Top 7 Best PlayStation VR Games Still To Come

It’s been a year since the PlayStation VR entered the virtual arena, bringing with it a cheaper but still effective way to see a new world with a piece of plastic over your head. Though some of the launch titles left a little to be desired, the hardware made a positive impact and now there’s a ton of great PSVR games heading our way. Here’s just a few of those games to keep an eye on as their release date draws closer.

THE INPATIENT

Though originally planned for release before the end of the year, the Inpatient has since slipped to 2018. But the wait should be worth it, considering Supermassive Games is behind the project and it will explain a lot of the weirder aspects to the sleeper PS4 hit, Until Dawn. Yes, the Inpatient is a prequel, set 60 years before the events that took (or not, depending on how well you played Until Dawn) the lives of a group of young adults via very strange circumstances. You’ll find yourself as a patient within the white walls of Blackwood Sanatorium, with the goal of regaining your memories coupled with some strange goings on.

It’s a shame we won’t be playing this one when expected, but hopefully the extra time will polish things up nicely when The Inpatient finally arrives next year.

BLOOD & TRUTH

London Studios are taking what they’ve learnt from their experiences on the London Heist, as seen in PlayStation VR Worlds, to develop a broader experience in Blood & Truth. You play special forces officer Ryan Marks, who is desperately trying to save his family from a criminal overlord through dramatic story moments and plenty of first-person action.

The studio is promising some realistic interactions for players, such as the way you reload your weapon or move around the environment. If you’ve played the London Heist, you’ll have a good idea of what to expect here, with an added emphasis on player choice to determine how the story unfolds. Hopefully we won’t have to wait too long in 2018 before we get our hands on it.

BOW TO BLOOD

Pirates are in again, it seems. Whether its Rare’s Sea of Thieves or Ubisoft’s Skull & Bones, both promise some high seas antics with plenty of booty to discover. But if you want something a little more futuristic or maybe you’re a little susceptible to sea sickness, maybe Bow to Blood should be on your radar. Taking to the skies instead of the open ocean, where you’ll be fighting across procedurally generated worlds in your very own airship. That in itself sounds exciting, especially if multiplayer is included. Bow to Blood takes the action to PlayStation VR in 2018.

MOSS

The potential for Moss to be a breakout character is as clear as day. The little mouse Quill has already captured plenty of attention since first appearing during E3 earlier this year, and with its combination of third-person action platforming and the ability to interact with the environment like an overlord to help the little hero along, the concept is just as colorful. What’s more exciting, however, is the chance to personally connect with Quill, who is completely aware of you looking down from on high as you move obstacles out of the way.

Moss enters its way into our hearts next February and will no doubt have a major marketing push behind it.

 THE AMERICAN DREAM

Aussie studio Samurai Punk wants to take you on a what if tour through 1950’s American culture, whereby everyday activities must be completed with some kind of gun in your hands. This satirical VR experience presents itself within a gun company created campaign to prove that you can do anything with a gun, from driving your car to work to eating a hearty meal.

As edgy as this may sound, it’s played off through plenty of colorful situations and not a single zombie in sight and should provide plenty of laughs when it launches within the next few months (exact date TBC).

TORN

Virtual reality and scary situations seem to go hand in hand, so here’s another to get your heart pumping, though with a puzzle solving twist. Inspired by the Twilight Zone, Torn has you exploring a spooky house in the middle of nowhere, filled with various experiments, inventions, and notes from the original owner who vanished 64 years prior. Safe to say, it’s not your usual type of mansion, but the mystery surrounding it will drive you further into its clutches. Torn is due for release in 2018 for PlayStation VR from long time developers Aspyr Media.

DOOM VFR

We all know Doom, we’ve probably all played it in some way or form. Doom VFR aims to take the all out action of the recent Doom reboot and spin it in a unique way for VR owners. Following your death at the hands of the various demons at the invaded UAC facility, your consciousness is transferred into an artificial brain matrix, where you’re tasked with bringing the facility back into some kind of normality while fighting off the demon horde. It’ll be interesting to see how Bethesda is able to translate the same sense of speed from the original FPS giant into a VR space, though by not placing you in the shoes of Doomguy it affords them a few changes in the story to explain things like teleporting from place to place instead of free-roaming as usual.

We’ll know for sure whether they can pull it off when Doom VFR arrives this December for PlayStation VR owners, not long after Bethesda’s other virtual experience in Elder Scrolls: Skyrim VR.