Nearly all of October’s VR calendar is already public, scattered across patch notes, store update feeds, a contest rules page and one Steamworks table. Here it is in date order. Every entry was checked on October 9 at the developer’s or the platform’s own page, and the one date that comes from somewhere else says so.
Already running
Since October 2: Gorilla Tag. Another Axiom’s <a href="https://comicvibe.com/10-scary-movies-and-tv-shows-to-set-the-mood-for-halloween/” title=”10 scary movies and TV shows to set the mood for Halloween”>Halloween update put the decorations back up, added a cosmetic set called Bare Bones and brought back Ghost Tag. The post gives no end date. Gorilla Tag is free on Quest and Steam.
October 8 to November 1: Phasmophobia, Crimson Eye. Kinetic Games’ event post names eight locations that turn red under the Blood Moon: 6 Tanglewood Drive, 42 Edgefield Road, 13 Willow Street, Grafton Farmhouse, Bleasdale Farmhouse, Camp Woodwind, Nell’s Diner and the standard version of Point Hope. Play an investigation on any of them and you earn event points. You also hunt for Blood Moon totems, and the event weather makes the ghosts harder. Points unlock a seasonal tee, an ID card and badge set, a charm, and a trophy that upgrades as you go. Would you rather skip all of it? Wednesday’s patch added a toggle that turns the event maps off for your session.
Phasmophobia plays flat or in VR on Steam and on PS5 with a PS VR2. There is no Quest version. On a Steam Frame, Valve’s rating is still Unsupported for standalone play, from a test dated July 22, before Kinetic replaced the VR character rig in August.
October 8: two launches.Shil, a surreal first-person puzzle game with enemies you cannot see, arrived on Quest at $14.99. And Into the Radius 2 reached PS VR2 at $39.99, on the date CM Immersive moved it to after a certification delay.
Next week
Tuesday, October 13: Real VR Fishing. Not horror at all. Devs United Games says its October update brings five Halloween maps, three of them new, with one new fish for each. The Zombie Shark and Haunted Goblin Shark return from earlier years. Five pumpkin costumes, two rod sets and a title are earned by playing, “no purchase required.” The same update adds hand tracking with a built-in tutorial. It also adds an early ice fishing mode for mixed reality, the view where you see your real room through the headset’s cameras, and in that mode your own floor turns into ice. The post sits on the game’s Quest listing, and UploadVR reports the same day for Steam.
Thursday, October 15: two Phasmophobia deadlines. A Twitch Drop is a reward you get in a game for watching streams of it. Phasmophobia’s hands you the Crimson Eye tee for two hours of viewing, and it ends at 11:59 PM BST, which is 3:59 PM Pacific. The same day, Double XP and Rewards switches on and stays on until October 22.
