”)
- Brass Tactics – Oculus Rift (“Fall” 2017)
- Budget Cuts – HTC Vive (2017)
- The Cavern – HTC Vive (Q1 2017)
- Chess Ultra – PSVR/Oculus Rift/HTC Vive (“This Spring”)
- Cradle of Links VR – HTC Vive (Q1 2017)
- Crowe: The Drowned Armory – PSVR/Oculus Rift (Spring 2017)
- Derail Valley – HTC Vive (Q2 2017)
- Dino Frontier – PSVR (2017)
- Dungeon Chess – Oculus Rift (2017)
- Fallout 4 VR – HTC Vive (2017)
- Fate/Grand Order VR feat. Mash – PSVR (2017)
- From Other Suns – Oculus Rift (“Fall” 2017)
- Golem – PSVR (Q1 2017)
- Guardian Arena – Oculus Rift/HTC Vive (Early 2017)
- The Invisible Hours – PSVR/Oculus Rift/HTC Vive (2017)
- Kai-ri-Sei Million Arthur VR – HTC Vive (Q2 2017)
- The Mage’s Tale – Oculus Rift (2017)
- Megaton Rainfall – PSVR (Q1 2017)
- Monowheels VR – PSVR/Oculus Rift/HTC Vive (“Mid-2017”)
- Panoptic – HTC Vive (2017)
- Pixel Ripped 1989 – Oculus Rift/PSVR (“Coming Soon in 2017”)
- Sharp Shooter – Oculus Rift/HTC Vive (2017)
- Skyworld – Oculus Rift/HTC Vive (2017)
- Sparc – PSVR/Oculus Rift/HTC Vive (2017)
- SteamDolls VR – HTC Vive (2017)
- Stifled – PSVR (2017)
- Theseus – Platforms not given (2017)
- Unknown Fate – Oculus Rift/HTC Vive (2017)
- The Walker – PSVR (2017)
Finally are those with no release date in sight, other than a vague TBA/TBD/TBC/ or optimistic “coming soon!” These could always release sometime this month as well, but it’s not entirely likely.
All Coming Soon/TBA VR releases, which have yet to receive confirmed release dates at the time of writing.
- Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown – PSVR (TBD)
- Blade and Soul: Table Arena – Oculus Rift (TBA)
- Dead Bug Creek – PSVR/Oculus Rift/HTC Vive (“Coming Soon”)
- Dimension Hunter – Oculus Rift/HTC Vive (TBA)
- Ghost Paint – HTC Vive (TBA)
- Grapply – HTC Vive (TBA, in Early Access)
- A Haunting Witching Hour – PSVR/Oculus Rift/HTC Vive (TBA)
- The Hum: Abductions – PSVR/Oculus Rift/HTC Vive (TBA)
- Lone Echo – Oculus Rift (“Coming Soon”)
- Megadimension Neptunia VIIR – PSVR (TBA)
- The Persistence – PSVR (TBC)
- Pervader VR – PSVR (TBA)
- Polybius – PSVR (TBA)
- Raiders of Erda – Oculus Rift/HTC Vive (TBA)
- Soulkeeper VR – Oculus Rift/HTC Vive (“Coming Soon!”)
- Synthesis Universe: Maze – PSVR/Oculus Rift/HTC Vive (TBA)
- Technolust: Scanlines – PSVR/HTC Vive (TBA)
- The X Animal – PSVR (TBA)
