By Metaverse Watcher staff. Published November 9, 2026. Dates and prices checked on Steam (US), the Meta Horizon Store (via VRDB and Quest Store DB) and developer announcements on November 9, 2026.
This is our twice-weekly roundup of new VR games: what launches in the next few days, what it costs, and which release dates have moved. This week belongs to Thursday, November 12, when the most anticipated Quest game of the month finally arrives alongside a free co-op zombie game. For the full month, see our VR release calendar for November 2026; last week’s edition is here.
The short version: Hot Dogs, Horseshoes & Hand Grenades 2 (H3VR2) launches on Quest 3 and 3S on November 12 at 10 AM Pacific for $39.99, with pre-orders still 10% off at $35.99 until launch. Joy Way’s free-to-play Fading Light lands the same day. Two free or Early Access games open the week: The Great Flood, a free mixed reality RTS on Quest today, and Sol Protocol’s Steam Early Access debut on Wednesday. One date has moved: Fabula Rasa, previously listed for November 12, has slipped to December, according to UploadVR.
New VR games this week at a glance
| Game | Release date | Platforms | Price (checked Nov 9) | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Great Flood | Nov 9 | Quest 3, 3S | Free (in-game purchases, paid battle pass) | Mixed reality PvP strategy |
| Crystal Commanders | Nov 9 | PC VR (Steam, VR only) | Not listed yet | VR real-time strategy |
| Hyperlane Highway | Nov 10 (Early Access) | PC VR (Steam, VR only) | Not listed yet; free demo | Hoverboard roguelite shooter |
| Black Hole Simulator | Nov 10 | PC (VR supported) | Not listed yet | Space simulation |
| Sol Protocol | Nov 11 (Steam Early Access) | PC VR; already on Quest 3, 3S | Steam not listed yet; $11.99 on Quest | Three-player co-op roguelike |
| Heavyweight Saint | Nov 11 (Early Access) | PC (VR supported) | Not listed yet | Third-person stealth |
| Hot Dogs, Horseshoes & Hand Grenades 2 | Nov 12, 10 AM PT | Quest 3, 3S | $39.99 ($35.99 pre-order) | Extraction shooter sandbox |
| Fading Light | Nov 12 | Quest 3, 3S | Free-to-play | Co-op zombie survival |
| PROCEDURE ZERO | Nov 12 | PC (VR supported) | Not listed yet; free demo | Prison stealth adventure |
| The Halls Remain | Nov 12 | PC (VR supported) | Not listed yet | Anomaly horror |
“Not listed yet” means the store had not published a price when we checked on the morning of November 9. We report prices only from the store page or the developer, and never estimate them.
Thursday, November 12: H3VR2 and Fading Light
Hot Dogs, Horseshoes & Hand Grenades 2 (Quest 3, 3S)
RUST LTD.’s sequel to the cult PC VR firearms sandbox is the biggest Quest launch of November. It unlocks on the Meta Horizon Store at 10 AM Pacific (1 PM Eastern) on November 12. Quest Store DB lists it at $39.99, with a 10% pre-order discount that brings it to $35.99 until launch. It supports Quest 3 and Quest 3S only; there is no Quest 2 version, which fits UploadVR’s November 2 report that Meta is winding down Quest 2 and Quest Pro support next year.
The main mode, called Facility, is an extraction-style campaign through a procedurally generated megastructure. Game director Anton Hand summed it up on X this weekend as “a Sci-fi Extraction Roguelike with the most realistic firearms in VR,” adding that it also includes a Challenge Range of practical shooting courses and sandbox ranges. UploadVR reports Hand has described the game as a “pseudo-live service,” with two new biomes planned each year. PC VR players will wait longer: RUST LTD.’s press kit lists the SteamVR version for the second half of 2027, to leave time for an official modding framework.
H3VR2 Pre-Order Item 3 – FOMOgraphic Sight
— Anton Hand (@AntonHand) November 8, 2026
The pre-order bonuses are the reason to decide before Thursday rather than after. Hand has been revealing a new cosmetic item each day on X, and the discount ends when the game goes live. If you are unsure, Meta’s refund window applies to Quest purchases; our guide to getting a Meta Quest game refund explains the rules.
Fading Light (Quest 3, 3S)
Joy Way, the studio behind Stride, launches its co-op zombie survival game the same day. As we reported when the date was set, Fading Light is free-to-play. You can play solo or with up to three friends in a zombie-infested city, combining parkour movement with scavenging, crafting and base-building, according to UploadVR. Joy Way has still not explained how the game makes money, so we will check for cosmetics or a battle pass at launch. One caveat: the Meta store listing tracked by VRDB still shows a broad “Fall 2026” window rather than the November 12 date the developer announced. If it goes live as planned, it becomes a strong candidate for our best free Quest games list.
Also on November 12: PROCEDURE ZERO and The Halls Remain
Two smaller PC games with optional VR support arrive on Steam. PROCEDURE ZERO from DELANIVO GAMES is a prison stealth adventure in which you trade cigarettes for information and take over the prison before the guards come for you; a free demo is available. The Halls Remain from Threshold Echo is a first-person anomaly horror game that can be played on a monitor or in VR. Neither had a price on November 9.
Wednesday, November 11: Sol Protocol on Steam
Singular Perception’s co-op space roguelike reaches Steam Early Access on November 11 after launching on Quest 3 and 3S in September. Up to three players crew a spaceship as pilot, gunner and captain, managing shields and turrets and boarding abandoned stations on foot. The Quest version holds a 4.8-star rating from 96 reviews on VRDB and costs $11.99 there; Steam had not listed a price yet. For more on the PC release, see our November calendar entry, and for similar games, our ranking of the best co-op VR games of 2026.
Also on Wednesday, Heavyweight Saint from Cadaver Games enters Early Access. It is a third-person stealth game set in a dystopian Manhattan where you control two bodies at once, with VR listed as supported rather than required.
Tuesday, November 10: Hyperlane Highway and Black Hole Simulator
Hyperlane Highway from Ryality Studio is the most unusual PC VR launch of the week. It is a hoverboard roguelite shooter where you steer by physically leaning your body rather than using a thumbstick, while dual blasters and more than 90 enhancement cards from nine rival sponsors shape each run. It enters Early Access as a VR-only game, and a free demo is on Steam now. Players prone to motion sickness should try the demo first. Steam Frame owners looking for more can browse our best Steam Frame games ranking.
Black Hole Simulator is a real-time black hole visualization with gravitational lensing and a volumetric accretion disk, with VR supported. Note that Steam carries an older, unrelated 2021 app with the same name; the new one is app 5191760.
Monday, November 9: The Great Flood and Crystal Commanders
The Great Flood from SoulFire Studio and LingVision Games launches today on Quest 3 and 3S as a free mixed reality real-time strategy game. According to the developers’ press release, players build a squad of 10 from more than 50 characters inspired by Chinese mythology, with two heroes and eight soldiers, and fight in 1v1 or 2v2 matches on a tabletop battlefield placed in their room. It has a free and paid seasonal battle pass, and the store flags in-game purchases that include random items. The developers are hosting a launch “Play with Devs” event at 10 AM PT today.
On Steam, Crystal Commanders from DB Creations is a VR-only RTS with wave defense, boss fights and online 1v1 multiplayer. It had not shown a price when we checked.
Date changes this week
- Fabula Rasa, the AI-driven improv comedy experience we covered in October, is no longer dated for November 12. UploadVR reports it is now coming to Quest in December, and the Meta store listing shows only “November 2026.”
- Hunter Bro VR and Terrified Gorillas were listed by some trackers for November 9, but their Steam pages show only “November 2026” as of this morning, so we have left them out of the table.
Not a game, but worth knowing: Android XR glasses pre-orders
November 12 is also a hardware date. Android XR glasses pre-orders open at Warby Parker that day, with pricing and the first Intelligent Eyewear collection due to be revealed and deliveries starting in mid-December. Gentle Monster’s Android XR frames open pre-orders the same day. We will cover the prices as soon as they are public.
Looking ahead: November 17
The next dated Quest releases are Age of Arca and Rift Breach: Survival, both listed by VRDB for November 17 at 10 AM Pacific. We will cover them in Thursday’s edition. If you are still choosing a headset before Black Friday on November 27, start with our early Black Friday VR deals, checked against retailer pages.
Methodology: Dates come from Steam store pages, the Meta Horizon Store as tracked by VRDB and Quest Store DB, UploadVR’s November list and developer announcements, checked on November 9, 2026. Prices are US store prices on that date. We did not find any PS VR2 releases dated for this week.