Notably, Horizon Call of the Mountain was included in a prominent PSVR 2 hardware bundle, which isn’t calculated in last month’s top downloads since only PS Store purchases are included, and not game upgrades or games bundled with hardware.
Horizon Call of the Mountain, undoubtedly a product of sizable investment by Sony, only managed to eke out third place in the US/Canada and the EU, taking second place in Japan, which on the outside may sound a tad disappointing to the Sony-owned developers Guerilla Games and Firesprite. In it, players race across lush, photorealistic environments including ice caves in Antarctica, tropical locales in Costa Rica, storm waters in Norway, and the stark canyons of Australia. The paddling movement mechanic is also something that works really well in VR too, which we hope more games will make use of thanks to just how immersive it can be. Taking the top spot across the US & Canada, the EU and Japan is Kayak VR: Mirage, a kayak racing sim initially released on SteamVR headsets in 2022 by Amsterdam-based indie studio Better Than Life. The headset’s first monthly top download chart has revealed a big shift in which games are taking an early lead in the headset’s growing library.
PlayStation VR 2 launched late last month alongside more than 40 titles, which included games entirely new to the platform as well existing games from other platforms and upgraded PSVR titles.