22 Quest 3 Shooters That Make Us Feel Like A Crackshot
Our top picks to get locked and loaded with shooting games on SideQuest in 2024
Guns out, fun’s out.
First-person shooters are among the most popular games in VR—and on SideQuest!—offering a rich blend of bombastic gameplay and in-your-face (literally, in VR) action.
If you’re an FPS fan, there’s never been a better time to strap on your VR headset and dive right in. Here are our top picks that you can grab on SideQuest right now!
1. Cactus Cowboy: Desert Warfare
A succulent title (get it?) that’s tongue-in-cheek, goofy, and tons of fun. Blast Bugs, upgrade your arms, and become the deadly Cactus Cowboy.
We also featured Cactus Cowboy in our 2023 Indie Spotlight, which you can check out here!
[Get Cactus Cowboy!]
2. Breachers
Take on tactical 5v5 multiplayer action in one of our highest-rated titles—one that launched on SideQuest and ‘breached’ the Official Meta Store! A true VR-FPS classic and a must-play for multiplayer fans.
[Get Breachers! ]
3. Pavlov: Shack
Another 5v5 multiplayer classic, with over 65 weapons, hundreds of community mods, vehicles to command, and enemies to root out! Pavlov Shack is one of the Quest’s all-time bestsellers in any category!—and another SideQuest to Official Store success story!
[Get Pavlov Shack!]
4. Doom3Quest
Doom 3, expertly ported to Quest by the awesome Team Beef. What more needs to be said about this absolute classic?
This title is sideload only and requires a couple of simple extra steps to get it up and running, so make sure you read the listing description carefully to start enjoying this gem!
[Get Doom3Quest!]
5. QuakeQuest
Yet another awesome Team Beef VR port, QuakeQuest is a must-sideload for a healthy dose of atmospheric nostalgia.
Once again, be sure to read the SideQuest listing description carefully to get your hands on the full experience and enjoy it to the max—but you can try the first 9 levels as a straight up demo!
[Get QuakeQuest!]
6. Hyper Dash
Yet another SideQuest to Official Store success story, Hyper Dash is an exhilarating multiplayer experience in arena-based combat. And the best part? It’s completely free to play the base game of this rip-roaring shooter!
[Get Hyper Dash!]
7. Sail VR
Ahoy, matey! Fulfill your swashbuckling fantasies in VR with Sail—loot treasure, master your pirate weapons, and man the cannons for some epic ship-to-ship combat in the open world! And even better: multiplayer is now officially live in the free trial!
[Get Sail VR!]
8. Vail VR
The PCVR hit has come to standalone with great success, featuring tactile gunplay and a wide range of multiplayer modes to conquer! It’s so good, in fact, that’s it’s now joined several other games on this list on Meta’s Official Store!
[Get Vail VR!]
9. Snapshot VR
Snapshot VR takes virtual paintballing to the next level in its arena-based combat inspired by and built for the E-Sports scene—with community mapping actively encouraged. One shot. One kill. There’s also a free trial to test your mettle before you buy!
[Get Snapshot VR!]
10. Mutated Virus
Arcade shooting X shambling zombie horde = a good time. Can you survive against the waves of the undead? You’ll need to get your BrRrRaaAAaiiInsSS checked if you’re missing out on this arcade-style shoot-em-up!
[Get Mutated Virus!]
11. Somnia
Another indie hit from our 2023 Indie Spotlight, Somnia blends innovative movement mechanics and exploration with a fast and furious dose of ranged magical combat where you’ll chuck fireballs from your fingertips! Check out the free demo and don’t forget to leave the devs your feedback!
[Get Somnia!]
12. Bionic Hunter: The Ancient Sword
This challenging sci-fi shooter has you battle against a range of grotesque monsters across 4 massive open maps. The longer you survive and the more you kill, the higher your score. Bionic Hunter is one to watch!
[Get Bionic Hunter!]
13. Bounty City
A real hit with our SideKicks, Bounty City mixes up the standard 5v5 multiplayer format of VR shooters and pits 3 teams of 3 against each other in a battle to score the most loot! And though you’ll be hunting down bundles of cash, Bounty City is currently free to play!
[Get Bounty City!]
14. Draconite
The Draconite demo is free to play, packed with hundreds of weapons to assemble and customize, thousands of Kayoo enemies to fight against, high scores to beat—and your very own powered-up baby dragon to fight alongside. How will you train your Draconite?
[Get Draconite!]
15. Escape From Galaxen
Escape From Galaxen transports you back to the arcade good times of 1985 to cut and blast your way through a retro alien invasion. With tight controls, fun guns, and a healthy dose of colorful nostalgia, this is always one of our top VR shooting picks.
[Get Escape From Galaxen!]
16. Spatial Ops
Turn your real-world space into a multiplayer shooting gallery with Spatial Ops. Incorporating innovative MR gameplay, this is a great way to put your new Quest 3 to the test—and the open beta is free to play!
[Get Spatial Ops!]
17. Operation Serpens
There’s high-action arcade fun and enemy hordes galore in Operation Serpens. Take on the story campaign, blast your way through zombie survival mode, or team up with up to 3 friends for some co-op wave-shooting fun.
[Get Operation Serpens!]
18. Hibow
You’ll need to be quick on the draw to win in Hibow—an innovative multiplayer shooter focusing on bow-to-bow combat and fast-paced movement. Go head-to-head in the free open beta now!
[Get Hibow!]
19. Cybercade
Cybercade’s striking visuals and pulse-pounding soundtrack form the backdrop to a fast and furious shooter experience inspired by arcade classics—and it’s free to play on App Lab!
[Get Cybercade!]
20. Project Terminus
Bonjour, et bienvenue to post-apocalyptic Paris—city of love and… survival horror, apparently! With co-op now enabled and a rich Parisian atmosphere with jump scares a-plenty, this is a slower FPS experience but well worth your time if you enjoy a healthy dose of horror.
[Get Project Terminus!]
21. Contractors
Battle against bots or engage in punchy multiplayer action with Contractors. The active community is also encouraged to mod things up—and our SideKicks have loved the Star Wars: Battlefront content. Contractors is cemented as one of the VR multiplayer shooter greats!
[Get Contractors!]
22. Ghosts of Tabor
Ghosts of Tabor is a pulse-pounding, extraction-based PVP and PVE survival shooter where every second counts—and you never know who or what is around the next corner… And now it’s on the Official Store!
[Get Ghosts of Tabor!]
Want more from SideQuest?
This slice of shooting action is just a tiny taste of what we have to offer on SideQuest. From all-time smash hits to indie gems waiting to be explored, whatever your style, we’ve got the apps and games for you!
Fancy getting into Mixed Reality with Mixed Reality with your Quest 3? How about some simulator games? Or even some games that are completely free to play! It’s all ready and waiting right here on SideQuest.
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Developers (like us) are free to experiment with mechanics and modes on their journey to official stores, while players can safely explore thousands of apps across the wonderful world of VR — the biggest collection all in one place, actually.
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