How to set up Revive

This Guide shows you how to install Revive into SteamVR. Which allows your Oculus Library Games on your HTC Vive or SteamVR Headset.

Introduction

Revive was created by LibreVR to play Rift games exclusive to Oculus Home on the HTC Vive.

Vive Controller mapping in Revive

How does Revive work?

Revive grabs function calls on their way to the Vive headset and detours them to the Rift. When you're in your Vive looking at the SteamVR dashboard, you'll notice a Revive button near the bottom. If you click on it, you can bring up your games in the Oculus Home library.

Download and install the Oculus app

Before doing anything else, you need to download and install the Oculus app. There is an important process to follow so that you don't get stuck in a setup loop that requires you to actually have a Rift available — if you have an Oculus Rift, you don't have to worry as much.

1. Navigate to the Oculus app download page.

https://www.oculus.com/setup/

2. Click Download Oculus Software

3. Click Save File

4. Click Run

5. Click Let's Go

6. Click Agree

7. Click I Understand

8. Click Next

9. Click Install Now. The required files will now be downloaded

10. Click Next

11. Click Rift

12. Click Next

13. Click Next

14. Click Skip Setup

15. Click Skip Setup

Download a game in the Oculus app

Now that you have the Oculus app installed and set up properly, you need a game or two in your Oculus library.

1. Launch the Oculus app from your Start menu, desktop, or taskbar

2. Click a game you want to purchase and download

3. Click the blue button with a price tag on it

4. Click Add a credit or debit card or click Add your PayPal account. In my case I will add a credit.

5. Type in your information.

6. Click Save

7. Type your PIN

8. Click Purchase

9. Click Install. Your game will begin downloading

10. Click Library when the download is complete

11. Click Finish Install

12. Click Install to complete the installation process

Ensure you go to your library and complete the final two steps once the game has downloaded — if you don't, the game won't work with Revive.

How to set up Revive

Now that you have a game in the Oculus app that you want to play on Vive, it's time to download and set up Revive.

1. Navigate to the Revive installer page on GitHub.
https://github.com/LibreVR/Revive/releases

2. Click ReviveInstaller.exe

3. Click Save

4. Click I Agree

5. Click Next

6. Click Install

7. Click Close

8. Launch SteamVR from the Start menu, desktop, or taskbar. Revive will launch automatically alongside it.

9. Put on your Vive head-mounted display

10. Click the system button on the Vive controller. It is located just beneath the trackpad

11. Click Revive

12. Click an Oculus game you want to play on Vive

The Rift game will open and you can use your Vive to play.

Enable Revive button in Vive dashboard

If you can't see the Revive button below your Vive dashboard when you're wearing your Vive, take off the headset and follow these steps on your PC.

1. Click the dropdown arrow next to SteamVR

2. Click Settings

3. Click Applications
4. Click Revive Dashboard so that a checkmark appears

Inject Revive into a standalone game

Some games that you haven't downloaded through the Oculus app or through Steam, like the VR-compatible ARK: Survival Evolved, can still be used with Revive.

1. Right-click the Revive tray icon in the bottom-right corner of your taskbar

2. Click Inject

3. Click a standalone game. In this case, I don't have any installed. Remember, this is only for VR games that were downloaded outside of Steam and the Oculus app.

4. Click Open

Patch games downloaded through Steam

Steam has a few games that are only available for Oculus Rift. If you want to play one of these games on your Vive after downloading, follow these steps.

1. Right-click the Revive tray icon in the bottom-right corner of your taskbar

2. Click Patch

3. Click a Steam game you want to play on Vive. In this case, I don't have any installed. Remember, this is only for Oculus-exclusive games downloaded through Steam

4. Click Open

Restart the Oculus Runtime service

When you download a new game through the Oculus app and attempt to launch it through Revive, you might see an error pop up that says Entitlement check failed. In this case, you must restart the Oculus Runtime service.

1. Right-click the Start button

2. Click Search

3. Type services

4. Click Services

5. Right-click Oculus VR Runtime Service

6. Click Restart

Oculus Compatibility list

The LibreVR GitHub page contains a long compatibility list of Oculus games that is updated quite frequently. When attempting to get an Oculus Rift game working on your Vive, remember that Revive is a work in progress and won't always provide a flawless result.

https://github.com/LibreVR/Revive/wiki/Compatibility-list

[Kebrax]

@Vismal, most likely you already found your answer, but this is not limited to Vive. I've just tested this guide with a PS VR2 + PC adapter and it worked fine.

[Vismal]

Does this only work with a Vive headset ?

[CJ141]

With manually installed apps sometimes my controls don’t work

[mocherowyninja]

Enable Revive button in Vive dashboard" there is no longer an Applications option in Steam, VR settings.... just like Rocky commented.Can somebody help ?

[GYRasputin]

As of September 2023, this is working great. Only challenge is games that require you to hold down the oculus menu button...because there isn't one.

[Rocky]

In "Enable Revive button in Vive dashboard" there is no longer an Applications option in Steam, VR settings....

[VelociRandom]

If anyone has issues with controllers not moving and remaining stuck in the floor -- make sure you run the intial Revive installer as an admin, restart your PC, and then run the Overlay as an admin as well. I had that issue and the main thing that fixed it for me was running the installer as Admin, though the others can't hurt.

[bitzo]

when i go to open a vr game it shows it on my monitor but not on my headset

[Voldark]

Hello,
I want to play Revomon with steamVR when I launch it with revive it only appears on the desktop steamVR stays in ''home''.
Can you help me?

[IanL]

As recently communicated by Meta ' you can continue using your Oculus account until 1 January, 2023. After this date a Meta account will be required to continue using your Meta VR devices '.

Does anyone know what the implications of this are for Revive users? Will we be able to continue to access our games via the new Meta account? Will the new account only be activated if it detects the presence of a Meta device?