The Best VR Zombie Games: Top Picks for Thrilling Survival Fun

The Walking Dead, Resident Evil, Dead Island and the Last of Us – what do all of these have in common? The zombie apocalypse! When the dead rise up and seek out your brains, it can be a thrilling experience to fight back against these infected enemies and save humanity!

How can we make zombie games even more thrilling? By adding in virtual reality! Step into universes inspired by your favourite zombie movies and zombie games, and find yourself immersed in an experience unlike any other!

We’ve written a guide to the very best VR zombie games available, so that you can plan out how you want to save humanity and defeat the dead in VR with your family and friends. Read on to find out more!

The graphics

Virtual reality headsets work by tricking your brain into seeing 2 small screens as one giant 3D view. To make this effect work successfully, VR uses extremely high-resolution and top of the line screens – for example, the Meta Quest 3 has over 9.1 million (yes, million!) pixels total. Add to this high-tech graphic rendering techniques, realistic lighting and textures and stereoscopic imaging (which creates reality depth perception), and you have an incredibly vivid and immersive lifelike environment for you to witness.

The Controls

If you play a lot of video games, you might have an expectation as to what a controller should look like, since most video game consoles follow the same design guidelines. That means that most video game controllers look similar to this:

In VR, if you want to shoot a gun, you must move your arms to aim the gun and pull the trigger. To look behind you quickly (if you hear a zombie behind you, for example), you don’t just rotate a thumbstick; you actually have to spin around with your whole body as quickly as you can.

The physicality that VR offers particularly improves the experience in horror games, as your heart will race as you frantically look around, desperately trying to defend yourself. If your hands shake, it makes it harder to aim, making you more likely to get snacked on by a hungry zombie. This means you have to master both your mind and body to defeat your virtual enemies

• The Immersion

  Because of the high-end graphics and intuitive controls, you’ll find yourself fully immersed in a virtual world. Add on spatial audio that means you can hear exactly where zombies are sneaking up on you from, and you’ll almost believe the undead have really come back to life and you’ll have to fight to survive! This immersion is why virtual reality zombie games are the superior way to experience the survival horror of the zombie apocalypse and why facing off against hordes of zombies in VR is unlike anything you’ve ever experienced before!

  Read on to hear our recommendations for the most popular zombie games in VR!

Arizona Sunshine

Arizona Sunshine is a first-person shooter built exclusively for VR that immerses you in a post-apocalyptic southwestern America overrun by zombies and the dead.

When you hear a flash of a human voice on the radio, your hopes surge – there are survivors out in the blistering heat of the post-apocalyptic Grand Canyon state! Armed with little more than some weapons and the scarce ammo and consumables you find along the way, you need to navigate the hordes of zombies coming for your brain in your desperate search for survivors.

Built exclusively for VR, Arizona Sunshine puts you in the midst of a zombie apocalypse. Survive and freely explore a post-apocalyptic world, where putting the undead back to rest is more thrilling than ever before. Using VR motion controllers, handle 25+ weapons with real-life movements. Anticipate attacks, manage ammo and aim down the sights to blast your enemies to undead pieces.

Move around without restraints to explore a series of huge southwestern American environments, including treacherous canyons and deep, dark mines. Scavenge the environment, loot undead enemies and manage your ammo and consumables in a battle for survival more immersive than ever before thanks to VR.

Arizona Sunshine 2

Sharpen your machete and load your shotgun with Arizona Sunshine 2! With even more gore-geous zombie action, this sequel is perfect for those who want more post-apocalyptic fun and love their horror extra gory!

Welcome back to sun-kissed, zombified Arizona. Arizona Sunshine 2 sets you on an all-new limb-strewn first-person shooter adventure in search of answers. In a post-apocalyptic world where every bullet counts, experience the thrill of realistic combat as you wield all-new weapons–from shotguns to machetes and flamethrowers.

And what’s better than braving the apocalypse? Surviving it with your new best friend–Buddy the dog! Not only is Buddy your four-legged companion through thick and thin, he’s also the best boy and will help take down those pesky Zombies for you. In a desolate world, suddenly you’re not so alone anymore. It’s funny how things go.

Form an unexpected friendship as you set out on a cinematic VR journey of intense survival and experience the thrill of combat as you physically wield weapons, from shotguns to machetes and even flamethrowers. Discover all the ways to slay a zombie through a brand-new, next-gen mutilation and gore system.

Multiplayer Madness in Survival Horror

What’s more fun than taking on zombie hordes in the apocalypse? Doing it with friends! Both Arizona Sunshine 1 and 2 offer multiplayer experiences, so that you can survive and battle through the horror of the hordes with a team by your side.

No matter how your team wants to play, there’s an option for you. Guns, grenades and more are all at you and your team’s disposal to take on the infected monsters. Read on to find out more about the multiplayer options so you can find the perfect way to work with other survivors.

Horde Mode

In Horde Mode, you and up to three other survivors can work together to face the horror and adventure of the fight against the dead. You’ll find yourself dropped into the middle of nowhere – maybe in a dark mine, or an abandoned military outpost at night. There’s no way to escape, you’ll have to fight your way through the horror of the apocalypse!

But beware, because more brains means more hungry undead! The more players you have the harder the fight will be, and you’ll need to find power ups and new weapons to survive! Don’t forget to have each others backs!

Horde Mode is perfect for a 45 minute session at ViriApsis, as you’ll have plenty of time to survive the different maps on offer and kill hundreds of undead. Since you can play multiplayer with three others, this is a perfect option for family and friends who are beginners to VR but big fans of horror, as you can work together to take down the infected monsters.

Campaign

If you have someone who you know will watch your back and has the drive to survive, an Arizona Sunshine campaign is perfect for you! Work as a pair to make your way through the zombie apocalypse together, two humans facing down hordes of zombies in a wild adventure.

Since this campaign is story-focused, we recommend it for those doing 90 minute sessions at ViriApsis, as this way you will be able to experience both the gameplay and the horror story as you work to survive and escape hordes of zombies.

Where can I play the best Zombie Games in VR?

Located in the heart of Melbourne’s CBD, you can find both Arizona Sunshine 1 and 2 available at ViriApsis! We are Melbourne’s best rated virtual reality centre, offering sessions for both VR newbies and seasoned gamers alike. Our sessions are available for everyone ages 10 and up, and our friendly game masters are always on hand to walk you through your experience, making ViriApsis the best place to take on the living dead.

If you’re ready to take on the zombie apocalypse, head to ViriApsis’s website to book at session, or give us a call if you have any questions. Don’t forget to keep an eye on our social media for exclusive deals and offers! We can’t wait to see you battle the hordes of undead evil!