Mixed Reality
VR Games
This is the future knocking at your door. Mixed Reality games blend your actual room with virtual worlds in ways that seemed impossible just a few years ago.
Your coffee table becomes cover, your walls become alien landscapes. Reality just got an upgrade.
SpaceRoach's Mixed Reality Picks
Mixed reality is the future knocking at your door, and these games prove it. Here's why these MR experiences earned my recommendation and changed how I think about VR.
Spatial Ops - The Tactical Shooter That Transforms Your Living Room
Spatial Ops isn't just mixing reality with virtual elements—it's proving that the future of competitive gaming might happen in your actual living room. After hosting multiple gaming sessions where my coffee table became legitimate cover and my hallway turned into a sniper's nest, I'm convinced this is the direction VR multiplayer should head.
Your Home, Your Battlefield: The genius of Spatial Ops lies in how it treats your physical space as the game map. That awkward corner where you keep your exercise bike? Perfect defensive position. Your kitchen island? Ideal cover for a tactical reload. The game's spatial mapping generates cover points and objectives based on your actual room layout.
Real-World Tactics: Playing laser tag in your living room sounds goofy until you experience the tactical depth. Physical fitness actually matters—if you can't quickly duck behind your couch, you're getting tagged. I've never paid more attention to sight lines through doorways or tactical furniture arrangements.
Why It's SpaceRoach Gold: At $11.99, Spatial Ops delivers incredible value for a complete reimagining of multiplayer gaming. The fact that spectators can watch and understand the action makes it inherently social. It's the rare VR game that gets better the more people you have in the same physical space.
Home Sports - The Social MR Experience That Actually Works
Home Sports proves that mixed reality isn't just a tech demo—it's the evolution of party games. After hosting several game nights where my living room transformed into everything from a tennis court to a hockey rink, I can confidently say this is how social VR should feel.
Effortless Entertainment: The beauty of Home Sports lies in its simplicity. No complex setup, no explaining elaborate controls to newcomers. The sports are instantly recognizable—pickleball, mini golf, badminton, hockey, and bowling—but the mixed reality implementation makes them feel fresh.
Perfect Party Dynamics: Home Sports solved something that most VR games struggle with: making the experience enjoyable for both players and spectators. When someone's playing mini golf in your living room, everyone can see exactly what's happening. I've had guests who initially scoffed at VR become completely engrossed in trying to master the perfect bowling technique.
SpaceRoach Seal of Approval: For $19.99, Home Sports delivers the most accessible VR experience I can recommend to anyone. It's family-friendly without being childish, competitive without being intimidating, and social without requiring online connectivity. It's the VR equivalent of having a pool table—always ready for entertainment.
Starship Home - The Cozy Space Adventure That Redefines Mixed Reality
Starship Home is what happens when someone asks, “What if your living room was actually a spaceship?” The answer is pure magic. This isn't just another space game; it's a meditation on exploration, nurturing, and the strange comfort of tending to alien plants while traveling through the cosmos.
Room-Scale Wonder: The transformation of your physical space into a starship is seamless and surprisingly emotional. Your couch becomes the captain's chair, your walls display star charts and cosmic phenomena, and your coffee table hosts an alien botanical garden. You're not fighting against your physical space; you're embracing it as part of the spaceship aesthetic.
The Plant Parent Experience: At its heart, Starship Home is about caring for otherworldly plants, and it's far more engaging than it sounds. Each plant has unique needs and personalities. The plant care mechanics are tactile and satisfying, and when you enter a plant's dream sequence and explore miniature alien worlds, the experience becomes transcendent.
Why SpaceRoach Recommends It: For $19.99, Starship Home offers something unique in the VR landscape: a genuinely relaxing experience that doesn't sacrifice depth. It's perfect for players who want to explore VR without combat pressure or motion sickness concerns. It's the rare game that makes you appreciate both virtual worlds and your physical environment more deeply.
Why Mixed Reality Will Blow Your Mind
Imagine playing chess with holographic pieces on your actual kitchen table, or defending your living room from alien invaders using your couch as cover. MR doesn't just show you another world—it upgrades the one you're already in.
Your Room Becomes the Game
That boring corner where you keep your exercise bike? Now it's a spaceship cockpit. Your dining room? Perfect for a tactical strategy session. MR transforms any space into whatever the game needs.
See-Through Magic
The Quest 3's passthrough cameras are seriously impressive. You can see your actual hands, avoid your cat, and not punch your TV while aliens invade your living space. Technology is wild.
Mind-Bending Gameplay
Remember those sci-fi movies where people interact with floating holograms? You're living that now. Touch virtual objects sitting on your real desk. It's the closest thing to actual magic we've got.
Social Gaming
MR games often feature strong social components since spectators can see both the player and virtual elements in the real space.
Home as Arena
Transform any room into a gaming space - from tactical battlefields to cosmic starships, your living room becomes the game world.
Future of Gaming
This emerging technology represents the future of gaming by removing the barrier between virtual and physical worlds entirely.
The "Holy Crap" Factor
The first time you see a virtual spaceship sitting on your actual coffee table, or watch digital creatures run around your real room, you'll understand why MR is the future. It's not just better graphics—it's a fundamental shift in how we think about the boundary between digital and physical reality. Spoiler alert: there isn't one anymore.
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Mixed Reality Spotlight
Featuring a groundbreaking MR experience
Crystal Commanders
Construct an epic base and battle for peace in Crystal Commanders, an RTS game for mixed and virtual reality!# Welcome to Update 2.0: Fire and Ice!The biggest update yet, with TONS of new content to enjoy.**New Map: Mount Magma****New Map: Frozen Fortress****New Units: Demo Bot and Repair Drone**And more!- New factory (and unit reorg)- Text localization: French, German, Spanish, Japanese- New music- Harder AI- Basic voice chat# Mixed reality RTS actionTake charge of your forces, expand your defenses, and engage enemies in rapid skirmishes using unique, expressive controls. Deploy a diverse array of vehicles, towers, and contraptions to thwart a planetary threat, all from the universe of your living room!**Battle anytime, anywhere:**Not in a good spot for MR? Jump into one of the included VR maps and play any mode wherever you want! Supports Meta Quest 2, 3 and 3S!**Action-packed story campaign:**Join Castor and the other members of the Crystal Vanguard as they push back the crafty Crimson Blade in an epic, fully voiced campaign that dynamically adapts to your room!**Challenge a friend to the ultimate RTS battle:**Put your base building skills to the ultimate test in 1v1 multiplayer, battling with friends locally in MR or remotely in VR!
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Pioneering Mixed Reality Experiences
Games that prove the future is already here—and it's in your living room
Crystal Commanders
Construct an epic base and battle for peace in Crystal Commanders, an RTS game for mixed and virtual reality!# Welcome to Update 2.0: Fire and Ice!The biggest update yet, with TONS of new content to enjoy.**New Map: Mount Magma****New Map: Frozen Fortress****New Units: Demo Bot and Repair Drone**And...
Home Sports
**Get ready to play, laugh, and move like never before!** Step into a mixed-reality world with five dynamic sports that everyone can enjoy. Whether you’re hosting a friendly match or showing off your skills, Home Sports brings the action to life —all designed for social fun.🎾 **Pickleball** - Our...
Shattered
Prepare to lose your mind in Shattered, the groundbreaking MR escape room experience, where reality is just a puzzle waiting to be unraveled. Trapped in a mysterious mental health facility, your perceptions cannot be trusted.To escape, you must turn your physical space into a labyrinth of escape roo...
Spatial Ops
Turn Your Home Into a Battlefield in Spatial Ops – The Ultimate Mixed Reality Multiplayer Experience!Step into fast-paced, competitive and cooperative battles with friends in Spatial Ops. Compete in co-located matches with up to 8 players in real-world environments, transforming your space into an a...
Star Wars: Beyond Victory
Experience Star Wars like never before in **Star Wars: Beyond Victory - A Mixed Reality Playset**, available exclusively on Meta Quest 3 & 3S.Set during the Reign of Empire era, Star Wars: Beyond Victory - A Mixed Reality Playset introduces players to an original story that blends the thrilling worl...
Starship Home
**Travel the stars. Care for alien plants. Uncover the mysteries hidden deep at the center of the universe.**Turn your home into a starship bound for adventure as you take flight in a brand new kind of mixed reality experience where the room you play in comes along on the adventure with you. 🚀 Cust...
Table Troopers
Table Troopers puts you in command of a **fully destructible** battlefield, blending **physics-based** action and turn-based combat with intuitive controls.Command quirky characters and **wield powerful weapons** to defeat your enemies!# Cause massive damageStrategize with friends or against the AI,...
The Thrill of the Fight 2
🥊 The Thrill is Back — and Bigger Than Ever! Step back into the ring in Thrill of the Fight 2, the fully reimagined sequel to VR’s most beloved boxing experience — now in Early Access with enhanced multiplayer and major new features coming soon! Whether you're a seasoned fighter or just getting sta...
Trombone Champ: Unflattened!
You are a Tromboner… It’s finally time to step up and fulfill your destiny in Trombone Champ: Unflattened! A rhythm game where every note, slide and triumphant toot is yours to command. With 58 unforgettable tracks, custom song support, campaign mode, collectible Tromboner Cards, and wild trombones...
VRacer Hoverbike
# **THE DEFINITIVE ARCADE RACER FOR VR**Race through neon cities, alien worlds, and orbital circu...
Wall Town Wonders
Wall Town Wonders is a mixed reality game that turns your living room into a lively miniature town. Help colorful characters build their world through fun quests and mini-games, unlocking unique buildings and surprises along the way.# Unique and seasonal only Haloween quest added, don't miss your ch...
Alex and the Jets
Come Fly With Us!Pilot Alex the Squirrel’s plane as enemies swarm right into your space. Dodge, shoot, and strategize. Fast, fun, and full of chaos - **Welcome to Alex and the Jets.**# Fly in your surroundings!✈️ Experience your space like never before! Transform your physical environment into a hig...
Bridge Constructor Studio
Get Building Today Bridge Constructor Studio is a must-have for fans of engineering puzzles and creative sandbox games. Whether you're designing a sturdy structural masterpiece or experimenting with wild and weird works, puzzle the possibilities are endless! Key Features Brain-Teasing 70-Puzzle Camp...
Cubism
"Makes my brain feel like it's having its first cup of coffee in the morning!" ## \- Adam Savage##Challenge your mind in **Cubism**, a deceptively simple puzzle game where you assemble increasingly complex shapes out of colorful blocks.Perfect for beginners yet challenging enough for avid puzzle fan...
Cues
Introduce your friends and family to the magic of mixed reality with **Cues**. Dive into a **hand-tracking** experience where music meets motion. - “It looks amazing. One of the coolest looking MR games I’ve seen” – Matt BMFVRWield bouncing light orbs to shatter "cues" and unravel puzzles, all while...
DigiGods
There is so much !@#$, you can't explain it. CREATE, PLAY, & SHARE in a physics-based sandbox environment where you can shoot, parkour, or simulate any type of gameplay you desire, harnessing the very best of VR.
Drop Dead: The Cabin
“The Cabin offers some of the most enjoyable and intense short-session action currently available on the Quest “ - 6DOF Locked in a creepy Cabin deep in the woods, you must rely on your wits and survival skills to gather supplies, arm yourself to the teeth, and fend off hordes of gruesome proto-zomb...
Fight Fit VR
Get Ready to Sweat, Punch, and Level Up Your Fitness!Fight Fit VR is not just a fighting game – it’s a fitness fighting game that transforms your workout into an adrenaline-pumping battle, creating an experience that will leave you coming back for more.**Key Features**- **Dynamic Combat:** Enemies k...
JUST HOOPS
Retro Inspired. Future Forward. Derived from the **arcade classic Pop-A-Shot**, **JUST HOOPS** brings retro arcade-basketball to new school mixed reality. Featuring over 60 levels of changing hoops, numerous challenges, and multiple play modes, JUST HOOPS can turn any slow moment into an exciting ti...
Jolly Match 3 AR
Get ready to step into a whole new dimension of puzzle-solving! Jolly Match 3 AR is the first match-3 game created specifically for mixed reality. Interact with dazzling puzzles in your own space. Swap, match, hit awesome combos, and rediscover the fun of classic match-3 mechanics like never before!...
