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POPULATION: ONE

POPULATION: ONE

Fight anywhere in this squad-based VR Battle Royale

Released Oct 22, 2020 Developer BigBox VR, Inc. Platforms Windows ActionBattle RoyaleVRShooterFPS
View on Steam ↗ Free (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.

82.8%positive2,501 reviews
Recommended · 1 found this helpful

“good game exept for that its hevely unoptimized and runs like garbeg on both pcvr and quest i haw alot of frends that haw broblems like the players hit box not being in the same plays as the character and it stuturing on even some high end pcs like a 5070 ti and 5060 ti and some…”

— a player, Steam review · 839 hrs played
Recommended · 0 found this helpful

“just the best unrealistic shotter on any platform !!!”

— a player, Steam review · 1,475 hrs played
Not recommended · 0 found this helpful

“I lowkey hate this game for no particular reason”

— a player, Steam review · 13 hrs played
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Player activity

Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-11 12:52 UTC · history via SteamCharts.

5playing at last check
2324-hour peak
442all-time peak
0 100 200 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 151 avg · Nov 2020

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.

Freecurrent · sampled 2026-07-26 08:39 UTC
Freelowest since tracking began2026-07-11

Latest official news

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

Dec 19, 2025
Update On POPULATION: ONE PCVR

To safeguard our community from unfair play, starting today, new purchases of POPULATION: ONE on Steam and Meta PCVR will be paused. Existing PCVR players remain unaffected and can keep playing, unins

Jul 02, 2025
July 2nd, 2025 Change List

July 2, 2025 Change List General GameplaySummer Time Event: Water WarfareLive 7/03-7/10Get out your water guns and get ready for some wild rewards in our Summer time event.Experience an old mode with

Mar 04, 2025
March 4, 2025 Change List

General Gameplay Temporary Game Mode Schedule (March only) starting March 4 @ 11am PST: * 18 Player Phoenix Squads as the first slot and default * 24 Player Evolving Squads available Monday to Friday

Feb 03, 2025
February 3rd, 2025 Change List

General Gameplay Evolving Map has been switched back to the Standard Variant with Ironworks integrated into the UGC/Sandbox location. Sandbox/UGC Gameplay Updated Featured Playlist with new maps. Stro

Dec 10, 2024
December 10th, 2024 Change List

General Gameplay Evolving Map has been switched to the Winter Variant with Winter Wonderland by morecowbell520 integrated into the UGC/Sandbox location Haptics Intensity Slider Custom Room Gameplay Al

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Screenshots

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Facts & details

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

GenresAction
Player tagsAction · Battle Royale · VR · Shooter · FPS · Colorful · First-Person · PvP · Multiplayer · Combat · Realistic · Flight (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Multi-player · PvP · Online PvP · Cross-Platform Multiplayer · Tracked Controller Support · VR Only · In-App Purchases
LanguagesEnglish * *
Estimated owners500,000 – 1,000,000 (SteamSpy)
Official sitehttp://www.PopulationONEVR.com
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS: Windows 10 Processor: Intel i5-4590 or AMD Ryzen 5 1500X or greater Memory: 8 GB RAM Graphics: NVIDIA GTX 970 or AMD Radeon R9 290 or greater DirectX: Version 9.0 Network: Broadband Internet connection Storage: 8 GB available space VR Support: SteamVR or Oculus PC