Batman: Arkham VR (2016) is both the first VR Batman game, and the first VR title from developer Rocksteady Studios’—you wouldn’t know it though, given the game’s excellent visuals and well crafted VR design. If you haven’t had a chance to become the Batman just yet, you can pick up the game at a big discount through August 22nd.

Though the game is also on sale at Steam, you’ll find the best deal on Batman: Arkham VR right now from Bundle Stars, a website which sells officially licensed Steam keys that come from the game’s publisher. Through August 22nd, Batman: Arkham VR is on sale for 50% off the original price, and you can save an additional 5% by using the code ‘SUMMER10’ at checkout.

The Steam version of the game supports both the HTC Vive and Oculus Rift; the game is also available on the Oculus store and the PlayStation store, though not currently on sale.

Batman: Arkham VR launched originally in late 2016 as a PSVR exclusive. When it launched on PC in April of this year, the game’s already impressive visuals were able to shine even brighter on more powerful PC hardware.

Though the game bears the Arkham name, it isn’t a stealthy beat-em-up like the other games of the series, instead focusing more on Batman’s detective work, light puzzle solving, and exploring the lore of the Arkham universe. Rocksteady did a good job of creating interesting ways to interact with the world of Batman:

In our review of the game on PSVR, we gave Batman: Arkham VR an 8 out of 10:

Batman: Arkham VR plays like a long demo with highly detailed and immersive environments and fun (if one-dimensional) gameplay. For Rocksteady’s first attempt at a VR game, Arkham VR is a solid foundation for what we hope will be future episodic installments. What the game lacks in mobility and action it makes up for in storytelling and satisfying object interaction. Overall Arkham VR is a taste of the potential virtual reality can offer the series, but leaves us wanting more varied gameplay.

As you can see, one of our critiques at the time was the game’s length, but with the sale, the price:value ratio appears much more favorable.

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Ben Lang
Ben is the world's most senior professional analyst solely dedicated to the XR industry, having founded Road to VR in 2011—a year before the Oculus Kickstarter sparked a resurgence that led to the modern XR landscape. He has authored more than 3,000 articles chronicling the evolution of the XR industry over more than a decade. With that unique perspective, Ben has been consistently recognized as one of the most influential voices in XR, giving keynotes and joining panel and podcast discussions at key industry events. He is a self-described "journalist and analyst, not evangelist."
  • Moyenitude

    Warning : that game completely ignores the Oculus Home language setting (only game I found that does this), and the “support” from WB Games is completely useless (told me to contact Oculus Support, even though I quoted the answer from Oculus when opening the ticket).

    • NooYawker

      Warning: Batman VR is not a game and not worth paying for.

  • Jean-Sebastien Perron

    The oculus store or nothing.

  • Get Schwifty!

    Considering how many VR “Games” barely qualify as games I am surprised at the poor attitude towards what is a more polished experience than most “games” currently offer in VR. Sure, Ii’s basically Batman Job Simulator, and the price a steep for the relatively short experience, but at this cost it’s a good addition to one’s library for VR. Will future Batman VR experiences exceed, surely, but for now at this price it’s a worthwhile VR experience IMNSHO.

    • NooYawker

      If it were Batman Job simulator it would have been exponentially better. The batcave is fun but once you leave.. what are you doing really? Move the dial back and forth on a 3d video. It’s pretty terrible, not worth a fraction of the price.

      • Get Schwifty!

        It’s a little more than that, but as a technology demo it’s certainly worth it at a reduced cost.

  • JonBishop

    This is not a game at all. It’s a movie, wait, no, it’s a Netflix exclusive and it’s only 30 minutes long. You don’t fight, you don’t fly, you observe and you click. When is a real game coming? There were some impressive visuals.

  • Joe Ricards

    Not so much a game, Just that moment when you say “I’m Batman” Maybe worth $4.99 at best.