The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim VR

The Best VR Game Ever Made... With a HUGE Asterisk
Let's get this out of the way immediately. Vanilla Skyrim VR is not what this review is about. If you buy this game, you are buying it with the expectation that you are going to spend a few hours (or more... let's be real) modding it. If you're not willing to do that, you can probably pass.
If you are willing to put in the work, you are in for what is, without any exaggeration, the single greatest and most immersive VR experience available today. Forget short tech demos or wave shooters. This is the only truly longform, open-world VR RPG that delivers hundreds of hours of content. Half-Life: Alyx was a fantastic, polished experience, but it's a short story. Skyrim VR is a whole second life.
The magic happens with a holy trinity of mods: HIGGS, VRIK, and PLANCK. These aren't just recommended; they are absolutely essential.
VRIK gives you a full virtual body. You look down, you see your chest, your arms, your legs. It tracks your movements. This alone cranks the immersion up to eleven.
HIGGS lets you physically interact with the world. You can pick up objects with your hands, grab loot directly, and even physically collide with items. Your hands aren't just floating controllers anymore.
PLANCK builds on this by adding full player and NPC physics. You can physically push enemies, block their attacks with your weapon, and get shoved around yourself. Combat becomes a visceral, physical dance instead of a floaty waggle-fest.
When you combine these, you get something truly special. You're not just playing Skyrim; you are in Skyrim. Peeking around corners, physically drawing your bow, and seeing a dragon blot out the sun above you is an experience no other game has managed to replicate on this scale.
So, what's the catch? The big, ugly con?
This version of the game is stuck in time. It was never updated to the Anniversary Edition. This is a massive headache for the modding scene. A huge number of amazing mods created in the past few years are designed for the Special/Anniversary Edition of the game and are simply incompatible with the VR version. You will constantly run into amazing mods on Nexus that you just can't use. It requires a lot of careful reading and frequently using older versions of mods to get a stable load order. It's a significant limitation that holds the game back from its true, ultimate potential.
Even with that massive flaw, modded Skyrim VR is a masterpiece. It's a testament to the modding community that they have taken this game and elevated it to a god-tier VR title. It takes work, patience, and a willingness to troubleshoot, but the payoff is the most engrossing virtual world you can possibly lose yourself in.
Absolutely recommended, but only for the dedicated.

This game gave me the best VR experience so far.
1. VRIK
2. HIGGS
3. PLANCK
This 3 mods are a must, the game is unplayable mess without them.

Get HIGGS, VRIK and PLANK mods via nexus mods asap before playing this
with mods it's really good, without them it is awful

Just got this for Christmas 2024 and playing it on my Quest 3. Game launched and played without issue which is honestly a better than I was expecting. Playing vanilla was disappointing because it isn't a true VR experience, more like you have a VR camera and you are playing normal Skyrim. I modded the game with an installer called "Wabbajack" that installed a huge modpack through Nexus Mods that turned it into a totally crazy awesome experience. Now I can grab anything, have really nice controls, better perk trees, and like 500 other mods. If you can't mod this, you might be disappointed or you might be satisfied. If you do end up modding it, especially with a Wabbajack modpack, your mind will be blown. I got the game for Christmas so paying 9 bucks for Nexus Premium to download the 500+ mods faster was super worth it, and now I think I might pull the trigger on Fallout 4 VR if there are similar modpacks while I still have the Nexus sub.

thank god for mods -- do not even try without them. here are some tips i wish i knew before hitting play:
1.) after much digging on my own i found this guide to be a great base to build from
2.) the vortex launcher will direct you to skyrim legendary but that is normal.
3.) before adding mods check the version. if it say anywhere that it requires version 16 or higher, you cannot play it on VR.
my ancestors are smiling on me imperial, can you say the same?

Skyrim VR is minimal effort port Bethesda style. But..........
You guessed right - modding. With modding this is the number 1 VR game on the market and any competition is light years away. It can be even best gooner vr game if you want it.

Without mods, a sorry excuse of a VR port. With mods, one of the best VR experiences you can have. To get a good modlist, you'll need Wabbajack and a Nexus Premium account (unless you want to manually click 'download' on hundreds of mods), but it's definitely worth it. FUS is a good Vanilla+ modlist (70 GB), while Mad Gods Overhaul is a good ultramodded list (260 GB)