# VTOL VR

Hacker Approved page: https://hackerapproved.com/p/vtol-vr/

6 people recommended VTOL VR in Hacker News comments, 1 had mixed feelings and none criticized it, November 2025 to October 2026. It was recommended in 5 of 12 months, in 5 threads. It does not meet the Hacker Approved badge rule.

3 of the 6 people who recommend it commented in one thread, “Steam Frame starts at $1059”.

**Verdict:** People recommend it for carrier landings and modern air combat, and say it is designed for VR first. One critic found it rough on Quest with inside-out tracking.

Summary written by Claude from 6 comments.

## Why people recommend it

- Carrier landings and modern air combat (2 comments in the sample): "If you're into carrier landings and have a VR headset, I highly recommend checking out VTOL VR." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46275282)) "If you like modern air combat: VTOL VR and DCS." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45910695))
- Strong VR vehicle and combat game (2 comments in the sample): "games like H3VR or VTOL VR are great" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47419110)) "vehicle games were on another level" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49705051))

## What people warn about

- Runs poorly on Quest inside-out tracking (1 comment in the sample): "I play a game called VTOLVR and it's atrocious on the quest with inside-out tracking" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45906819))

## Other VR games people recommend

- [Half-Life: Alyx](https://hackerapproved.com/p/half-life-alyx/): 29 recommend, 7 mixed, 5 criticize
- [Beat Saber](https://hackerapproved.com/p/beat-saber/): 17 recommend, 6 mixed, 1 criticize

## The badge

A product earns the Hacker Approved badge when at least 10 people recommend it, recommenders outnumber critics at least 2 to 1 (mixed feelings count toward neither side), it was recommended in at least 4 of the 12 months and in at least 5 different threads, and no single thread supplies more than half of the people who recommend it. Health and money products are never badged.

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "VTOL VR", https://hackerapproved.com/p/vtol-vr/ (6 recommend, 1 mixed, 0 criticize; Hacker News comments, November 2025 to October 2026).

Counts updated 2 Nov 2026, with data through October 31, 2026.