Happy Holidays! Your friendly neighborhood educational game developer is here to help you make the most of your fancy new Meta Quest VR headset. With so many games available, it can be hard to choose the best educational and family-friendly games for the Meta Quest that came out in 2024, so we’ve done the legwork for you! Read on for our award-winning perspective on the best educational games available for the Meta Quest right now:
First on our list and first in our hearts, Some Assembly Required is a digital robotics sandbox where you can build the robot of your dreams and adventure through a fun and hilarious warehouse full of robotics challenges. Developed by Filament Games, Some Assembly Required is the only game for the Meta Quest headset where you can build robots, help humans, and cause chaos!
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Here’s what customers are saying:
“This is a game I’ll be coming back to! Like all great games it pulls together many influences into a seamless whole: Besieged, Human Fall Flat, Bad Piggies, Fantastic Contraption, and more. It’s very very polished! It makes me think and laugh at the same time, which is a total win.”
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Can’t get enough of those holiday meals? Bring the joy of cooking into your Meta Quest headset with Cooking Simulator VR, a virtual kitchen designed to provide a lifelike cooking experience. With classic kitchen implements and more than 140 ingredients available in the pantry, this is your chance to whip up a culinary masterpiece without the mess.
Here’s what customers are saying:
“I am not the best at cooking in real life and in VR this game is still very very good. It is very realistic yet can be wacky sometimes which is always a good thing to see in a VR game. Logging on and just cooking a couple meals is very relaxing and relieves the stress of other games that are very very intense. Keep up the good work big cheese studios, and remember “anyone can cook” -Ratatouille”
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“Ad astra per aspera” isn’t just the state motto of Kansas – it’s an ambition you can bring right into your living room. Per Aspera VR offers a unique take on the city-building game genre experience, focusing the player’s efforts on terraforming Mars for human habitability. Players have to make careful strategic decisions about resource management to build up a successful Mars colony, uncovering a deep and compelling story in the process.
Here’s what customers are saying:
“I used to play city planning games, like Sim City (and most of the various versions) on my Mac for years. I enjoyed them and the level of detail and complexity. Per Aspera combines those types of details plus terraforming Mars for human inhabitants. At first I used the tutorials and “sandbox” to learn how to play. Now I’m playing the full game and it’s great. I love the way you have to use limited resources to build the manufactured materials you will need to build more complex buildings for human habitation. I feel like I have a lot more to learn as the levels of play get more complex, but it’s great fun.”
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This holiday season, busy workshops are no longer the exclusive purview of Santa and his elven conspirators. With Workshop Simulator VR, players can dive into a physics-based environment where they can work with a variety of real-life tools to grow their workshop business. From fixing, to cleaning, to polishing, players take on the role of a true mechanical artisan.
Here’s what customers are saying:
“After a long day at work, I love to unwind with simulation games, and Workshop Simulator VR is the perfect example of this genre done right. It sets a calm and relaxing mood, allowing you to forget everyday duties and fully immerse yourself in the role of a workshop owner. The game presents eight main missions, where every mission contains three items which gives 24 items to restore in total. Considering that items are different in terms of appearance and complexity, it requires at least of 10 hours of gameplay to fully finish the game. I think it is a nice result for a VR title. From a technical point of view, I didn’t notice any bugs. Performance and optimization is very good.”
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Part flight simulator, part history lesson, Warplanes: WW1 Fighters is the perfect gift for the aspiring pilot in your life. With flight modeling that can be customized from arcade-style flying to a high-definition physics simulation, Warplanes offers a smooth, enjoyable experience with tons of historically-accurate planes and missions to explore.
Here’s what customers are saying:
“As a flight simulator enthusiast, I highly recommend this game. IMO, the Warplanes games are the best flight sims on the Quest.”
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Releasing December 5, 2024 but available for pre-order right now, Bridge Constructor Studio is a fun new way to explore architecture, engineering, and physics on your Meta Quest headset. With a brain-teasing campaign of 70 different engineering puzzles and an optional Mixed Reality mode, Bridge Constructor Studio is sure to thrill the most tech-oriented and creative minds in your family.
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Boasting the enviable title of “the first ever digger game developed exclusively for Meta Quest,” DIG VR is an unmissable construction site simulator focused on the art and science of digging things up. Operate a fleet of diggers from tiny to colossal and discover what’s lurking just beneath the surface!
Here’s what customers are saying:
“I used to operate a backhoe for my business and this takes me back to those days. Trying to get the fluidity back working the controls and it is so much fun. The jobs are a blast to work, watching out for obstacles adds realism and enjoyment in completion. Just getting started and I find myself wanting to get back in to go to work when I actually get home from work. So much fun!”
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We’re late! We’re late! For a very important date! …With Escaping Wonderland, a literature-inspired adventure through the beloved world of Alice in Wonderland. Players take on the role of Molly and tumble down the rabbit hole into a world of puzzles, story, and surprise. Escaping Wonderland is perfect for players who are looking for a fun narrative quest in an iconic literary world.
Here’s what customers are saying:
“All I can say is wow. Beautiful to look at, beautiful to play. Story looks compelling and sucks you in…deep into the underground long way below the surface. Very early days in this but I can feel an epic game going forward. Can’t wait to play more and meet the great characters. Currently paused as I want to play Down The Rabbit Hole first now.”
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As you awake one morning from uneasy dreams, you find yourself transformed in your Meta Quest headset into a giant insect. Another entry in the literary adventure category, Metamorphosis is a Kafka-esque exploration of a bug’s life. Shrunk mysteriously down to a bug’s size, players have to navigate their way through their new bizarre circumstances, encountering other bugs and surviving in a super-sized world.
Here’s what customers are saying:
“I’m amazed! My first experience with this game was nothing short of incredible. It starts out simple enough: you’re just a guy waking up after a long night out, no big deal. But then things get weird—really weird. And that’s exactly what makes it so great! Very few games offer an experience like this. For me, it was a jaw-dropping, “oh my gosh” moment, where I experienced a new level of scale that was absolutely stunning. Navigating around as a bug feels exactly like it should. You crawl, hop from place to place, and everything around you is huge. You look up and truly feel the perspective of being a tiny bug. Every detail feels right, and it’s just pure fun. Then there’s the story—an actual, well-developed story in a VR game! It’s wonderfully crafted and full of surprises, and it’s clear the developers poured their hearts into it. They wanted to share their love for this world with you, and it shows.”
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What you see is what you get with this straightforward educational interactive. Featuring a Mixed Reality mode, this simple and affordable app allows players to explore our solar system and get a feel for the vast distances that exist between the planets. Solar System Explorer is perfect for a curious learner at home or a hands-on, in-class demonstration for students.
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This free simulation combines STEM learning with a bit of environmental sustainability! In this experiment, players find out how solar cells generate electricity from light and why they are usually orientated at an angle to the south on roofs. With the help of Dr. Blubber, players can set this compelling experiment up and run it in their virtual lab.
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Do you hear what I hear? No seriously, do you? Because my ears have been finely and precisely tuned by this free online ear trainer created by Berklee Online, the digital arm of the legendary Berklee College of Music. Players can use this tool to become a savant of perfect pitch, just in time for caroling season.
🛒 Download now on Meta Quest!
What curriculum would be complete without physical education? Take a break from the books and get moving with the aptly named Gym Class, a free-to-play physics-based sports experience that offers basketball, baseball, and football modes. Play on officially-licensed NBA team courts, master your jump shot, and unlock cool cosmetics for your character.
Here’s what customers are saying:
“I purchased this game quite a while ago and I am obsessed with it. I have been playing it just about every day and it is a very good workout and I can practice playing basketball. I’ve really recommended this game and when I got it, it was free, but it may have cost money before I got it and it is a very good game to be free. It also has really good physics and graphics so if you are into playing basketball, I really recommend this game for you.”
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That wraps up our round-up! From construction sites to outer space to Wonderland itself, this selection of educational VR games and apps will take you on a learning adventure through an entire galaxy of compelling and immersive worlds that can only be visited in the Meta Quest VR headset. We hope you found a title that piques your interest, and we’d love to hear from you on X or Facebook if you think there’s one we missed. Until next year, happy holidays and safe virtual travels!