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Take the role of a VR infantry fighter, coordinating squads in tactical PvP battles and solo or four-player co-op missions.
Released 25 Mar 2025
Protect the VIP
Survive Enemy Waves
Trade Guns Mid-Mission
Onward is the most immersive tactical VR shooter. Join your squad for a wide variety of competitive PvP, co-op PvE, and solo game modes, including intense multiplayer battles or 4-player co-op missions. Realistic weaponry and combat mechanics will push your survival and combat skills to their limit
Developed by Downpour Interactive · Published by Downpour Interactive
Onward is a first-person VR infantry shooter where you take part in military-style combat as a lone fighter or squad member. Its modes include competitive player-versus-player battles, co-op missions, and solo play.
Fight across a range of maps and objectives, including firefights, wave-based encounters, and missions to protect a VIP. Co-op missions support up to four players.
Choose a class and outfit your fighter with weapons and equipment such as attachments, body armor, and drones. Combat involves handling weapons directly and coordinating with teammates to complete objectives.
Players who enjoy Onward often praise its hands-on weapon handling, tactical feel, and co-op play with friends, along with its selection of weapons and modes. Many supplied reviews also describe serious drawbacks, particularly reports of PCVR launch failures, limited ongoing development, problems with enemy AI, and disruptive public lobbies; opinions on the game’s quality and current playability vary.
Join your squad for a wide variety of competitive PvP, co-op PvE, and solo game modes, including intense multiplayer battles or 4-player co-op missions. Realistic weaponry and combat mechanics will push your survival and combat skills to their limit as you engage in gritty infantry combat across a large variety of maps and combat situations, with platform cross-play fully supported. The only way is Onward.
Onward is the hardcore multiplayer VR game you’ve been looking for. To succeed on the battlefield, you must communicate, coordinate, and strike with your squad. Defeat may be swift, but victory is sweet. Challenge yourself and your friends with the most realistic infantry combat game.
| Platforms | Windows |
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| Players | 1–8 |
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| Multiplayer | Onward supports solo, co-op PvE, and competitive online PvP. The store text explicitly states 4-player co-op missions and online PvP/online co-op, with cross-platform multiplayer fully supported. Reviews repeatedly describe small-team matches, most commonly 4v4 and sometimes 5v5, but the provided official text does not state a PvP player cap. |
| Multiplayer & mods | Reviews mention community-made maps and a large custom map pool. No provided source states that mods change player counts or core multiplayer support. |
| Controller required | No |
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| Website | Official website |
