DeoVR Classic - VR Video Player

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Mixed · 60%Mixed · 60%2018

Free to play

US Steam price, checked 2 h ago

The verdict

Free, feature-rich VR video player that handles local 180/360/3D files well when it works, but updates often break controllers, performance and local playback. Skip it if you need stability.

Great for

VR users wanting a free player for local 180/360/3D video files with many adjustment options

Main risk

An update may break playback, controllers or UI, leaving it stuttering, crashing or unusable

What players love

Best free VR player for local files

Mentioned in ~1 in 3 positive reviews

“This is hands down the best video player for VR and it's free.”
Steam review · 252.7 h played ↗

“Best VR video player in my opinion and it's totally free.”
Steam review · 37.6 h played ↗

“I liked this player. I also have several paid players... and this one is no worse.”
Steam review · translated · 41 h played ↗

Many settings and good controls

Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews

“There is so many cool setting you can change hight of the camera pitch left right , fov, vertical and horizontal image if its misalligned, color grading and a bunch of other settings.”
Steam review · 63 h played ↗

“I can grab the skybox and move it anywhere, I can zoom in and out, I can skip forward and backwards, and all on one controller.”
Steam review · 56.2 h played ↗

“Tons of settings, support for all possible formats.”
Steam review · translated · 8.6 h played ↗

Plays high-res and varied formats

Mentioned in ~1 in 7 positive reviews

“I tested it with different 8K video files that failed everywhere else and some of my own 360 footage and DeoVR played them all smoothly with no issues.”
Steam review · 1.7 h played ↗

“DeoVR has been able to play everything I have thrown at it”
Steam review · 0.3 h played ↗

Easy to use and automatic format detection

Mentioned in ~1 in 8 positive reviews

“It plays automaticaly 3D videos with the good settings”
Steam review · 0.4 h played ↗

“the controls and UI are super intuitive”
Steam review · 2.1 h played ↗

Free content library to browse

Mentioned in ~1 in 15 positive reviews

“DeoVR is really shaping up to be the YouTube of VR video”
Steam review · 1.3 h played ↗

“this app has a huge collection of stereo and even 8K videos in stunning quality”
Steam review · translated · 0.5 h played ↗

What players complain about

Updates break features repeatedly

Mentioned in ~1 in 3 negative reviews

“Every update still manages to break something new. It's actually crazy how many regression issues they have.”
Steam review · 181.8 h played ↗

“every update brings another major bug to the table that causes more frustration”
Steam review · 701 h played ↗

“the latest updates broke everything and the developers apparently don't care”
Steam review · translated · 0.6 h played ↗

Crashes, freezes, stutter and low fps

Mentioned in ~1 in 4 negative reviews

“Freezing and stuttering is more of a rule than en exception.”
Steam review · 701 h played ↗

“I get like 2 fps with a 4070Ti.”
Steam review · 3.1 h played ↗

“fps on the same video can drop from 90 to 25 out of nowhere”
Steam review · translated · 0.6 h played ↗

Controllers not recognized (Index, Quest, PSVR2)

Mentioned in ~1 in 7 negative reviews

“Index controllers no longer work, so it used to be my go-to but is now useless.”
Steam review · 117 h played ↗

“PSVR2 controllers are not supported, and the Devs have said they have no plans to support it.”
Steam review · 0.1 h played ↗

“THUMBSTICKS on QUEST 2 are not working at all.”
Steam review · 14.8 h played ↗

Local files broken or need internet/account

Mentioned in ~1 in 8 negative reviews

“Now, the app literally refuses to work without an internet connection.”
Steam review · 7.8 h played ↗

“This app used to work with 0 internet connection using local videos just fine but recent updates have changed this”
Steam review · 2.4 h played ↗

Features removed, paywalls and premium push

Mentioned in ~1 in 9 negative reviews

“98% of the videos are now "Premium". I mean like almost ALL of them require Premium account to view.”
Steam review · 12.6 h played ↗

“Removed features such as the ability to play funscripts unless you give them money.”
Steam review · 33.2 h played ↗

YouTube and web video don't play in VR

Mentioned in ~1 in 17 negative reviews

“the program -cannot- properly play 360-degree videos from YouTube, at all.”
Steam review · 1.8 h played ↗

“YT 360 videos don't play at all.”
Steam review · 0.1 h played ↗

System requirements

From the Steam store page

Steam Deck: Unsupported

Minimum

OSWindows 7

ProcessorIntel i5-4590 equivalent or greater

Memory4 GB RAM

GraphicsNVIDIA GTX 970 / AMD 290 equivalent or greater

Storage130 MB available space

Recommended

OSWindows 10

ProcessorIntel i5-4590 equivalent or greater

Memory4 GB RAM

GraphicsNVIDIA 10xx/20xx

Storage130 MB available space

OSWindows 7

ProcessorIntel i5-4590 equivalent or greater

Memory4 GB RAM

GraphicsNVIDIA GTX 970 / AMD 290 equivalent or greater

Storage130 MB available space

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