Half-Life: Alyx Oculus Quest: Will it Work?

Fans are wondering if the Oculus Quest VR headset works with Half-Life: Alyx.
Fans are wondering if the Oculus Quest VR headset works with Half-Life: Alyx. / Photo by Valve

Half-Life: Alyx Oculus Quest is a viable virtual reality headset and game combo as fans and owners of different headsets outside of the Valve Index wonder if the game's playable on their preferred hardware.

Half-Life: Alyx is the first new title released in the series nearly 13 years. The game takes place before the events of Half-Life 2 and the return of Gordon Freeman. Players control series favorite Alyx in VR as she and her father fight against the Combine alien force. It's the first VR game released in the series.

Half-Life: Alyx Oculus Quest: Will it Work?

Fans are unsure of what technology they can use outside of the Valve index. Here's a list of compatible VR headsets for Half-Life: Alyx:

  • Valve Index
  • HTC Vive
  • HTC Cosmos
  • A Windows Mixed Reality Headset (Samsung Odyssey)
  • Oculus Quest
  • Oculus Rift S

Half-Life: Alyx is now available on Steam for $59.99. A VR headset is required to play the game. Valve Index owners who purchased the game before released received it for free along with additionaly content such as gun skins, exploring environments in SteamVR and Counter-Strike: Global Offensive content.

Valve released special cosmetic CS:GO items Monday to commemorate Half-Life: Alyx's release include stickers, patches and pins.