
You’ll be exploring the depths in this simple game (it’s more of an experience though), which has you marvelling at all sorts of marine life floating around you. So those are my picks for must-play Samsung Gear VR games.So if you’ve got the headset or are thinking about getting one, you’ll want to try out these games. A handheld gamepad would be a welcome addition for this game. Not even close.īecause you need to tap the Gear VR's gamepad every time you fire, plan on holding your hand upright for long stretches. Screenshots don't do Smash Hit for Gear VR justice.


But you can get more by smashing pyramid-shaped targets. Imagine a bit of Tetris combined with the arcade classic Breakout, then forget all that as you soar through breathtaking geometric landscapes, firing balls to break glass barriers in your path. What was already a pretty entertaining smartphone game becomes just plain dazzling in 3D VR. For that kind of money, seems like you should be able to touch, well, everything, doesn't it? Smash Hit Please, Don't Touch Anything costs $8.99. If there's a downside, it's that PDTA doesn't save your progress if you abandon the game midway, you'll have to start over when you return. So even if you play through once, you'll have incentive to try again. But here's what's really intriguing: The game has multiple possible endings. What follows is part puzzle game, part escape room. Yeah, good luck with that.ĭon't let the somewhat dated-looking graphics fool you Please, Don't Touch Anything is a clever bit of puzzle gaming, made even better by VR. Your only instruction: don't touch anything, especially that big, inviting red button. It's like this: You've been left alone in some kind of control room while your buddy hits the bathroom. Land's End feels like that same kind of escape. If I can pull a deep-cut reference, it reminds me of the "Star Trek: Voyager" episode "Equinox," in which the captain of the titular starship uses a VR-like headset to escape to a private, comforting beach. Created by the same developer, it transports you to a soothing, atmospheric world of mountains, seas, caves and of course, puzzles.Įven so, this is as much an experience as it is a game. Escher-inspired puzzle game for smartphones, you'll feel right at home in Land's End ($7.99). If you're familiar with Monument Valley, the riveting M.C. Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes costs $9.99. And the best way to bring friends into the VR experience. They, in turn, pore through a bomb-defusal manual in hopes of feeding you the information you need before time runs out. But the VR aspect makes it that much cooler, because only you can see and interact with the bomb, and only you can describe what you're seeing to your friends. Like the desktop version, it challenges you and a small group of friends to deactivate a bomb.

You can defuse this bomb, no problem - provided you get help from people in the real world.
