The best way to play as Agent 47 in VR.

Since the lifecycle of the original PlayStation VR (PSVR), developers have been trying to bring the world of Hitman to virtual reality (VR).

Trying is the word of significance here, since developers were able to launch some form of VR game featuring the title character, on multiple platforms – including PCVR and Quest. However, these launches – including the original PSVR version, which was considered to be the best version of the game – had some drawbacks.

For instance, this version could only be played by using the PlayStation 4s Dualshock controller. The other versions had much bigger issues, with PCVR boasting the freedom to move both hands around, but mostly requiring button presses instead of actual interactions; the Quest version Hitman 3 VR: Reloaded can easily be considered the worst with ugly graphics, horrible bugs, and the continued reliance on button presses.

Despite patches coming in, the Quest game is still wholly unplayable and probably one of the least fun VR experiences out there – considering it costs $40, it’s also not the best hit on your wallet.

Regardless of what your thoughts may be on the state of the series in VR, as of March. 27, IO Interactive may have finally achieved the dream of bringing a great VR Hitman game to fruition.

Launching exclusively on the PSVR2, Hitman World of Assassination, gives fans of the series the greatest chance to live out their Agent 47 fantasies; this includes the campaigns from all three Hitman games (Hitman 1, Hitman 2, Hitman 3) DLC, challenges and even celebrity targets.

To add more good news to the bucket, the game looks as a PSVR2 title should – beautiful and immersive – while implementing proper VR interactions that have not been successfully pulled off in a Hitman game until now.

Now, there’s so much to this game that it would take too long to go into all the details, but at its core the premise is simple: your job is to become the famed Agent 47, eliminating targets – and anyone who stands in the way of a successful job.

In this release, you truly feel like you have the freedom to take on missions how you want. This includes using different weapons, taking different routes, and thinking outside the box in a way that makes this game infinitely replayable – though this is truer if you own all parts of the game.

It’s worth noting that if you already own the flatscreen World of Assassination game, then you simply need to purchase the VR upgrade. If you’re buying the game for the first time, you could hope that the deluxe version of the game is on sale – regular price comes in around $133 – then buy the VR upgrade. Or you can jump in on the VR fun by purchasing the specific bundle – and all the content included in part one – for $53.49. However, if you choose this path, you’ll have to purchase the extra content at a separate cost later.

Playing this game on PSVR2 is excellent, the chance to experience this world in a proper VR way – with the ability to use both hands and interact with things – is an achievement. However, it’s not free of bugs and definitely has plenty of janky moments throughout.

For instance, issues like not being able to use an item in a specific setting, being unable to interact with certain situations – like sabotaging a vehicle for a mission – and of course wild glitches that range from invincibility to flight, have all been noted across numerous playthroughs. Many players at one point even experienced issues where their game saves were corrupted or lost.

IO Interactive has released fixes since the game launched to stomp out the biggest bugs. So, there’s no need to start thinking that the game isn’t good – this is not the Quest game after all, that is the version which should be avoided.

Despite some of the things that have been experienced, this is still the best version of Hitman in the VR space.

Yes, you read that right. This game has issues, there’s no doubting that. Playing a long-awaited title like this on launch day, only to realize that you can’t proceed because you can’t poison a target, is a rough start.

But hey, at least this isn’t the Quest game – which should be avoided at all costs because even seven months later, this game is still broken.

Overall, Hitman World of Assassination is a superbly detailed game that was built with the PSVR2 in mind and takes full advantage of its features to make this game work. The development team took an already popular flatscreen game and made it work in one of the better headsets of this generation. And this is no small feat.

The freedom to roam, make decisions and complete your mission was already an achievement when the game was played regularly on a console, but adding this amount of depth into a VR title makes this a unique experience that simply cannot be topped – at least if you’re looking at this genre.

While 2025 is only a quarter of the way done, the chances of significant VR titles launching later this year are still very possible – after all, Aces of Thunder is still being teased, and the makers of The Room VR are getting ready to launch their next title.

Regardless of what may come down the pipeline and launch onto the PSVR2 this year, this Hitman game will still top the list as the biggest and most anticipated VR launch of 2025.

After all, how many games out there allow you to use a banana peel to take out an enemy.