Whack Wild! Brings Two-Glove Whack-a-Mole Arcade Action to Meta Quest With a Free Demo

Indie arcade game Whack Wild! has launched on Meta Quest with two-glove mole-punching boards across five worlds. Players can try the first three Woodland stages free, while a $9.99 full unlock adds 25 levels, two Endless modes, Weekly Challenge, and Practice.

By LongZ

November 12, 2026 · 2 min read · Source: Meta Horizon Store

Whack Wild! Brings Two-Glove Whack-a-Mole Arcade Action to Meta Quest With a Free Demo

Independent Canadian studio 1001397494 Ontario Corporation (operating as the Whack Wild! Team) has launched Whack Wild! on the Meta Horizon Store, bringing a fast-paced, two-glove spin on classic whack-a-mole arcade cabinets to Meta Quest 3, Meta Quest 3S, Meta Quest Pro, and Meta Quest 2.

Released on November 10, 2026, the single-player VR arcade title puts a pair of oversized red boxing gloves on your tracked motion controllers and places curved mole boards within arm's reach. Instead of keeping players in front of a fixed tabletop grid, boards expand from 12-hole starter frames up to 32-hole walls, shift shape mid-session, and break apart into floating tunnels to keep both hands moving.

Two red boxing gloves poised in front of a wooden 12-hole mole board in Whack Wild!'s Woodland world — The opening Woodland world lets Quest players try three levels free before deciding on the full unlock. Image: 1001397494 Ontario Corporation

Five themed worlds and score-chasing Endless modes

Across its full World Tour campaign, Whack Wild! spans 25 stages set in five stylized virtual environments: Woodland, Ice Caves, Pirate Cove, Space, and Candy World. Each world introduces themed target designs—ranging from bespectacled forest moles and bandana-wearing pirate moles to ice-encased armored targets, taunting alien moles, and cupcake-frosted moles.

For replayable score chasing, the studio highlights two distinct Endless modes alongside a leaderboard-driven Weekly Challenge and a dedicated Practice mode:

Classic Endless: Combines escalating board speed and shifting layouts with upgradable special abilities and glove power-ups bought using coins earned during play.
Reflex Endless (No Specials): Strips away active power-ups for pure hand-speed and accuracy runs.
Weekly Challenge & Cosmetics: Tracks online Meta leaderboard placements and cumulative weekly points while letting players spend in-game coins on cosmetic glove and shop items.

Neon-lit Space mole board with purple alien moles and red helmeted targets in Whack Wild! — Later worlds like Space and Ice Caves introduce armored and helmeted mole types across changing layouts. Image: 1001397494 Ontario Corporation

Free starter levels and $9.99 full unlock

Whack Wild! uses a try-before-you-buy structure on Quest: downloading the game from the Meta Horizon Store gives free access to the first three Woodland stages, while an optional one-time $9.99 USD in-app purchase unlocks all 25 campaign stages, both Endless modes, Weekly Challenge, and Practice. A 26-second gameplay trailer is also available on the game's promo page.

Supporting seated and standing play with tracked controllers and rated for ages 13 and up, the Quest build carries an unusually compact 7.89 MB download size, storing local coins and upgrade progress directly on the headset while syncing leaderboard runs online.