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Vacation Simulator review: VR's friendliest playground, if a short one

Item: Vacation Simulator
Rating: 8

An AI-written assessment of Vacation Simulator from official game details and published reviews: seamless object interactions, excellent comfort, charming humor and full hand-tracking support on Quest, but a short campaign of a few hours, shallow activities, repetitive tasks and gentle jokes.

Vacation Simulatorऐप का विवरण 8.0उत्कृष्टनिष्कर्ष

द्वारा vrBlogs

प्रकाशित 30 अक्टूबर 2026 · पढ़ने में 3 मिनट

निष्कर्ष

Vacation Simulator is a polished, charming and very comfortable showcase of hands-on VR, and one of the easiest games to give a first-time player. It is short and many of its activities are only a taste, so experienced players will finish it quickly.

स्कोर का विवरण

आराम9.5

गेमप्ले8.0

ग्राफ़िक्स7.5

कंटेंट लाइब्रेरी6.5

मूल्य8.0

खूबियाँ

Seamless, natural object interactions
Excellent comfort with teleport and scaling
Warm humor and charm
Full hand tracking on Quest
Free Back to Job update

कमज़ोर पक्ष

Short, around 3.5 hours to finish
Activities are shallow
Repetitive tasks later on
Humor is more corny than funny
Dated avatar presentation

This review is an AI-written assessment. It is based on official game details and on what published reviews broadly agree on, not on hands-on play.

What it is

Vacation Simulator is Owlchemy Labs' sequel to Job Simulator. You visit Vacation Island, where robots have built a theme park version of human leisure. There are three destinations: Beach, Forest and Mountain. You swim, build sandcastles, take photos, ski, paint, cook and complete small requests from robot guests. The game is played through physical interaction with objects, with teleport movement, a backpack for storing items and a world you can resize to suit your height.

It launched on PC VR for Rift and Vive, including SteamVR, on April 9, 2019, on PlayStation VR on June 18, 2019 at $30, and later on Quest. A free "Back to Job" update arrived in September 2020 and adds gig-economy jobs at a poolside cantina. In May 2024 it came to Apple Vision Pro at $30, and MIXED reported that Quest hand tracking moved out of experimental status, so the whole game can be played without controllers. The Meta Horizon Store listing showed $19.99 and a 4.5-star user rating when checked, and mentions an update adding real-time shadows on Quest 3. MIXED reported it has sold more than a million copies.

Strengths

Natural interactions. UploadVR found the interactions "seamless and natural" and argued that all of VR should be this accessible. Road to VR praised smart object handling and the backpack inventory.
Freedom to play. Road to VR (8.8/10) liked how its "wide swath of activities" comes with only a few requirements, so players set their own pace.
Comfort. Road to VR scored comfort 9.5, citing excellent teleport movement and a world you can scale to any height.
Charm. Both outlets highlighted Owlchemy's warm humor and well-built physics toys, such as volleyball and rock climbing.
Broad access. It runs on most major headsets, supports full hand tracking on Quest and is rated for ages 3 and up on the Meta store.

Weaknesses

Short. Road to VR finished it in about 3.5 hours, though it found reasons to replay. Back to Job adds more.
Shallow activities. UploadVR felt many ideas were underdeveloped, so "you'll only get a taste" of each.
Repetition. UploadVR found later stretches dominated by mundane tasks, and the cooking felt familiar from Job Simulator.
Humor is gentle. Road to VR found the jokes more "corny" than laugh-out-loud.
Dated presentation. Road to VR noted the floating-head-and-hands avatar can reduce immersion.

Who it suits

Vacation Simulator is one of the best first games for new VR users, families and children, and players who want a relaxed experience without combat or motion sickness. Its teleport movement, seated-friendly scaling and controller-free option make it easy to hand to someone who has never worn a headset. Experienced players looking for depth or challenge will see most of it in an afternoon or two.

How it compares

Compared with Job Simulator, it is larger and more connected, with a light story and objectives across three areas instead of a set of separate job stations. UploadVR felt it did not move the formula forward much, while Road to VR felt the added structure and freedom made it the better game. I Expect You To Die offers a similarly hands-on, comfortable design but with puzzles and tension in place of relaxation.

Reviews agree that it is a polished, charming and very comfortable showcase of hand-based VR interaction. The main reservations are its short length and how thinly some of its activities are developed.