2 Meta Quest Games Under $10 Worth Trying

Not every Meta Quest game needs to be a massive AAA experience. Sometimes the best purchases are the smaller games you can jump into, have a load of fun with and come away thinking, “Yeah, that was money well spent.”

For this one, I’ve picked two games that surprised me for completely different reasons: Last Stand, a clever mixed-reality shooter that works brilliantly with a friend, and Plastic Battlegrounds, which is basically pure VR chaos with toy soldiers, tanks, drones and explosions.

Both cost under ten dollars, neither one is trying to take over your life, and both gave me exactly what I wanted from them — simple, fun VR that was well worth the money.

These are two Meta Quest games under $10 that I think are genuinely worth trying.

My Testing Details

Last Stand Development status: Early Access

Rating at time of review: 4.4 stars

Price at time of review: $7.99

Best experience: Mixed-reality PvP with a friend

Plastic Battlegrounds

Development status: Very early in development

Rating at time of review: 4.9 stars

Price at time of review: $9.99

Best experience: Sandbox chaos, Conquest, multiplayer and co-op

I played both games on Meta Quest and based this article on my own experience with them. Last Stand surprised me most when playing against a friend, while Plastic Battlegrounds is the one I put on when I just want to switch my brain off and cause chaos for an hour.

Last Stand: Clever Mixed-Reality PvP

Last Stand really surprised me. I played it with a friend, and for what I expected to be a fairly basic mixed-reality shooter, we actually had a brilliant time.

The clever part is how your real room becomes part of the battlefield. Your sofa can become cover, your table can protect you, and because the game tracks your body movement, including your legs, you end up physically ducking, moving and trying to outsmart the other player.

It is not a massive game, and I definitely wish the multiplayer side felt more active, but if you have a friend to play against, this is where Last Stand really works. There is also a solo Horde mode, although for me the PvP side is the main attraction.

Plastic Battlegrounds: Pure VR Chaos

Plastic Battlegrounds is the one I put on when I don’t want anything serious. I don’t want a huge story or fifty different mechanics to learn — I just want to get into VR and cause absolute chaos for an hour.

You can build your own battles, place soldiers from different factions, add defences, vehicles and hazards, and then either join the fight as one of the tiny soldiers or become life-sized and tower over everything you have created.

You can drive jeeps and tanks, use armed drones, blow up fortifications and basically create whatever ridiculous toy battle you want. There is also Conquest, multiplayer and co-op alongside the sandbox side of the game.

Plastic Battlegrounds Is Still Growing

One of the things I like is that the developers are still adding more to Plastic Battlegrounds. The Quest version was on Update 36 when I reviewed it, and the recent updates had added a ridiculous amount of new content.

Update 36 brought the Revolutionary theme with muskets, cannons and Revolutionary War soldiers, while the previous FireFall update added flamethrower units, melting plastic soldiers, Humvees, Sherman tanks, improved NPC vehicles and more reloadable weapons in multiplayer.

The important thing for me is that the game is still evolving. Every time the developers throw more toys into the sandbox, there is more ridiculous stuff to mess around with.

What I Liked About These Two Meta Quest Games

• Last Stand turns your real room into part of the battlefield

• Playing Last Stand against a friend is where it really shines

• Plastic Battlegrounds is perfect when I just want something fun and unserious

• The sandbox gives you loads of freedom to create ridiculous battles

• Tanks, jeeps, drones and explosives make Plastic Battlegrounds great fun

• Both games are easy to jump into without needing a huge time commitment

• At under $10 each, both felt like money well spent

What Could Be Better

With Last Stand, the biggest limitation for me is the amount of content. It is not a huge game, and I also wish the multiplayer side felt more active, because playing against another person is where the game works best.

Plastic Battlegrounds is still very early in development, so it is worth going in knowing that it is not trying to be a polished, serious campaign-driven experience. For me, though, that is also part of the appeal — I play it because I want something simple, chaotic and fun.

Final Verdict: Are These Meta Quest Games Under $10 Worth It?

For me, yes. Last Stand and Plastic Battlegrounds are completely different games, but both gave me exactly what I wanted from them.

Last Stand is the one I would pick if you have a friend and want some clever mixed-reality PvP, while Plastic Battlegrounds is the one I keep coming back to when I just want to switch my brain off, build something ridiculous and blow everything to pieces.

Neither game needs to take over your life, and neither is pretending to be something enormous. They are just fun — and for under ten dollars each, I think both are well worth a look.

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