Which Virtual Reality games burn the most calories per minute?

Tucker Jaxson
2 min readJun 13, 2022

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If you’re looking to change up your workout routine a bit, then it may be time to give virtual reality gaming a shot.

Today, VR gaming has become more popular than ever before and has also in recent times proven to be an excellent way to be active and burn calories. One VR title that is great at this is the popular game Thrill of the Fight, which has players stepping into the virtual boxing ring for some action and exercise.

From the team at VR Space comes this fascinating infographic that looks at the virtual reality games that burn the most calories per minute.

Which VR games burn the most calories?

If you’re looking to get switch up your exercise routine, it may be time to consider giving virtual reality games a shot. There are many VR games that can help you burn calories, with the top three choices including Audioshield Modded (10.66 to 11.85 calories burned per minute), Thrill of the Fight (9.74 to 15.32 calories per minute) and PowerBeats VR (7.72 to 8.59 calories per minute).

Players can be burn 9.74 to 15.32 calories per minute on average in Thrill of the Fight

Here are the top fifteen virtual reality games that burn the most calories burned per minute.

  1. Audioshield Modded: 10.66 to 11.85 calories burned per minute
  2. Thrill of the Fight: 9.74 to 15.32 calories burned per minute
  3. PowerBeats VR: 7.72 to 8.59 calories burned per minute
  4. Knockout League: 7.54 to 8.33 calories burned per minute
  5. Holopoint: 7.46 to 12.69 calories burned per minute
  6. Audio Trip: 7.29 to 8.94 calories burned per minute
  7. Pistol Whip: 7.17 to 7.69 calories burned per minute
  8. Hot Squat 2 — New Glory: 7.07 to 8.57 calories burned per minute
  9. Song Beat — Quite My Tempo!: 7.00 to 8.57 calories burned per minute
  10. Soundboxing: 6.72 to 7.49 calories burned per minute
  11. Creed — Rise to Glory: 6.62 to 7.80 calories burned per minute
  12. Hot Squat: 6.56 to 7.25 calories burned per minute
  13. Beat Saber: 6.55 to 7.45 calories burned per minute
  14. Fastest Fist: 6.24 to 8.02 calories burned per minute
  15. Final Soccer VR: 6.07 to 6.75 calories burned per minute

Even the last ranked game on this list, Smashbox Arena, is a VR game that can help you burn 1.79 to 2.11 calories per minute. This is nearly the same amount of calories that you would burn by going out for a walk, so any bad weather outside can’t be an excuse any longer to get active!

Have you tried any exercising with virtual reality yet?

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