First Encounters

Last updated: 11/5/2026

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About

Discover mixed reality on Meta Quest 3 with First Encounters. You are on a strange new planet and pesky space puffians are about to flood into your room. Catch as many as you can before time runs out – match colors for a high score!

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Genres: Arcade, Action
Rating: 4.3★ (1.0K ratings)
All reviews: Very Positive
Release Date: September 27, 2023
Most Popular: #39
Developer: Meta
Publisher: Meta
Platforms: Meta Quest 3S, Meta Quest 3
Category: Games
Game modes: Single User
Supported player modes: Room Scale
Supported controllers: Controllers
Is Cross-Buy: No
Supports Mixed Reality: Yes
Languages: English, Chinese (China), Chinese (Hong Kong), Chinese (Taiwan), Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French (France), German, Greek, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian (Bokmål), Polish, Portuguese (Brazil), Portuguese (Portugal), Romanian, Russian, Spanish (Spain), Swedish, Turkish
Version: 1148
Website: https://www.meta.com/
Developer Privacy Policy: https://www.meta.com/legal/privacy-policy/?utm_source=www.oculus.com&utm_medium=oculusredirect
Developer Terms of Service: N/A
Space Required: 619 MB
Comfort Level: Unrated
Internet connection not required
Age Rating: Everyone
In-app ads: No

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Version history

Newest upload, not on the store yet: 1309 (uploaded Jun 9, 2026)

VersionUploadedSeen on the store
1148Dec 30, 2025Dec 31, 2025
1140Dec 24, 2025Dec 24, 2025
1063Oct 3, 2025Oct 4, 2025
981Jul 14, 2025Sep 24, 2025
744Nov 22, 2024Jan 28, 2025
705Oct 16, 2024Dec 2, 2024
649Aug 23, 2024
516May 16, 2024

Upload dates come from Meta; a build can reach the store weeks after upload. "Seen on the store" is when VRDB first recorded the version, which it has done since November 2024.

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4.3

Very Positive

1,023 ratings

385 reviews

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74%
4
8%
3
3%
2
2%
1
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Rating History

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