PlayStation VR 2 launched late final month alongside greater than 40 titles, which included video games totally new to the platform as effectively present video games from different platforms and upgraded PSVR titles. The headset’s first month-to-month high obtain chart has revealed a giant shift wherein video games are taking an early lead within the headset’s rising library.
Taking the highest spot throughout the US & Canada, the EU and Japan is Kayak VR: Mirage, a kayak racing sim initially launched on SteamVR headsets in 2022 by Amsterdam-based indie studio Higher Than Life.
In it, gamers race throughout lush, photorealistic environments together with ice caves in Antarctica, tropical locales in Costa Rica, storm waters in Norway, and the stark canyons of Australia. The paddling motion mechanic can also be one thing that works very well in VR too, which we hope extra video games will make use of thanks to simply how immersive it may be.
Horizon Name of the Mountain, undoubtedly a product of sizable funding by Sony, solely managed to eke out third place within the US/Canada and the EU, taking second place in Japan, which might be greater than a tad disappointing to the Sony-owned builders Guerilla Video games and Firesprite.
Horizon Name of the Mountain is a single-player journey that showcases a few of the finest graphics you’ll discover anyplace in VR. Fight may very well be a bit extra fluid and climbing might have extra fascinating challenges, though it definitely stacks as much as Half-Life: Alyx when it comes to immersion. Take a look at why we recreation it a decent [8.5/10] in our overview.
Granted, Horizon Name of the Mountain comes with a premium price ticket of $60, which can clarify why it underperforms in unit gross sales compared to a budget and cheerful $25 staff shooter Pavlov and $23 Kayak VR: Mirage. There’s additionally to think about that it was the topic of a {hardware} bundle, nonetheless that included a voucher code and never a bodily disk. Because the PlayStation blogpost states, the chart is counting downloads and never unit gross sales.
What’s extra, it appears the period of Job Simulator (2016) ruling the PSVR high obtain charts has come to a particular finish—regardless of it and sequel Trip Simulator each providing PSVR 2 variations. Job Simulator has dominated the obtain charts practically each month with out fail because it launched on the unique PSVR.
Take notice: the February obtain chart solely accounts for the headset’s first week in existence (Feb 22-28). March’s chart must be one other pretty fascinating learn, as we see whether or not these high spots stay, or falter as extra customers decide up PSVR 2 headsets. Take a look at the chart beneath:
PSVR 2 Video games
| US & Canada | EU | Japan | |
| 1 | Kayak VR: Mirage | Kayak VR: Mirage | Kayak VR: Mirage |
| 2 | Pavlov | Pavlov |
Horizon Name of the Mountain |
| 3 | Horizon Name of the Mountain | Horizon Name of the Mountain | |
| 4 | Star Wars: Tales from the Galaxy’s Edge | Star Wars: Tales from the Galaxy’s Edge |
Dyschronia:Chronos Alternate Episode I |
| 5 | PISTOL WHIP | Moss: Guide II |
After the Fall – Full Version |
| 6 | Moss: Guide II | PISTOL WHIP |
Moss and Moss: Guide II Bundle |
| 7 | Swordsman VR | Job Simulator | Puzzling Locations |
| 8 | Drums Rock | Swordsman VR |
Star Wars: Tales from the Galaxy’s Edge |
| 9 | NFL PRO ERA | Drums Rock | Drums Rock |
| 10 | The Mild Brigade | After the Fall | Job Simulator |
Replace (12:00PM ET): Horizon Name of the Mountain was additionally included in a {hardware} bundle, nonetheless that included a voucher code and never a bodily disk. Because the PlayStation blogpost states, the chart is counting downloads and never unit gross sales. We’ve included this data within the article above.