The pandemic doesnt appear to have dimmed the zeal of the indie and AAA VR studios. In 2021, we are also expecting a steady stream of new virtual reality games. Some of these were initially slated for 2020 and had been delayed but they are finally expected to come down the pipeline this year. Here is a look at some of the most anticipated VR games that we can look forward to this year.

Developer: Crytek

Platform: Quest

Release Date: Coming Soon

If you like climbing experiences, then you will certainly relish The Climb 2. The game takes you on an exploration of a city setting as well as exciting new maps with some really stunning views. In The Climb 2, you will ascend to great peaks, climb skyscrapers, navigate extensive caves and discover a few hidden shortcuts as you try to look for your path to the top. You can even compete with friends and make it to the top of the leaderboards in its asynchronous multiplayer modes. You will explore mountain environments and scale urban settings and get a feel and the adrenaline thrill of climbing without ropes while taking in the breathtaking vistas as you scale new heights.

Developer: Errol Bucy, Zach Tsiakalis-Brown

Platform: SteamVR

Release Date: Some time in 2021

This is a single-player virtual reality adventure that takes you on an exploration of the vast depths of a Quantum Reactor as you descend to complete the journey home.

Developer: Fast Travel Games

Platform: PSVR, SteamVR, Quest, Rift

Release Date: Early 2021

In Wraith, you will be using your supernatural powers to unravel the secrets inside the scary Barclay Mansion while also hiding from the sinister Spectres. This is a first-person virtual reality horror exploration game which happens in the World of Darkness universe.

Developer: IO Interactive

Platform: PSVR

Release Date: January 20th, 2021

Hitman 3 casts you as the ruthless and professional Agent 47 taking some of the most important contracts in his career. By the time the dust settles, Agent 47 and his world are transformed beyond recognition.

Developer: Baobab Studios

Platform: Quest

Release Date: Coming Soon

Baba Yaga is Baobab Studios newest virtual reality experience. Viewers are cast as the main character in a completely reimagined fairy tale world. The choices of the viewers will determine how this story of fortitude, love and magic ends. It features the enigmatic witch Baba Yaga who oscillates between good and evil and deploys her powers to stop villagers settlements from encroaching onto her enchanted forest.

Developer: Happy Giant

Platform: PC VR, Quest

Release Date: The first half of 2021

Sam & Max: This Time Its Virtual! is the first original game from Freelance Police in more than a decade and the first virtual reality title from the pair. Many of the team members that worked on the original Sam & Max: Hit the Road by LucasArts in 1992 have also worked on the development of the virtual reality version. The VR action adventure title is set to arrive in the first half of 2021.

Developer: Ready at Dawn

Platform: Rift

Release Date: Initially slated for a 2020 release and now set to be released in 2021

Lone Echo II still features Jack and Liv and takes you back to the rings of Saturn. This is a highly anticipated sequel where you will be unravelling the mysteries of Lone Echo and travelling deeper and deeper into space, way beyond the boundaries of time itself.

Developer: IRIS VR

Platform: SteamVR

Release Date: Initially slated for a 2020 release and now set to be released in the first quarter of 2021

LOW-FI is a next-generation VR simulation where you will be patrolling the streets as well as the skies above the streets where you will be solving mysteries, fighting crime or depending on your choices, succumbing to corruption.

You as the player will be low-fi which is the name for someone unable to merge with the platform. In LOW-FI, you will be the sheriff of a retro-futuristic cyberpunk slum known as cityblock 303 whose only notable inhabitants are the other low-fi as well as the human intelligence and lower artificial life forms that live among the citizens after an AI singularity. LOW-FI is slated for release some time in 2021.

Developer: Rebellion, Just Add Water

Platform: Quest, SteamVR, Rift, PSVR

Release Date: Coming Soon

Sniper Elite VR is a dedicated VR stealth action experience that was made by Rebellion in partnership with Just Add Water. It is from the makers of the BAFTA-nominated Sniper Elite 4. In this experience, you will be fighting for the Italian Resistance in a dangerous and daring mission to clear the Nazi U-boat menace from World War 2 Sicily.

Developer: Vertigo Games

Platform: PSVR, SteamVR

Release Date: Initially slated for 2020 but now set to be released in early 2020

In After The Fall, you will be exploring the remains of a civilization set in an alternate 80s that has come to a halt. You will also be crafting various ranged and melee weapons and wielding devastating powers using real-life movements. You can go solo or link up with players from across the world as you battle against relentless hordes as well as colossal bosses in your bid to take back the city.

Developer: Wild Inc

Platform: PC VR, Console VR, Standalone VR

Release Date: Crowdfunding and release date has been delayed until 2021

This game was developed by the Tokyo-based studio Wildman. The game is set to be released on yet to be specified virtual reality platforms by March of 2021. According to Wildman, Panzer Dragoon Voyage Record is a completely new work. It is a first-person view game that has been optimized for virtual reality headsets.

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Top Virtual Reality Games We Are Expecting in 2021 - Virtual Reality Times