Meta Quest 3: The best Mixed Reality apps and games

If you pre-ordered Meta Quest 3 in time, it should have arrived a few days ago. Apart from the Quest Pro, this is the first time a Quest headset can give a high-quality mixed reality experience thanks to better color pass-through.

However, with the Quest Store being completely stocked, locating mixed reality material is difficult. As a result, we’ve put together a list of the finest existing (and forthcoming) mixed reality content for the new VR/AR headset.

Mixed Reality games for Meta Quest 3

BAM

BAM is a Mixed Reality multiplayer game in which you control small robots in a tabletop battleground. They may be scaled to any size and placed in your actual surroundings. In the tabletop arenas, you may battle in the air with jetpacks or acquire unique powers with power-ups.

You can buy BAM here:

Blaston

Playing as Sci-Fi Athletes, you fire glowing projectiles at each other in one-on-one duels, dodging and weaving in slow motion. The free-to-play multiplayer VR game relies entirely on body control and is therefore physically demanding.

You can buy Blaston here:

Broken Edge

Different warriors and martial arts disciplines are included in one-on-one fantasy swordplay.

You can buy Broken Edge here:

Cubism

Cubism is a three-dimensional hand tracking puzzle game in which you solve problems made of construction blocks. You take various colored 3D puzzle pieces and arrange them into a particular shape.

You can buy Cubism here:

Demeo

Demeo (review), a pen-and-paper VR role-playing game, received a free mixed reality upgrade with the debut of the Quest Pro, which is also playable on the Quest 3. You lay a virtual board on a real surface and are surrounded by a picture of your real surroundings.

You can buy Demeo here:

Espire 2

The Espire 2: Stealth Operatives Mixed Reality upgrade takes the stealth action of the VR game to your own four walls.

You can buy Espire 2 here:

I Expect You To Die: Home Sweet Home

I Expect You To Die is a fun escape room series based in the world of a secret spy. The free AR mini-mission allows you to experience an escape situation in the comfort of your own home.

I Expect You To Die: Home Sweet Home can be downloaded here:

Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes

Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes is a virtual reality classic that initially debuted on PSVR 1. In the party game, you must detonate a ticking time bomb within the VR headset while receiving directions from your friends without seeing the device.

You can buy Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes here:

Synth Riders

Synth Riders transports you to a sci-fi environment where you must crush oncoming gunshots and avoid obstacles while listening to driving synthwave and electro music. The Mixed Reality mode now incorporates elements of this universe into your physical environment. For Meta Quest 2, Quest Pro, and Quest 3, the upgrade is free.

You can buy Synth Riders here:

More MR Games

• Linelight: Puzzle game that you can also play while lying down (Quest Store).
• ForeVR Pool: Pool for up to four players (Quest Store).
• Gravity Lab: Solve physics-based puzzles in a space station (Quest Store).
• Potato: Skill-based game where you guide little Lemmings-style potato creatures through courses (Quest Store).
• Puzzling Places: Put together puzzles in a virtual environment (Quest Store).
• Vegas Infinite: Gambling simulator with poker, blackjack, roulette and more (Free to play in Quest Store).
• Zombies Noir: Looking through the Quest 3, zombies invade your real environment through a digital door (Quest Store).

Mixed Reality for Quest 3: Fitness and Wellness

Les Mills Bodycombat

Les Mills Bodycombat is a virtual reality exercise software focused on martial arts. You can now work out in your own living room thanks to the Mixed Reality upgrade.

You can buy Les Mills Bodycombat here:

Oh Shape

Oh Shape is a rhythm game in which you must utilize your entire body to rapidly enter into different positions, dodge obstacles, and box on items.

You can buy Oh Shape here:

More MR Fitness Apps

• VR Workout: A full-body fitness app with a subscription model that provides a hands-free workout experience (free demo in Quest Store).
• Knockout League: VR boxing classic that now pits you against virtual opponents in your physical environment (Quest Store).
• Cybrix: A kind of virtual squash where you shoot dice at the walls alone or against fellow players (Quest Store).
• Hitstream: Immersive work-out where you have to hit targets, catch bullets, and dodge walls (Quest Store).
• Hoame: Subscription-based meditation app (free demo in Quest Store).
• Holofit: Subscription-based fitness app that lets you sync physical workout equipment with virtual environments (free demo in Quest Store).
• TRIPP: Subscription-based meditation app (free demo on Quest Store).

Mixed Reality for Quest 3: Productivity and Collaboration

Virtual Desktop

The popular streaming software that allows you to see PC video on a mobile VR headset has been updated for usage with Meta Quest 3.

You can buy Virtual Desktop here:

More MR productivity apps

• Naer: A productivity app that provides a hybrid, immersive workspace for collaborative workshops (Free demo in Quest Store).
• Zoe: A code-free interface for creating interactive 3D scenes that enables real-time collaborative and creative experiences (Free demo in Quest Store).
• Nanome: Science app for professional applications that can be used to build 3D molecules or simulate proteins made of hundreds of atoms (Free demo in Quest Store).
• Gravity Sketch: Immersive 3D design tool that lets you share and collaborate on your ideas (free demo in Quest Store).
• Shapes XR: Spatial design tool for collaborative work (free demo in Quest Store).

Mixed Reality for Quest 3: Learning and creative apps

Figmin XR

There are few limitations to your creativity while using Figmin XR. This entertaining and imaginative program allows you to enrich your physical surroundings with a range of digital stuff.

You can buy Figmin XR here:

PianoVision

PianoVision provides virtual piano lessons that incorporate mixed reality and hand tracking, as well as MIDI keyboard connectivity.

You can purchase PianoVision here:

Rube Goldberg Workshop

This Mixed Reality construction tool allows you to be creative. Over 80 real-world components may be used to create practical digital machines, racetracks, and vending machines.

You can buy Rube Goldberg Workshop here:

Vermillion – VR Painting

Vermillion is a virtual oil painting studio where you can learn to paint and create without using actual paints and tools.

You can buy Vermillion here:

Wooorld

Wooorld allows you to explore realistic 3D maps of the whole world with hundreds of 3D cities in your actual surroundings, either alone or with friends.

You can buy Wooorld here:

More creative apps

• Noun Town Language Learning: A language learning platform that uses immersive gameplay to facilitate the learning of different languages (Quest Store).
• First Encounters:Mixed reality tutorial for the Quest 3 that explains how to use the headset in a fun way.
• Arkio: Design app that lets you design interiors, buildings, virtual spaces, and more (Quest Store).
• Painting VR: Painting and drawing app (Quest Store).
• Tribe | DJ Academy: Music app that teaches you how to use DJ equipment. With daily workshops and community sharing (free demo in Quest Store).

Upcoming mixed reality highlights

Many more mixed reality apps will be added to the Quest Store in the following weeks and months. Here are a few programs and upgrades that have been announced but not yet published.

Asgard’s Wrath 2

Asgard’s Wrath 2 is an epic VR role-playing game that will immerse you for hours in a mythical realm. You may select from a variety of heroes and allies to enjoy a comprehensive adventure. On December 15, Asgard’s Wrath 2 will be published, and it will have a condensed mixed reality mode in which monsters from the game world will join your physical area via a portal.

You can buy Asgard’s Wrath 2 here:

Ghostbusters: Rise of the Ghost Lord

Ghostbusters: Rise of the Ghost Lord, which uses remote-controlled turrets and ghost decoys to chase ghosts and solve puzzles, will be released on October 26 for Playstation VR 2 and Meta Quest 3. Although the VR game is intended for cooperative play, it may also be played alone. Virtual ghosts attack your house in the MR spin-off of the VR game, and you must capture them again.

You can buy Ghostbusters: Rise of the Ghost Lord here:

LEGO Bricktales VR

ClockStone and Thunderful’s LEGO Bricktales is receiving a VR adaptation for Quest VR headsets and will be published on December 7. It will take you through five themed biomes to help you tackle various difficulties. In Mixed Reality mode, you’ll build virtual LEGO worlds on your living room table.

Stranger Things VR

Stranger Things VR allows you to explore the world of the series premiere via Vecna’s eyes, visit the minds and dreams of recognizable series characters, and utilize telekinetic skills to inflict retribution on Hawkins. In the Mixed Reality version, a doorway to the Upside Down appears in your room’s wall. The VR game with MR mode will be available on November 30th.

You can buy Stranger Things VR here:

More upcoming MR apps and games

• Drop Dead: The Cabin: Zombie shooter with mixed reality mode where undead invade your home (Quest Store).
• FitXR: Subscription-based virtual gym with boxing, MMA, Sculpt, dance, HIIT, and Zumba classes (free demo in Quest Store).
• Laser Dance: A laser obstacle course is created in your physical environment. From the creators of Cubism (coming in 2024).
• Samba de Amigo: Rhythm game in which you dance with maracas to the groove of popular samba hits (Quest Store).
• Wallace & Grommit: Jamtastic: Players dive into the world of Wallace & Gromit and try their hand at the complex jam-to-toast delivery system (Quest Store).
• YUKI: Anime-style sci-fi mix of Rogulike and Bullet-Hell shooter (Quest Store).