Top 5 Oculus Releases – Jan. 13th-19th – Cooking, Shooting and Motorcycles

With the incipient release of heavily hyped Brass Tactics still a month away, it’s another light week for Oculus games, but if you’re in the mood to “get cooking,” so to speak, there are several food-themed games to sink your teeth into:

Shooty Fruity

from nDreams, Near Light

Shooty Fruity - screenshot courtesy Steam
Shooty Fruity – screenshot courtesy Steam
Shooty Fruity is multitasking madness – a sort of combination of a grocery-themed job simulator and a wave shooter. Requiring players to stock, price and scan produce while also blasting away waves of vicious mutant fruit, this game from nDreams is bound to get your…ahem…juices flowing.

Oculus Rift | 2 GB | $19.99 from Steam

The Cooking Game VR

from Play Spirit

The Cooking Game VR - screenshot courtesy Oculus
The Cooking Game VR – screenshot courtesy Oculus

Bringing madcap and fast-paced cooking action a la Cook! Serve! Delicious! 2!! into the VR realm, unimaginatively titled The Cooking Game VR actually looks like loads of fun. While still technically an Early Access offering, it’s complete as a single-player experience, with only a multi-player PVP mode to be added.

Oculus Rift | 1 GB | $19.99 from Oculus

Kamikazo VR

from Refugio

Kamikazo VR - screenshot courtesy Steam
Kamikazo VR – screenshot courtesy Steam

A motorcycle racer that reminds us a bit of old arcade favorites like Super Hang-On, this offering from Dreamflight developers Refugio features more interesting racing environments than the typical European mountain roads. To wit: the arctic, a space station and a sort of futuristic Egyptian theme that recalls the original Stargate film.

Oculus Rift | 2.5 GB | $3.99 from Steam

BlackShield: Upora Story

from Shanghai Vsensory Network Technology Co., LTD

BlackShield: Upora Story - screenshot courtesy Steam
BlackShield: Upora Story – screenshot courtesy Steam

The debut of an ambitious space opera franchise in the Mass Effect vein, the HTC Vive version of this Shanghai-based project has won multiple awards for its cinematic storytelling. That said, BlackShield: Upora Story has received negative reviews from some players for essentially being a wave shooter that offers too little content for the price, amazing production values notwithstanding.

Oculus Rift | 15 GB | $29.99 from Steam

Internal Light

from Hot Dogs Studio

Internal Light - screenshot courtesy Steam
Internal Light – screenshot courtesy Steam

We hadn’t heard much about Internal Light until it actually showed up, but this first-person action puzzler has us intrigued with a setting that starts out with the grungy horror of the Saw films before progressing into a more science fiction-oriented horror in the vein of the Cube films.

Oculus Rift | 2 GB | $4.99 from Steam

Other Oculus News

In other potentially exciting news for VR games enthusiasts, Raw Data developers Survios have announced a new multi-player foot-racing game. Entitled Sprint Vector, is due out in a few months on all major VR platforms, but the company is accepting applicants for a 10-day beta period starting today. Apply here to be part of the beta test.

Also: at the Sundance Film Festival, the New Frontiers program features Wolves in the Walls based on Neil Gaiman’s story which started at Oculus’ internal Story Studio. Some are already calling it VR’s Pixar moment.


Be sure to check back next week for the latest Oculus Rift and Gear VR games and news!