Easily Solve The Resident Evil 4 VR Church Puzzle

If you want to solve the church puzzle in Resident Evil 4 VR then you’ve come to the right place.

This Resident Evil 4 VR guide will show you how to easily solve the church puzzle in this fantastic VR game.

You’ll run into this puzzle shortly after the first time you come to the church, though unfortunately then it will be locked from the outside, and needs a strange circular key to get in.

The Church containing the puzzle in Resident Evil 4 VR

To get this key you’ll have to go around the church and make your way to the lake. After defeating the giant fish monster on the lake you can make your way down the river and past the local mill.

To make your way to the other side of the river you can just shoot the boxes that are hanging from chains over the rushing water, and then jump over the boxes to get to the other side.

After pulling the lever to drop the sluice gate and stop the water you can make your way underneath the waterfall and take a boat to the Merchant’s cave hideout.

Finally after you exit you’ll have to fight the Giant boss, and after defeating him finally come back to the church. Along the way you’ll have gotten the emblem to unlock the door.

Some wolves will stand between you and the church now, but once you’re past them you can use the strange emblem to open the door.

Entering the church after unlocking it

Once you’re inside though, you may be wondering how to progress, and so that is where our guide begins.

This is how to solve the church puzzle in Resident Evil 4 VR.

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How To Solve The Resident Evil 4 VR Church Puzzle

When you enter the church there won’t be any enemies.

The place looks pretty cool though. You may notice the multicolored symbol above the altar and the three unlit spotlights on the ceiling above you.

What you’ll see when entering the church

You can walk up to the Altar and inspect it, and collect a few items hidden around.

If you take a right immediately after entering there is also a barrel that you can break at the end of a short hallway.

You might as well grab what you can. Your survival in Resident Evil 4 VR is heavily dependent on your items.

A free barrel on the right side of the church

Once you’re satisfied with the ground floor where you really need to go to solve the puzzle is up.

So go to the little hallway on the left of the main entrance, opposite the side with the barrel.

You’ll see a ladder leading up to the upper balcony, take it.

The ladder on the left side of the church

Once you’re on the upper floor you’ll notice a multicolored control panel on the other side.

You’ll also notice a door that you can’t get to because of the metal gates on either side of it.

To solve the church puzzle you will need to get to the other side of the balcony and use that control panel to open those gates so that you can go through the door.

Step up this chandelier and hit A to jump across

To get to the other side stand close to the ledge until the “Jump” icon appears.

You might think that pressing A to jump would make you jump down to the ground floor.

Nope, in this case it actually makes you jump on the chandelier in the center, and from there you can jump across to the other side.

Once you make it to the other side of the balcony go around and head to the multicolored control panel.

The control panel that you will complete the puzzle with

There are a couple of barrels next to it that you might as well break for items.

Whenever you are ready to start the puzzle hit the A button to Operate the console.

You’ll notice the three multicolored spotlights power up and display some weird patterns next to the big colorful symbol in the center.

The three spotlights need to match the symbol in the center when combined

To solve the puzzle you hit the button of the same color as one of the spotlights, which will make that spotlight rotate.

You will notice the pattern on the wall change.

Then when you are ready you hit the rectangular button below the three colored buttons on the console to combine the three spotlight and see what result you get.

The goal is to match the colors of the spotlights to the pattern in the center.

If all three colors are in the same spot when combined, then they will make the color white. So you want all three colors to cover the area that the white symbol in the center covers.

If there is only one color in part of the circle then only that color will appear, and if two colors are mixed then they will make whatever color they make combined.

For instance, an area covered only by blue and green make teal, like in the bottom right of the symbol.

Unless you’re really frustrated and just want to keep progressing in Resident Evil 4 VR then I’d recommend you solve the puzzle. It’s actually pretty fun once you understand it.

If you would like to just complete the puzzle and not figure it out yourself, then here is the solution. Just turn the three spotlights until they match this screenshot.

The solution to the Resident Evil 4 VR church puzzle

Once all of the circles look like that you hit the rectangular button again and you’ve completed the Resident Evil 4 VR church puzzle!

Now the gates will open and you can walk through the door to continue onwards and enjoy the next part of the game. Good luck!

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How To Defeat Saddler In Resident Evil 4 VR - Defeat The RE4 VR Final Boss

Stuck on Resident Evil 4 VR’s final boss, Osmund Saddler? He’s quite a challenge, and fighting him is a great way to cap off the long journey that you, as Leon Kennedy, undertake in RE4 VR. This also means that, while you’re so close to the finish line, it can be really frustrating to try and figure out how to defeat Saddler in Resident Evil 4 VR. Don’t worry, since you’ve come here you’re well on your way to finally beating the game by defeating RE4 VR’s final boss. Here’s how to defeat Saddler in Resident Evil 4 VR.

Preparing for Resident Evil 4 VR’s Final Boss - Saddler

First things first, it’s time to get ready to fight Saddler. Right before you fight him you’ll find yourself on a little hill right above the elevator that leads up to his boss arena. This area is right outside of the Extraction Chamber where you removed the Los Plagas parasite from yourself and Ashley. There’s a typewriter to save with, and the merchant. Before anything else, of course, make sure to save at the typewriter.

The Final Merchant and Typewriter

Then go over to the merchant. You may as well spend whatever money you have left. There’s really no reason not to at this point. This will be the last time you meet the merchant. So spend all of your money. The one thing you should buy more than anything else, if you don’t have it already, is the Tactical Vest. Saddler hits hard (of course he does, he’s the final boss of RE4 VR) so you will want that 30% damage reduction.

The Tactical Vest. A Must Have Resident Evil 4 VR Upgrade

Spend whatever else you have on whatever you want. Since you’re at the end of Resident Evil 4 VR you should be pretty well equipped at this point, but there’s no harm in being as prepared as possible. Capacity upgrades for automatic or otherwise fast firing weapons (i.e. the TMP, Pistol, and Shotgun) are highly recommended. Damage, of course, always helps as well.

Your ability to quickly shoot a moving target is what you’ll need more than anything else when fighting Saddler. Damage is secondary in this RE4 VR final boss fight.

Upgrading The Blacktail Handgun in Resident Evil 4 VR

Defeat Saddler in Resident Evil 4 VR - Go For the Eyes

When you’re good and ready take a deep breath and walk over to the elevator. Don’t worry, you got this. This guide will see you through. Some cutscenes will play.

The Final Confrontation With Saddler Begins

When they end you’ll be confronted with Saddler in his final monstrous form, standing right in front of you!

Saddler’s Final Form

As always, stay calm, you might be tempted to just start shooting in a panic, but don’t. Just firing at Saddler indiscriminately won’t do any damage and won’t get you anywhere. Instead you want to focus on his eyes. See them? There’s one on each leg. They can be hard to notice because they spend a lot of the time being closed, but when they’re open they’re vulnerable. Those eyes are Saddler’s weakpoint.

One of Saddler’s Eyes

Shoot them with as heavy a weapon as you can. Shotgun blasts and revolver shots are very effective at first and deal great damage. Once you hit one of the eyes on Saddler’s legs he will be stunned and the eye in his mouth will open. Shoot him a few times in his mouth eye, and before Saddler gets up get close to him and hit A to climb on and stab him in the eye.

Stabbing Saddler

Do most of your damage by attacking Saddler’s front eyes as they’re the easiest to hit, because he will always try to face you by the front. Eventually you’ll have dealt so much damage that those eyes won’t open anymore and will just be empty sockets. That’s when you should try to get behind Saddler and hit the eyes on his back legs.

The easiest way to do this is just to let him hit you as you walk between his legs, and then quickly whip around and take out one of the rear leg eyes. If you time it just right you can dodge an attack, and then run behind him before he has the chance to turn around.

Also keep in mind that the eyes will open and close more rapidly the more you hit them. So if you’re having trouble landing a shot switch to a weapon that’s easier to use to hit a moving target like the shotgun or TMP. You will have to hit each eye at least once to destroy it.

Defeat Saddler in Resident Evil 4 VR - Avoiding Attacks

Saddler has a few attacks that he will try to defeat you with as you attempt to take out his eyes. If you get close to him he will try to swipe you with his head, legs, or back tentacles. If you see him wind up this attack you can try to back up to avoid it. Generally staying out of Saddler’s reach is the best way to avoid being hit.

Saddler’s Long Range Attack

Keeping Saddler stunned by attacking his eyes effectively is also a great way to avoid being hit. Though as you deal more damage to this Resident Evil 4 VR final boss, you’ll see that he starts to move faster and attack more quickly. He’ll start to do another attack where he revs himself up by shaking his head around, and then charges you while constantly swinging his head around.

Saddler Charging

You’ll notice that when he does this the eye in his mouth is open. You can easily stop this attack by shooting that eye. Oh, and if you get too far away from Saddler he will wind up, and then launch himself into the air. If you see this happen just keep walking and don’t stop, he’ll miss you when he lands as long as you’re moving.

Overall dealing damage and keeping yourself at a distance from Saddler will make it hard for this RE4 VR boss to defeat you. Make sure to keep your health topped up though. When Saddler does hit you he does a lot of damage.

Defeat Saddler in Resident Evil 4 VR - The Final Blow

Once you’ve knocked out each of Saddler’s eyes on his legs and dealt enough damage to him, a cutscene will play where Ada Wong throws an RPG down to you.

Ada Wong Throwing Leon The RPG

Where the RPG lands is unclear in the cutscene, but luckily you’re reading this guide so you’ll know exactly where. You might have noticed that there are two bridges that lead to a little strip of catwalk. Sometimes the bridges go up, and sometimes down. Well now you’ll need to cross them to get to the RPG. It’s sitting on the other little section of catwalk.

A Quick Time Event To Avoid Falling Off Of A Bridge

If the bridge drops while you’re on it, you’ll have to complete a quick time event to avoid falling down. Just move your hands rapidly like you’ve done many times before in Resident Evil 4 VR. Once you get across the bridges and next to the RPG, you’ll need to have enough inventory space to pick it up, so you might have to drop a few things from your inventory and do a little tetris.

The Bottom Right Has Enough Space To Fit the RPG

Once you’ve picked up the RPG grip it with both hands, and aim it at Saddler. If you try to fire it you might notice that it doesn’t go off, well then that’s because you’re firing with your main hand trigger. The RPG is fired using the trigger on your off hand. So if you’re right handed press the trigger on the left touch controller. If you’re left handed press the trigger on the right touch controller.

Once the rocket is on it’s way, a cutscene will play.

Defeating Saddler With High Explosives

There you go, once that rocket hits Saddler, you’ve defeated him! Congratulations on defeating the final boss of Resident Evil 4 VR.

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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.

11 Best VR Shooting Games for the Oculus Quest 2 | VR Shooter Games for the Quest 2

If you’re a fan of shooters or shooting games and have an Oculus/Meta Quest, you’re probably thinking that shooting games would be pretty awesome in Virtual Reality. Well they are! VR shooting games are one of the most consistently fun genres that takes full advantage of what VR has to offer.

Actually handling a gun and its parts directly to reload and aim makes VR shooting games instantly more tactile and immersive. The feeling of crouching physically while listening for an enemy coming around the corner with your gun trembling in your hands isn’t quite the same outside of Virtual Reality Shooters.

Many of the varieties of VR shooters which can be found in flat screen games are making their way over to VR, and this list includes many different genres of shooting games. There’s multiplayer as well as singleplayer VR shooting games for the Quest in here. These are the best VR shooting games on the Oculus Quest 2.

Oh, and honorable mention to The Walking Dead: Saints and Sinners Chapters 1 and 2. While absolutely fantastic survival games, they didn’t have enough of an emphasis on VR shooting to be considered as VR shooter games, but they are fantastic games.

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Onward - VR Shooting Games and VR Shooter Games

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Chances are you’ve probably heard about Onward. It’s a well known VR shooter because it has been around for a very long time, and was originally released for PCVR years ago. Since then it has seen many improvements and additions, while also being ported to the Quest 2.

In case you aren’t familiar, Onward is a Multiplayer focused VR shooter (though it does have some Singleplayer features) that takes place during a fictional worldwide conflict in the modern day. Whichever team you are on determines what weapons you can choose for your loadouts, and teams are limited to five players each, similar to the Counter Strike franchise. Movement speeds are low and so is the time to kill. One or two shots can easily down a player. Even being wounded means you need to use a medical syringe on yourself.

An intense shootout in Onward

If you want a slow and tactical multiplayer VR shooting experience, then Onward is a game you should definitely try. For more about Onward check out our article comparing it to Contractors.

Lies Beneath - VR Shooting Games and VR Shooter Games

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Now for a game you probably haven’t heard about. Lies Beneath is not a Multiplayer game, instead it is a linear, story based horror VR shooter. You are one woman with nothing but a magical lighter and a few old guns and blades against hordes of horrifying, otherworldly monsters.

Lies Beneath has a story that is genuinely thrilling and a number of disquieting and beautiful settings to match it. It remains consistently creepy where it isn’t outright scary, and varies the gameplay constantly so that you never know what you’ll find or shoot at next. Whether you’re defending a cabin against a horde of zombies with a shotgun or blasting your way through a village of possessed fishermen with a revolver, Lies Beneath is a VR shooting game that never gets dull.

Ghosts of Tabor - VR Shooting Games and VR Shooter Games

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Every wanted to play VR Tarkov? Want to have the tension of an extraction/raid VR shooter in VR? Well Ghosts of Tabor finally delivers on that. Set in a future where Russia has collapsed to Extreme Nationalists, you are a Special Forces soldier on Tabor, which has been hit by a nuclear missile.

Gather your gear in your bunker Safe House and venture out into the many locations of Tabor to acquire loot and bring it home, while also completing missions given by the many traders. Watch out though, the NPC FENIX rebels (basically Scavs from Tarkov) will shoot you on sight. Other players also might, but they might also end up being your friends. Still… you can never really trust anyone in Tabor.

Ghosts of Tabor is shaping up to be the premier multiplayer VR shooter game on the Quest 2 and PCVR. For more on Ghosts of Tabor and how it compares to Escape From Tarkov check out our article on it here.

Into The Radius - VR Shooting Games and VR Shooter Games

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Into the Radius is hands down the best survival VR shooter available on any platform, not just the Quest 2. It is often compared to the S.T.A.L.K.E.R. series of games, but takes much more inspiration from the book that inspired S.T.A.L.K.E.R., Roadside Picnic.

An anomaly in Into The Radius

In Into the Radius you explore the Pechorsk Radius, fighting strange creatures made of dark matter and avoiding deadly anomalies while completing missions and gathering artifacts to sell. There are a huge number of weapons and pieces of equipment to buy to keep you alive in the Zone, which has dangers that only become greater the further in you go. Though the further in you go, the closer you get to revealing the mysteries of what exactly happened to Pechorsk.

Firing a PPSH in Into The Radius. This is one of the greatest VR shooting games

If you want a tense singleplayer VR survival shooter, then Into the Radius is a must play. As far as Virtual Reality Shooting Games in general, it is one of the best out there and should be at the top of your list if you want a great singleplayer VR shooter on the Quest 2.

Warhammer 40,000: Battle Sister - VR Shooting Games and VR Shooter Games

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Finally, a Warhammer 40K VR shooting game in Virtual Reality. If you don’t know what Warhammer 40K is, basically it’s a far future galaxy in which the Imperium, which has incorporated most of humanity, is fighting basically everyone who isn’t them. In Warhammer 40,000: Battle Sister you are a Sister of Battle, an elite woman supersoldier armed and armored to the teeth.

You fight (mostly) the forces of chaos, who represent the entropic forces of the galaxy that want to destroy the Imperium. From cultists to huge Chaos Space Marines to demons of several kinds, there is great enemy variety in Warhammer 40,000: Battle Sister, as well as weapon variety. Though the combat can feel a little repetitive after a while, many encounters play out in very similar fashion, which can make you lose interest over time in this VR shooting game.

Warhammer 40000: Battle Sister is mostly a linear Singleplayer experience, though there is some Multiplayer available in it’s endless horde survival mode. The one downside is that sometimes this VR shooter forces you into long and boring talking sequences that you can’t skip, and the dialog isn’t the most well written. Occasionally it is somewhat cringy, with a little overcommitment to character.

If you want to have some shootouts with large industrial weapons in an interesting grimdark sci-fi setting, or are already a Warhammer 40K fan, give Warhammer 40,000: Battle Sister a look.

Contractors - VR Shooting Games and VR Shooter Games

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Contractors is another Multiplayer online VR shooter for the Quest 2 that is often called the “Call of Duty of VR.” This is because the gameplay of Contractors, despite being in VR, shares many similarities with the Call of Duty franchise. Movement is fast and so is the gunplay.

If you want fast paced action, then Contractors is probably going to be your go to game. While there are a variety of game modes, most of them play out similarly. Spawn, run for a few seconds, see an enemy, fight, see another enemy, fight, die, rinse and repeat. It’s a great game to get some fast VR shooting action in.

There is constant action and very little waiting. You will die and be in another gunfight in less than thirty seconds. The action never stops. As for the gunplay, it plays out quickly, but gives you a chance to react. Jumping while shooting and sliding towards your enemy while shooting are totally viable tactics here.

Contractors is the most moddable of all multiplayer VR shooting games

Though the pace of gameplay can vary when playing any of Contractor’s many mods. That is the greatest strength of this game, how moddable it is. As far as multiplayer VR shooters on the Quest 2, there are none with anywhere near the amount of moddability and available mods as Contractors. There’s a Halo mod, Star Wars mod, and even some attempts at recreating Call of Duty’s zombies mode, and DayZ.

For more on Contractors check out our article comparing it to Onward.

Oh, and if you want an excellent VR Battle Royale, one of the best out there, based on the gameplay of Contractors, then check out Contractors: Showdown.

Sniper Elite VR - VR Shooting Games and VR Shooter Games

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Sniper Elite VR is currently the best World War 2 VR shooter available on the Quest 2. You might think that Medal of Honor: Above and Beyond would hold that title, but a badly paced single player campaign combined with poorly thought out Multiplayer means that Sniper Elite VR gets the title.

Sniper Elite VR takes place in Italy during World War 2. You are a partisan fighting the Nazi occupiers, and Nazi shooting never gets old, especially in this game. There are many different and varied combat encounters to fight through, though as the name implies sniping is the core focus of the game. The Virtual Reality shooting is very fun, and all weapons have impressive kickback, with slow motion x-ray vision sometimes turning on and showing you just how devastating your bullet is as it goes through an enemy soldier’s body.

Firing an STG in a graveyard

If you want the World War 2 VR shooter experience in VR then Sniper Elite VR is the place to look. There are a ton of weapons and missions to enjoy. The downside is that Sniper Elite VR is an entirely Singleplayer experience, though it’s recent cousin on the flat screen has shown that it would make an excellent Multiplayer game.

For more on Sniper Elite: VR check out our review.

Resident Evil 4 VR - VR Shooting Games and VR Shooter Games

Leon Kennedy from Resident Evil 4 VR - A fantastic single player VR shooter

Here’s another Singleplayer game, but it is a legendary one. The original Resident Evil 4 was a huge hit that created a whole new genre of shooters, and now it’s a VR shooter. Resident Evil 4 VR is a very faithful and very well made adaptation of the original to the Virtual Reality format, and it is just as much of a hit.

Shooting in Resident Evil 4 VR

Fill the shoes of Leon Kennedy as you fight the Ganados Cult in rural Spain to save the President’s daughter. There’ll be plenty of homicidal villagers and mutants on the way, as Resident Evil 4 VR brings the immersive manual reloading and aiming that can only be done in Virtual Reality to the story and gameplay of Resident Evil 4. This is a phenomenal combination that will leave you starved for more and happy to strap on your headset one more time to play this VR shooting game.

A quick time event in Resident Evil 4 VR

If you have ever played and enjoyed a Resident Evil game, or games from similar franchises like Uncharted or the newer Tomb Raider games… Actually if you’ve ever enjoyed a singleplayer VR shooter in your life, then get Resident Evil 4 VR. Oh, and if you ever get stuck check out our article with tips and tricks (or the video).

Breachers - VR Shooting Games and VR Shooter Games

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Often called the Rainbow Six: Siege of VR, Breachers definitely contains a lot of elements from Rainbow Six: Siege, but also pulls inspiration from other well known shooter titles like Counter Strike: Global Offensive.

In the VR shooter Breachers you are either on the attacking or defending team, with access to all of the same weapons, but different items and tools depending which side you are on. The defending team has traps and defensive items, while the attacking team gets flashbangs, cloaks, drones, and breaching equipment. The attacking team needs to plant an EMP to disable bombs on one of two adjacent bomb sites, and the defending team needs to prevent this.

Oh, and if all team members on one of the teams dies, then the other team wins. The stakes always feel high in this VR shooter.

Leaning to cover a hallway in Breachers - A great tactical VR shooter game

Breachers combines quick gameplay with short rounds lasting three minutes so you will rarely be idle for a long time. It’s a ton of fun, and is quickly becoming one of, if not the, best multiplayer competitive VR shooter on the Oculus Quest 2. Maybe even the best competitive VR shooter in all of Virtual Reality.

The gunplay is satisfying and the time to kill with all weapons is very finely tuned for an enjoyable experience. The attackers vs defenders gameplay loop means that how the game plays varies greatly depending on what team you’re playing on. This keeps the gameplay fresh and entertaining. The wide variety of gadgets, guns, and tools also means that you have a ton of options to change your playstyle and strategize depending on what the enemy team is doing.

Scoring a headshot in Breachers

Breachers combines smooth design with great gunplay into a complete VR PvP shooter experience that takes inspiration from the flat screen, but is a fantastic game all on its own. If you love competitive team vs team shooters that require communication and strategy in a tight package, then Breachers is definitely for you.

POPULATION: ONE - VR Shooting Games and VR Shooter Games

The Population: One Logo

Do you like Battle Royales? Want to see what a VR Battle Royale might look like? Well then you’ll like Population: One, as it’s the only VR Battle Royale available on the Quest 2. It’s a pretty great one though, and also is a good VR shooter in general. While each match doesn’t support as many people as a flat screen Battle Royale, there are still a lot of players for a VR game. More than enough to make the game tense, and Population: One keeps the repositioning and equipment gathering between firefights fast paced.

Movement is quick and fun, with the ability to glide by stretching your arms out or climb up buildings with your bare hands. You have health as well as shields, meaning combat can be a protracted and very fun affair. There’s also building, but it’s not as widespread or as quick to do as in other games like Fortnite.

Population: One does have a bot mode for Singleplayer, but the heart of the game is playing with a squad of other people and trying to be the last ones to survive. If you love Battle Royales and want to see what one would be like in Virtual Reality then get your hands on Population: One. Oh, and now it’s free!

Bonelab - VR Shooting Games and VR Shooter Games

The Bonelab Logo

Bonelab is another VR shooter you’ve probably heard about, and for very good reason. Where Contractors is the king of Multiplayer modding in Virtual Reality, Bonelab is the king of Singleplayer modding in Virtual Reality (except maybe for Blade and Sorcery, but we’re talking about VR shooters here).

Bonelab is a Singleplayer only game that has a satisfyingly long campaign that has you fight all sorts of strange enemies with a multitude of guns and even melee weapons (though the guns are clearly the best part). If you like puzzles then Bonelab offers just about as many physics puzzles as it does VR shooting.

The real gem of Bonelab is what is outside of the campaign, and that is the multitude of mods for weapons, enemies, maps, and so much more. Bonelab also has a unique feature that now allows you to download different skins for your character and switch between them, and each skin has a variety of stats. So you can be a strong and slow guy, or a tiny gremlin that can fit into tight spaces, or anything in between. There’s modded skins for popular characters like Batman, Deadpool, and so much more.

If you want a more sandbox like experience, or want to get into making your own mods for a VR shooter, then Bonelab is a great game to play. Oh, and if you want to install mods for Bonelab without a computer, check out this article on how to install Bonelab mods without a PC.

VAIL VR - VR Shooting Games and VR Shooter Games - BONUS

The VAIL VR Logo.

VAIL VR is another Multiplayer Shooter now available on the Meta Quest platform. It has recently, since it’s release on PCVR, gotten huge updates adding new maps, game modes, and a progression system that has you unlocking weapons and skins as you level up in the game and complete other various challenges like getting headshots.

VAIL VR is fast paced and has small teams going head to head to complete classic objectives like wiping out the enemy team, or planing a bomb objective. You know, like Counter Strike.

VAIL VR also has an extremely polished feel to it, and generally looks and feel fantastic. While it might not have the most sophisticated game modes or team play, this VR Shooter is absolutely fantastic for the responsiveness of its shooting and smoothness to its controls and movements. There’s even a system in the game that dynamically estimates where your legs should be, making it a much better idea to take cover.

While VAIL isn’t the most tactical of shooters, there is a fair bit of running and gunning involved. It’s low time to kill makes it very reaction based and fast paced. It’s a fantastic new player in the VR Shooting Game scene that has been the favorite of many.

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7 Best VR Games for Sniping on the Meta Quest 2

Sniping has long been a sacred art among those who enjoy first person shooters. Sniping well takes skill, speed, patience, and great map knowledge to do well. Being a sniper also requires precision in singleplayer and multiplayer games. For an enthusiast of Virtual Reality gaming or the Meta Quest 2, you may be wondering, what games give you a great sniping experience? Well here they are, broken down from not so good, to the best on the platform for an aspiring sharpshooter. Staring with number 7.

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7. Resident Evil 4 VR

You may not think of Resident Evil 4 VR as a sniping game, and you’d largely be right. It is full of tight corridors, twisting hallways, and a bunch of Ganados very intent on getting in close and eating your face. On the other hand a bolt action, and later semi automatic, sniper rifle is available in this game. They are very powerful, and very satisfying to get headshots with. As a Ganados’s head will explode when it takes such massive damage.

There are a few sections in Resident Evil 4 VR where the combat arena is large and the enemies are far enough away that you can use the sniper rifle effectively. These areas come often enough to give Resident Evil VR a slot on this list, since the Meta Quest 2 has a limited selection of games involving sniper rifles (for now). Mostly, however, the sniper rifles work great here as improvised one shot kill shotguns instead of long range weapons.

6. The Walking Dead: Saints and Sinners

Ah, The Walking Dead: Saints and Sinners is such a great VR game that shows what Virtual Reality games can be. It has a large number of guns, but only one that seems like it could be considered a sniper rifle. That would be the Bolt Action Rifle, which can be unlocked a few levels into the game, or found in the ruins of New Orleans if you know where to look. Like in most games this rifle is hard hitting and difficult to load. Especially difficult in this case, as the bolt is extremely janky and not very well implemented, which is a thing not often said about The Walking Dead: Saints and Sinners.

Overall there are not many sections that seem much like sniping sections, with the exception of one level in the Aftershocks free DLC that gives the player a view of a battlefield through a window, and a free rifle just sitting there. Hunting season for sure, and very satisfying for sniping. Otherwise there isn’t even a scope for the bolt action rifle, or for any other firearms in the game.

Still, we’ll count The Walking Dead: Saints and Sinners as a sniping game, mostly because the AI, human or zombie, needs to get really close to actually notice you. This gives plenty of chances for hiding, shooting, and scooting even from close range. A scope isn’t really needed, and the gameplay can still scratch a sniper’s itch.

5. Population: One

Population: One is the Fortnite of VR, though it is smaller in scope and, luckily, nobody is capable of building an entire apartment complex in the span of 5 seconds. Just like Fortnite there are plenty of sniper rifles in Population: One.

Just like in Fortnite they are far from the best weapons in the game, and in fact aren’t used very often due to their lack of power when compared to other weapons. An assault rifle can hit a target from medium range and do damage much more quickly than a sniper rifle, because the sniper needs to have its bolt cycled after every shot. So assault rifles and SMGs tend to get a lot more love than sniper rifles do in Population: One.

That all being said sniper rifles are the only long range option, and their bullets can be accurate pretty far away. Still, unless an enemy player is already at dangerously low health, it’s not a one shot kill. Also, they are notoriously difficult to aim when compared to sniper rifles in other games. Looking down the scope of a sniper rifle in Population: One is particularly hard, and until you get a lot of practice it can feel like you are aiming at something properly and missing it for no reason.

4. Medal of Honor: Above and Beyond

Now we are getting into the territory of proper sniping games. Though in Medal of Honor: Above and Beyond only expect to find sniper rifles in the singleplayer. It would be a mystery why you would still be playing the multiplayer of this game at all, but if you do don’t expect to get any sniper kills. The singleplayer of Medal of Honor: Above and Beyond features a couple of different sniper rifles, and due to its World War 2 setting, all are bolt action.

Cycling the bolts on those weapons is pretty smooth, and so is looking down their scopes. The impact of the rifle doesn’t feel, with most enemies later on in the game just shrugging those rounds off and continuing to run around. Though sometimes you can still get a very satisfying looking headshot. Also, the sim-like faces of the enemies aren’t super fun to stare at through an optic.

Most combat in Medal of Honor: Above and Beyond is done up close or at medium range. Though there are a few segments where sniping is practically the only option, or is heavily encouraged. These segments are great if you love sniping, like one memorable part where you defend a French village from atop a bombed out church. Still, if sniping is all you’re after then Medal of Honor: Above and Beyond will leave you wanting more.

The same can be said for just about every other category you could put on a World War 2 shooter. In all aspects Medal of Honor: Above and Beyond only delivers a little of what you desire.

3. Contractors

Contractors is a multiplayer shooter that is fast paced and encourages quick fights with fast respawn times and objectives. It is the Call of Duty of Virtual Reality. Just like in Call of Duty the sniping is pretty good, but not the best. The game is pretty fast paced, and so you’ll get enemy players sneaking up behind you a lot, so you need to move constantly just like they will. So you can’t really hold down one spot for long. That could be a good or bad thing depending on who you ask.

As for the weaponry there is a huge variety of guns you can attach long range scopes to. Even Assault rifles have optics that reach two or four times magnification. Weapons intended for sniping, like the M1A, pack a lot of punch and are very accurate. The scopes themselves are intuitive to use and don’t have that annoying quality of constantly floating in and out of your vision like those in Population: One.

That all being said the maps of Contractors do not have many areas that encourage sniping, because they tend to be closed in and favor short or medium range combat. There are a few spots on some maps that are great for sniping on, but those are not common.

2. Onward

If you’re looking for a multiplayer Virtual Reality game to become an expert sniper in, Onward is it. Where Contractors is the Call of Duty of Virtual Reality, Onward is the more thoughtful and slower cousin. It’s sort of like Ready or Not or Squad, or even Counter Strike: Global Offensive. Each team is small and each player is taken down very easily with only a few hits. With a sniper rifle even a single hit is easily fatal, and wow are the sniper rifles good.

They’re modern, and have a wide variety of addons and scopes to choose from. If you want to have a 4x optic for sniping, but a small collimator on the side for up close conflict, that’s possible. As with all weapons in Onward the sniper rifles have great detail, and feel responsive and intuitive to use. There’s even a bipod for some rifles.

Landing a shot gives immediate results. Sniper rifles are powerful, and landing a hit is very satisfying. Due to the slow pace of the game there are many opportunities to set up in a position, or change positions after firing off a few rounds. Communication with your teammates via your shoulder radio can also give you good opportunities to find out where your opponents are hiding.

On top of that most Onward maps feature multiple open areas, where a single sniper can easily take out enemy team members as they try to pass through. Unlike other games Onward gives a sniper many opportunities to take long shots and make full use of their chosen rifle.

With great weapon variety and choices, great weapon feel, and a great selection of maps to choose from, Onward is the best multiplayer experience for sniping.

1. Sniper Elite VR

Unlike all of these other games, Sniper Elite VR, like the name says, is focused on sniping. That is really what makes it a sniper’s paradise in Virtual Reality. The vast majority of weapons are sniper rifles, and the vast majority of areas are geared toward sniping. Enemies are far away and there are ample spots to shoot from. Areas are very often wide open and encourage the use of a scoped weapon.

Sure there are SMGs and Pistols to use as well in Sniper Elite VR, but here they are the weapons that are only used occasionally, as the sniper rifle is in all of these other games. Very often sniping will be the main objective of a map, and sniping is always the way to get the most points and to dispatch enemies the quickest. A soldier that might take an entire burst from an SMG to kill can easily be taken down with a single sniper bullet.

For more on the game in general, check out our review. Though if you like sniping you certainly won’t be disappointed in Sniper Elite VR. The only drawback is that sometimes the rifles feel a little floaty, and move too easily with a slight twitch of your hand. Otherwise they handle beautifully, and the scopes feel realistic and straightforward to look through and aim with.

For a singleplayer sniper experience, Sniper Elite VR cannot be beaten. For an experience focused on snipers, sniping, and sniper rifles in VR, there is nothing else like it.

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