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Join our growing community as you explore, play, and help craft the future of social VR. Create worlds and custom avatars. Welcome to VRChat.

In short, Steam reviewers most often praise “fun worlds, avatars, and activities” (40 of 103 reviews) and “fun socializing with friends” (17); the most common complaint is “toxic, predatory public users” (46). What reviewers agree on ↓

Released Feb 1, 2017 Developer VRChat Inc. Platforms Windows VRFree to PlayMultiplayerAnimeMemes
View on Steam ↗ Free (US · as of 2026-08-12)

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 2026-05-09.

75.2%positive269,193 reviews

What reviewers agree on

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Bar length = how many of the 103 reviews raise the point On criticised points, the pale part = reviewers who still recommend the game Select a point to see the exact counts and what reviewers wrote.

Counted across 103 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 75.2% positive rating · as of 2026-05-09

Recommended · 37 found this helpful

“10/10 would get emotionally damaged again. VRChat isn't a game. It's a digital purgatory where the damned go to touch grass... except the grass is someone else's poorly optimized furry avatar with 47 physics bones and a voice changer set to e-girl on helium. You will witness…”

— a player, Steam review · 50 hrs played
Recommended · 53 found this helpful

“I originally planned to publish a meme review upon reaching the 1000 hours milestone, something like "boobs and alcohol 10/10", you know the type. But the closer I got to actually reaching it the more convinced I became that VRChat deserves a proper review. So here it is in the…”

— a player, Steam review · 838 hrs played
Not recommended · 157 found this helpful

“Whenever I play this game I feel like an astronaut on a planet full of aliens, except instead of actually cool aliens it's just a bunch of gooners, racists, and pedophiles (sometimes all 3 at once).”

— a player, Steam review · 576 hrs played
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Player activity

Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2026-06 via SteamCharts.

74,217all-time peak
0 25k 50k 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 No data collected for this period 46.9k avg · Mar 2026

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 2026-08-12 07:53 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.

Oct 16, 2026
Spookality 2026 is Here!

Ah, I see you’ve arrived. Welcome to Camp Whispering Screams! What’s with the name? Don’t worry about it. It sounds scarier than it is… just don’t go out after dark. It’s Spookality! That means it’s t

Oct 07, 2026
World Spotlight: Convention in the City

can't make it to the conventions this fall? no worries, you can find the vibes here. neon cyberpunk streets, starships flying through the skies, fantasy opera houses, even comic book pages? creators o

Oct 02, 2026
Release 2026.3.3 is now Live!

Release 2026.3.3 is now Live! Introducing Desktop HUD, a keyboard refresh, Unity 6 (DO NOT UPGRADE YOUR SDK YET!), and the addition of a News module so you can all watch the patch notes in VRChat :3 &

Sep 30, 2026
World Spotlight: Just Can't Stop Uploading

some musicians are one-hit wonders, and some craft album after album of amazing work. in this collection of VRChat worlds, we're bringing you an oversized mixtape from creators that have released mult

Sep 24, 2026
Cosmic Princess Kaguya! in VRChat

Cosmic Princess Kaguya! collaboration items. Available now until Oct 25. Put on these adorable items and experience the world of Cosmic Princess Kaguya! in VRChat! ©Colorido Twinengine Partners

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Screenshots

Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.

Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-09.

GenresAdventure, Casual, Massively Multiplayer, Simulation, Sports, Free To Play, Early Access
Player tagsVR · Free to Play · Multiplayer · Anime · Memes · Funny · Massively Multiplayer · First-Person · Open World · Early Access · Simulation · Casual (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesMulti-player · MMO · PvP · Online PvP · Co-op · Online Co-op · Cross-Platform Multiplayer · Full controller support
LanguagesEnglish, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese
ControllerFull support
Official sitehttp://www.vrchat.com
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS: Windows 10/11 Processor: Intel® i5-4590 / AMD FX 8350 equivalent or greater Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce® GTX 970 / AMD Radeon™ R9 290 equivalent or greater DirectX: Version 11 Network: Broadband Internet connection Storage: 1 GB available space VR Support: SteamVR