Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice VR Edition similar games & best alternatives

Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice VR Edition

SteamVR, Oculus Rift • 2018

Should you play it?

The VR Edition of the critically acclaimed BAFTA award-winning Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice. From the makers of Heavenly Sword, Enslaved: Odyssey to the West, and DmC: Devil May Cry, comes a warrior’s brutal journey into myth and madness.

What works

  • Immersive vr implementation
  • Emotional and compelling story
  • Excellent sound design and binaural audio
  • High-quality graphics and atmosphere
  • Free vr upgrade with base game

Things to keep in mind

  • Some motion sickness reported
  • Third-person vr camera can cause discomfort
  • Cutscenes use fixed screen which breaks immersion
  • Limited combat depth
  • No motion controller support

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Banishers: Ghosts of New Eden

  • God of War

  • South of Midnight

  • Days Gone

  • FINAL FANTASY XVI

  • Clash: Artifacts of Chaos

Less intimate

Games that feels like Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice VR Edition but with less focus on close relationships

  • Total Chaos

  • Shadow of the Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition

  • Black Myth: Wukong

  • Castlevania: Lords of Shadow – Ultimate Edition

  • Tainted Grail: The Fall of Avalon

  • The First Berserker: Khazan

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How to read the map This is a polar difference map: direction = which motivation differs, and distance = how much (same units as the sidebar deltas).

Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice VR Edition: Less representative of its motivational profile, with noticeable differences. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Expression, Fellowship, Cooperation, Leadership. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Intimacy, Continuation, Story.

Last update: 03/08/2026