5 essential HTC Vive games

N ever come back to the real world with these must-play experiences for T3’s favourite VR headset

Elite Dangerous

If you think Frontier’s space adventure is immersive enough on a flatscreen, think again. Plug into your ship, battle, trade and travel the galaxy in Vive and you’ll probably never want to take the headset off ever again. Be warned. This should be called Frankly Dangerous. £19.99

Job Simulator

Because after a hard day at work, all everyone wants to do is spend the evening performing menial tasks as a robot, right? Whether it’s working as a gourmet chef or as a convenience store clerk, there’s far too much fun to be had in this ‘human’ simulator where you can touch and play with everything. £22.99

The Brookhaven Experiment

Horror in HTC Vive is truly terrifying, and nothing shows off its grim potential more than this zombie shooter. Waves of hideous monstrosities stagger out of the dark and all you’re armed with is a pistol fast running out of ammo and a flickering torch… £14.99

Star Wars: Trials on Tatooine

There’s only five words that matter here: You. Can. Swing. A. Lightsaber. Even better is that this lovely Jedi-flavoured offering from LUCASFILM’s ILMxLAB is absolutely free for all Vive users. And yep, you can meet (and defend) a droid called R2-D2. Hello, wish fulfillment. FREE

TheBlu

Less stressful and weapon-packed than the others on this list, there’s nothing as genuinely beautiful as exploring the briny depths of TheBlu. Wandering around the deck of a pirate ship as an 80ft whale swims past needs to be seen to be believed. And that’s before you meet the sea turtles. £6.99