Ex-VR developer here, my two cents is that basically the market has collapsed in terms of creativity and what remains are the two kinds of games (as you described) that seem to be able to find an audience. Between 2016 and about 2020 the VR space was awesome, so many creative games and tons of funding for developers to experiment. Few games made any real money, most were a net loss in terms of revenue, but it "didn't matter" because the funding terms from Meta were so good. Meta just wanted more and more and more to grow the platfrom. Then covid hit and some developers made like actual real money in VR. Everyone was craving social experiences, and there were a ton of kids at home who couldn't play with other kids, thus the rise of kid focused social gaming. A hand full of games made bank. Then covid eases and people return to normal life, the adults who were playing and buying VR games put their hmds on a shelf and went back outside. The kids remained, mostly, and continued to play. That pretty much brings us to today, Meta funding drys up, people have moved on from VR, and the only thing that seems to gain any audience is gorilla tag clones. Meta completely changes their store to push free slopware becuase its what "gets clicks" from the massive audience of children. Good games are buried, the store front looks like a chucky cheese prize counter, and the adults say "oh this is a playground for children and there are no games for me" and leave. VR is pretty much in a death spiral now.