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Pavlov
Pavlov is a multiplayer shooter in VR with heavy focus on community features. Realistic reloading features and fast paced combat as part of the core experience. Play the #1 most popular VR shooter on PC today.
View on Steam ↗ $24.99 (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.
What reviewers agree on
68 of the 99 reviews raise this.
“Game is dead. It's now filled with whiny children, try hards and cheaters. Used to be fun when you could play with people your own age on cool maps. And Vankrupt has now gone the way of every slowly dying studio and has…”
“its a fun game not many players (on PC), but its a very fun game has plenty of modding capability most negative attention is from people who were nostalgic about the mods that steam workshop had (old mod host area)…”
“Man, this game was my favorite VR game to play. It was one of my first VR experiences ever. I remember playing a lot of TTT (My favorite map for it was Dundermifflin remastered), and I had good memories of the custom…”
10 of the 99 reviews raise this.
“Started off as fun, the mechanics are relatively smooth for an online VR game and the players I encountered were fun to play with. Unfortunately once I passed the 2 hour refund window, I encountered the EXTREME sweats,…”
“Amazing game, I primarily played this game on Meta Quest. The gunplay is good for the game it aims to be, this game aims to be an arcade shooter wtih mods. If you are looking for a realism-based milsim with a playerbase…”
“I can only speak for the Push game mode and the community there but if you have any interest in the game you will have a good time. The group that's formed around Push is full of great people and talented modders who…”
7 of the 99 reviews raise this.
“Multiplayer lobbies like TDM, Gun Game, TTT and more are great but using the mods section to get Kino Der Toten and mow down some Nazi Zombies cod style is even better for VR.”
“This game is pretty fun playing with friends in a modded zombies like cod zombies, if you can get this game on discount its pretty fun and spooky if you get rushed :0”
“fun wuth friends Id imagine, but public lobies are too chaotic for my taste”
4 of the 99 reviews raise this.
“This is probably the best i'm gonna get with a WW2 vr shooter. Sucks that there's barely anyone playing, but when there are, it's some of the most fun you can have. PS: The graphics are honestly really good. Explosions…”
“Works perfectly, and looks twice as good as Contractors showdown. Just wish they had some funnier game modes.”
4 of the 99 reviews raise this.
“This game is unbelievably fun. The guns are very crisp and excellent to work with. Each gun has its own particular way of reloading as well as learnable recoil pattern very similar to Counter Strike. In fact, this game…”
“csgo vr pretty much, a lot of community made maps (and there's also a napoleonic wars mod where you play with muskets and you have to reload them like you would irl so that's very cool)”
23 of the 99 reviews raise this · 19 of them still recommend the game.
“Game is dead. It's now filled with whiny children, try hards and cheaters. Used to be fun when you could play with people your own age on cool maps. And Vankrupt has now gone the way of every slowly dying studio and has…”
“its a fun game not many players (on PC), but its a very fun game has plenty of modding capability most negative attention is from people who were nostalgic about the mods that steam workshop had (old mod host area)…”
11 of the 99 reviews raise this · 5 of them still recommend the game.
“Pavlov VR is not the same as it once was. I miss when the game was still in its somewhat early stages, before the UI update, removal of Steam Workshop and especially before the upgrade to UE5. Now its a complete…”
“Fun game but do NOT download VIVE to use it. Vive will linger on your system and keep crashing it. I uninstalled it years ago and it keeps freezing my computer because it randomly wants to open itself on its own! DO NOT…”
“Man, this game was my favorite VR game to play. It was one of my first VR experiences ever. I remember playing a lot of TTT (My favorite map for it was Dundermifflin remastered), and I had good memories of the custom…”
11 of the 99 reviews raise this · 6 of them still recommend the game.
“Pavlov VR is not the same as it once was. I miss when the game was still in its somewhat early stages, before the UI update, removal of Steam Workshop and especially before the upgrade to UE5. Now its a complete…”
“Man, this game was my favorite VR game to play. It was one of my first VR experiences ever. I remember playing a lot of TTT (My favorite map for it was Dundermifflin remastered), and I had good memories of the custom…”
“This's once a good VR shooter, until they DOWNGRADED the game to UE5. The performance is poor. The file size is super bloated (It's larger than the fxxxing Elden Ring!). You devs should stop chasing the UE5 slop trend.…”
8 of the 99 reviews raise this · 6 of them still recommend the game.
“Man, this game was my favorite VR game to play. It was one of my first VR experiences ever. I remember playing a lot of TTT (My favorite map for it was Dundermifflin remastered), and I had good memories of the custom…”
“It's hard to say there's anything necessarily WRONG about Pavlov these days, but VR shooters have simply moved on. (That and the mod support seems a little bit unstable after they swapped to an ingame mod browser…”
“as a proffesional school shooter i declare that im shooting irl better than in ts game so its not such realistic but still not bad just a lil hard to aim in vr”
6 of the 99 reviews raise this · 4 of them still recommend the game.
“It's hard to say there's anything necessarily WRONG about Pavlov these days, but VR shooters have simply moved on. (That and the mod support seems a little bit unstable after they swapped to an ingame mod browser…”
“fun wuth friends Id imagine, but public lobies are too chaotic for my taste”
“I really like the game. I'm a huge fan of Counter Strike and VR, and this is BOTH at the same time. I was worried about the player base, but honestly whenever I tried to play, evening or midday there were some people…”
Counted across 99 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 89.5% positive rating · as of 2026-05-20
“the community can lowkey be corny but lots of people are normal and chill”
— a player, Steam review · 178 hrs played“welcoming community Bought the game did the tutorial played around with some of the guns in the range I go into menu sever ready to fight some people see only a ww2ttd is available I join and 3 minutes in I am against the wall with 5 German solders infront of me they all call me…”
— a player, Steam review · 1 hrs played“Pavlov has massive issues: - The same 10 players that play 24/7. If you join their lobby they will kick you so their friend can join. - Only 1 SND server (due to no players, I wonder why) - No queue. Is the one server full? Better hope you can spam "join" for 10mins to try to…”
— a player, Steam review · 1,983 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-11 12:41 UTC · history 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.
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Latest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
Update 33 (December 2025) - Japan, Stats, Co-op Killhouse
Hey Folks, Update 33 is here! Let's go over what's included in this update. StatsStats are finally here! Track your kills, accuracy, kill/death ratios, Push & SND objectives and more. Put the scrub ac
Update 32 (February 2025) - Plaza Central
Hey Folks! First update of the 2025 calendar year! Running multiple content mods in lobbies will now be better than ever! Here's what's in the update: Content Mods in lobbies https://media0.giphy.com/
Update 31 - Hotfix
Some minor fixes for the last update. Based on feedback from community server owners we have added an option to force mandatory VOIP capture for replays to help with moderation. The server information
Update 31 - Pavlov TV, New Maps, Weapon Cosmetics
Hey Folks! We're bringing 2024 to a close with a December update. This comes with an official Shack map pack, new cosmetics system, and a completely overhauled Pavlov TV. Weapon Cosmetics https://i.gi
Compatibility Issues with Meta PC software update v68
Update: Meta has since resolved the issue, please make sure you're on the most up to date version of the Meta software. Recently Meta pushed an update for their PC client that has broken compatibility
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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.
| Genres | Action, Indie |
| Player tags | VR · Shooter · Action · Multiplayer · FPS · Military · Zombies · First-Person · Gore · Singleplayer · Funny · Co-op (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Multi-player · PvP · Online PvP · Co-op · Online Co-op · Tracked Controller Support · VR Only |
| Languages | English * * |
| Estimated owners | 1,000,000 – 2,000,000 (SteamSpy) |
| Official site | http://vankrupt.com/ |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS: Windows 10 64 bit Processor: Quad Core 3 Ghz+ Memory: 8 GB RAM Graphics: GTX 1070 Network: Broadband Internet connection Storage: 60 GB available space VR Support: SteamVR or Oculus PC. Standing or Room Scale Additional Notes: This game uses Easy Anti-cheat