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- Released: 2024
- Developer: AEXLAB
- Price: Free to play
- 75% of 2,754 reviews
- Genres: Action, Strategy, Free To Play, Casual
- Platforms: Windows
Players highlight
- Active developer community
- Casual extraction mode
- Satisfying gun mechanics
- Challenging
- Dark
- Competitive multiplayer
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About VAIL
The closest matches to VAIL: Contractors, Forefront, Hyper Dash, Zero Caliber VR, and Pavlov. Ranked by imho.run from Steam co-play data, shared tags and reviews.
If VAIL is your kind of game, the closest matches are Contractors, Forefront and Hyper Dash — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers describe it as challenging and dark, and single out its competitive multiplayer and gunplay. Each pick is ranked by what players of this game also play, shared genres and tags, and review-mined similarity — not a generic popularity list.
VAIL is a free-to-play competitive multiplayer VR shooter released in 2024 by AEXLAB. The game emphasizes competitive-multiplayer combat with gun-play mechanics and procedural-generation across various modes. Players describe it as challenging and dark in tone, and reviewers highlight satisfying-gun-mechanics and a casual-extraction-mode. The game features social-interactions and offers massive content with hard difficulty. VAIL supports online-coop play in a sit_down session format. The game is not supported on Steam Deck. According to Steam reviews, it holds a 75% positive rating from 2754 reviews. The developers maintain an active-developer-community presence.
About VAIL: Download VAIL and experience the #1, highest-rated VR shooter, with precision-crafted gunplay, stunning visuals, unparalleled combat, and a constantly expanding world of modes, maps, and community
Is VAIL worth buying?
Mostly recommended
A summary of what players say, not a promise you'll like it. Every signal is listed below.
- 75% of 2,754 Steam reviews are positive.
- Last 30 days: 76% positive across 62 new reviews, in line with its all-time score.
- Free to play.
- People who recommend it had played a median of 17 h when they wrote their review.
- Critics had played a median of 14 h before their negative review.
- Not supported on Steam Deck.
What fans praise · Themes mined from positive reviews
- Active developer community
- Casual extraction mode
- Satisfying gun mechanics
Top critical reviews
The most up-voted negative English reviews in our sample, quoted as written.
“I really loved this game because it was THE PCVR shooter for me. I really appreciated the finger tracking and gun feel, and the visuals felt worth the money compared to other shooters that are Quest visual focused. And then they brought…”
“This game is really fun due to having the best of the best gunplay and exciting game modes. Unfortunately, they've been chasing the F2P and extraction shooter trend, so it is quickly losing its roots. It is filled with toxic children who…”
People who play it also play: Contractors, Forefront, Hyper Dash
Frequently asked about VAIL
Can I run it?
Does VAIL work on Steam Deck?
VAIL is currently rated Unsupported on Steam Deck. It may not launch or may have significant issues that block normal play.
Is VAIL free to play?
Yes — VAIL is a free-to-play title on Steam. You can install and play it without buying anything, though some games include optional in-app purchases.
Does VAIL have multiplayer or co-op?
Yes — VAIL supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Cross-Platform Multiplayer, Online PvP).
What games are most similar to VAIL?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside VAIL are Contractors, Forefront, Hyper Dash.
Who developed VAIL?
VAIL was developed by AEXLAB.