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Bigscreen Beta
Bigscreen lets you use your PC desktop in VR. Watch movies with friends in a virtual movie theater. Play your favorite PC video games on a huge screen. Hangout in social VR chat rooms. Participate in weekly 3D Movie Nights, VR LAN parties, live rocket launch events, and more!
In short, Steam reviewers most often praise “Watch parties with friends” (18 of 83 reviews) and “Watching and sharing media” (8); the most common complaint is “Crashes, glitches, and missing features” (11). What reviewers agree on ↓
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-27 · quoted reviews as of 2026-05-12.
What reviewers agree on
18 of the 83 reviews raise this.
8 of the 83 reviews raise this.
“works well with 3d sbs movies along with pot player”
6 of the 83 reviews raise this.
5 of the 83 reviews raise this.
“It's free, it works, what more can you ask for? It is a little bit strange and has occasional problems but whenever I feel bored I can download, load up bigscreen and sit in awe as i get distracted by the roomba.”
11 of the 83 reviews raise this · 5 of them still recommend the game.
“It's free, it works, what more can you ask for? It is a little bit strange and has occasional problems but whenever I feel bored I can download, load up bigscreen and sit in awe as i get distracted by the roomba.”
10 of the 83 reviews raise this · 7 of them still recommend the game.
5 of the 83 reviews raise this · 4 of them still recommend the game.
4 of the 83 reviews raise this · 2 of them still recommend the game.
“Unfortunately as of 2026-04 doesn't seem to work on a PC with an Intel Arc B580, Virtual Desktop + SteamVR and an Oculus Quest 2. It's possible to load into a world, but when loading into a world with anyone else into…”
3 of the 83 reviews raise this · 2 of them still recommend the game.
“I would like to hear my voice through the speakers. Like a monitor.”
“Very bad, audio always echoes (after fiddling a lot with audio settings I could only manage to make it play audio for both of us and it was with audio mirroring while using steam link directly to my pc) Help section is…”
Counted across 83 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 84.9% positive rating · as of 2026-05-12
“Pros: This game/app is a very functional user friendly app that allows you to watch movies/streams/gaming etc. with others or by yourself. You can change your environment and is 3D compatible with 3D movies. Cons: Meta is connected to Facebook and once I was banned on Facebook…”
— a player, Steam review · 1 hrs played“A pretty good app that allows users to streams pretty much anythhing. You can also host some party games like Jackbox party pack or What The Dub. The social functionalty are simple enough to allow people to interact without much chaos unlike the more popular VR Chat. It has…”
— a player, Steam review · 79 hrs played“Pretty neat solution if you want to stream movies with friends overseas”
— a player, Steam review · 0 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2026-06 via SteamCharts.
Price tracking
US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-07-11. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.
Latest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
Improving the Room Host Experience with NEW Admin Tools
🛡️We recently launched a new suite of room options for hosts to control what features users have access to in their rooms! To start off, we added the following options into the room settings menu: Mic
New Premium Environments and Interactable Toys
A new update has rolled out which features new premium toys and environments available for purchase in the Bigscreen Shop! This update introduces new features that allow you to spawn toys that can be
Bigscreen Beyond is NOW SHIPPING!
We’ve officially started shipping Beyonds to customers! Shipments go out daily and are currently going to customers in the United States with international shipments beginning in mid to late Q4. Since
The Push to Talk feature comes to PCVR
The latest Bigscreen update adds in support for using push to talk on PCVR headsets. Previously this was only available on standalone Quest headsets. The button to use for push to talk when enabled is
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-12.
| Genres | Action, Free To Play, Simulation |
| Player tags | VR · Free to Play · Software · Open World · Utilities · Split Screen · Multiplayer · 3D · Movie · First-Person · Casual · Choose Your Own Adventure (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Multi-player · PvP · Online PvP · Cross-Platform Multiplayer · Tracked Controller Support · VR Only |
| Languages | English |
| Official site | https://bigscreenvr.com |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS: Windows 10 Processor: Intel i5-4590 Memory: 8 GB RAM Graphics: NVIDIA GTX 970 / AMD 290 equivalent or greater DirectX: Version 11 Storage: 1500 MB available space VR Support: SteamVR or Oculus PC