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POPULATION: ONE
Fight anywhere in this squad-based VR Battle Royale
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.
“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“just the best unrealistic shotter on any platform !!!”
— a player, Steam review · 1,475 hrs played“I lowkey hate this game for no particular reason”
— a player, Steam review · 13 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-11 12:52 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.
Latest official news
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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
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
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
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
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
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-20.
| Genres | Action |
| Player tags | Action · Battle Royale · VR · Shooter · FPS · Colorful · First-Person · PvP · Multiplayer · Combat · Realistic · Flight (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Multi-player · PvP · Online PvP · Cross-Platform Multiplayer · Tracked Controller Support · VR Only · In-App Purchases |
| Languages | English * * |
| Estimated owners | 500,000 – 1,000,000 (SteamSpy) |
| Official site | http://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