How do I release a VR-only game?

General Feedback & Requests
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Hello, I heard that the Epic Games publishing tool does not support VR games. I am trying to release a VR game. How can I upload and release the file? And in that case, how should I update the store page?

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Epic Games Publisher Tools are about Epic Games Store, right ? If your game is VR only game, you should put it to Meta Quest Store or maybe Steam. You can eliminate needs of Epic Publishing Tools wih that.

Btw. if it is Standalone VR game, you “have to” use Quest Store. Put VR aside. You can’t even publish mobile games and standalone VR apps are in fact mobile (Android) apps.

Choose relevant store to your project’s concept. Not every store is good for all project types.

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Hey there AssortRock,

Thanks for reaching out!

At this time, the Epic Games Store publishing tools cannot support the following types of products:

  • Non-game products
  • Games with their own launchers
  • Games that download or update builds outside of the Epic Games Store
  • Games requiring multiple processes to be launched from the Epic Games Launcher
  • VR-only games
  • Games with editions or add-ons that have more mature ratings than the base game

While VR-only titles are not currently available, I’ll be happy to pass this along to the appropriate teams. Additionally, the current roadmap is not up to date at this time but there will be updates soon enough.

You’re more than welcome to set your title as “Coming Soon” until this has been implemented so your game can be wishlisted.

If you have any other questions, don’t hesitate to reach back out!

Thanks!

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I’m also developing a VR-only game and would like to eventually release it on EGS.

While developing VR titles in the past (using Unreal 4), Steam VR would automatically start when the game was launched. This happened even when the game wasn’t launched from Steam in development builds so I would assume it’s the same now. For Oculus headsets, I’m pretty sure the game starts in VR if the headset is connected to the PC already.

I’m guessing that the VR-only game restriction is based on the restriction for games requiring multiple processes to be launched. If the user launches the VR software prior to launching the executable, wouldn’t this allow VR-only games to be published on EGS in the interim?

I could be wrong, but I don’t think users will care too much if they have to connect their headset manually prior to launching a VR game.