We’ve finally reached the very end of 2018 and it’s been quite the eventful year for the VR industry. Not only did new headsets like the HTC Vive Pro and Oculus Go release, but Facebook announced the upcoming Oculus Quest as well for next year. Sony has even sold through three million headsets, which was before Black Friday, so it’s probably even more now.
On the gaming front there haven’t been as many groundbreaking titles on the PC VR side, but PSVR really grew into its own with a slew of amazing exclusives. Overall, this has been an amazing year for VR and we can’t wait to see what 2019 holds.
So we mashed our heads together and put together this full, detailed list of the very best VR games, hardware, and experiences of the year. All lists are ordered alphabetically and we’ve chosen the first listed item as the image to be fair. Unless that item was used in an image already, in which case we’ve used the next down.
We’ll announce the winners next week!
Best VR/AR Hardware
Magic Leap One
Mirage Solo
Oculus Go
Samsung Odyssey+
Vive Focus
Vive Pro
Best PSVR Game
Astro Bot: Rescue Mission
Beat Saber
Firewall Zero Hour
The Persistence
Tetris Effect
WipEout Omega Collection VR
Best PSVR Experience
Crow: The Legend
Electronauts
Titanic VR
Best PC VR Game
Beat Saber
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim VR (PC)
The Exorcist: Legion VR
Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice VR
Moss
Transpose
Best PC VR Experience
Crow: The Legend
Spheres
The Great C
Titanic VR
Vestige
Best Mobile VR/AR Game
Anshar Online
Arca’s Path
Catan VR
The Walking Dead: Our World
Best Mobile VR Experience
Crow: The Legend
Nothing To Be Written
Shattered State
Best Location-Based VR Experience
Dave & Buster’s Jurassic World
Dreamscape’s Alien Zoo
Nomadic’s Arizona Sunshine
Sandbox VR’s Davy Jones Adventure
SPACES’ Terminator
The Void’s Nicodemus
Best Visuals
Age of Sail
Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice VR
Seeking Dawn
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim VR (PC)
Tetris Effect
Best Ongoing Support For A VR App
Bigscreeen
Onward
Pavlov VR
Rec Room
Best Multiplayer/Social
Brass Tactics
Echo Combat
Firewall Zero Hour
Marvel: Heroes United V R
WipEout: Omega Collection VR
Most Immersive Moment
Killing the police in Accounting+
Meeting Astro Bot
Stealing time in Deracine
Suiting up as a Marvel hero
Swirling around a black hole in Spheres
Most Active VR Game
Beat Saber
Creed: Rise to Glory
Knockout League
Sprint Vector
Developer of the Year
3rd Eye Studios
Beat Games
First Contact Entertainment
Secret Location
Survios
Vertigo Games
Most Anticipated App Of 2019
Defector
Dreams
A Fisherman’s Tale
Star Wars: Vader Immortal
Stormland
Untitled Respawn Game
Overall VR Game Or Experience of the Year
Astro Bot: Rescue Mission
Beat Saber
Firewall Zero Hour
Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice VR
Spheres
Transpose
WipEout: Omega Collection VR
Winners will be announced next week on December 31st! Let us know your picks or other nominations down in the comments below!
Featured image collage created by David Jagneaux for UploadVR.
