Pavlov

this game was fun a while ago but they charge your for skins on a game people paid for i would not mind if they made it free and had to pay for skins but they remove steam workshop tell us to buy skins on a game we paid for

Good game, just very much so dead af.

23.3.2025 Last 24 hour peak player count 284.

very great game and the community is quite something, search and destroy and ttt is really fun, 100% reccomended

Not bad to play with friends, the only thing is I don't have anyone to play this with. Add me and we can play for sure! I speak english/ spanish. Recommended!

overall fun game but the inclusion of micro transactions and catering to quest users is a bit disapointing as most of the origional player base has left and been replaced by a 10 year old who isnt even tall enough to not crouch constanly.
tl'dr fun game bad devs

Sadly a husk of it's former self due to the horrible community management and structuring of their move from PC only to multi-platform. The move to go from workshop to Mod.io, while having good intentions, seriously divided the community, and it has never recovered. They have gone on record with viewing it as near pointless to put out updates for PC due to how much the player base has shrunk.
Tried to come back to it recently, if you like TTT and the occasional CS lobby, well you have that, not much else...
Go play Contractors if you want a good selection of game modes with well-fleshed out modding tools and larger lobbies. Sad to see it in this state after how big it was.

Ok, this is mostly about gameplay, the gameplay and gun mechanics are very nice, but, the game is dead and most mods kinda suck now that only mod.io is supported, other than that, the only mods and mode i recommend/like is ww2 and any ww1 or ww2 map/mod

I was really hoping it would be as fun as I thought it was gonna but damn does it suck and the people playing it are toxic as hell.

Not worth the money anymore. Gun play is fine, but ruining the steam workshop killed the game.

I loved this game it was so fun to chat and interact with the people and play wacky game-modes. However, after the integration update the player base as been shot and has been going down hill ever since.
Vankrupt listen to the hate and give the people what the want instead of shitty micro-transactions.

I'm not going to say "Dead game" that often but unless you want to only play TDM on one map and countless lobbies of TTT then I just can't recommend this game and it's current state

Borderline abandonware that they shoehorned unnecessary microtransactions into for some unknown reason. A husk of its former self with barely a sliver of it's original player base that sticks around. Do not support these types of practices, nor these devs. Pathetic and disappointing.

They broke this game. With the change to cross-play it now isn't worth playing. They got rid of so many good mods. The modding community is gone. You could drive tanks and play a battle-royal.... now... no. On top of it. They have not fixed the issue with accepting the licence agreement after two years. Thanks Sony and the Devs of this game. It was fun... now no. Not even worth buy on sale.

I would love to give this game a good review, I still play it, and I have a lot of fun with it. But holy fuck does the moderation suck major donkey dick. This game's community is god fucking awful, there is no reason I should be hearing so many children spouting racial slurs with zero consequence.

CS:GO in VR, but instead of Russians yelling "Rush B," it’s furries and social rejects screaming "UwU" while team-killing you. The gunplay is realistic enough to make you feel like a tactical genius—until you drop your magazine mid-fight and get knifed by a 12 year old sweat who lives in the metaverse.

Micro Transactions, remove mod support and make the game run worse with each update.
Modern game development strikes again.

best shooting game ever

friendly comunity

good graphics

still gets updates

great shooter for vr but no more players as much now and bad updates gets very dry

Formerly A Great Game for FPS Players, Currently A Pain for Oculus Headset Users.

Loved it back years ago. But now I won't touch it unless they put some real fixes in.
Waited all night to install some 70+ gigs of game and mods to play some VR CoDZombies just to have a headache upon launching it up this afternoon.

The devs have seemingly stopped working to fix SteamVR/OpenXR runtime issues for users who play SteamVR games using Rift PCVR or Quests via either wired connection or wireless.
You'll have significant screen shaking, the view kinda warps as you tilt your head, and it really really friggin hurts the eyes.

When they moved the game to Unreal 5 it introduced issues for SteamVR's runtime when used with Meta/Oculus Headsets. Instead of proactively finding a workaround or reverting the engine back, they've just Said this back on June 12th 2023 when the update launched.
"It is recommended to launch the game using the Oculus mode to prevent performance issues for the time being."

Even as a Former Rift S user who absolutely loved his first headset and it's Oculus software features, I nowadays despise the Oculus Dashboard.
It has no native Dark Mode Option, highly unforgiving to modifications and is unsupportive of QoL improvements.
Meta and the Big Zuck Screwed us over buy effectively killing Oculus.

If you don't like being forced to use the Oculus dashboard in 2025 as a Rift or Quest user, I unfortunately don't recommend this game.

Wait till you hear about Fixes specifically pertaining to OpenXR and SteamVR Compatibility.

Not worth buying reasons:
In one hours play time already met 1-2 cheaters who was just shooting with mosin without missing any shots and other was just runing with 2 machine guns and hitting everyone in the head...
Kept having visual bugs with made my eyes hurt.
Few servers to play and most of them are dm with is boring as hell after few minutes...
Menus felt like they were hidden had to google how to leave server.

Played cs maps it was cool to expierence them in vr sadly most of them are in dm

killed the community by nuking mods and updating the engine to UE5 (honestly not a horrible idea, if it weren't for that decision clearing everything the community made). Peak hours, you find enough lobbies for varied gameplay, but at off hours you maybe have 9 lobbies with enough people to play. The bots are nowhere near good enough for a fun experience in offline mode.

It's not a bad game though. The gameplay is fun, the moments are funnier, and balancing is pretty good. No single gun reigns supreme, everything has a use. Costs are pretty much perfect, and while sniping is basically impossible, and the complete lack of aim smoothing makes long range shooting a hassle, the game still feels perfect.

Could we get an update for the shooting range? While new maps and cosmetics are great, it feels like the shooting range has been overlooked. The current selection of weapons is somewhat lackluster, and despite several updates, the shooting range hasn't seen any improvements. Could you please prioritize an update for the shooting range and its weapons? We'd really appreciate it! Thank you!

Its fun with friends, just goofing around, New update seems good, you can now have modded weapons, without setting up a server. Thats just epic!

"Oh look, a new update for Pavlov, I wonder what it is--"
"... MTX currency. Cool."

Used to be a fun VR shooter, essentially Counter Strike in VR, but the updates have been really bad.
First they removed the Steam Workshop under the pretense of needing a unified modding platform (I'd rather just opt out of crossplay, thanks)
And now they're adding MTX currency to buy skins with, all while providing no other updates that are worth supporting.

Game used to be good, it was abandoned for almost 3 years and now suddenly they are back with micro transaction cringe

pretty good, wish it had more cod like zombies maps but its alright

Really not seeing why this game gets so much backlash, I understand the workshop conundrum, but Pavlov is by far the best VR shooter, and I expect it to remain that way. Contractors or Onward may have some more realistic or detailed mechanics, but nothing will ever beat the Pavlov playstyle. This game is wacky, realistic, unique, and borderline horrifying at times, and there is still an endless pit of mods and communities that you'll come across. 10/10 recommend.

They killed the game bu moving all their attention towards quest and weapons skins because of greed. Once this game brimmed with players and funs mods and community creations coming out all the time, only to ruin it by producing no content, and killing the modding scene as much as possible.but hey...you can buy a weapon skins for coins, and a mascot plush that looks like the devs.

Amazing, this game is so much fun. From SND, TTT hell, even one in the chamber is fun as hell. From the gameplay, gunplay and the comunity. I can join an lobby right now and have a lot of fun (most of the time if there are no kids). I don't know why its so hated on the last time, sure the devs are being greedy af with the micro transaction but I don't really care, they dont really matter.

- This title was great at one point, but has since lost relevance with the removal of Workshop support. Because of this, most have moved on. There are other titles out there to fill the gap Pavlov left behind.

Runs under Proton on Linux.

I don’t get why this game isn’t talked about more it’s an absolute time killer with some of the best gun physics in VR. With 10+ well made official game modes, there’s something for everyone. PSVR has brought in new players, but PCVR struggles with player count, since Quest users are on a separate version. Still, if you want a fun, realistic party shooter or intense warfare, I highly recommend it. Whether you're new to VR or experienced, this is a must play!

Pretty dead game and filled with sweats that have over thousands of hours making it almost impossible to play as a new player.

Create lobby for friends to play.
Lobby Readies up.
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!#$%. This game used to be so easy and fun to host between friends years ago. Now its got micro transactions and you cant host games among friends. I don't need a server to play just let us peer to peer host without the unnecessary server setup.

All the best maps and modes are on the workshop, which isn't compatible with pavlov anymore, and reasonably, the mod authors dont want to put in more work to port their old maps to mod.io. They were doing it for free, after all.

RIP codz, RIP scp secret lab, RIP some of the best push maps ive ever played.
Maybe they'll be back but i hold no hope for it.

Pretty realistic shooting game for VR. Online is quite fun too.

7/10

used to be the best but now theres micro transactions, skins and no more workshop. best part is the new kernel level anti cheat and crossplay with psvr cause pc lobbys are almost always empty. psvr barley keeps the game active.

played a lot in its earlier years, lots of potential but none of it capitalized on. Came back recently in hopes of some new stuff to mess around with but its pretty dead so I cant rec this to anyone at this point I wish they'd flesh out some of these modes more the zombies are so interactive and satisfying but the AI is rough and they didn't do anything with the mode so its stale. The other modes are hit or miss same guns same objs. I'm not sure what the point of UE5 was game seems identical to the old version minus the lack of a player base (mods are eh some good some bad also whats with everyone making mod maps that are just open fields)

Used to be the best VR multiplayer shooter... then the devs wanted more money and completely killed it. No players, micro transactions, third party mod website instead of steam workshop and they even somehow made the game run worse then ever before. Please spend your money on something else

paid 25 dollars for this game just to not be able to play it. doesnt even track my controllers cant get passed main menu

is good runs smooth little amounts of AUS servers tho :(

In its earlier iterations it wasn't bad at all, but now its terrible. Not all at more optimized. Terrible frame-rate, and just overall MORE clunky and (if i'm being blunt) just plain shit now. Update added micro and dumped the core of the game. Way to go losers.

nobody is buying your micro transactions let me play on my old modded servers

Devs updated the game to break all the good modded content so they could add microtransactions... Fuck you devs.

i bought vr for this game now it doesn't even run. abysmal dogshit update.

Community is sadly completely dead nowadays. Removal of workshop destroyed this game.
RIP Pavlov.

I mistakenly didn't do my research before buying this game.

I wanted it so i could play those cod zombies mod maps but apparently all the mods for this game are broken because of an update they did in December of last year.

and no one is really fixing any of the zombie maps, so i refunded this. what a shame man.

loved playing the game but since they broke the workshop content it has all been downhill, connection issues, compatibility issues, crashes and waiting for months for an update to fix all of it.... there will be no salvation or great update to fix all the issues im dealing with, had great potential and great times but this is where i get off.

Ever since the mods were taken off the steam webpage this game has been deader then dead. Theirs no saving it at this point. This game is the epitome of developer incompetence and selling out. Not worth your time stay away from it.

Okay, so I didn't just imagine that: Game runs way worse than it used to and apparently workshop content is gone for the sake of,....a few console players.

...how????

Game was great until unreal 5 update that was suppose to upgrade it and make it better, but it only made it worse. Now is player base much lower, many people can not run game now.

And what do they do after many months to fix a game? They release in game micro transactions, without addressing problems. It looks like they are not interested in PC version and only focused on quest.