Best Immersive Nature Games on PC

Free Spirit VR Meditation

Experienced on the Oculus Quest 2

You can view my review & gameplay here: https://youtu.be/H0tCFSIIXAo

This is an about 10 minute long, meditative experience through the Peruvian Andes Mountains. Where you basically teleport up a quick climb, see the scenic views, then sit at a campfire. There’s a narrator saying a prayer to the fire in English. You can also draw during this and then send your painting to the fire. That’s it basically.

Experience is running on the Unreal Engine. I was getting variable frame rates from 90 to frame rates in the 40s fps. The visuals were just okay and something that would be fine in a free to play experience. The ambient sounds were also just okay. While the narration was good and the musical score, that doesn’t exactly amount to a premium experience. There’s only teleport for the locomotion and the locomotion was not smooth (as it was difficult to turn in the direction you wanted).

– Real player with 0.4 hrs in game

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Empowering meditative experience, highly recommended! Either if you are a an experienced or beginner meditator.

This 10-15min experience delves you into the visually-stunning site of Machu Pichu, where you follow a trail alongside a beautiful voice that guides you. The sun sets alongside the walk, creating delightful light effects. This visually rich experience guides you to release your fears and envision the life that you want.

Although some people may consider the experience short, the power of this piece stands on the intention you put on it. It is not about quantity of scenarios, it is about your sincerity when setting your intentions in front of the fire, to release what you don´t need and bring about the life that you envision.

– Real player with 0.4 hrs in game

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DeepStates [VR]

(Received this for free thanks to the thoughtful developer, after I provided a bunch of feedback during the ‘beta’. I had been planning to buy this on release and I think the asking price is just right!).

Absolutely stunning (highly realistic) environmental beauty, not just in visual fidelity but in sound, space, and spirit.

I’ve played and enjoyed a variety of ‘environment’ apps in VR, and none of them have impacted me like this. I’m on the Reverb G2, and these spaces feel so incredibly real I almost cried just looking out at the stars and moon from the desert landscape.

– Real player with 18.6 hrs in game

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This is a great vr experience, my favorite worlds were the planet and the time lapse area. The guided meditation worked surprisingly well, especially with the humming interaction, that was awesome. The mixing of the voice kind of knocked me out of it though the more I heard it. I feel like it’s too present, too much low end EQ and not enough verb. It sounds like someone speaking right next to your ear when it might be more comfortable for it to sound like it’s coming from the heavens. And maybe some gentle effect that quickly ramps up into the voice to let you know you’re about to hear it so it’s less alarming when it starts. Comfort adjustments worked great, the strobing effect was super intense (which is a good thing, I’d rather have effects like that come in strong and be able to dial them back with settings). Great work, this is awesome and I look forward to what worlds you build next.

– Real player with 1.8 hrs in game

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Cions of Vega

Another lovely walking simulator from Tonguc Bodur. In a departure from previous games, you have a companion on your journey to find your missing daughter. Your brother follows you, providing commentary (with a strong American accent that borders on a southern twang!) and a few inventory items. His dialog, coupled with notes found along the way, begin to alert you that all is not right in the world you are walking through.

The game is split into 7 sections, delimited by gates that each require a key. Keys are located by searching abandoned houses, a church, and some tunnels/caves for clues and solving some basic puzzles. There is one brief platforming sequence that is easy to navigate. Otherwise, you can run, walk, crouch and jump. For speedy gamers, there is a convenient ‘auto-run’ toggle.

– Real player with 3.9 hrs in game

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Finished it, finally. I say finally because I am a novice gamer and what might seem old hat to most players will give me fits! The puzzles are basic–this game is mostly about the story and the journey. I love Unreal Engine 4 games because the scenery is so neat and this game doesn’t disappoint. The cons for me were inside the houses it is very dark and made it hard to see, and I thought the brother was SUPER creepy, following like red light/green light, but I understand he is a necessary part of the game. The best part was at the end when you earn the right to make a choice (of 3 choices). I’m not going to spoil it but I’ll just say the choice I made was VERY satisfying lol.

– Real player with 2.7 hrs in game

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Climber: Sky is the Limit

Climber: Sky is the Limit is a game with a unique mixture of survival and simulation. As a player, you are a climber who takes on the most difficult and dangerous peaks on earth. To succeed you need to plan your journey carefully by preparing appropriate equipment, choosing a suitable trail, facing extreme weather conditions, and surviving. Conquer your limits, overcome your fear and reach the sky.

Reach the summit

Each expedition is different, and the journey to the top is a great challenge. Conquer your fear, face your limits and reach the summit. In order to do that: traverse dangerous trails using specialized equipment such as ice ax, lifelines, or carabiners.

Face numerous dangers

During the journey, you will face diverse obstacles like blizzards, chasms, vertical walls, steep traverses, icy slopes, and crevasses. The key to success is to plan your next steps wisely and use the appropriate equipment at the right time.

Plan your expedition

Before setting off, decide which trail is best to the top taking into account weather conditions and the weather windows. Sometimes it’s better to take a chance and choose a more difficult route, but thanks to this you will be able to reach the summit before a snowstorm.

Survival

The key to survival is to have appropriate tools when you need one. Each piece of equipment has its weight but also makes your next step harder. Ensure you have enough food to recover your strengths, or you have a warm jacket and sleeping bag to warm up after a full-day climb.

Good timing also plays a great role during the expedition. In the high mountains, where weather changes quickly and night falls very fast, plan ahead to set up camp in the right place that gives you a chance to recover before the next challenging day.

Key Features

• Scale some of the world’s most famous peaks like Everest, K2, Broad Peak, and others.

• Face a variety of environmental challenges from chasms, vertical walls, steep traverses, icy slopes, treacherous crevasses, and more.

• Use specialized equipment to traverse dangerous trails and slopes like ice axes, carabiners, and lifelines.

• Contend with and plan around harsh weather conditions like blizzards, extreme wind, and plummeting temperatures.

• Keep up your health and strength by balancing stamina, morale, temperature, and hunger.

• Plan every point of your journey, packing only the necessities, choosing your path (will you take the safer route or the risky one?), preparing for each day’s trek and weather conditions.

• Vie for contracts from sponsors for a chance to buy extra equipment and fund future excursions, but be advised they may include incredible challenges.

• An immersive experience that has been created to be as realistic as possible through consulting expert mountaineers.

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Blight

Blight is an extremely challenging and realistic single-player top-down perspective survival game.

The Blight

A mysterious new disease called the Blight has descended upon the land. You have managed to escape its devastating effects as it has consumed your village and left it to ruins - You now find yourself alone in the wilderness, tired and hungry. You’ve bought yourself some time, but for how long? The Blight grows larger every day, consuming everything in sight…

Realism

The game strives on providing a punishingly realistic and immersive experience with a ton of depth. Actions like chopping trees and cooking food take a lot of precious time. You can only carry a few things at a time. You need to boil water to make sure it’s safe to drink. Water and other liquids need to be carried in bowls and other containers, and will spill out if not transported securely. You will need to scavenge numerous raw materials, many of which will need to be processed, combined, treated or hardened to make tools, items and structures.

Challenge

The Blight is just one of many threats to your existence in the unforgiving wilderness. After quickly setting up camp you will constantly need to keep yourself well fed and hydrated, replenish lost energy with sleep and short rests, defend yourself from the wild beasts that still inhabit the woods, heal your wounds, protect yourself from the harsh elements, and figure out a way to somehow end this terrible disease. Almost everything in the procedurally generated world can and will kill you if you aren’t careful.

There are whispers of Druids in a far off land that may know more about the Blight…

Upcoming Features

The demo is currently live! You can download it to try out most of what the game has to offer and the level of realism/depth it’s going for. The next big update for the game in the current alpha testing phase is called The Story Update. It’s coming in the next few months and it will contain all these new things:

• Beginnings of the story around the Blight, where it came from, how to cure it, resources to collect, etc

• Village and road generation, with a compass to aid with navigation in Realistic mode

• More unique locations in the world where various resources are more abundant

• Ranged weapons such as throwing spears

• Armor and other protective items like shields

• Many more unique resources to find

• Panning for random resources in water

• More buildings and items to create

• Sharpening tools to regain some effectiveness

• Other survivors and creatures, hostile and otherwise

• Carts to move things around

• Localization and translations, starting with Russian

Long-term Future

The long term future of the game includes some of these big features:

• Co-op multiplayer

• Fishing

• Farming

• Building system (floors, walls, roof, etc)

• Character customization including gender

• Taming animals

• Injury and wound system

• More localized languages

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cyubeVR

Cyube is like Minecraft but it do some things better in vr then vivecraft (mod for vr MC)

and blocks are 1/4 of player heights instead of 1/2 in mc that’s pretty nice especially in vr

crafting: is like lego you craft by recipe and then put it in your bucket like a portal to your inventory to craft it.

you find recipes by exploring the world find random pages for recipes.

its pretty cool but takes time compare to MC crafting much more simple and a lot less time consuming.

movement:has TP or locomotion smooth walking and snap turning

– Real player with 18.3 hrs in game

Hoenstly, It’s a pretty fantastic game for it’s current development state. Between the easy to use controls, to the real-world crafting, it’s enjoyable where it is. Obviously, with even more items and furniture/craftables, it would be even more enjoyable, but as a baseline for what the game will be later on in development, it’s fantsatic.

Current gameplay-

You may chose to do one of two things in this current game build-

1. Embrace the tutorial and learn about the land you’ll be spawning in -or-

– Real player with 9.6 hrs in game

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Letter Vetter

I’ve never played anything like this before! It has so many different parts to the puzzle and leaves you on your own more than I expected which I think is actually really satisfying and engaging to work through. Being both stimulating and calming I feel I can play it any time of the day and similarly it would appeal to all ages. It’s handmade artwork and graphics makes the fantasy land of Pipshire come alive. Finally, it has all the thrill and immersion of a whodunnit combined with the calm that life can lack - I would definitely recommend this game.

– Real player with 10.4 hrs in game

A really enjoyable game. Nice relaxing atmosphere. Can be played at your own pace, alone or with friends. Could easily be made into a tabletop/dinner party game. You can see my more in depth review here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uImL-d6eKH8

– Real player with 10.0 hrs in game

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PLAYNE : The Meditation Game

There is great irony to be had with this game, but first let me tell you of some of the positive things you can do. I can only speak to the non VR aspects, so if you have a fancy magic goggle machine I can’t help you with that but I will ooh and ahh appropriately. This “game” will help you to meditate and build habits through repetition so that it becomes an actual part of your life if you choose it to be. You can customize aspects of it, like reducing clutter/instructions while meditating - as, for some people, seeing words/visuals on the screen is going to make thoughts form which is counter to your goal. The more you meditate the more you progress in the game (unlocking environmental features which can be switched off or on after unlocking, as well as new game modes). Basically, in a nutshell, this game has real life usefulness and it’s pretty chill…

– Real player with 700.5 hrs in game

I’ve meditated, but I never RTFM.. even on Day 1 in Playne I continued the pattern of bringing the struggle into the solace. ADHD. 10 of 10 Tinnitus. Extreme anxiety as an effect of the tandem devils. I learned that my Tinnitus therapy noises were in fact me meditating all this time, but when I tried to ‘meditate’ in title I was pushing it all wrong. The very focus for another purpose was in fact meditation. This is how I know already on Day 2 where I stand and where this is going: This is Skinner Box conditioning psychology that unlike F2P/P2W games is built for the power of good. At last, someone took all this psychology and used it right.

– Real player with 95.3 hrs in game

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The Painted Forest

You wash ashore as a castaway to come upon the painted forest, a fossil forest in a distant world. Your journey into this forgotten land leads to learning the secrets of a lost civilization that dedicated its worship and temples to nature. An ancient whisper breathes trough the petrified leaves, follow the song of the trees, and the traces of their dwellers, the forest will unveil its past life to you.

The Painted Forest is a short story of waking up in an uncharted extinct world that you experience in a minimalistic “walking simulator” fashion. Lose yourself in the detailed and immersive open forest environment with various paths and hidden places to find, marked by cairns and rock paintings. Visit the ruins of temples carved in cliffs and caves and immerse in the mythology of their creators, witnesses of an age when natural life thrived on this now barren land.

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Hazy

In the vast region of Tiba, a dense and very old forest shelters the city of Tecnopia, home of a technology created to coexist in symbiosis with nature, and of people that are not unanimous when it comes to preserving this coexistence. Amid the growing tension, Ventree, a powerful corporation with global prestige, entered the region to explore the Ancestral Energy, a long forgotten natural resource, and retrieve a device that vanished from their head office at any cost. Meanwhile, a young Tori kept on with the common life he always had – until finding this device, having it accidentally integrated into his body and becoming the target of a conflict much greater than he could imagine.

• Adventure in 2D: venture off the region of Tiba while exploring sceneries, dodging dangerous obstacles and jumping from one platform to another in a stylish pixel art aesthetic.

• 21 unique levels: each with their own atmosphere, obstacles and secrets.

  4 special abilities: unfold the potential of your powers by finding the sources of ancestral energy.

• **4 special abilities:**unfold the potential of your powers by finding the sources of ancestral energy.

• Great final challenges: at the end of each area, challenges beyond your conventional bosses. Expect the unexpectable!

• More mechanics, less controls: enjoy a fun experience at the touch of few keys.

• Dynamic soundtrack: keep up with the evolution of your journey through the immersive music that evolves with you.

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