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Kayak VR: Mirage

Kayak VR: Mirage

Kayak VR: Mirage is a jaw-dropping and exhilarating journey through beautiful locations, made for Virtual Reality. Maneuver our fully physically accurate kayak around checkpoints and crown yourself the fastest, or take it easy and use the free roam mode and enjoy the scenery.

Released Jul 12, 2022 Developer Better Than Life Platforms Windows VRRacingRealisticSimulationImmersive Sim
View on Steam ↗ $22.99 (US · as of 2026-07-26)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.

82.9%positive948 reviews
Recommended · 2 found this helpful

“Alr so, it’s very fun, and very graphically amazing. The water movement is incredible as-well as the scenery. That said, you definitely need a pretty good PC, I had to lower some of the graphics options so I can run it smoother but it’s still absolutely incredible!”

— a player, Steam review · 3 hrs played
Recommended · 3 found this helpful

“I really love this game, I play it a lot. It actually improved my Kayaking skills and since i live "near" Slovenia I will actually go there and see Soca Valley thanks to this game. It would benefit from bHaptics support.”

— a player, Steam review · 14 hrs played
Not recommended · 11 found this helpful

“I finished most of the game pretty quickly, it's a great family game but wayy too expensive for it's value, considering the new maps cost more money, and there seems like no future updates. I was really disappointed it felt like there wasn't much to do in it. there are many…”

— a player, Steam review · 1 hrs played
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Player activity

Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-24 01:14 UTC · history via SteamCharts.

0playing at last check
624-hour peak
126all-time peak
0 25 50 2023 2024 2025 2026 38 avg · Jul 2022

Achievement stats

Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-07-25.

30achievements
2.0%median completion
0.1%rarest: King of King's Canyon
30.9% of players 29.0% of players 21.7% of players 13.4% of players 13.3% of players 12.6% of players 11.9% of players 10.6% of players 8.5% of players 8.1% of players 6.3% of players 4.3% of players 3.7% of players 2.9% of players 2.8% of players 2.0% of players 1.8% of players 1.6% of players 1.5% of players 1.4% of players 1.3% of players 1.0% of players 0.9% of players 0.9% of players 0.6% of players 0.5% of players 0.4% of players 0.3% of players 0.2% of players 0.1% of players 30.9% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
30.9%Welcome to the jungle — Discover the Jungle
29.0%World Class Kayak Academy — Complete all lessons
21.7%Find Willy — Spot an orca
Rarest badges of honor
0.1%King of King's Canyon — Become the King of King's Canyon by getting a gold medal on the Olympic track
0.2%Sea Veteran — Kayak for 100km in total
0.3%Breathtaking — Get a silver medal or better on the Endurance track in Antarctica

Price tracking

US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-07-25. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.

$22.99current · sampled 2026-07-26 08:39 UTC
$16.09lowest since tracking began2026-07-25
US22.99 USD
EU22.99 EUR
UK19.99 GBP
Australia32.99 AUD
Canada29.99 CAD
Japan2,999 JPY
Brazil64.99 BRL
China90.00 CNY

Regional prices at last sample, in local currency — Steam sets each region's price independently.

Brazil≈$13 China Japan Canada US Australia EU UK≈$27

Cheapest → most expensive, converted to USD at ECB reference rates (2026-07-24). Relative comparison only.

Latest official news

Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.

Jun 24, 2025
Yucatán DLC (including whitewater) for Kayak VR is available now!

We’re back with a new environment! This time we’ve taken inspiration from Yucatán in Mexico so you’ll get to kayak through mysterious caves and lush cenotes guided by your head-mounted flashlight . Pa

May 27, 2025
v2.2.2: Prepare for upcoming DLC and minor bugs

We just released a new patch for the game! This one mostly addresses some issues introduced by our multiplayer patch. Users who were missing the beach ball as well as those who were missing the abilit

Sep 18, 2024
v2.2.1: Minor bugs

Fix exposure offset bug in multiplayer Fix haptics bug

Sep 17, 2024
Realtime multiplayer for Kayak VR: Mirage is now live!

Development on it started over a year ago and as it turns out, making a VR game with a character, holding a paddle, in a kayak, all physics based, work in multiplayer is no joke. However we think it's

Jul 02, 2024
v2.0.3: Minor bugs

Kayak VR: Mirage Fixed friends not showing up on leaderboards properly Fixed text-encoding of game, vehicle and location parameters of telemetry output Soča Valley Fix eagle sounds playing too often a

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Screenshots

Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.

Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-20.

GenresAdventure, Casual, Indie, Racing, Simulation, Sports
Player tagsVR · Racing · Realistic · Simulation · Immersive Sim · Nature · Physics · Relaxing · Arcade · Exploration · Score Attack · Casual (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Multi-player · Co-op · Online Co-op · Steam Achievements · Tracked Controller Support · VR Only · Steam Cloud
LanguagesEnglish * , German * , French * , Spanish - Spain * , Japanese * , Korean * , Portuguese - Portugal * , Simplified Chinese * , Italian * *
Achievements30
Estimated owners50,000 – 100,000 (SteamSpy)
Official sitehttps://kayakvr.com/
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: OS: Windows 10 Processor: Ryzen 1600 / Core i5-8600K Memory: 8 GB RAM Graphics: Nvidia GeForce 1070 / AMD 5700 XT DirectX: Version 10 Storage: 18 GB available space VR Support: SteamVR