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Les Mills Bodycombat
Information
VR/AR Virtual Reality
Developer Odders Lab
Publisher Odders Lab
Platform Meta Quest, PlayStation VR2, Pico 4, SteamVR
Device Meta Quest 2, Meta Quest 3, Meta Quest Pro, PlayStation VR2, Pico 4, Pico Neo 3, Valve Index, HTC Vive
Type Game
Genre Fitness, Rhythm, Sports
Input Device Tracked motion controllers
Play Area Standing, Room-scale
Game Mode Single-player
Release Date February 3, 2022
Price US $29.99
App Store Meta Horizon Store, PlayStation Store, PICO Store, Steam
Website https://odderslab.com/en/projects/les-mills-bodycombat
See also: VR Apps and VR Games

Les Mills Bodycombat (stylized LES MILLS BODYCOMBAT; listed on the Steam and PlayStation stores as LES MILLS XR BODYCOMBAT since its October 2023 mixed reality update) is a virtual reality fitness application developed by the Spanish studio Odders Lab under license from the New Zealand fitness company Les Mills. It adapts the BODYCOMBAT group-exercise program, a martial-arts-inspired cardio class taught in gyms, into a target-punching workout coached by the program's directors Dan Cohen and Rachael Newsham. The app launched on the Quest Store on February 3, 2022 at US$29.99.[1]

Meta named it Best App of 2022 in its Best of Quest awards.[2] The app was in the Pico 4 launch lineup in October 2022, came to PlayStation VR2 on February 22, 2023, and reached PC VR through Steam on April 14, 2025.[3][4][5] A free October 2023 update added a mixed reality mode built for the Meta Quest 3 and rebranded the app with the "XR" name; Mark Zuckerberg demonstrated the mode during the Meta Connect 2023 keynote.[6][7]

Unlike subscription-based VR fitness services such as Supernatural and FitXR, the app is sold for a one-time price and funds continued development through paid downloadable content; five DLC packs and a monthly Challenge Pass had been released by November 2025.[8][9][10] Odders Lab stated in October 2025 that the app had sold more than one million copies and logged more than seven million workouts.[11]

Reviewed 20 September 2026. Release dates, prices, platforms, DLC contents and dates, review scores, store ratings, awards and every citation. About review dates.

Gameplay

Each session is a guided workout rather than a level. Targets fly toward the player in time with the music and are punched with the tracked motion controllers, while obstacle zones require the player to duck or squat; other cues call for high and low punches or holding the arms out in a T-pose.[12] The move set draws on boxing, kung fu, karate, kickboxing, taekwondo, capoeira and muay thai, the disciplines behind the gym program.[13] Knee strikes are performed without body tracking: the player grabs a high target with both hands and pulls it down against a raised knee.[13] Later updates added elbow strikes, battle-rope sections and uppercuts.[14]

Cohen and Newsham appear as pre-recorded coaches who explain technique before a session and give cues during it. A score system awards points for effort and technique, with direct feedback on punch power and precision, a leaderboard for competing against other players' scores, and an algorithmic recommendation system that suggests the next workout.[1][13][12] The app asks for height, weight, birth year and gender to personalize its suggestions and shows a calorie estimate.[15][12]

At launch the workout library covered boxing-fitness, speed, core and lower-body sessions from beginner to advanced level, set in environments including a Martian desert, a snowy tundra, ancient Rome and a Tokyo-inspired neon city.[1] The launch announcement listed 25 training sessions; UploadVR's launch coverage counted 30 routines of 5 to 20 minutes each.[1][12] The catalog has grown through free updates and paid packs: the Steam and PlayStation store listings describe 50 workout plans, and Odders Lab's product page counts more than 100 workouts across the base app and its five DLCs.[4][16]

The mixed reality mode, introduced in October 2023, uses the headset's passthrough view so that targets and walls appear in the player's own room instead of a virtual arena. Les Mills said the mode allows safer and larger movements than full VR, and on the Quest 3 the player can switch between VR and MR views.[6][17][7] MIXED reported the MR mode as available on Quest and Pico headsets.[18] On PlayStation VR2 the app requires the Sense controllers and a play area of at least 6 ft 7 in by 6 ft 7 in (about 2 m by 2 m); the Pico listing classifies it as a standing, single-player app.[4][19]

Development

Odders Lab, a studio based in Seville, Spain, had previously released the rhythm game OhShape and the app Chess Club on Quest before it partnered with Les Mills International on a VR version of BODYCOMBAT.[1][13] Les Mills' program directors Rachael Newsham and Dan Cohen worked with the studio on choreography, and the team ran repeated playtests with users of different fitness and gaming levels to balance the intensity and selection of the workouts.[13] Odders Lab business director Jaime Pichardo said the studio "grappled right to the edge of where fitness stops and gaming begins" and named safety, the Guardian boundary and headset comfort as the three main design constraints.[13] Les Mills CEO Clive Ormerod framed the app as a new distribution channel for the company rather than a replacement for its live classes.[13]

Les Mills announced the app in Auckland on February 3, 2022, the day it went on sale on the Quest Store.[1] Odders Lab followed with a second licensed title, Les Mills XR Dance, on Quest in December 2023.[14] By May 2024 the studio had shipped eight content and feature updates for Bodycombat in about two years; it stated that free updates would continue alongside the paid packs.[20][21] Odders Lab's product page notes that the company received a grant under the 2021-2027 Andalusia ERDF program for a "Les Mills XR+" project.[16]

In October 2025 Odders Lab announced an investment of undisclosed size from CaixaBank's DayOne and Axon Partners Group to move into augmented reality and smart glasses. Its CEO is Ana Molina; the company said it was preparing launches on Apple Vision Pro and Google's XR platform, and cited Bodycombat's sales of more than one million units and more than seven million workouts.[11][22]

Release

Platform Release date Notes
Meta Quest (Quest 2, later Quest Pro and Quest 3) February 3, 2022 Launch platform, US$29.99 on the Quest Store; Best App of 2022 in Meta's Best of Quest awards[1][2]
Pico 4 and other PICO headsets October 18, 2022 Listed among the apps available at the Pico 4 launch; the PICO Store also lists Neo 2, Neo 3 and Pico 4 Ultra support[3][19]
PlayStation VR2 (PlayStation 5) February 22, 2023 Published by Odders Lab at US$29.99; requires PS VR2 Sense controllers[4][23]
PC VR via Steam April 14, 2025 US$29.99; the Steam listing names Meta Quest devices, Valve Index, HTC Vive and PICO 4 over SteamVR; minimum spec Windows 10 Home 64-bit, Intel Core i5-4590 or AMD FX 8350, 16 GB RAM, GeForce GTX 1080 or AMD equivalent[5][24]

Name change and mixed reality update

On October 11, 2023, Les Mills launched "LES MILLS BODYCOMBAT XR" as a free automatic update for existing owners, adding the mixed reality mode and optimizations for the Quest 3. The price stayed at US$29.99.[6][17] Zuckerberg had shown the feature during the Meta Connect 2023 keynote, at which the Quest 3 was launched, saying that "the targets are going to come at you in your physical location".[7][25] The Steam and PlayStation listings use the name LES MILLS XR BODYCOMBAT, while the Meta store listing is titled "LES MILLS BODYCOMBAT: Fitness workouts" and the PICO listing "Les Mills BODYCOMBAT".[24][4][26][19]

Bundles

In May 2024 Meta sold US-only hardware bundles that included the app: a 128 GB Quest 3 with Active Straps at US$539.99 and a 128 GB Quest 2 with the Quest 2 Active Pack at US$229.99, both through June 30, 2024.[27] The Meta store also offers a BODYCOMBAT Ultimate Bundle containing the base app plus the Power Strike, Focus Mode, BODYCOMBAT 100 and Bonus Club packs, and the PlayStation Store sells an Ultimate Fitness Pack with the base app and all five packs for US$49.99.[28][8]

Updates and downloadable content

Free updates added content through 2024, including a January 25, 2024 update with five workouts, the elbow strike move and a Volcano environment.[14] A monthly Challenge Pass launched on November 15, 2024, with an exclusive challenge workout in a themed arena, a global leaderboard and social avatars; the first pass was free to owners through November 30, the December pass cost 0.99 EUR and later passes 4.99 EUR each.[9]

Paid DLC began on Quest in May 2024 and was later brought to Steam and PlayStation VR2. Odders Lab described the November 13, 2025 Steam and PlayStation release of Focus Mode as completing the rollout of every pack on those platforms, and XR Source reported it as the final pack in the lineup.[29][30]

Pack Quest release Steam release Price (US) Contents
Power Strike May 28, 2024 April 14, 2025 $7.99 Eight workouts (five advanced, three intermediate) with 22 songs, the Arena of the Brave environment, the Power Strike and Final Targets mechanics, gold gloves and platform[21][20][27][31][32]
BODYCOMBAT 100 August 29, 2024 September 26, 2025 $7.99 Eight workouts including one adapted from the real BODYCOMBAT 100 release, 25 songs, the 100 Hustle and 100 Hit Challenge mechanics, and a hall-of-fame environment marking 25 years of the program[33][10][32]
Bonus Club 2024 October 16, 2025 $7.99 Eight workouts, the Neon environment inspired by Les Mills Live Berlin 2024, and a Bonus Round in which the player has one minute to smash a destructible object such as a car, a vending machine or an ATM[34][35][32][28]
Focus Mode 2024 November 13, 2025 $7.99 Eight advanced workouts, a Space Station environment and the Focus Mode mechanic, which strips back the interface and doubles points[34][29][30][8]
Never Surrender May 26, 2025 May 26, 2025 $9.99 Six endurance sessions of more than 20 minutes, originally released as monthly challenges and restored after community requests; premium environment, gloves and platform; not released on Pico[34][36][32]

Alongside the Steam launch in April 2025, Odders Lab announced a free PlayStation VR2 update with 16 workouts, the elbow strike, the Space Station, Highlands and Volcano environments, a redesigned interface and a combo system, and said the remaining Quest packs would follow on PlayStation during 2025.[5][18] At that point the studio put usage at more than six million completed workouts across 75 countries.[37]

Reception

UploadVR's Jamie Feltham called the Quest launch version "polished, effective and fun" and welcomed the absence of a subscription, but found that it lacked the novel ideas of the studio's earlier OhShape and criticized the standard gym music, an over-eager calorie counter and coaching lines that sometimes fell out of sync with performance.[12] WayTooManyGames' Leo Faria scored the Quest 2 version 8.0 out of 10, praising the rhythm-game core while objecting to unskippable instruction segments, awkward mid-workout menu navigation and plain backgrounds.[38] For the PlayStation VR2 version, Impulse Gamer's Edwin Millheim gave 4.4 out of 5, and Hobby Consolas scored it 78 out of 100, the only critic review counted on Metacritic, which has no Metascore for the title.[15][23]

Meta's developer blog reported a 4.7-star average from more than 2,000 ratings as of March 23, 2023; as of September 2026 the Meta store shows 4.5 stars from about 5,300 reviews, the PICO Store 88 percent positive from 933 reviews, and Steam a "Very Positive" rating with 85 percent of 121 reviews positive.[13][26][19][24] Les Mills describes the app as the world's best-selling VR fitness app, and Odders Lab's product page calls it the top-rated fitness app on the Meta Quest Store; both are the companies' own claims.[6][16]

Awards

Award Category Result
Best of Quest 2022 (Meta) Best App of 2022 Won[2]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 "Les Mills takes martial arts into the metaverse with BODYCOMBAT VR app". PR Newswire. Les Mills International. 2022-02-03. https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/les-mills-takes-martial-arts-into-the-metaverse-with-bodycombat-vr-app-301475033.html. Retrieved 2026-09-20.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Best of Quest 2022: A Look Back at the Year's Top VR Games + Apps". Meta Quest Blog. Meta Platforms. 2022-12-08. https://www.meta.com/blog/best-of-quest-2022/. Retrieved 2026-09-20.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Harry Baker (2022-10-18). "Pico 4 Games: All Major VR Apps Available Today At Launch". UploadVR. https://www.uploadvr.com/pico-4-games-launch/. Retrieved 2026-09-20.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 "LES MILLS XR BODYCOMBAT". PlayStation.com. Sony Interactive Entertainment. https://www.playstation.com/en-us/games/les-mills-bodycombat/. Retrieved 2026-09-20.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Sarah Thwaites (2025-04-14). "Les Mills XR Bodycombat Is Now Available On PC VR". UploadVR. https://www.uploadvr.com/les-mills-xr-bodycombat-steam-pc-vr-release/. Retrieved 2026-09-20.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 "LES MILLS XR BODYCOMBAT breaks new ground with multi-reality fitness gaming". Les Mills. 2023-10-11. https://www.lesmills.com/articles/les-mills-xr-bodycombat-breaks-new-ground-with-multi-reality-fitness-gaming. Retrieved 2026-09-20.
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 "Zuckerberg presents Les Mills' new Bodycombat XR with Mixed Reality for Meta Quest 3". Fit Tech Global. 2023-10-16. https://www.fittechglobal.com/fit-tech-news/Zuckerberg-presents-Les-Mills-new-Bodycombat-XR-with-Mixed-Reality-for-Meta-Quest-3/351979. Retrieved 2026-09-20.
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  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 12.3 12.4 Jamie Feltham (2022-02-04). "Les Mills XR Bodycombat Is An Effective Quest Workout Without The Subscription". UploadVR. https://www.uploadvr.com/les-mills-bodycombat-is-an-effective-quest-workout-without-the-subscription/. Retrieved 2026-09-20.
  13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 13.2 13.3 13.4 13.5 13.6 13.7 "How an Iconic Fitness Movement Launched into Virtual Reality - LES MILLS BODYCOMBAT in VR". Meta Horizon OS Developers. Meta Platforms. 2023-05-15. https://developers.meta.com/horizon/blog/Les-Mills-BODYCOMBAT-meta-quest-Odders-Lab/. Retrieved 2026-09-20.
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  17. ↑ 17.0 17.1 "LES MILLS XR BODYCOMBAT innove avec des jeux de fitness multi-realite". PR Newswire. Les Mills International. 2023-10-11. https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/les-mills-xr-bodycombat-innove-avec-des-jeux-de-fitness-multi-realite-301952530.html. Retrieved 2026-09-20.
  18. ↑ 18.0 18.1 Josef Erl (2025-04-15). "One of the best VR fitness apps finally launches on Steam". MIXED. https://mixed-news.com/en/vr-fitness-app-les-mills-bodycombat-launches-on-steam/. Retrieved 2026-09-20.
  19. ↑ 19.0 19.1 19.2 19.3 "Les Mills BODYCOMBAT". PICO Store. Pico. https://store-global.picoxr.com/gb/detail/1/7127982451493978117. Retrieved 2026-09-20.
  20. ↑ 20.0 20.1 Josef Erl (2024-05-28). "One of the best VR fitness games for Meta Quest finally gets a big DLC". MIXED. https://mixed-news.com/en/one-of-the-best-vr-fitness-games-for-meta-quest-finally-gets-a-big-dlc/. Retrieved 2026-09-20.
  21. ↑ 21.0 21.1 Henry Stockdale (2024-05-28). "Les Mills XR Bodycombat Gets First DLC With Power Strike Update". UploadVR. https://www.uploadvr.com/les-mills-xr-bodycombat-power-strike-dlc/. Retrieved 2026-09-20.
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  24. ↑ 24.0 24.1 24.2 "LES MILLS XR BODYCOMBAT on Steam". Steam. Valve. https://store.steampowered.com/app/3484680/LES_MILLS_XR_BODYCOMBAT/. Retrieved 2026-09-20.
  25. ↑ Courtney Rehfeldt (2023-10-13). "Les Mills Enters Mixed-Reality With Bodycombat for Meta Quest 3". Athletech News. https://athletechnews.com/les-mills-enters-mixed-reality-with-bodycombat-for-meta-quest-3/. Retrieved 2026-09-20.
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  32. ↑ 32.0 32.1 32.2 32.3 "LES MILLS XR BODYCOMBAT downloadable content". Steam. Valve. https://store.steampowered.com/dlc/3484680/LES_MILLS_XR_BODYCOMBAT/. Retrieved 2026-09-20.
  33. ↑ Diego Nicolas Arguello (2024-08-29). "Les Mills XR Bodycombat Commemorates 100th Program With New DLC". UploadVR. https://www.uploadvr.com/les-mills-xr-bodycombat-100-dlc/. Retrieved 2026-09-20.
  34. ↑ 34.0 34.1 34.2 Martin Rumenov (2025-05-24). "Never Surrender DLC: The Latest High-Intensity Workout Experience from Les Mills XR BODYCOMBAT Now Available". VR Today Magazine. https://vrtodaymagazine.com/never-surrender-dlc-from-les-mills-xr-bodycombat-now-available/. Retrieved 2026-09-20.
  35. ↑ "LES MILLS XR BODYCOMBAT - Bonus Club". PlayStation Store. Sony Interactive Entertainment. https://store.playstation.com/en-us/product/UP5992-PPSA13207_00-0374260287264644. Retrieved 2026-09-20.
  36. ↑ Henry Stockdale (2025-05-26). "Les Mills XR Bodycombat Restores Previous Monthly Workouts With New DLC". UploadVR. https://www.uploadvr.com/les-mills-xr-bodycombat-never-surrender-expansion/. Retrieved 2026-09-20.
  37. ↑ Martin Rumenov (2025-04-14). "Les Mills XR BODYCOMBAT Expands to Steam and Prepares Major PSVR2 Update". VR Today Magazine. https://vrtodaymagazine.com/les-mills-xr-bodycombat-expands-to-steam/. Retrieved 2026-09-20.
  38. ↑ Leo Faria (2022-02-03). "Review - Les Mills Bodycombat". WayTooManyGames. https://waytoomany.games/2022/02/03/review-les-mills-bodycombat/. Retrieved 2026-09-20.
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