DeadRisingVR
for Dead Rising · by AshenVR · released 23 Oct 2026
A mod added to the existing PC game to enable VR. A dedicated VR mod built for this one game. These are normally the best experiences, because controls, menus and comfort were designed for VR rather than injected.
Get it from GitHub
Free: Unofficial free fan mod; requires the Steam PC game.
Downloads happen on the creator's own page. PCVR Central never rehosts files.
In action
Setup walkthroughs
Community research
There is a live downloadable alpha and recent creator gameplay, but it remains experimental and a Quest 3 user reported camera reversal/frozen aim on the review date.
Evidence checked: Creator README, test/config docs, current GitHub issue activity, and creator/community Reddit posts about the alpha were reviewed.
Known limitations
- Alpha build with known shadow/judder and other visual issues.
- Roomscale and positional motion aiming are not implemented; aiming is based on controller rotation.
- A Quest 3 issue reports reversed camera eyes and frozen aim; this is a current report, not proof all configurations are broken.
- Setup requires frame-rate and fullscreen changes.
Full details
- VR implementation
- VR Mod
- Platforms
- PCVR
- Framework
- Dedicated VR mod
- Price
- Free, Unofficial free fan mod; requires the Steam PC game.
- Motion controls
- Partial motion controls
- Controller details
- Source-recorded controller/input details (creator README): It adds true stereo VR rendering, 6DoF head tracking, VR controller input, motion based aiming and throwing, World Scale adjustment, TPS/FPS switching, and an in VR Alpha Menu.; Disclaimer DeadRisingVR is an unofficial fan made VR mod for the PC version of Dead Rising .; Player settings and logs are stored separately in: %LOCALAPPDATA%\DeadRisingVR Launching Do not use the normal Steam Play button to launch the VR mod.
- 6DOF aim
- No
- Roomscale
- No
- Left-handed
- Unknown
- Perspective
- First & third-person
- VR runtime
- OpenXR
- Headsets tested
- Meta Quest 3 via Virtual Desktop VDXR (creator setup)
- Storefronts tested
- Steam
- Install difficulty
- Moderate install
- Requirements
- Dead Rising on Steam, Windows 10 or 11 and PC VR headset, Active OpenXR runtime, Install mod and launch through included setup/launcher; fullscreen off, variable FPS, VSync off, externally cap FPS to headset refresh
- Game version tested
- Unknown
- Last verified
- Never
- Source
- GitHub
- Download / install
- Open creator download / install page
- GitHub repo
- AshenVR/DeadRisingVR
- Known latest version
- v0.2.0 alpha
Player reviews
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