It occurs to me after having played this game for over 1300 hours, I should probably write a review of this.

At its core, VRChat is a social game. You log into the game, load up a world with other players. But thanks to the tools available in the VRChat SDKs for Unity, it's one of the most versatile games I've seen to date. There are homes to relax in, night club worlds for DJ sets, game map recreations, recreations of real world locations, museums for all sorts of things, arcade maps with fully functional arcade machines inside VRChat, tower defense worlds, laser tag worlds, rhythm music game worlds, multiplayer shooter worlds, driving simulators, party games, game show worlds, theater worlds for watching videos with friends, worlds dedicated to immersive story telling, and so much more. All of these can be experienced with your friends. Some of these worlds can get very, very complex thanks to the Udon, VRChat's in-house coding engine. And that's not even getting into all the stuff you can do with avatar creation. And you can experience all of this without ever once having to spend a dime.

Fair warning, you will want to get a VR headset and full-body tracking to get the most out of it. That being said, you can still absolutely play the game in desktop mode. Recent updates also provided an option for people without mics to use text chat via keyboard.

This is, without question, one of my favorite gaming experiences in the past few years.

It occurs to me after having played this game for over 1300 hours, I should probably write a review of this. At its core, VRChat is a social game. You log into the game, load up a world with other players. But thanks to the tools available in the VRChat SDKs for Unity, it's one of the most versatile games I've seen to date. There are homes to relax in, night club worlds for DJ sets, game map recreations, recreations of real world locations, museums for all sorts of things, arcade maps with fully functional arcade machines inside VRChat, tower defense worlds, laser tag worlds, rhythm music game worlds, multiplayer shooter worlds, driving simulators, party games, game show worlds, theater worlds for watching videos with friends, worlds dedicated to immersive story telling, and so much more. All of these can be experienced with your friends. Some of these worlds can get very, very complex thanks to the Udon, VRChat's in-house coding engine. And that's not even getting into all the stuff you can do with avatar creation. And you can experience all of this without ever once having to spend a dime. Fair warning, you will want to get a VR headset and full-body tracking to get the most out of it. That being said, you can still absolutely play the game in desktop mode. Recent updates also provided an option for people without mics to use text chat via keyboard. This is, without question, one of my favorite gaming experiences in the past few years.