As with many VR games, videos don't really sell what it's really like to play. At the main menu, less than 5 seconds after launching, I'm already having fun! You play the game standing in chest-high arctic waters and the controllers are like little xylophone mallets. You can bop the surface of the water to make little splashes. Audio and visual style is very cute an polished.

You activate all the UI buttons by bopping. In the game you bop platforms to raise and lower them. Bop the penguins to speed them up. Adorable! Audio is cute to with a couple tracks that cycle through. The end credits has one of the penguines sing along with the main tune.

It's a traditional puzzle game (similar to Mario VS Donkey Kong 2: March of the Minis). Penguins automatically move and always turn right when they hit walls. Get them to the exit or optionally collect the challenge eggs. Some eggs are a bit hidden and you need to look for them with positional tracking. Some levels have robots that you need to corral and avoid.

There's a laser mode for activating distant objects and you can rotate the floating island, so this game will work with a tiny tracked space too. Height is adjustable so it's kid friendly. There's 40 levels and most I could complete with all the eggs in 1 to 4 minutes.

Waddle home is is a a very cute game that does nothing to hide it's mobile app influences. From the start screen, to the puzzle level mechanics and simple interactions, this, at heart, screams app store.

I'm not sure that the casual game mechanic is a perfect one for the immersive experience of VR, as opposed to idling away a train trip, but I cannot deny, it was fun.

Standing in the freezing arctic water was a nice touch, but I really wanted to resize the island a bit, it looked a little small for my liking.

I am giving it the thumbs up as it is well made, cute, complete, well thought out and deserves to be seen.

My kids are eager to give it a go and I'm sure they'll love it - but just be aware, this is not a game that utilises VR to its full, it's a casual puzzler that could quite as easily been on my phone.

Very tough call here. I would like to give a neutral recommendation. Honestly, I just didn't like the puzzles. I finished 13 and sort of don't have it in me to keep going. I didn't find the puzzles difficult, just annoying. Especially in the later puzzles where they put enemy guards that you have to avoid.

The best way to describe these puzzles is that it's a maze you have the penguins navigate by changing the paths to get to the desired destination. Your penguins always turn right and the guards always turn left. You have switches to direct the path of the penguins. If you move the switch, a barricade erects and the penguin turns right earlier or gets over an obstacle, or whatever the case may be. So by doing this you can capture eggs or get to the exit. Your goal is to collect all 3 eggs and find the exit.

The animations are cute. The controls are intuitive. VR does add something to this as you can easily see the whole map to guide your penguin so the puzzles become 3 dimensional. Puzzles did get increasingly more difficult with each level. It just wasn't for me. It's not a bad game per se.

Sale price rating 5/10. I think the normal price is way too high for what it is. At the Steam summer sale, it may be worth it, if you really like these types of puzzles. The low sale price is the only reason I'm keeping this as positive, but it's really neutral.

Very fun puzzle game that gets increasingly challenging as you advance through the levels. This game is a perfect fit for VR as you have to look around at different angles to see everything, I can't imagine playing it without VR. Only complaint is that it's a little short, I beat all levels and collected all eggs in 2 hours. But it is one of the most polished games for VR right now and for $10 I think its worth it if you like puzzle games.

This is surprisingly one of the best VR games currently on the market. It appropriately uses room scale, and does not have/need locomotion movement systems. The interactability of the penguins and their "boops" and "bops" makes for a truely immersive VR experience. There is no greater puzzle game currently for VR that has the gameplay, graphics, and mechanics of Waddle Home.

This game is awesome! You can tell it was made for the Vive. Easily one of the prettiest games I have right now. The gameplay is a lot of fun, and there seems to be a good number of levels. It feels very polished, not buggy at all unlike a lot of other VR games out right now. I got this game for 30% off ($7), definitely worth the price! Even seems like a bargain for $10. Check it out!

If you are a fan of puzzle games you owe it to yourself to pick this up. Intuitive controls and a polished experience makes this game a must have.

Waddle Home is a fun puzzle game in the genre of ChuChuRocket (Dreamcast).

Release a penguin from it's cage and it will walk forward untill it hits an obstacle, then turns right and walks forward again. Get the penguin to the spaceship! Collect the eggs along the way. Sounds simple but the levels become more and more complex.

It's a great family game or if you want to cool down from actiongames. Looks good, sounds good, runs great, good price.

Specs: i7 6700k, 16GB RAM, R9 390.

It's difficult to leave a 'not recommended' on what is a harmless, inexpensive (sale price), mostly entertaining, movie-length, sit-down VR game. However, a few rough levels, the tacky mobile game interface, and poor Oculus compatibility keep the game away from any serious recommendation.

Waddle Home doesn't really benefit from being in VR and choosing to develop for on a mobile platform would have seemed appropriate and more accessible. (There is actually a phone AR version that seems interesting)

It’s a puzzle platformer where you guide penguins to safety, avoiding aliens and robots. You know, normal day-to-day type stuff. It’s casual, it’s cute, and I like it enough to give it a solid thumbs: UP! Good for kids too!