Gaming

I love how Halflife: Alyx isn't even being mentioned.

For me Half Life: Alyx was not even the best VR game but maybe one of the best games i played in my 20+ years gaming experience. It really shows how great VR can be if developers put an immense amount of time, effort and love into a game. Other honorable mentions: Pavlov VR, Blade and Sorcery (especially the Star Wars mods) and War Thunder

Grimlord, Into the Radius, Among Us, Vertigo 2. And then there’s some impressive mods for Fallout 4 and Skyrim. There’s also some nice crossplay games with pancake players: Phasmophobia and the more recent The Break In.

And then I like Pavlov for its Push mode and custom content like the Escape from Tarkov map. Obviously most of this is PC, but some are available on quest and you can also use Remote Desktop VR to stream to your headset.

Assetto Corsa has a great VR mode, No Man's Sky, Half life Alyx, V-Racer Hoverbike, Walkabout Mini-golf , Box VR (My workout game), Arizona Sunshine, Observer (great game but too short)

Project Wingman and Subnautica can both be played entirely in VR if you’re into dogfighting or the indescribable horrors of the deep, respectively

I play a lot of vr, although some of the games may feel like "proof of concept" as in they are very limited, unlike Half life Alyx, Boneworks or Walking dead saints and sinners that look a lot more like proper fully fledged works. This post could be a little lengthy, some are full pc games translated really well into vr and some are original.

My favorite game is beat saber, it is a simple rithym game were you slash blocks with lightsabers, thing is, once you download mods and start engaging withe leaderboards, the game changes completely. The skill ceiling is insane and since the gae is physical you feel awesome moving around. (Just don't play around someone it may be extremely cringe)

Then any of the racing simulators are a great fit, project cars 2, assetto corsa with mods (the original) is really good to this day, dirt rally 2 is insane, you actually feel a sense of speed and at least for dirt rally I feel I drive better (maybe a bit slower lol).

Phasmophobia, it's kind of a puzzle game where you try to discover which kind of ghost is haunting a place, try to get some friends to play even if they don't have a vr since most people play on desktop, it's up to 4 people coop and really fun, you are not a ghost hunter, more like a ghost detective.

If you are into space exploration, elite dangerous is probably the most beautiful. No man sky is a ñot more game like but much more fun IMO.

Blade and sorcery, this is a physics based sword game with a huge variety and mods. The game is still in early access (At least from ehat I remember), but it has progressed a lot and is in active development, despite that it could perfectly be considered a finished product.

Tetris Effect, it's the same game but VR makes the environments even more beautiful (if you smoke weed seriously try this out, sorry to be that guy but it completely changes this experience, if not the game is still great)

Into the radious, this is probably the most inmersive survival vr game out there, it's stalker but vr. Some of the things that make it great is for example that you have a compass and map and you have to track your position phisically, you have a backpack but there are no slots, you just put things there and they remain wherever you left them and when you need them in a hurry you will have such a mess over there it will be really difficult to take what you need. Combat is intense and exploration is suspenseful.

Lastly, please don't underestimate vr chat, it is that popular for a reason although it's not really a "game".

There are a few more games but they are either proof of concept, too early on early access or just plain poets of good pc games but that aren't especial on vr.

Myst, Superhot VR, Beatsabre

SuperhotVR. BeatSabre.

PCVR is where the high quality games are. Quest and Pico do have quite a few gems now though!

Like others mentioned, Subnautica, No Man's Sky, and Skyrim are fun in VR, but not made for it. No Man's Sky, though, almost feels like it was. Also Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice is really good in VR (and spooky). For "VR-First" games, obviously Beat Saber, but also found Thrill of the Fight (Boxing) fun and a great workout. On PC/Steam, many of the Steam Home places are very cool.

Walkabout Mini golf is incredible.

Skyrim is next level in VR. Not sure if you can play it on the quest, but the level of immersion in the obscenely large world and exploring it in 3D makes the older engine feel entirely irrelevant.

Boneworks, Vivecraft mod for Minecraft, Vertigo 2, Half-Life: Alyx

I just made a comment about this on Kbin last night! I play on the reverb G2, but you should be able to play on Steam with the Q2 no problem. It's a copy paste, so if something seems off it's due to the context of the other post!

Here's some of my favorites:

Vertical Shift: fairly short and barebones but it's got a full range of powers for you to play with around an open world. Fun VR mechanics worth the sale price, despite the minimal gameplay.

You mentioned Boneworks and Phasmophobia which are also both a lot of fun, but motion sickness and multiplayer can make them not as convenient to always be ready to play. Of course, if we mention Boneworks then we have to talk about Duck Season. Blade and Sorcery should be on the list as well, it's just too good to pass up. And well, if we're talking about B&S we can't ignore GORN.

Pistol Whip is basically a rhythm John Wick simulator. Very worth the cost of the game, lots of content, multiple free content updates - just a stellar game through and through. Also much more engaging than BeatSaber IMO, never been a fan of flailing my arms to slash blocks on beat. But shooting and dodging? Give me more!

Bonus: They just released a map creator. The life of the game is virtually infinite now, so that's exciting :)

Superhot VR pre-content removal. Still a great game without the ending though.

V-Racer Hoverbike is a great VR game oriented Hoverbike Racing. Great sense of speed and feel, motion sickness is somewhat a given given the nature of the game...

Rez Infinite for anyone who remembers Rez for the PS2.

Pavlov VR is also a good popular fun game for your VR FPS itches. For more, there's Into the Radius, Arizona Sunshine, ARK and ADE, Naked Sun, Bandit Point, Risk of Rain 2 VR (mod).

Speaking of mods, Subnautica in VR...

And one of my favorite pass-times, Holo-ball! It's basically racquetball :)

There's a couple party games that are fun as well, Wii Sports style with Pure Bowl VR, NVIDIA's VR Funhouse, Tennis Arcade VR. All pretty decent (particularly compared to others that are available). Oh, also check out VRNoid which has brickbreaker and Hyper Psychic Gauntlets for a unique game. You can also play all your NES roms in VR with 3DSenVR which is pretty awesome. While we're here, give Metroid Prime a playthrough with Dolphin VR, or all 3 if you get it running :)

Then there's the whole world of productivity/not quite gaming programs.

I love, love love SynthVR. It's just one of the smartest uses for VR, period. Create your virtual environment and just make it a giant music setup. Absolutely stellar. Similarly, Vinyl Reality for using your own music to DJ and mix! There's also a drumming program called Paradiddle which is awesome for the same reasons. For painting, Vermillion.

If you've got a HOTAS or a racewheel there's also a number of games that work great in tandem, Elite Dangerous for your space trucker sims (for this one, be sure to get SCRCPY for your android phone and run XS Overlay or OVR Toolkit to bring your phone with you in VR), Star Wars Squadrons, Drone Hero.

Also check out Podracer VR on GitHub!

I can't believe no one has mentioned The Last Clockwinder yet. It's a automation puzzle game in which you create clones of yourself and get them to all work together. It's not too hard to progress in but makes it easy to try to optimize your solutions if you want. The theming and story is cozy too. Really great game!

My Valve Index is my Beatsaber machine. Half Life Alyx is great, too.

I'm surprised no ones mentioned No Mans Sky. I put a ton of hrs in that game in VR. Edit: Elite Dangerous if fully playable in VR. Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes is fun in VR as the bomb de-fusser. The Talos Principle is great in VR too.

If you're expecting 100 hour plus experiences in open worlds or detailed campaigns like AAA titles for $30-60 then there aren't that many. There are still good titles. Might want to check out steam and see what's popular in their VR section. Maybe see what has longer play times if that is what you're interested in.

Sidebar: There are also good VR documentaries, like one that lets you explore an anthill from an ant's perspective.

Personally my peak VR experience has been playing the Outer Wilds with a PC VR mod, but very hardware dependent to get decent framerates.

Wanderer might be a good option for you if you're looking for a puzzle game with a bit more story meat to it.

I think a lot of VR games end up short and sweet not just for technical & cost limitations but because the extra effort and intensity of the VR experience means players can get burnt out on longer story focused games. I remember Valve talking about how they had to really change up the pacing of their standard formula when they were developing Half Life: Alyx.

A couple of my favs: Moss, fantastic puzzle/platformer, great story and still family friendly & Asgard's Wrath, single player action/rpg with good mechanics and a fully fleshed out 40hr campaign.

Not "made for". But I fully recommend No Man's Sky. Flying around in VR is quite the experience. It genuinely feels like it was made for VR.

Into the radius.

VTOL VR is my absolute favorite VR game. All you need is a chair, a headset, and two paddles. You don't need to walk around. You are in the cockpit of a fighter jet with a watered town cockpit. It's a lot more approachable than DCS.

If you want your breath to be absolutely taken away, and you've got a top tier gaming rig, Kayak VR will make you cry.

Breachers is an amazing vr tactical shooter, kinda a mix between rainbow 6 and counterstrike available on quest and steam. Also skyrim is wonderful in vr (with the wabbajack list).

There's Alyx. Other than that, not really.

There's a lot of games that do come close though, but never really reach the full potential and kind of still do feel either like proof of concept demos (Lone Echo, Walking Dead: Saints and Sinners), are just a very simplified arcade experience (Beat Saber), sims (which do work great in VR), or ports of non-VR games that can't by definition fully utilize the full potential of the platform, even with hand tracking added in.

99% of my time on the VR has been in Eleven Table Tennis. It's incredible accurate, very fun and a decent workout if you go all in.

Megaton Rainfall

I really liked Down the Rabbit Hole