5 Best VR Zombie Games on the Oculus Quest 2 and 3
Do you know what makes Zombies more terrifying? When they’re right in front of your actual, physical eyes and face.
That’s why VR Zombie Games are some of the most intense and scary experiences to be found on the Meta Quest 3 and 2 (not to mention PCVR). The zombies sound and look like they’re right in front of you, and nothing feels more like being under attack by the undead than fighting them off with your actual hands.
Zombies have been a huge part of horror culture since the 60s through their appearance in movies, shows, and games. Now you can experience them even more personally than ever before through the magic of Virtual Reality Zombie Games.
Whether you want to gun down hordes of the undead with a machine gun or chop them to bits with a hatchet, there are some great choices as far as VR Zombie games go on the Oculus Quest 2 and 3.
If you’re eager to fight hordes of the undead, scavenge for supplies, and survive in a ruined world filled with flesh eating creature then here are 5 of the best VR Zombie games on the Meta Quest store for you to try.
The Walking Dead: Saints and Sinners Chapters 1 and 2
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There is no doubt that The Walking Dead: Saints and Sinners and its sequel The Walking Dead: Saints and Sinners - Chapter 2: Retribution is the finest example of a VR Zombie Game that you will find on the Oculus Quest 2, or anywhere.
Set in the universe of The Walking Dead, these games bring you to the flooded and zombie infested streets of a post-apocalyptic New Orleans.
You play as the Tourist, who comes to New Orleans in search of a government bunker called “The Reserve.” This game is part survival horror and part zombie shooter. You will have to fight your way through zombies (or rather “walkers”) and the human factions vying for power over New Orleans in order to find and open The Reserve.
Sneaking away from a group of zombies in the VR Zombie Game The Walking Dead: Saints and Sinners
You will also have to gather weapons and supplies, as well as the raw materials from junk items you scavenge in the ruins of the city. These can be used to upgrade your crafting tables and create new tools to help you survive and thrive in zombie infested New Orleans.
In this way The Walking Dead: Saints and Sinners is also a VR Survival Game. You’ll have to worry about more than just fighting the zombies and hostile humans using the game’s superb melee and shooting systems. In this Zombie Virtual Reality game you will also have to scavenge for supplies and decide what to make with them so that you can continue surviving and completing objectives to advance the story.
As mentioned, the combat is also superb. Instead of waving your arms around to attack in melee as a more subpar zombie game would, you need to be very careful to apply your blade or bludgeon of choice to a walker’s head in order to take it down. Sharper weapons slide in more easily, and duller ones that are more plentiful require more strength to use. It’s the best zombie destroying melee system in VR.
Punching a zombie in the face in the sequel The Walking Dead: Saints and Sinners Chapter 2 - Retribution
The sequel, Chapter 2: Retribution, gives you more weapons and tools while also giving you greater enemies to fight. Overall The Walking Dead: Saints and Sinners is a fantastic combination of melee combat, shooting, and survival in a zombie post apocalypse.
Resident Evil 4 VR
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Resident Evil 4 VR is a fantastic remake of the classic Resident Evil 4, which defined a whole new genre of adventure shooters back in its hey-day. What makes it even better than the original is just how much freedom VR gives you to shoot and fight any way that you want. The Virtual Reality controls give you much more freedom of movement than the old tank controls of the original did.
In this game you are Leon Kennedy, who is sent to a remote village in Spain to rescue the president’s daughter, who has been kidnapped by a cult known as Los Ganados. What you don’t know going in is that the Ganados have a parasite that can take control of a person’s body and will, and the entire area is full of cultists possessed by this parasite.
Fighting off the Los Ganados villagers in Resident Evil 4 VR
While they aren’t exactly zombies, they certainly act like zombies do. The Ganados will come at you in waves, and keeping them from hitting you while also doing your best to take them down is certainly an experience that feels like fighting any other sort of zombie.
Resident Evil 4 VR combines the puzzling, exploration, and shooting of the original game and makes it look and feel fantastic to play in VR. If you’re a fan of the original, or want a fun linear adventure experience with lots of zombie like enemies and creatures to fight then this game is for you.
Arizona Sunshine
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Arizona Sunshine is a short but very fast paced and fun zombie shooting experience on the Oculus Quest 2. If you want a Singleplayer or Multiplayer experience where you mow down hordes of zombies that are all running at you, then this is the game it do that in.
In this game you are a survivor who finds themself in Arizona shortly after zombies take over the world. In search of a safe place to live, you fight your way through hordes of zombies in a number of areas. The game gives you a ton of weapons to have fun with, from the 1911 pistol to MP5 submachine guns, to assault rifles, to sniper rifles, and even a minigun.
There’s not much to Arizona Sunshine other than killing zombies, going to the next area, and killing some more. If you want a zombie shooter experience with a lot of bullets and not a whole lot of frills, then this is your game. It’s straightforward and it’s a blast. It’s also got three person coop multiplayer if you’ve got some friends who want to blast the undead as well.
After The Fall
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Remember Left 4 Dead? Well unless you’re playing the Left 4 Dead VR Mod, which is honestly pretty janky right now, then the closest thing you’ll get to it in VR is After The Fall. This game combines Left 4 Dead’s four player zombie coop multiplayer adventures, complete with all the hordes and special zombie types you could ask for, with VR Controls and a progression system that has you unlocking better guns and equipment as you play more and more.
In After The Fall you are an unnamed survivor of a peculiar apocalypse that has not only turned most of the world’s population into pale walking corpses intent on killing, but also frozen practically everything. Through defeating these zombies (called the “Snowbreed” by the survivors) you not only keep your small underground community running, but collect more of their essence to upgrade your equipment.
If you want the intense 4 player coop zombie fights of Left 4 Dead in VR, then After The Fall is the way to go. The missions are very repeatable and the undead are never ending.
Lies Beneath
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Another Singleplayer VR experience, Lies Beneath is a standout example of a Singleplayer VR game with both great length, story, and great action that not only intrigues but makes you want to keep coming back for more. It’s another linear shooter, and the enemies in it are not exactly zombies. Most are zombie like, and they come at you in big groups like zombies do, but there are also other strange nightmare creatures for you to contend with.
Still, Lies Beneath very much has the zombie vibe to it. You crawl through abandoned forests and villages, trying to shoot and chop your way through the hordes of enemies to reach your next destination. It’s one hell of an experience, and the sort that VR could really use more of.
In this game you play as Mae, a college student coming back home, when a terrible car crash leaves you separated from your father. As you look for him you discover that everywhere you go things are twisted and evil, with aggressive creatures roaming the landscape. Most of which… look human but dead, zombies you might call them.
The shooting is a ton of tense fun in this game, and you really feel like you’re alone up against a huge horde of zombie like creatures. I couldn’t recommend this game enough if you want a Singleplayer VR zombie shooting experience in VR.
There you have it, the 5 best VR Zombie Games on the Oculus Quest 2. While none of these are free, they’re all very much worth your money and a ton of fun.
