30 Oculus Rift games will be available on launch day
And each one has a VR comfort rating
We’re less than two weeks away from the official launch date of the Oculus Rift, and if you’re wondering whether those early adopters are going to have anything to play the moment the headset arrives, you need wonder no longer.
No fewer than 30 games will be on the Oculus Store, ready for download on the 28th. That’s more than either the PS4 or Xbox One had when they first launched.
Fears that the first wave of games wouldn’t be games at all, but VR experiences have been put to rest, too. Many of the launch titles are relatively short, but they’re very much fully fledged games, and there are a handful that are hugely substantial.
Highlights include cartoon adventure Lucky’s Tale, which comes bundled with every Rift, and Eve: Valkyrie, which comes with every pre-order. Beyond that I’d suggest considering downloads of zero-g space survival game Adr1ft, racing simulator Project Cars, RPG adventure Chronos, space sim Elite Dangerous and top-down racer BlazeRush.
And if you want to ease yourself gently into the sometimes disorienting world of VR, Oculus has helpfully created a rating system that sees every game given a comfort level from ‘comfortable’ to ‘moderate’ to ‘intense’.
The full list of launch titles (plus a few key games coming post-launch) is below. Which will you buy?
The full Oculus Rift launch line-up
Available on launch day (28 March):
- Adr1ft – $19.99 – Intense
- Adventure Time: Magic Man’s Head Games – $4.99 – Moderate
- AirMech: Command – $39.99 – Comfortable
- Albino Lullaby – $9.99 – Intense
- Audio Arena – $9.99 – Comfortable
- BlazeRush – $TBC – Moderate
- Chronos – $49.99 – Comfortable
- Darknet – $9.99 – Comfortable
- Dead Secret – $14.99 – Comfortable
- Defence Grid 2 Enhanced VR Edition – $29.99 – Comfortable
- Dreadhalls – $9.99 – Intense
- Elite Dangerous: Deluxe Edition – $59.99 – Intense
- Esper 2 – $9.99 – Comfortable
- Eve Valkyrie Founder’s Pack – $59.99 – Intense
- Fly to Kuma – $14.99 – Comfortable
- Eve Gunjack – $9.99 – Moderate
- Herobound: Spirit Champion – $9.99 – Comfortable
- Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes – $14.99 – Comfortable
- Lucky’s Tale – bundled with Rift – Moderate
- Omega Agent – $14.99 – Intense
- Project Cars – $49.99 – Intense
- Radial G – $24.99 – Intense
- Rooms – $14.99 – Comfortable
- Shufflepuck Cantina Deluxe VR – $9.99 – Comfortable
- Smashing the Battle – $19.99 – Moderate
- The Vanishing of Ethan Carter – $TBC – Intense
- Vektron Revenge – $9.99 – Moderate
- VR Tennis Online – $24.99 – Moderate
- Pinball FX2 VR – $14.99 – Comfortable
- Windlands – $19.99 – Intense
Available in April:
- The Climb – $49.99 – Moderate
Available in Spring:
- Damaged Core – $TBC
- Dragon Front – $FTP (free to play)
- Eagle Flight – $TBC
- Edge of Nowhere – $TBC
Coming later in the year (probably at the same time as Oculus Touch controllers):
- Dead & Buried
- Fantastic Contraption
- I Expect You to Die
- Job Simulator
- Rock Band VR
- VR Sports
Tom Parsons
Contributor, Stuff.tv 
