Meta Horizon Worlds is an online multiplayer game, as well as game platform and game creation system, developed and published by Meta Platforms. Horizon Worlds was released in December 2021. Initially designed for virtual reality headsets as part of the QuestVR platform, a mobile version was released in September 2023, and in February 2026 Meta announced it would separate Worlds from QuestVR to primarily focus on the mobile version. In March, Meta announced that no new games would be added to the VR version.
Meta Horizon Worlds is an online multiplayer game, as well as game platform and game creation system, developed and published by Meta Platforms. Horizon Worlds was released in December 2021. Initially designed for virtual reality headsets as part of the QuestVR platform, a mobile version was released in September 2023, and in February 2026 Meta announced it would separate Worlds from QuestVR to primarily focus on the mobile version. In March, Meta announced that no new games would be added to the VR version.
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Meta Horizon Worlds is an online multiplayer game, as well as game platform and game creation system, developed and published by Meta Platforms. Horizon Worlds was released in December 2021. Initially designed for virtual reality headsets as part of the QuestVR platform, a mobile version was released in September 2023, and in February 2026 Meta announced it would separate Worlds from QuestVR to primarily focus on the mobile version. In March, Meta announced that no new games would be added to the VR version.
In February 2022, Meta reported Horizon Worlds had an estimated 300,000 users; yet, by October 2022, The Wall Street Journal was reporting fewer than 200,000 monthly users. Horizon Worlds has received mixed reviews, with critics citing bugs and an unenjoyable environment that degrades the user experience.
Gameplay
As of 2022, the game may be played with an Oculus Rift S, Meta Quest Pro, Meta Quest 3, Meta Quest 3S, or Meta Quest 2 virtual reality headset and uses full 3D motion via the motion capture system of the headset and two hand-held motion controllers, which are required to interact with objects in the game. In October 2022, Meta announced that they will be launching a web version, allowing users to access the game without a headset as well.
Users can create an avatar with a customized appearance. All players begin in a personal space which can optionally be customized and shared with others.
Part of Horizon Worlds is a world named Venues which is used for live events. Events streamed via the Venues platform have included UFC mixed martial arts competitions, live music events via the Tidal service, and NBA basketball games.
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Critics
When Horizon Worlds was first announced in 2019 under the name Facebook Horizon, Josh Constine writing for TechCrunch compared it to other social virtual worlds such as Second Life, The Sims, AltspaceVR, Dreams, Roblox, and fictional "OASIS" described in the novel Ready Player One, while Sam Machkovech writing for Ars Technica emphasised similarities to Rec Room and VRChat. Machkovech noted a key difference to other social virtual worlds in Facebook's plan to let employees welcome new users. Scott Stein writing for CNET said that "[m]aybe Horizon is better than whatever Oculu
The development of Horizon Worlds (formerly called Facebook Horizon) followed earlier social VR apps by Facebook (Oculus Rooms, Oculus Venues, and Facebook Spaces) and focused more on user-generated content than these earlier apps. Facebook announced Facebook Horizon as a new social virtual world at the Oculus Connect 6 conference in September 2019.
In August 2020, Facebook announced that more users will receive access to an invite-only beta phase. In an interview with Scott Stein in January 2021, Facebook Reality Labs head Andrew Bosworth conceded that the experiences in Facebook Horizon were not ready for the public and expressed concern that "[i]f you don't have… something driving a lot of people to the place, then you run the risk they're not going to get it."
In August 2021, Facebook released the open beta of Horizon Workrooms, a collaboration app targeted at teams managing remote-work environments. The app offers virtual meeting rooms, whiteboards and video call integration for up to 50 people. On 7 October 2021 Facebook changed the name Facebook Horizon to Horizon Worlds. After an invite-only beta phase, the game was released in the U.S. and Canada to people 18 years or older on December 9, 2021.
In March 2022, Meta announced Builder Tracks, a developer program for game development inside Horizon Worlds. Meta pledged $500,000 to fund the program, including cash prizes, a Horizon Worlds bootcamp, and support from Meta developers.
In April 2022, Meta started testing monetization in Horizon Worlds in the form of in-app purchases, where a few select creators began selling virtual items, such as power-ups, to players 18 years and older. Meta also started testing the Horizon Worlds Creator Bonus program where creators are paid monthly bonuses.
In July 2023, Meta's first-party studio Ouro Interactive released the shooter game Super Rumble, which utilized new creation features such as asset imports and TypeScript that were not previously available to developers.
In September 2023, Meta released web and mobile versions of the platform. These had originally been announced in February 2022 with a planned launch date later that year.
In October 2024, Meta rolled out changes to the appearance of in-game avatars. This change included a system to create custom clothes via AI in the Meta Horizon mobile app. They also added pre-teens as an age group, which makes creators able to mark their world as 10+. In October 2024, Meta introduced Meta Credits to allow users to more-easily spend money in Meta Horizon, similar to Robux in Roblox or Tokens in Rec Room. They can be purchased on mobile or in VR with USD.
In February 2025, Meta released a preview of the Horizon Worlds Desktop Editor, a Windows-based editor with the ability to import 3D assets, images, and sound files, place them in a 3D landscape, and implement game logic and other functionality using TypeScript, and announced that the in-headset editor would be deprecated. In September 2025, the company announced that the Desktop Editor would be renamed as Horizon Studio.
In February 2026, Meta separated Worlds from the VRQuest platform to almost exclusively focus on the mobile version. In March 2026, Meta announced that the VR version of Worlds would be discontinued by June. The company partially reversed this decision the next day, instead saying it planned to support existing games for the foreseeable future but no new games would be added to the platform.
