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War Robots VR: The Skirmish
War Robots VR: The Skirmish is a short, but highly immersive teaser-shooter for Oculus Rift and HTC Vive set in the universe of the War Robots franchise.
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 2026-10-16.
“I gave a negative review for Archangel some days ago, despite being an highly spectacular VR game (with a serious budget behind) the gameplay was basic and flat, with small enemies, no robot-vs-robot fighting and almost zero freedom. Very curious than War Robots VR: The…”
— a player, Steam review · 1 hrs played“Bloody hell that is one hell of a demo. Pity it isn't offered as a full game on PC, not sure why they'd make a PC demo for an IOS/Android game. Hopefully they bring it over as this is one of the best VR exclusives I've seen so far. If only Archangel were half as good as this.”
— a player, Steam review · 0 hrs played“It's a fun little tech demo, but that's all it's ever going to be. Their kickstarter failed and they care more about pushing their microtrasaction-laden smartphone game instead of expanding on this.”
— a player, Steam review · 0 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. History through 2024-11 via SteamCharts; self-collected from the Steam API since Aug 2026.
Price tracking
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Latest official news
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War Robots VR — Kickstarter campaign is live!
In 2017, we decided to try our hand at something new and give our players a chance to experience what it's like to actually sit in the cockpit of a giant robot (the size of a tall building!). We’ve re
War Robots VR — Kickstarter campaign is live!
In 2017, we decided to try our hand at something new and give our players a chance to experience what it's like to actually sit in the cockpit of a giant robot (the size of a tall building!). We’ve re
War Robots VR — Kickstarter for the full game, coming soon
Everyone! We keep reading your feedback on War Robots: The Skirmish — and honestly we’re floored. None of us expected the response to be that astounding. After such reception and so many “full game wh
War Robots VR — Kickstarter for the full game, coming soon
Everyone! We keep reading your feedback on War Robots: The Skirmish — and honestly we’re floored. None of us expected the response to be that astounding. After such reception and so many “full game wh
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-12.
| Genres | Action, Simulation, Free To Play |
| Player tags | Free to Play · Action · Robots · VR · Simulation · Mechs · Military · Post-apocalyptic · Cyberpunk · FPS · Controller · Shooter (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Full controller support · Tracked Controller Support · VR Only · VR Support |
| Languages | English * * |
| Controller | Full support |
| Official site | https://warrobots.net |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS *: Windows 7 64bit Processor: Intel Core i5 - 4590 or equivalent Memory: 6 GB RAM Graphics: NVIDIA GTX 970 or equivalent DirectX: Version 11 Storage: 3 GB available space VR Support: SteamVR Additional Notes: HTC Vive, Oculus Rift or WMR VR headset is required.