VRbloX

VRbloX
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Information
VR/AR	VR
Developer	NerdRage Studios Ltd.
Publisher	NerdRage Studios Ltd.
Platform	Oculus Rift (Platform)
Device	Oculus Rift CV1; Oculus Rift DK2 (pre-release build only)
Operating System	Windows
Type	Full Game
Genre	Casual, Indie, Simulation, Puzzle, VR
Input Device	Gamepad
Play Area	Seated
Game Mode	Single Player
Language	English
Review	Mixed (2 Steam user reviews, January 2017)
Release Date	Jul 7, 2016
Price	US$9.99 (Steam launch price)
App Store	Steam, WEARVR; pre-release build on Oculus Share
Website	https://web.archive.org/web/20160504112757/http://www.nerdrage.co.uk/our-games/
Infobox Updated	09/27/2026

VRbloX is a block-stacking puzzle VR game for the Oculus Rift, developed and published by NerdRage Studios Ltd., a small independent studio based in Surrey, England. Players pick up and place blocks to build a tower up to a target height, and the developer described the game as "Tetris meets Jenga".

A pre-release build for the Oculus Rift DK2 development kit was listed on Oculus Share; the VR Bites listing gives its release date as 17 October 2015. The full game was released on Steam on 7 July 2016 for the consumer Oculus Rift CV1, played seated with a gamepad; the Steam release did not support the DK1 or DK2 development kits. The game is no longer sold on Steam: as of September 2026 its store page redirects to the Steam front page.

Reviewed 27 September 2026. Checked the title, developer, release dates, prices, store metadata, system requirements, controls, development history and Steam review status against the archived Steam, NerdRage, WEARVR and VR Bites pages, SteamSpy and Metacritic. About review dates.

Features

The developer's website listed these features for the game:

• A challenging puzzle game, described as "Tetris meets Jenga"
• Multiple game modes, including challenge mode, time attack and "marble madness"
• Designed and optimized for VR
• Online leaderboards
• A soundtrack by the composer Chad Lawson
• A comfortable VR experience

Gameplay

In VRbloX the player manipulates the blocks in front of them to reach a goal that depends on the game mode. The player looks at a block to select it, then uses the controller to pick it up, move and rotate it, and place it on the tower. If the structure becomes unstable, it topples over. The Steam store description names three modes:

Mode	Goal
Free build	Build the tower as high as possible
Time attack	Build to the target height within a time limit
Challenge	Build to the target height with a limited number of blocks

The developer's website also listed a "marble madness" mode. According to the store description, the challenges increase in difficulty as the player progresses.

Controls

The game requires an Xbox controller or a similar gamepad; mouse and keyboard are not supported. The WEARVR listing gives this Xbox controller layout:

Button	Action
A	Pick up or drop a block
B	Center the view
Triggers	Raise and lower
Shoulder buttons	Tilt
Analog sticks	Move and rotate
Start	Menu

The Steam store page from July 2016 said that support for Oculus Touch motion controllers was in development, with a working prototype, and that it would be released as a free update once the Touch controllers launched. The same notice was still on the store page in May 2017.

Development

VRbloX was the first title from NerdRage Studios. The studio's about page credited James Stone as lead developer, Lukas Wong-Achorn as artist and Andrew Minor as game designer and QA. In a developer blog post announcing that the game's alpha was complete and had been submitted to Oculus for review, Stone wrote that he wanted to make a different kind of experience for the Oculus Rift, because most games for it seemed to be "either FPS or horror games". He also wrote that he had learned C# and Unity3D while building it.

On 2 February 2016, Stone reported that the game was playable from start to finish and that he was looking for beta testers. In the same post he described himself as a one-man developer and said that online high scores were working through the dreamlo score service, with a local copy of each player's scores saved on the PC. In spring 2016 the studio's website listed the game as coming soon to the Oculus Store, and its about page said VRbloX was set for release at the Oculus launch.

On 28 June 2016 the studio announced that VRbloX had been approved through Steam Greenlight and set the release for 7 July 2016. The post said the game would support the Oculus Rift on the latest SDK and required a gamepad. NerdRage also said it had begun work on Oculus Touch controls and planned an HTC Vive port after that.

Release

Date	Store	Headset	Notes
17 October 2015 (per VR Bites)	Oculus Share	Oculus Rift DK2	Pre-release build, gamepad control
7 July 2016	Steam	Oculus Rift CV1	US$9.99; discounted 20% to US$7.99 in a promotion in July 2016
May 2017	Steam	Oculus Rift CV1	Price listed as US$6.99
August 2020 (archived listing)	WEARVR	Oculus Rift CV1	Listed as "VRBloX", full game for Windows, US$4.99
September 2026	Steam	Oculus Rift CV1	No longer sold; the store page redirects to the Steam front page

On Steam the game is listed in the Casual, Indie and Simulation genres, with English interface, audio and subtitles. Its most-used Steam user tags are Indie, Casual, Simulation, Puzzle and VR.

System requirements

Windows

Minimum

• OS: Windows 8.1 / 10
• Processor: Intel i5 or better
• Memory: 4 GB RAM
• Graphics: GTX 970 or similar (Oculus VR spec)
• Storage: 240 MB available space
• Additional notes: the PC should meet the Oculus recommended specification. The game requires an Oculus Rift CV1; the DK1 and DK2 are not supported, nor is any SDK version lower than 1.3.

Other

Before release, the developer's website listed these requirements:

• Oculus Rift DK2 or CV1 (with a PC that meets the minimum Oculus requirements)
• XBOX360 gamepad or similar (only tested with official XBOX controller)
• Windows PC only (Mac and Linux support may come later when Oculus offer full support)

The Steam release dropped DK2 support and required the CV1. The WEARVR listing gives an Nvidia or ATI graphics card, an Xbox or similar controller, and Oculus Runtime 1.3 or later as minimum requirements.

Setup instructions

According to the WEARVR listing, the game is started by running its EXE file, and an Xbox or similar controller is required.

Reception

VRbloX received few reviews. On Steam it had two user reviews: in November 2016 both were positive, and by January 2017 the summary was "Mixed", with one positive and one negative. In May 2017 the page showed two user reviews and no summary score. The store page quoted a 9.1 score from Hyped4, which said: "VRbloX is one of those titles which you can enjoy to its fullest only in Virtual Reality". Metacritic lists the PC game with no critic reviews.