Best PSVR2 First-Person Shooter Games

PSVR 2 has its fair share of FPS games. Every FPS subgenre is represented — from light-gun style arcade shooters to zombie shooters, to hardcore realistic tactical FPS games.

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Not every game has blown fans away, but there are more than enough options for players to be left wondering where to turn for their favorite type of FPS. This list brings together the best FPS games on PSVR 2, whether players are looking for multiplayer action or single-player stories.

Updated February 4, 2025 by Dom O’Leary: New games are coming to PSVR2 all the time, and since this list was originally published, there have been several new additions to the catalog that stand shoulder-to-shoulder with the titles already on this list. From Triple-A franchises brought into VR, to stand-out games from the VR indie scene, these are the new best FPS games on PSVR2.

15

Metro Awakening

Storytelling Masterclass

Systems

Released

November 7, 2024

ESRB

Mature 17+ // Blood and Gore, Intense Violence, Strong Language, Use of Drugs and Alcohol

Metro Awakening‘s FPS gameplay is solid, if not spectacular. As players would expect from the developers who brought fans the Arizona Sunshine games, the weapons feel and sound good. With that said, while the stealthy, tense sections where the player fights humans are interesting, the mutant encounters feel a little too wave-shooter-like and repetitive. Fortunately, while the gameplay is good but not great, the storytelling is on another level.

The original author of the Metro series, Dmitry Glukhovsky, was brought on to write this prequel to his previous works, and it shows. The dialogue oozes class and puts the majority of other NPC dialogue in VR to shame. The characters are interesting to listen to and well-voice-acted. Leaning on the core fiction established in the Metro series allows the story to stray well into the supernatural while telling a character story that feels grounded and emotional. Familiar Metro gameplay elements like the gas mask and filters are brought over and translate well to VR. Both fans of VR shooters and fans of Metro should give this game a try.

14

Alien: Rogue Incursion

Xenomorph Hunt

Action

Horror

Virtual Reality

Systems

Released

December 19, 2024

ESRB

M For Mature 17+ // Blood and Gore, Intense Violence, Strong Language

Alien: Rogue Incursion didn’t please everyone on release. It’s not an adrenaline-fueled shooter like Aliens: Fire Team Elite, and it’s not a stealthy horror game like Alien: Isolation. It’s a highly polished action adventure FPS, with a great deal of authenticity in how it represents the Alien universe. While the campaign lacks the high points of some FPS campaigns, it does contain genuinely tense moments, especially early on in the game as the Xenomorphs hunt the player down.

The VR physics are uncommonly detailed, and while they may cause some collision issues when picking up objects from time to time, it’s worth it for moments like being able to pick up a face-hugger by its fully articulated legs. The retro-future art style of Alien is well represented with CRT-style computer terminals and iconic technology like the pulse rifle and bio-scanner. While it’s perhaps not the best shooter on the platform, it’s well worth checking out for Alien fans.

13

Arken Age

A New Age

• Released: January 2025
• Developer: VitruviousVR

Arken Age came as a welcome surprise for many this January, as the FPS-RPG from little-known indie developer VitruviousVR offers a stunning amount of polish and content for its humble origins. For long-time VR players, their previous game, Shadow Legend, showed that the developer had an intuitive understanding of what makes a satisfying VR mechanic. Arken Age delivers on all of that interactivity and more while building a much more fun, varied, and fulfilling game around it.

The game features a solid melee combat system, but the real stand-out feature is the guns. The alien weaponry available is varied enough, but the weapon progression system makes this variety even more satisfying. Players unlock weapon mods as they go, and these modular parts can be switched out on any weapon, leading to all kinds of unique combinations. On top of that, Arken Age has a campaign that can take over 20 hours to get through, and a large secret-filled world to explore, giving it a lot of content for a VR title.

12

Breachers

Tactical Squad-Based Action

Released

April 13, 2023

ESRB

m

Breachers draws its influence from flat-screen shooters like Rainbow Six: Siege. It’s a 5v5 squad-based shooter, where the main game mode involves one team of attackers breaching against a team of defenders. Breachers is an exhilarating co-op experience for the same reasons as Rainbow Six. There’s strategy and planning involved in assaulting or defending a position, making it a great game to play with friends.

The gadgets and tools players would expect are all there with some nice VR implementation, like planting and setting breaching charges. There’s a progression path for earning more weapons and equipment, too, making this game well worth your time.

Slaying Demons To The Beat

Virtual Reality

FPS

Rhythm

Systems

Released

September 26, 2024

ESRB

M For Mature 17+ // Blood, Strong Language, Violence

It’s a relatively new entry on the PSVR 2, but Metal Hellsinger VR deserves to be among the best. The rhythmic action is fast and fluid, similar to a Doom-style boomer shooter, with the added challenge of timing shots to the beat.

The symphonic metal soundtrack features all kinds of artists that metal fans will recognize, from Serj Tankian to Andy Blythe, and the eight main tracks present in the base game are an absolute joy to blast along to. The only downside here is that anyone who doesn’t like metal won’t get as much out of the game. Removing the rhythmic challenge from the game (which is an option) makes it feel a little lackluster.

10

Pavlov

Multiplayer Favorite

Systems

Released

December 5, 2024

ESRB

M For Mature 17+ // Blood and Gore, Intense Violence

On the surface, Pavlov looks like another tactical shooter like Breachers. Aiming for the realism of Counter-Strike with manual reloading mechanics — and offering similar squad-based game modes. But, digging deeper into Pavlov also reveals some really creative game modes and additional content.

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In addition to the search and destroy and team deathmatch game modes players would expect, there’s also a murder-mystery game (TTT), an asymmetrical monster vs players mode, and a Call of Duty-inspired Gun Game mode. There’s also a ton of weapons and attachments to use across the modes — players who like their VR gun mechanics will appreciate the level of detail.

9

Vendetta Forever

Lo-Kill Motion Arcade Shooter

FPS

Virtual Reality

Shooter

Systems

Released

October 24, 2024

ESRB

T For Teen // Blood, Sexual Themes, Use of Tobacco, Violence

The stylish visuals and lightning fast gameplay of Vendetta Forever have been catching players’ attention since its demo. Now that the game is out on PSVR 2, it’s definitely among the best FPS games on the headset. It’s certainly the best arcade-style shooter.

The game’s main hook is that players only move by reaching out and grabbing the weapon dropped by the last enemy they killed. This means levels become a fast-paced zip from one enemy to the next, using whatever weapons come to hand.

It’s the set-pieces and variety within these levels that really shine, with each one presenting a unique scenario that plays out like an action movie fight scene. Escaping a villains’ lair, fighting on a moving train, and duels are all present, as is basically any action movie trope one could think of. It’s a great formula that encourages replays with leaderboards, secrets, and an awesome soundtrack.

8

Hubris

Epic Sci-fi Shooter

Action

Adventure

Science Fiction

Systems

Hubris is a single-player FPS with an epic sci-fi campaign. There’s a decent narrative and some incredible cinematic moments that use VR well to place the player right in the middle of the action. The shooting itself never ascends beyond competent, but there are three distinct weapon types, each with its own upgrades. It gives players a little incentive to explore and find extra upgrade materials, but it doesn’t get much deeper than that.

There’s more variety here than just endlessly mowing down waves of enemies, though. It’s a lengthy campaign that will have players performing medical procedures, riding a speeder bike, and more to break up the action. There are memorable moments in Hubris that will stick with players long after it ends.

7

Vertigo 2

A Deep And Creative Campaign

Systems

Released

March 30, 2023

ESRB

M For Mature 17+ // Blood and Gore, Strong Language, Violence

Vertigo 2 didn’t have the smoothest launch on PSVR 2, plagued by numerous performance issues and even game-breaking bugs. The worst of those have been long patched out, though, leaving Vertigo 2 as one of the most creative and memorable FPS games in VR.

It’s a 2000s-era FPS at heart, with a 15-hour campaign that takes players between a huge variety of environments with varied enemy types and a ton of creative boss fights. There are just enough physics-based environmental puzzles and diversions to provide welcome variety in the gameplay.

The weapons are a particular highlight, with a variety of interesting designs and even hidden weapons to seek out in additional playthroughs. The PSVR 2 version has all the updates that were brought to PC as well, meaning there are new game plus modes with modifiers and new characters to play, injecting some great replayability.

6

Synapse

Telekinetic, Frenetic Roguelite

Roguelite

Virtual Reality

Shooter

Systems

Released

July 4, 2023

ESRB

T For Teen // Blood, Language, Violence

Synapse is a unique game and arguably has the best implementation of PSVR 2‘s unique features. Players have telekinetic abilities in the game, and the Synapse uses eye tracking to allow players to simply look at any object or enemy they want to use their powers on.

This seemingly simple feature adds a huge amount to the immersive aspects of gameplay, leading to a silky smooth flow where players can shoot with one hand while reeking telekinetic havoc with the other easily — no target swapping necessary.

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5

Arizona Sunshine 2

Zombie Shooting In The Sunshine

Systems

Released

December 7, 2023

ESRB

M Due To Blood and Gore, Crude Humor, Drug Reference, Intense Violence, Strong Language, Suggestive Themes, Use of Alcohol and Tobacco

Arizona Sunshine 2 is everything players could want from a sequel. Better shooting mechanics, better action set pieces, better looks — it has it all. Not only does it throw more zombie types and threats in, but players also get their own companion in Buddy the Dog.

Not everyone will love the slightly bigger focus on narrative compared to the original, but it allows for some truly emotional moments, as well as setting up some great cinematic action. Importantly, the shooting mechanics feel fantastic, with excellent use of haptic feedback and adaptive triggers.

It’s also worth mentioning that the original Arizona Sunshine just got a remake for all platforms, essentially updating the game to run on the same engine as Arizona Sunshine 2. This brings along a whole host of updates with new weapons, visuals, more zombies, and melee combat, making the remake well worth playing, too.

4

The Walking Dead: Saints & Sinners – Chapter 2: Retribution

Physics-Based Zombie Survival

Action RPG

Survival Horror

Systems

Released

March 21, 2023

ESRB

M For Mature 17+ Due To Blood and Gore, Intense Violence, Strong Language, Use of Tobacco

The Walking Dead: Saints and Sinners might not be thought of as a traditional FPS. There’s certainly a lot of FPS gameplay in Chapter 2: Retribution, though. Both the zombie and human enemy numbers are scaled up quite a bit compared to the previous game.

This encourages the core gameplay loop of scavenging and crafting to make stronger gear and weapons, and the added threat makes Retribution one of the most tense and satisfying survival FPS games in VR.

Both Saints & Sinners games are gold-standard examples of VR interactions and physics, and how they can be used to enhance gameplay. The sequel gets the pick on this list due to the expanded crafting, more challenging scenarios, and slightly more involved narrative.

3

Hellsweeper VR

VR Combat Masterclass

Systems

Released

September 21, 2023

ESRB

M for Mature 17+ // Blood and Gore, Intense Violence, Partial Nudity

Hellsweeper has gone from strength to strength since it launched on the PSVR 2 platform. It’s seen updates to visuals, weapons, enemies, bosses, and progression, and the variety in its relatively short roguelite campaign is more impressive now than ever.

The core of the game is its combat, though. It’s an incredibly deep system that combines melee, guns, and magical abilities. For players of the developer’s previous VR game, Sairento, the smooth movement with wall running, double jumps, and backflips will be pleasantly familiar.

Combat is easy to pick up, with smooth, gesture-based commands to summon weapons and abilities on the fly. The depth comes from players stringing together movement with melee and ranged options to combo moves — and the ability to combine powers, like adding frost to a weapon.

It leads to a feeling similar to playing a fast-paced action game like Bayonetta or Devil May Cry in first person. The bosses complement the action well, forcing players to get good at certain aspects of the combat, with three challenging fights and variants for extra difficulty and rewards.

2

Resident Evil Village

AAA VR Gaming

Survival Horror

Survival

Horror

Released

May 7, 2021

ESRB

M for Mature: Blood and Gore, Intense Violence, Strong Language

Capcom’s eighth mainline Resident Evil game shows the potential for AAA games in VR. The production values and depth of gameplay are analogous to the flat screen game, and there are few concessions that betray that the game wasn’t built from the ground up for VR.

Capcom always had the VR mode in mind when developing Resident Evil Village, and it shows. Most interactions in the game are translated into physical first-person actions, and even (most of) the cutscenes place players directly in the action, able to freely look around.

Inhabiting the character of Ethan Winters adds extra spice to moments like being pinned to a wall by Lady Dimitrescu, or being thrown around by Heisenberg. These moments become extra memorable in VR and remain some of the best action spectacles that players can experience in the medium.

1

Into The Radius

Surviving In The Zone

Released

July 20, 2020

ESRB

m

Into The Radius has long been a favorite of the PCVR crowd, with a sequel now in early access on Steam. The original made its way to PSVR 2 in September 2024, and it offers one of the most complete, immersive, and enthralling FPS experiences on the platform.

The mechanics focus heavily on realism, with survival mechanics like eating, drinking, and sleeping, as well as realistic weapon mechanics that go the extra mile. Weapons not only reload manually, but they need to be maintained — literally scrubbed with a toothbrush in some cases.

It’s juxtaposed against a surrealist contemporary sci-fi storyline, with players living and surviving in an exclusion zone filled with weird monsters and anomalous environments. It’s a perfect blend that will draw players in and keep them playing for hours at a time.

The minutiae of the game seems at first like it could get tedious, bit it’s actually the glue that holds the whole experience together. What might feel like busy work on a flat screen, like reloading a clip bullet by bullet, becomes a tense survival experience and makes for maybe the most immersive game in VR.

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