What is the best game similar to VR Sailing?

The closest game to VR Sailing is Jet Island, scoring 76/100 on our similarity scale. They share 9 gameplay attributes, including adventure storytelling, deep simulation and sports simulation. It's the most faithful alternative currently available.

What are the top games like VR Sailing?

The three closest games to VR Sailing are: 1. Jet Island (76/100, 9 shared attributes) 2. Need for Speed™ Payback (82/100, 11 shared attributes) 3. Need for Speed: Rivals (74/100, 10 shared attributes). All share VR Sailing's most important gameplay attributes, ranked out of 50 candidates across 12 dimensions.

Is Need for Speed™ Payback similar to VR Sailing?

Yes, very much so — Need for Speed™ Payback scores 82/100 similarity to VR Sailing. They share 11 attributes, including racing gameplay and sports simulation. It's one of the most direct alternatives available.

What Simulation games are similar to VR Sailing?

The best Simulation games similar to VR Sailing are Jet Island, Need for Speed™ Payback, Trailmakers and Need for Speed™. All share the Simulation genre alongside other key VR Sailing attributes like adventure storytelling, deep simulation and sports simulation.

How is similarity to VR Sailing calculated?

We compare VR Sailing against every game in our catalog using 12 gameplay attributes: genre, atmosphere, world structure, play modes, combat style, and more. Each category is weighted differently — genre matters more than visual style, for instance. The result is a 0-100 score reflecting how closely a game replicates the VR Sailing experience, not just whether it shares the same genre label.

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Ranking compiled by Lluis Enric Mayans, Founder & Head of ContentUpdated May 19, 2026How this is calculatedOrdered by an attribute-similarity model, not editorial opinion.

VR Sailing is hard to replace: few games combine deep simulation, vibe casual and open world exploration in quite the same way. We compared VR Sailing against over 6,700 titles across 12 gameplay attributes and found 50 genuine alternatives — not generic genre suggestions. Jet Island, Need for Speed™ Payback and Need for Speed: Rivals lead the list, with Jet Island reaching a 76/100 similarity score. Every game here is ranked by how closely it replicates what makes VR Sailing special.

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Top games similar to VR Sailing

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Handpicked by our similarity algorithm, these are the titles with the highest gameplay match to VR Sailing. Each one has been evaluated across 12 real attributes — from combat style and progression mechanics to world structure and visual perspective — so every recommendation is based on how the game actually plays, not just its genre label.

#1Jet IslandClosest on genre

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GenreActionSubgenreOpen World Action

SoloMultiplayerMeleeCasualOpen World

Steam👍 96%· 1.7K

Dev Master IndiePlaytime ~2hOn PC

✓ Fits the open-world action games cluster, with adventure storytelling, deep simulation and sports simulation

≠ Where it differs: brings co op and exploration and discovery, while skipping strong narrative focus

Jet Island is a giant land mass, floating in space. Nearly 16 km across, stone structures and ruins are scattered across this ancient land. Scientists are baffled as to why a long forgotten alien race created this place. However, for those who have made the journey to this world, one thing is clear.

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#2Need for Speed™ PaybackClosest overall match

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GenreActionSubgenreOpen World Action

MultiplayerSoloOnlineMeleeNarrativeOpen WorldFirst Person

Steam👍 85%· 31KRAWG👍 43%· 741MC61OC60· 110

Year 2017Dev Ghost Games · Electronic ArtsPlaytime ~4hOn PC · PS · Xbox

✓ Fits the open-world action games cluster, with racing gameplay, sports simulation and deep simulation

≠ Its own twist: sandbox freedom, sandbox world and co op, while skipping vibe casual

Need for Speed Payback is an action-driving racing game and the twenty-third part of the NFS franchise. ###Gameplay Despite the trend made by NFS' before Payback features an offline mode. The game is set in a fictional city named Fortune Valley.

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#3Need for Speed: Rivals

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GenreActionSubgenreOpen World Action

MultiplayerSoloOnlineMeleeNarrativeOpen WorldFirst Person

Steam👍 76%· 10.0KIGDB80· 13OC80· 58

Year 2013Dev Ghost Games · Electronic ArtsOn PlayStation 3 · PS4 · PC

✓ Fits the open-world action games cluster, with racing gameplay, adventure storytelling and sports simulation

≠ Its own twist: co op, PvP competition and offline, while skipping deep simulation

On reception: its Steam reviews are mostly positive, against very positive for VR Sailing.

It predates VR Sailing by 11 years, with what that implies technically.

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GenreActionSubgenreOpen World Action

SoloOnlineMultiplayerMeleeOpen World

Steam👍 92%· 36KRAWG👍 59%· 70OC69· 5

Year 2020Dev FlashbulbPlaytime ~3hOn PC · PS · Xbox

✓ Same family of open-world action games: adventure storytelling, deep simulation and racing gameplay

≠ Its own twist: sandbox freedom, survival mechanics and sandbox world, while skipping sports simulation

Welcome to the Ultimate Expedition! Journey over grueling mountains, hazardous swamps, and bone-dry deserts on a distant world far from civilization - it is just you, your fellow adventurers and the amazing, jet-powered hover-buggy you built yourself.

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MultiplayerSoloMeleeOpen WorldFirst Person

Steam👍 69%· 28KRAWG👍 50%· 824MC66OC65· 78

Year 2015Dev Ghost Games · Electronic ArtsPlaytime ~4hOn PC · PS · Xbox

✓ Fits the open-world action games cluster, with racing gameplay, deep simulation and adventure storytelling

≠ Its own twist: co op, exploration and discovery and visual third person, while skipping sports simulation

Become the ultimate icon of today’s urban car culture in Need for Speed™, featuring Five Ways to Play and a huge open world to race and explore from dusk ‘till dawn. * FIVE WAYS TO PLAY – Earn reputation and master all Five Ways to Play - Speed, Style, Build, Crew and Outlaw - to win your own way.

On reception: its Steam reviews are mixed, against very positive for VR Sailing.

It predates VR Sailing by 9 years, with what that implies technically.

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#6Saints Row: The Third

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GenreActionSubgenreOpen World Action

SoloMultiplayerOnlineMeleeOpen World

Steam👍 96%· 69KIGDB85· 10

Year 2011Dev Volition · Square EnixOn PlayStation 3 · Linux · PC

✓ Same family of open-world action games: adventure storytelling, racing gameplay and open world exploration

≠ Stands apart with shooter, third-person shooting and sandbox freedom, while skipping deep simulation

Where it drifts furthest from VR Sailing: tone and visuals.

It predates VR Sailing by 13 years, with what that implies technically.

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GenreActionSubgenreOpen World Action

MultiplayerSoloMeleeOpen WorldOffline

Steam👍 85%· 652

Year 2009Dev Synetic · Kalypso MediaPlaytime ~1hOn PC

✓ Same family of open-world action games: racing gameplay, deep simulation and open world exploration

≠ Its own twist: offline and exploration and discovery, while skipping sports simulation

Like its predecessors, Crash Time 3, the new installment of the well-known action racing game series, offers varied gameplay in top quality. The German game forge Synetic has once more taken the graphics engine a significant step further.

It predates VR Sailing by 15 years, with what that implies technically.

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GenreActionSubgenreOpen World Action

SoloMultiplayerOnlineMeleeOpen World

Steam👍 76%· 21KRAWG👍 64%· 897MC78IGDB81· 6

Year 2008Dev Volition · Deep SilverPlaytime ~2hOn PC · PS · Xbox

✓ Same family of open-world action games: adventure storytelling, racing gameplay and open world exploration

≠ Its own twist: third-person shooting, shooter and sandbox freedom, while skipping deep simulation

The entry most fans point to: an open city with genuine variety in activities, co-op through the entire campaign, and a tone that swings between crude comedy and surprisingly dark story beats. The PC port is the problem — it shipped badly and still needs community patches to run properly, which is a real barrier before you start.

Where it drifts furthest from VR Sailing: visuals.

On reception: its Steam reviews are mostly positive, against very positive for VR Sailing.

It predates VR Sailing by 16 years, with what that implies technically.

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#9Bang-On Balls: Chronicles

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GenreActionSubgenreOpen World Action

SoloMultiplayerOnlineMeleeCasualOpen World

Steam👍 96%· 5.1KOC84· 20

Year 2021Dev Exit Plan Games · Untold TalesPlaytime ~3hOn PC · PS · Xbox

✓ Fits the open-world action games cluster, with adventure storytelling, vibe casual and open world exploration

≠ Stands apart with sandbox freedom, sandbox world and co op, while skipping deep simulation

Bang-On Balls: Chronicles rolls onto the stage! A 3D platformer inspired by some of the best games of the genre including some Italian plumbers, a blue hedgehog, or a bear with a bird on his backpack!

Where it drifts furthest from VR Sailing: visuals.

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#10Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora

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GenreActionSubgenreOpen World Action

SoloMultiplayerOnlineMeleeNarrativeOpen WorldFirst Person

Steam👍 77%· 14KIGDB73· 6OC72· 147

Year 2023Dev Massive Entertainment · Ubisoft EntertainmentOn Xbox · PC · PS5

✓ Same family of open-world action games: adventure storytelling, strong narrative focus and open world exploration

≠ Its own twist: shooter, first-person shooting and setting scifi, while skipping deep simulation

Where it drifts furthest from VR Sailing: tone.

On reception: its Steam reviews are mostly positive, against very positive for VR Sailing.

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Steam Epic Xbox

#11Far Cry 6

iRank75

GenreActionSubgenreOpen World Action

MultiplayerSoloOnlineMeleeNarrativeOpen WorldFirst Person

Steam👍 71%· 34KIGDB82· 11OC77· 185

Year 2021Dev Ubisoft Toronto · Ubisoft EntertainmentOn Xbox · PS4 · PC

✓ Both are open-world action games — sharing adventure storytelling, strong narrative focus and open world exploration

≠ Its own twist: shooter, first-person shooting and survival mechanics, while skipping deep simulation

On reception: its Steam reviews are mostly positive, against very positive for VR Sailing.

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#12Marvel’s Spider-Man RemasteredClosest on tone

iRank93

GenreActionSubgenreOpen World Action

SoloMultiplayerMeleeCasualNarrativeOpen World

Steam👍 96%· 132KRAWG👍 93%· 453OC87· 87

Year 2020Dev Insomniac Games · Sony Interactive EntertainmentPlaytime ~13hOn PC · PS

✓ Both are open-world action games — sharing adventure storytelling, vibe casual and strong narrative focus

≠ Stands apart with stealth mechanics, setting scifi and exploration and discovery, while skipping deep simulation

This isn’t the Spider-Man you’ve met or ever seen before. In Marvel’s Spider-Man Remastered, we meet an experienced Peter Parker who’s more masterful at fighting big crime in New York City.

Where it drifts furthest from VR Sailing: visuals.

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#13Far Cry 3Closest on visuals

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GenreActionSubgenreOpen World Action

SoloMultiplayerOnlineMeleeNarrativeOpen WorldFirst Person

Steam👍 88%· 129KIGDB90· 15

Year 2012Dev Ubisoft Montreal · Ubisoft EntertainmentOn PlayStation 3 · PC

✓ Both are open-world action games — sharing adventure storytelling, strong narrative focus and open world exploration

≠ Its own twist: shooter, first-person shooting and survival mechanics, while skipping deep simulation

The template every later Far Cry followed: outposts to liberate, towers to climb, and a genuinely good stealth loop with a bow that makes clearing a camp silently the most satisfying thing in it. The second half loses the plot once the antagonist exits, and the island's activities repeat well before you finish clearing them.

Where it drifts furthest from VR Sailing: tone and combat.

It predates VR Sailing by 12 years, with what that implies technically.

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GenreActionSubgenreOpen World Action

SoloMultiplayerOnlineMeleeNarrativeOpen World

Steam👍 84%· 11KIGDB73· 12OC74· 93

Year 2018Dev Rebellion DevelopmentsOn PS4 · PC · Xbox

✓ Both are open-world action games — sharing adventure storytelling, strong narrative focus and open world exploration

≠ Where it differs: brings puzzle design, shooter and first-person shooting, while skipping deep simulation

Where it drifts furthest from VR Sailing: visuals and tone.

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#15Sherlock Holmes: The Devil's Daughter

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GenreActionSubgenreOpen World Action

SoloMultiplayerMeleeNarrativeCasualOpen WorldFirst Person

Steam👍 80%· 14KIGDB67· 8OC65· 41

Year 2016Dev Frogwares · Bigben InteractiveOn PS4 · PC · Xbox

✓ Both are open-world action games — sharing adventure storytelling, strong narrative focus and vibe casual

≠ Stands apart with puzzle design, dark, oppressive atmosphere and exploration and discovery, while skipping deep simulation

On reception: its Steam reviews are mostly positive, against very positive for VR Sailing.

It predates VR Sailing by 8 years, with what that implies technically.

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Complete list of VR Sailing alternatives

The full catalog of games sharing gameplay DNA with VR Sailing, ordered from highest to lowest similarity score. Use the filters above to narrow down by genre, setting or game mode and find the alternative that best fits your playstyle.

Far Cry New Dawn

Shooter · FPS

Grand Theft Auto 2

Shooter · FPS

Crash Time 2

Racing · Sandbox

Just Cause 2

Third-person shooter · Adventure

SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom - Rehydrated

Adventure · Platformer

Saints Row IV

Adventure · Shooter

The Darkness II

Shooter · FPS

Saints Row: Gat Out of Hell

Shooter · Third-person shooter

Sniper: Ghost Warrior 2

Shooter · FPS

Disney Infinity 2.0: Gold Edition

Adventure · Sandbox

Call of Juarez: Bound In Blood

Shooter · Adventure

Mafia III

Adventure · Shooter

Crysis

Shooter · FPS

Alba: A Wildlife Adventure

Adventure

Carmageddon II: Carpocalypse Now

Racing

Crysis Warhead

Shooter · FPS

LEGO Star Wars III: The Clone Wars

Adventure · Platformer

Just Cause 3

Adventure · Shooter

LEGO Pirates of the Caribbean: The Video Game

Adventure · Puzzle

Homefront: The Revolution

Shooter · FPS

Just Cause

Third-person shooter · Adventure

Gears 5

Adventure · Shooter

Disney•Pixar Finding Nemo

Adventure · Puzzle

LEGO Batman 3: Beyond Gotham

Adventure · Puzzle

Red Faction Guerrilla Steam Edition

Third-person shooter · Shooter

LEGO® DC Super-Villains

Adventure

Assassin's Creed: Freedom Cry

Adventure

Serious Sam 4

Shooter · FPS

Generation Zero

Shooter · FPS

High on Life

Shooter · FPS

Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days

Shooter · Third-person shooter

Lost Planet 3

Shooter · Third-person shooter

HELLDIVERS™ 2

Third-person shooter · Shooter

Sonic Frontiers

Adventure · Platformer

Crimson Desert

Adventure

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Frequently asked questions

What is the best game similar to VR Sailing?: The closest game to VR Sailing is Jet Island, scoring 76/100 on our similarity scale. They share 9 gameplay attributes, including adventure storytelling, deep simulation and sports simulation. It's the most faithful alternative currently available.
What are the top games like VR Sailing?: The three closest games to VR Sailing are: 1. Jet Island (76/100, 9 shared attributes) 2. Need for Speed™ Payback (82/100, 11 shared attributes) 3. Need for Speed: Rivals (74/100, 10 shared attributes). All share VR Sailing's most important gameplay attributes, ranked out of 50 candidates across 12 dimensions.
Is Need for Speed™ Payback similar to VR Sailing?: Yes, very much so — Need for Speed™ Payback scores 82/100 similarity to VR Sailing. They share 11 attributes, including racing gameplay and sports simulation. It's one of the most direct alternatives available.
What Simulation games are similar to VR Sailing?: The best Simulation games similar to VR Sailing are Jet Island, Need for Speed™ Payback, Trailmakers and Need for Speed™. All share the Simulation genre alongside other key VR Sailing attributes like adventure storytelling, deep simulation and sports simulation.
How is similarity to VR Sailing calculated?: We compare VR Sailing against every game in our catalog using 12 gameplay attributes: genre, atmosphere, world structure, play modes, combat style, and more. Each category is weighted differently — genre matters more than visual style, for instance. The result is a 0-100 score reflecting how closely a game replicates the VR Sailing experience, not just whether it shares the same genre label.