| Effect in play | What is supported | Planning use |
|---|---|---|
| Real room stays visible | Quest 3 passthrough mode blends the virtual world with your physical surroundings | Treat your room as part of the game board and clear it before you play |
| Your own furniture becomes equipment | Eleven Table Tennis incorporates an actual table tennis table in its mixed reality mode | Worth buying only if you have a real table you can use |
| Hands replace controllers | Banners & Bastions is hand-tracking-only, and its levels typically take a few minutes each | Suits short, low-fuss sessions |
| The room becomes a full roguelike | Mythic Realms covers combat, fishing, hunting and mining on Meta Quest 3 and 3S headsets, listed at $19.99 in the review | Needs the most open space; check the UK store price before buying |
| Tabletop world in the living space | Demeo Battles runs turn-based battles in a tabletop world placed in your living space | Suits players who want strategy more than movement |
Descriptions come from Yahoo Tech’s mixed reality games review and Zyber VR’s Quest 3 roundup; the price is a US figure from the review.
Mixed reality games blend virtual content with the real room around you. On Meta Quest 3, passthrough makes that possible, so check headset support and clear your play space before you buy.
If you want a wider shortlist that includes fully virtual titles, start with our guide to the best vr games.
Choosing a game around your room
The biggest practical effect of mixed reality is that your home stops being a neutral background. In a fully virtual game, the room only matters for safety. In mixed reality, the room is part of what you see, so the games you enjoy will depend on the space you have.
- Open floor suits room-scale games. Mythic Realms turns your room into a life-size roguelike with combat, fishing, hunting and mining, according to Yahoo Tech. A game that treats the whole room as a play area rewards a tidy, open space more than a cramped one.
- A real table suits equipment-based games. Eleven Table Tennis uses your actual table in its mixed reality mode, so the game is tied to something you own, as Zyber VR describes it. Without a suitable table, skip it and pick a game that builds its own arena.
- A sofa and a coffee table suit tabletop games. Demeo Battles places a tabletop world in your living space, so you can play seated and keep movement small.
- A workout arena suits active players. Les Mills Bodycombat turns your room into a training arena through mixed reality, so move furniture out of the way first.
Mixed reality games by headset
Mixed reality support is most clearly documented for Meta Quest headsets, and Demeo reaches further across platforms, with crossplay between VR and PC. Check each store listing for your own headset before buying, because support is decided title by title.
Meta Quest headsets
Mythic Realms is described by Yahoo Tech as feeling excellent in its current configuration for Meta Quest headsets, and as one of the most full-fledged mixed reality games the reviewer had played. It is a roguelike RPG played in your own room, with combat, fishing, hunting and mining.
- Mythic Realms: a roguelike RPG played in your own room, suited to players with space to move.
- Banners & Bastions: a hand-tracking-only game that Yahoo Tech says is far more convenient to play than most VR games.
- Eleven Table Tennis: a sports game that places play on your real table.
- Les Mills Bodycombat: a fitness game where the room becomes the training arena.
- Thrill of the Fight: a boxing game whose mixed reality feature lets you see your environment while you play.
- Demeo Battles: a turn-based tabletop battle game for the living room.
Thrill of the Fight is a useful reminder that mixed reality is not always about adding objects. Sometimes the benefit is simply seeing the room, which helps you judge how much space you have around you.
Demeo across headsets and PC
Demeo is the most flexible title here. Resolution Games made the 2021 RPG dungeon-crawler, which Dicebreaker calls the studio’s most popular release and compares to a proof of concept for bringing tabletop play to a PlayStation VR2 headset. Demeo Battles is its competitive offshoot.
Rock Paper Shotgun reports that Demeo has crossplay with VR, but PC players appear as disembodied goggles. That makes it a practical choice for a mixed group where only some friends own headsets, provided you accept that the PC players see the same game without sharing your sense of presence.
Hand tracking, controllers and session length
Input method changes how easily you can pick up a game. Banners & Bastions needs no controllers, and its levels typically take only a few minutes each, per Yahoo Tech. It is a sensible choice for a quick session, or for anyone who finds charging and finding controllers a barrier to putting a headset on.
Games with longer arcs, such as Mythic Realms, suit planned sessions instead. Choose by how much time and floor space you have on a typical evening rather than by which title sounds most impressive.
How passthrough blends the two worlds
Zyber VR describes mixed reality on Quest 3 as a fusion of the digital and physical worlds, with virtual elements integrated into your real living space. The Quest 3’s passthrough mode is the feature that does this: it lets you blend the virtual world with your physical surroundings, so the real room stays visible around virtual content.
The consequence for play is that every game in this guide works in one of a few ways. It can show your room and add objects, as Demeo Battles does with its tabletop world. It can reuse a real object, as Eleven Table Tennis does with your table. It can turn the room into an arena, as Les Mills Bodycombat and Mythic Realms do. Knowing which approach a game takes tells you what it will demand of your home before you buy it.
Hardware requirements follow from this. A headset needs passthrough to run these games, and the evidence here names Meta Quest 3 and 3S for Mythic Realms, so a headset without passthrough will not show your room at all.
Where mixed reality sits among other VR games
Mixed reality suits games that benefit from a visible room. It is less useful when you want total immersion, and that is where a fully virtual genre shines. If you want scares that replace your surroundings entirely, VR Horror Games: The Ultimate Guide To Spine‑Tingling Experiences In 2026 – Viarama covers that side of headset play.
Seated, hardware-heavy hobbies are a different category again. If your interest is driving, The Best Sim Racing Seat Guide 2026: Find Comfort, Control, And Value – Viarama explains what a dedicated seat adds, which a passthrough living room cannot replace.
Looking ahead, Dicebreaker reports that Wizards of the Coast has licensed Dungeons & Dragons to Resolution Games for a VR title. Demeo fans may want to watch for it, though it is only announced as slated for a future release.
Frequently asked questions
Can I play Demeo without a headset?
Yes. Rock Paper Shotgun reports that Demeo is getting a standalone PC version that needs no headset, and it can be played with VR players through crossplay.
Do I need controllers for every mixed reality game?
No. Banners & Bastions on Meta Quest is hand-tracking-only, so it needs no controllers.
When does the Dungeons & Dragons VR game come out?
No release date has been stated. Dicebreaker reports only that it is slated for a future release from Resolution Games.
