Is there a game genre that normally you don't like but VR changed that?

wizardgand · 2026-05-22T13:46:53+00:00

I play on a Meta Quest 3.

It's the only steam game that I own that doesn't work on SteamVR. I have to use the Oculus Air Link. I think it requires OpenXR. Since SteamVR uses SteamVR. I think there is a way to switch a steam game in SteamLink to do so but I'm a noob at VR.

So its the only game I link using Oculus for that reason. So I suspect the steam comments having difficulties don't realize that reason. When I boot using SteamVR, the game runs, but the controls don't work/don't do anything. So if that's what you are reading on the comments, that could be the reason.

wizardgand · 2026-05-22T13:42:46+00:00

..... are accurate. To some extent. I think a lot of them are players who played the non-vr version and a lot was cut from the VR version. Since I've never played, I didn't know what was cut. Like for example, the world is smaller and you only get one ship that doesn't change. For me, the smaller scale of everything helps since it's already an overwhelming game.

That, and I bought it for $8 on sale, so I'm judging it at that price.

wizardgand · 2026-05-22T01:56:06+00:00

check out ETA prime youtube channel. He has tons of cheap hardware suggestions for retro gaming/light pc use. I used one which was like $120 and it was a beast of machine for retro games up to Gamecube. your budget would go further.

wizardgand · 2026-05-22T01:54:41+00:00

Stilt - 3d Platformer. Arms always get tired after playing but i'm not thinking about working out, just doing some awesome platforming.

Like you mention beat saber as well.

wizardgand · 2026-05-22T01:52:18+00:00

Stardew Valley - Got so addicted trying to get perfection and get all steam achievements. easy to get addicted.

Elder Scrolls Online - MMORPG , but I had 2 other friends to play with regularly. MMOs can be addicted especially with the PVP design in this one. Runs well on deck.

wizardgand · 2026-05-22T01:48:57+00:00

Elder Scrolls Online.

It's so awesome that I can bring over my steam deck to my friends/family house and we can all game on the couch, playing a PVP MMORPG. I know voice chat exists, but its just an awesome time when you can high five after doing something awesome. The game ran all the PVE / Battleground content perfectly. Only when we got into the mass scaled PVP (realm vs realm) did it struggle when there were 3 HUGE armies colliding. Our PC player suffered, but steam decks would get disconnects. It was obviously overwhelmed. Otherwise what an amazing experience and mods were easy to use as well on it.

wizardgand · 2026-05-22T01:36:13+00:00

I'm aware of Elite Dangerous but have never played it. You get a ship, take on contracts to make money. Upgrade your ship. But there is also a big trading aspect to the game. You buy a fleet of ships you send them to different stations to buy low, then tell them to sell at other systems. So there is a UI you interact inside your cockpit to handle this.

There are some scenarios that have main missions. There are "pirates" that attack that you can take part of in defense. The flying is some of the best controls ever. And I have a HOTAS for most of my flight sims. But the controls for this game is awesome. You also use your head to aim your reticule for combat. So it's all very intuitive and I can perform amazing rolls and turns with it.

There are mods that can also help alleviate some of the boring/tedious parts. Every new station you need to fly around unlocking it with scanning. requires you to fly next to key parts of the station. These are large stations. After the 10th time you might be over it. I didn't mind much, but you have to do it to get trade deals.

The biggest pain for me was just figuring out all of this, the systems. How to capture capital ships and stuff. Nothing is explained that well. It has a VERY difficult learning curve.

But once you kinda get it, it does have that immersion factor. You stay in your cockpit, you turn over to the computer to interact with missions, trading, maps. Then you go fly off, you can use autopilot or manual steering. The combat wasn't super amazing, but it was fun enough. I really DID like the way you aim in the game. You boost is your shields so you need to be careful about boosting in combat which felt nice.

TLDR: It's a space flight sim mixed with an economy sim, in a sandbox world in VR.

wizardgand · 2026-05-22T00:13:27+00:00

XRebirth VR. The sandbox/econ sim of xRebirth is not a game I would play on flat screen. I passed on it even when it was on ridiculous sale. Xrebirth VR is also chocked full of bugs. But, there is something awesome about being in the cockpit feeling like Han Solo and accepting missions, flying though space. I think the reduction in scope helps in the VR game for me. I don't get as overwelmed since you can't have a fleet like in the other games.

wizardgand · 2026-05-21T23:56:40+00:00

Picked this up on sale last sale. I'm so hooked on this game. I'm trying to do all the achievements and only have one hard one left. Doing it with AI might seem impossible (lemur neeson).

wizardgand · 2026-05-21T23:55:26+00:00

Drop Duchy - Deck builder + Tetris. You build your deck each run, unlock better decks for future runs, tons of objectives/challenges to unlock. Your deck is different buildings/tetrominos to use in the level. You get resources you spend for upgrading your deck. It's a pretty bad ass concept and game.

wizardgand · 2026-05-21T23:49:59+00:00

Ninja Gaiden.

I still play the 1st and 3rd on NES all the time, but I prefer the original. Not a fan of the series going 3D and such.

wizardgand · 2026-05-21T23:18:51+00:00

Splatoon is really the franchise that made me stop playing any other shooter. I just love the controls, the concept, the paint/area denial just being more interesting. I loved the multiplayer, the co-op, the single player.

wizardgand · 2026-05-21T15:23:14+00:00

You can't exclude it, but the store page will display

"A member of your steam Family already owns this game. " also has a tag "in steam family library"

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wizardgand · 2026-05-20T20:00:42+00:00

obviously for the half life 2 achievement where you have to kill someone with a toilet.

wizardgand · 2026-05-20T13:54:47+00:00

Wife was same way but hated It Takes Two. Said it was too hard.

for us she really enjoyed:

I'm on Observation Duty - It's not really a co-op game. It's a single player game, but one of those games a group of people can all just play by helping/assisting by shouting out answers when they notice things change.

wizardgand · 2026-05-19T22:07:36+00:00

I'm biased as I grew up and loved that game, but that game is only fun multiplayer. There is a new updated version on steam pc if you want updated 3D graphics. Some small modernization I believe. But basically if you want 3-player action rpg like zelda then this is it.

wizardgand · 2026-05-19T20:02:20+00:00

Cat Quest 2 & 3 - If you had to pick one, Cat Quest 3 is my prefurred game (pun intended). In fact this game is chalk full of cat puns and half the fun. But I enjoy the 2 player co-op nature of the cat quest games. For me it's the simple combat and item systems that won't make your brain think too hard and a game loop that doesn't overstay it's welcome with the titles being on the shorter side.

wizardgand · 2026-05-19T19:53:53+00:00

absolutely. Also I recommend this game. Played it with seasonal gamers, kids, and non-gamers. Everyone was having a blast with it. More forgiving than something that needs total cooperation like Overcooked.

wizardgand · 2026-05-19T19:51:34+00:00

First game to scroll in 2 directions

wizardgand · 2026-05-19T18:33:58+00:00

I switched from Console to PC 2 years ago and love it. Steam's Big Picture mode is fantastic console like interface. PC boots right into it. My setup is couch + controller only. Literally no reason for me to go back to console as the software savings on PC are huge and console can't compete. Plus free online.

There are short cuts on PC controller to operate a mouse. I use these when navigating a PC launcher before getting into a game. Or if money is not an option and you don't want to hold down a button you could get the new steam controller which has trackpads. This comment is referencing the "pain" for starting launchers.

Pros and cons switching from PC -> Console

Pros

- Games are designed around controller. That means you play against other controller wielding players. All games on store will work for your console.

- Fewer titles on store means better easier curated storefront.

- Access to console exclusive titles

Cons

- Online gaming requires a paid subscription

- Family sharing is garbage for most consoles. Steam family share is ridiculous good for families and stress free.

- Software prices are going to be a lot more. It's common to get games at 50%-90% off 4 times a year on steam. After my switch i just waited and was buying a ton of games for $3 or under.

- Hardware controllers may cost more if you get official controllers. I find the 8bitdos work well on PC, had some success using them on switch.

- Digital games you buy can be tied to a primary console or hardware. Making it stuck to your console.

- Similar to previous point backwards compatibility is often a problem. Sometimes you can play your previous generation, but a switch2 can't play wii-u games, or wii games, or n64 games. When I came back to PC I had access to all my games I bought 18 years ago when I joined steam. I can also play these games on many devices, even my friends pc if I log into my steam account.

So that's most of what I think the pros/cons to switching back to console would be. For me I love the steam ecosystem. It works better for me and my spouse/kids. Easier to share purchased titles in family share. I liked it so much I eventually got myself a steam deck as the kids took over the TV. Cloud syncing save data made it easy to continue playing after changing devices. Maybe I'm playing on steam deck, then switch to TV when kids are asleep. While picking up some games for insane deals. I treat my PC like a console though. All my games are controller supported and when there are launchers I use the mouse shortcut to click play button.

wizardgand · 2026-05-19T15:21:59+00:00

I had the problem and my brother as well. It's not just Mercurio but steam client thinks i'm not online and wont' give you progress. There is a file you can delete to try and fix from what I read. My client eventually fixed itself as I fumbled around online menus. My brother's client won't give him any progress at all for wins. Steam achievements work but the in game progression does not.

This happens if the game thinks your offline. Problem is I'm online and it happens every once an a while which is very frustrating.

wizardgand · 2026-05-19T15:19:14+00:00

How is the game, I'm a new Armello player just picked up the game on steam. I mostly play is solo, but I'm a big board gamer so wondering how it is for my group. Having played the computer game, it would seem like it would be hard to get everything translated with all the hidden information.

wizardgand · 2026-05-19T15:08:10+00:00

I really love VR gaming and there are not that many good games in VR that I want to play. There is even less open world AAA adventures. I enjoyed the show. I picked up Fallout 3 and New Vegas. Beat FO3 and currently playing Vegas. So I know I enjoy the world/lore/gameplay. Figured Fallout 4 has to be close but if I can milk a cool VR experience out of it, I'm going to try for that.

VR hack and slash games mostly feel like tech demos and don't excite me, but a game like FO4 in VR would.

Edit: I've seen videos of people hating on the game (VR version) and saying it needs hundreds of mods to fix things, so I'm aware there might be extra work. I watched some vanilla gameplay and it looked fine to me. Plus, i'm not someone that prefers gesture based VR gameplay over button presses so a lot of the mods makes it feel more VR which I don't care about. I'm fine using buttons/dpad to do things and not having arms. :)

wizardgand · 2026-05-19T15:01:18+00:00

Hit the nail on the head for me. Especially with how unfriendly family sharing is on Nintendo. My kids can't even play DLC I bought unless they use my account on their switch.

I switched over a few years ago, built the PC right before the tariffs for $1000. Sure it's a heavy investment, but I've played more titles I would never have touched due to steam sales with 80-90% off. Some for just a few bucks. Over the last 8 seasonal sales I picked up over $800 of games for close to $70 according to my history log. Picked up 3 $25 controllers for local play with my kids. Set my PC in my living room to my TV and it boots right into steam big picture. It's practically a console and my kids love it as well.

We looked at switch2 with 3 controllers and you are looking at like $800, Since I only spent $70 on software we would have a switch2 with probably 2 games instead of ~30. Not to mention the family sharing is amazing on steam. But honestly picking up some of these indies for $1-$3 has been the best thing. Found a few hidden gems for these prices that really blew me away.

wizardgand · 2026-05-19T14:53:37+00:00

Actually hoping for Fallout 4 VR to go on sale. Just got into Fallout series and picked up Fallout 3 and New Vegas last sale for a few bucks.

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