Our latest top five new Oculus releases is heavy on interstellar action – whether that be the measured action of outer space naval battles or more frantic dodging and shooting inspired by classic arcade games.
Flotilla 2
from Blendo Games
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Released eight years ago, this game’s predecessor was a wonderful blend of 3D space strategy stripped down into easily digestible chunks and set in a lighthearted universe with space pirate penguins that owed as much to Douglas Adams as it did to more “serious” science fiction.
Flotilla 2 builds on that with a similar premise – think the large-scale 3D battles of the Homeworld series boiled down into simple skirmishes that you can fight your way through during your lunch break – but exclusively in VR, which is perfect for turn-based spaceship combat.
Oculus Rift | 100 MB | $9.99 from Steam
Orch Star
from Orch Star Studios
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Now out of Early Access, Orch Star offers more interstellar strategy, but this time RTS instead of turn-based. Playable both on standard PCs and in VR, it features both extended single-player campaign, level editor and multi-player matches.
The setting is also intriguing, and its blending of fantasy and space opera tropes reminds us a bit of Warhammer 40,000 without all the over-the-top edgy parts. It’s also got a ton of visual appeal; its fleets of ships reminds us of ‘70s and ‘80s-era sci-fi animation.
Oculus Rift | 2 GB | $14.99 from Steam
Space Maze
from Redox Entertainment
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If strategy isn’t your thing, maybe you’ve just got the need for speed? Space Maze is classic arcade action, right down to the scorching neon colors and low-poly designs, but designed for VR.
With a third-person view of your ship and action that borrows elements of everything from Asteroids to Descent, this is a simple but compelling take on high-adrenaline shoot-’em-ups.
Oculus Rift | 450 MB | $7.99 from Oculus or from Steam
RotatorX
from DEFICIT Games
![RotatorX game screenshot courtesy Oculus](https://oculusgamereviewer.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/RotatorX_game_screenshot_courtesyOculus-1024x576.jpg)
There’s high-speed spaceship fun for mobile VR players this week, too, in the form of RotatorX, a twitchy but meditative take on the endless racer genre. With its swirling colors, electronic soundtrack and tense, oppressive feel, this one has us thinking a bit of 2016’s stunning “rhythm violence” game, Thumper.
Oculus Go | 136 MB | $3.99 from Oculus
Titanic VR
from Immersive VR Education
![Titanic VR game screenshot courtesy Steam](https://oculusgamereviewer.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/TitanicVR_game_screenshot_courtesySteam-1024x576.jpg)
Shifting gears from spaceships to…well…regular ships, Titanic VR is a historically accurate recreation of history’s most famous shipwreck through the perspective of one of the survivors.
Even more impressive to us, though, is the ability to commandeer a submersible drone to explore the wreckage in the present day. Then again, we’re suckers for diving simulators.
Oculus Rift | 10 GB | $19.99 from Oculus or from Steam