Google Earth VR similar games & best alternatives

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Google Earth VR

2016

Should you play it?

Google Earth VR lets you explore the world from totally new perspectives in virtual reality. Stroll the streets of Tokyo, soar over the Grand Canyon, or walk around the Eiffel Tower.

What works

  • Immersive and emotional exploration of real-world locations
  • Free and accessible vr experience
  • Highly praised for nostalgia and educational value
  • Smooth and intuitive navigation
  • Strong relaxation and escapism benefits

Things to keep in mind

  • Lack of updates and feature development
  • Limited social and cooperative features
  • No search or advanced navigation tools initially (some added later)
  • Variable graphical quality depending on location
  • No progression, competition, or creative building elements

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • SpaceEngine

  • Walking Simulator

  • Subside

  • Nature Treks VR

  • Aerofly FS 2 Flight Simulator

  • Realities

More fantastical

Games that feels like Google Earth VR but with more imaginative fiction

  • Aircar

  • Goat Simulator: Remastered

  • Irrational Exuberance: Prologue

  • Spirit of the North

  • 0°N 0°W

  • Exo One: Prologue

More progression-driven

Games that feels like Google Earth VR but with more progression and upgrades

  • Outpath: First Journey

  • Outpath

  • AETHUS

  • URBO

  • Spilled!

  • Ultrawings

More story-driven

Games that feels like Google Earth VR but with deeper narrative immersion

  • Apollo 11 VR HD

  • Apollo 11 VR

  • The Solus Project

  • A Highland Song

  • Beyond Blue

  • Submerged

Choose your own criteria ->

Similarity map

How to compare these games

Compare nearby games

Each card is a nearby game on the similarity map, compared with Google Earth VR. Swipe sideways to move between games. Titles already listed in What to play next are left out.

  • Cover and title: open that game’s page.
  • What works / keep in mind: the same highlights as the desktop comparison panel.
  • Bars: the main motivational differences versus this game.
How to use the graph

Similarity map

Each dot is a game placed from its motivation profile relative to this page’s game. Direction shows which motivation differs most; distance along that axis shows how large the gap is.

  • Purple star: this page’s game at the centre — everything is relative to it.
  • Direction: each axis is a main motivational difference vs this game (e.g. more / less competitive).
  • Distance on an axis: how large that difference is (ring scales show +/− points).
  • Coloured chips: click to highlight games that mainly differ on that motivation; click again to reset.
  • Dotted line: link between this page’s game and the one selected for comparison.
  • Hover a dot to preview that game in the panel on the right; click to keep that comparison.
  • Scroll or double-click the chart to zoom.

How to read the map This is a polar difference map: direction = which motivation differs, and distance = how much (same units as the sidebar deltas).

Swipe to compare nearby games with Google Earth VR. These titles are not in What to play next.

Google Earth VR: Less representative of its motivational profile, with noticeable differences. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Survival, Violence, Competition, Thrill. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Story, Fantasy, Progression.

Last update: 21/08/2026