Casual games have gained a strong footing in VR because players aren’t looking for anything too time-consuming. Ubiquitous on mobile devices, casual time-wasters like I Am Cat and Shop N Stuff tailor to a particular demographic in VR who want instant pickup and play fun, and they can be fun. Yet it’s also too easy for these titles to be quite shallow. And that’s what 131XR has found in its review of Gas N Cars for Meta Quest.
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Time to Fuel Up
Like I Am Security and Freaky Lab VR, and many others, Gas N Cars’ entire gameplay revolves around a singular theme, and that is being an attendant at a gas station. You get to serve a variety of customers who pull up; some simply want their car fueling up, others have more elaborate requests.
Carry out these tasks, and you’ll earn cash to purchase new items, play mini-games to earn even more and so on. Or you can ignore all of it and simply cause some chaos. You might even encounter the devil on the odd occasion. While you’re given the impression of freedom, it’s not as unrestricted as you might expect. In fact, there’s not a great deal to recommend.
Gas N Cars Review
The godfather of this style of experience in VR is Job Simulator, where you’re in a fixed position with lots of interactive elements within arm’s reach. But whereas Job Simulator had character and quirky humour, it was also built for a fledgling VR industry 10-odd years ago to avoid VR locomotion.
In 2026, this type of game needs to go above and beyond to justify any sort of price tag. Yet Gas N Cars doesn’t manage that. As 131XR notes in its review, Gas N Cars is fun for five to ten minutes, if you’re looking for that. But beyond that, there’s no real depth, there’s no progression system once you’ve unlocked all the items at the shop.
You can continue fixing folks’ cars, or smashing them, or dropping them into the fiery pits of hell. After you’ve burnt through all of that, it’s when Gas N Cars comes off the road. Younger players will obviously love the chaotic nature of the gameplay, everyone else will want to steer clear.
What’s Next?
Hopefully, the team behind Gas N Cars, Yorf Studio, has plenty of updates planned to expand the experience. A ‘Summer Chaos Update’ recently arrived, which is a positive sign, but doesn’t address some of the critical failings. As it is an Early Access game, it’ll be interesting to see which route the team takes, one that embraces the chaos even further, or one that introduces more balance, enticing a wider demographic.
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