12 Best PSVR2 FPS Games, Ranked

Key Takeaways

• Hubris offers an epic sci-fi FPS campaign with unique moments & upgrades.
• Metal Hellsinger VR combines fast-paced action with rhythmic shooting challenges.
• Into The Radius delivers an immersive survival FPS experience with realistic mechanics.

Just over a year and a half from its launch in February 2023, 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.

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.

12 Breachers

Tactical Squad-Based Action

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 exactly 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

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

Released: February 22nd, 2023

Developer: Vankrupt Games, Inc.

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.

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

Released: October 23rd, 2023

Developer: Meatspace Interactive, nDreams

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

Hubris is a single player FPS with an epic sci-fi campaign. There’s a decent narrative and some incredible cinematic moments that really 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 their 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

Released: January 15th, 2024

Developer: Perpetual

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

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.

What’s hard to convey to those who haven’t experienced it is just how good it feels to play. It’s a total power fantasy mechanic, enabling players to get creative as they go through a roguelite gameplay structure that, otherwise, lacks a little variety.

5 Arizona Sunshine 2

Zombie Shooting In The Sunshine

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

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

Released: September 21st, 2023

Developer: Vertigo Games B.V.

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 compliment 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

Capcom’s 8th Mainline Resident Evil game really 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

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 really 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 story line, 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.