Tuesday, 22 April, 2025 UTC


Summary

Meta has revealed the 50 best-selling paid Quest games of all time in a new section of the Meta Horizon Store.
Unsurprisingly, Beat Saber holds the #1 spot. Arguably the most widely known VR game of all time, Beat Saber has become somewhat of a cultural phenomenon. As of two years ago it had grossed over $250 million, though that figure included DLCs.
Position #2 and #3 are held by VR classics Job Simulator and Superhot VR. Both titles have been around since the dawn of consumer VR tracked controllers in 2016, and are often seen in top-selling lists from other platforms like PlayStation VR2 and Steam. Other classic titles in the top 10 include The Thrill of the Fight, Onward, and Vader Immortal Episode 1, while Blade & Sorcery: Nomad holds #4 as the standalone adaptation of a PC VR classic.
It's also notable that Guy Godin's Virtual Desktop is at #6. While it also lets you use your PC on a flat virtual screen, and even spawn virtual side monitors since last year, its flagship use case is turning your Quest into a wireless PC VR headset, and this has been a feature since before Meta's own Air Link or Valve's Steam Link even existed.
Population: One's showing at #16 is also impressive because just over two years ago, it went free-to-play. That means its sales were all accrued between late 2020 and early 2023.
What you won't find in the list are Meta's AAA Quest exclusives, Asgard's Wrath 2 and Batman: Arkham Shadow. That's almost certainly because the former was given for free to every Quest 3 buyer for the headset's first 8 months on the market, while the latter has been bundled with all Quest 3 and Quest 3S purchases since Meta Connect 2024.
What may also be affecting this list is the launch of the Quest+ games catalog last year. The catalog gives subscribers access to some of the top paid titles while they remain subscribed, in addition to the two games they can redeem each month.
While the list ostensibly charts the entire Quest platform since the original Oculus Quest launched in 2019, lower down in the ranking you can find hints of the rapidly shifting age demographic of Quest owners the industry has been grappling with over the past year. Among Us 3D, for example, is at #7, while I Am Cat, which originally launched in early access just 11 months ago, holds #23.
Here's Meta's full list of the best-selling Quest titles of all time:
  1. Beat Saber
  2. Job Simulator
  3. Superhot VR
  4. Blade & Sorcery: Nomad
  5. The Thrill of the Fight
  6. Virtual Desktop
  7. Among Us 3D
  8. Onward
  9. Vader Immortal Episode I
  10. The Walking Dead: Saints & Sinners
  11. BONELAB
  12. Creed: Rise to Glory
  13. Vader Immortal Episode III
  14. Five Nights at Freddy’s: Help Wanted
  15. Vader Immortal Episode II
  16. Population: One
  17. GOLF+
  18. Eleven Table Tennis
  19. Drunkn Bar Fight
  20. Walkabout Mini Golf
  21. GORN
  22. Contractors
  23. I Am Cat
  24. Resident Evil 4
  25. Pistol Whip
  26. NFL Pro Era
  27. Vacation Simulator
  28. Wander
  29. The Thrill of the Fight 2
  30. Ghosts of Tabor
  31. Real VR Fishing
  32. A Township Tale
  33. The Climb 2
  34. Waltz of the Wizard
  35. Fruit Ninja
  36. Star Wars: Tales from the Galaxy’s Edge
  37. Hand Physics Lab
  38. Arizona Sunshine
  39. Pavlov Shack
  40. Gun Club VR
  41. I Expect You To Die
  42. I Am Security
  43. Warplanes: WW1 Fighters
  44. The Room VR: A Dark Matter
  45. Shave & Stuff
  46. The Climb
  47. SKYBOX VR Video Player
  48. Angry Birds VR: Isle of Pigs
  49. Moss
  50. Please, Don’t Touch Anything
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