I have owned a VR headset since the original Rift and I can count on one hand the number of months where I had a genuine backlog problem. Where there were so many good VR games dropping at the same time that I had to sit down and figure out a play order. April 2026 is one of those months.
This is not a drill. Let me walk you through what is coming.
Into the Radius 2 goes 1.0
This is the one I have been waiting for. Into the Radius 2 leaves Early Access on April 23 with its full 1.0 release, and if you have not been paying attention to this game, now is the time to start.
Imagine Stalker but in VR. A post-apocalyptic zone filled with anomalies, hostile entities, and an atmosphere so thick you can feel it pressing against you through the headset. The first game was already one of the best survival experiences in VR. The sequel has been building on that foundation in Early Access with new weapons, melee combat, night vision goggles, grenades, an overhauled exploration system, and now a complete story to tie it all together.
CM Games is pricing it at $39.99, which is full game money for a full game. Coming to Quest 3, PSVR2, and Steam VR. This is one of those titles that reminds you why you bought a headset in the first place.
Forefront finally launches
Also dropping April 23 is Forefront 1.0 from Triangle Factory, and this one fills a gap that VR players have been complaining about for years.
Where is our Battlefield? Where is the large-scale multiplayer VR shooter with vehicles and objectives and enough players to make a map feel alive? Forefront is the answer. Thirty-two players, land and sea and air vehicles, tactical gameplay with real-time lighting and upgraded effects in the 1.0 build. At $27.99, this is an easy buy for anyone who has been craving that big team battle experience in VR.
I grew up on Battlefield 1942 and Desert Combat. The idea of that same large-scale chaos but in VR, where you are physically turning to check your six and leaning out of a helicopter to line up a shot, is the kind of thing that got me into this platform in the first place. The Early Access version already delivered some of those moments. The 1.0 should take it further.
Little Nightmares comes to VR
Here is where things get interesting for a different reason. Little Nightmares VR: Altered Echoes launches April 24 from Bandai Namco across Quest, PSVR2, and Steam VR. This is a major publisher putting one of their most beloved franchises into VR, and I am curious to see how it translates.
You play as Dark Six navigating that signature Little Nightmares world of oversized enemies, twisted environments, and constant unease. The original games were already unsettling on a flat screen. In VR, standing inside those spaces and looking up at those creatures? I think this could be something special for horror fans.
What excites me most is what it signals. Bandai Namco is not a small studio experimenting with VR. They are a global publisher investing real resources because they see a market worth investing in. That kind of confidence from a major publisher is exactly what this platform needs more of.
The rest of the lineup
And I have not even gotten to the rest of it. FlatOut 4: Total Insanity VR hits Steam Early Access on April 23. Flat2VR Studios completely rebuilt the game for VR with new cockpit views, full 6DOF support, and DLSS. Demolition derby racing in VR with proper physics. Yes please.
Wrath: Aeon of Ruin VR Brutal Edition already launched on April 9. Another Flat2VR project, this time a Quake-engine dark fantasy shooter rebuilt for VR with dual-wielding, physical reloading, and old-school speed that will make your hands sweat. It is on Quest, PSVR2, and Steam right now.
Dimensional Double Shift from Owlchemy Labs drops April 23. These are the Job Simulator people, and their new game is a hand-tracked multiplayer experience that looks like pure fun. TMNT: Empire City is bringing four-player co-op beat-em-up action to Quest. One More Delve is a physics-based dungeon crawler with co-op arriving April 27.
I count at least ten VR titles shipping this month across Quest 3, PSVR2, and PC VR. Ten. In one month.
This is what a healthy platform looks like
I remember 2023. I remember months where the biggest VR release was a mediocre port of a game that came out on PlayStation three years earlier. I remember checking the Quest store every Thursday hoping for something, anything, and finding shovelware and fitness apps. The running joke was that VR headsets made great dust collectors between releases.
April 2026 is not that. April 2026 is a survival epic, a large-scale multiplayer shooter, a major publisher horror title, a racing game, a boomer shooter, a co-op dungeon crawler, and a new Owlchemy Labs game all landing within weeks of each other. There is something for every type of VR player.
If you have a Quest 3 or a PSVR2 or a PC VR rig, this is the month to clear your schedule. I know I am clearing mine. The hardest part is going to be figuring out what to play first.
I am starting with Into the Radius 2. Do not try to talk me out of it.