Video game motion sickness: the 20 games players report most

Short answer: gaming motion sickness is the car-sickness mismatch in reverse. Your eyes see motion your body doesn't feel. Five settings fix most of it where games offer them: FOV up, motion blur off, head bob off, camera shake off, frame rate stable. 7 of the 20 games below offer no real fix (Mirror's Edge (and Catalyst), Fortnite, Outer Wilds, Lethal Company, Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom (& BOTW), Portal 2 (and Portal), Counter-Strike 2), and for those, and for symptoms that have already started, off-screen help does the work. The ranking starts below.

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Most searched: Minecraft is the game people ask about most on this list, and one of the most fixable. Start with the Minecraft motion sickness settings: View Bobbing off, field of view up.

The 20 games, ranked

Ranked by demand in search and community reports, by how strong players report the effect to be, and by whether an official fix exists. It is an editorial reading of public player reports and our own search data, not a measure of how often motion sickness happens.

Also covered

57 guides sit outside the ranking. Some ship a full comfort menu and some ship almost nothing, but their search demand is smaller than the twenty above, so they are covered without a place in the list.

The other list

If what you actually want is something you can play tonight, the companion page ranks 15 games that motion-sensitive players commonly recommend, with the camera reason for each and the honest caveats attached. Same audience, opposite question.

Games that don't cause motion sickness

Why games make you sick on a flat screen

You don't need a VR headset to get cybersickness. On a normal screen, a first-person camera with head bob, a narrow field of view, motion blur smearing every turn, or a world that sways (a ship's deck, open water) feeds your eyes continuous motion while your inner ear reports stillness. Your brain treats the conflict the way it treats motion sickness anywhere, with nausea, dizziness, sweating, and headache. Peer-reviewed studies of console gaming have reported motion sickness in roughly half of players, and in some studies more, so if games get to you, you're in large company.

The triggers are specific and mostly fixable: narrow FOV creates tunnel vision that amplifies perceived motion; head bob adds fake walking sway; motion blur smears the image exactly when your eyes try to stabilize it; camera shake and unstable frame rates finish the job. Games that let you change all five are usually tamable. The hard cases are the games that don't.

The games with no real fix

Mirror's Edge (and Catalyst), Fortnite, Outer Wilds, Lethal Company, Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom (& BOTW), Portal 2 (and Portal), Counter-Strike 2. These either lock the field of view, bake the camera motion into the engine, or shipped a fix and then removed it. For them, settings only trim the edges: session pacing and off-screen tools carry the load. Each guide says exactly what does and doesn't exist, which is why they sit high in the ranking.

When a game gives players nothing, players invent something. Fortnite is the clearest case: the fix passed around on TikTok is a "motion sickness dot", a fixed point in the middle of the screen for your eyes to hold while the world moves. Mirror's Edge shipped that idea deliberately as its center reticle. Phones have their own version of it, the motion sickness dots that move with a moving vehicle, which is the same principle pointed at the opposite problem.

Every game at a glance

Rank	Game	Camera	Comfort settings	Player-reported risk
1	Mirror's Edge (and Catalyst)	first-person	partial settings	high
2	Fortnite	third-person (first-person in Ballistic)	no FOV fix	moderate
3	Sea of Thieves	first-person	full settings	high
4	Subnautica (and Subnautica 2)	first-person underwater	partial settings	high
5	Outer Wilds	first-person	partial settings	high
6	Lethal Company	first-person	no official fix	high
7	Borderlands (and Borderlands 4)	first-person	partial settings	high
8	Minecraft	first-person	full settings	moderate
9	Cyberpunk 2077	first-person (forced)	full settings	high
10	Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom (& BOTW)	third-person	no FOV fix	moderate
11	Roblox	varies by experience	partial settings	moderate
12	Dying Light 2 (and The Beast)	first-person	full settings	high
13	PEAK	third-person	partial settings	high
14	Portal 2 (and Portal)	first-person	no official fix	high
15	Counter-Strike 2	first-person	no official fix	moderate
16	Indiana Jones and the Great Circle	first-person	partial settings	high
17	Skyrim	first- or third-person	partial settings	moderate
18	Half-Life 2	first-person	full settings	high
19	R.E.P.O.	first-person	full settings	high
20	Starfield	first- or third-person	full settings	moderate
not ranked	Call of Duty: Warzone	first-person	full settings	moderate
not ranked	Apex Legends	first-person	full settings	moderate
not ranked	Classic DOOM	first-person	full settings	moderate
not ranked	No Man's Sky	first-person, with a third-person option	full settings	moderate
not ranked	Resident Evil Requiem	first- or third-person	no FOV fix	high
not ranked	Monster Hunter Wilds	third-person	partial settings	moderate
not ranked	Clair Obscur: Expedition 33	third-person	partial settings	moderate
not ranked	Star Fox (Switch 2)	third-person, on rails	partial settings	moderate
not ranked	Elden Ring	third-person, with lock-on	no FOV fix	moderate
not ranked	Helldivers 2	third-person, first-person while aiming some weapons	partial settings	high
not ranked	Red Dead Redemption 2	third-person, with a first-person mode	full settings	moderate
not ranked	Dead by Daylight	first-person as killer, third-person as survivor	partial settings	moderate
not ranked	Escape from Tarkov	first-person	partial settings	high
not ranked	Deep Rock Galactic	first-person	partial settings	high
not ranked	Warframe	third-person	full settings	high
not ranked	Genshin Impact	third-person	no FOV fix	moderate
not ranked	Metroid Prime 4: Beyond	first-person, with third-person vehicle sections	partial settings	low
not ranked	S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl	first-person	partial settings	high
not ranked	ARC Raiders	third-person	partial settings	moderate
not ranked	Battlefield 6	first-person, third-person in some vehicles	partial settings	moderate
not ranked	Microsoft Flight Simulator (2020 and 2024)	first-person cockpit and external	partial settings	moderate
not ranked	Assetto Corsa	cockpit	partial settings	moderate
not ranked	Euro Truck Simulator 2	first-person cab	full settings	moderate
not ranked	American Truck Simulator	first-person cab	full settings	moderate
not ranked	BeamNG.drive	chase and cabin	partial settings	moderate
not ranked	War Thunder	cockpit and third-person vehicle	partial settings	moderate
not ranked	Elite Dangerous	first-person cockpit	partial settings	moderate
not ranked	Star Citizen	first-person	partial settings	moderate
not ranked	Outlast (series and The Outlast Trials)	first-person, found-footage	no FOV fix	high
not ranked	Amnesia (The Dark Descent to The Bunker)	first-person	partial settings	moderate
not ranked	Alien: Isolation	first-person	partial settings	high
not ranked	Visage	first-person	no official fix	moderate
not ranked	SOMA	first-person	partial settings	moderate
not ranked	Resident Evil 7 (and Village)	first-person (forced)	partial settings	high
not ranked	Phasmophobia	first-person	partial settings	high
not ranked	Content Warning	first-person	no official fix	high
not ranked	Ghostrunner	first-person	partial settings	high
not ranked	Titanfall 2	first-person	partial settings	high
not ranked	Metro Exodus	first-person	partial settings	moderate
not ranked	Dishonored 2	first-person	partial settings	high
not ranked	Prey (2017)	first-person	partial settings	moderate
not ranked	BioShock (Remastered collection and Infinite)	first-person	partial settings	moderate
not ranked	Metroid Prime Remastered	first-person	partial settings	moderate
not ranked	Halo: The Master Chief Collection	first-person	partial settings	moderate
not ranked	Destiny 2	first-person	partial settings	moderate
not ranked	Valheim	third-person	partial settings	moderate
not ranked	Rust	first-person	full settings	moderate
not ranked	DayZ	first- and third-person	partial settings	high
not ranked	Arma (Arma 3 and Arma Reforger)	first- and third-person	partial settings	moderate
not ranked	Squad	first-person	partial settings	high
not ranked	Hell Let Loose	first-person	partial settings	moderate
not ranked	Avowed	first- or third-person	full settings	moderate
not ranked	Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2	first-person	partial settings	moderate
not ranked	The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered	first- or third-person	full settings	moderate
not ranked	The Witness	first-person	full settings	high
not ranked	Firewatch	first-person	no FOV fix	moderate
not ranked	Hollow Knight: Silksong	2D side-on with parallax	partial settings	low

Risk levels summarise what players commonly report, not measured testing. Rank is the position in the top 20 above; the 57 unranked guides stay live and linked.

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Frequently asked questions

Why do video games make me motion sick on a normal screen?+

It's the same sensory mismatch as car sickness, reversed: your eyes see motion, a swaying camera, head bob, fast turns, while your inner ear reports you sitting still. Studies of console gaming have reported motion sickness in roughly half of players, so it's common, not a personal weakness. Narrow field of view, head bob, motion blur, and low frame rates are the usual triggers.

What settings help with gaming motion sickness in any game?+

Five levers appear across almost every game that offers them: raise the field of view (FOV), turn motion blur off, turn head/view bobbing off, turn camera shake off or down, and keep the frame rate stable. Then lower look sensitivity so turns are smoother. Games differ in which of these they expose. Some, like Fortnite and CS2, offer no FOV or bob fix at all.

Which games are worst for motion sickness?+

Our ranking puts Mirror's Edge first, then Fortnite and Sea of Thieves. The traits that push a game up the list are sustained first-person self-motion (Mirror's Edge, Dying Light 2), constant environmental sway (Sea of Thieves), drift with no ground reference (Subnautica, Outer Wilds), and triggers the game gives you no way to switch off (Fortnite's locked field of view, Lethal Company's head bob).

How is this top 20 ranked?+

Three inputs. How much demand a game shows in search and in community reports, how strong players report the effect to be, and whether an official fix exists, since a guide is worth most where the settings cannot help. It is an editorial reading of public player reports and our own search data. Nobody has measured how often motion sickness happens game by game, and we do not claim to.

What can I do when gaming motion sickness has already started?+

Stop playing, fix your eyes on something still across the room, get cool air, and breathe slowly with a longer exhale. Since your headphones are already on, a drug-free sound-therapy app like Dizzout is designed to help once symptoms have started, and many players run it between matches. Pushing through commonly makes symptoms last longer.

How long does gaming motion sickness last?+

Stop playing and the worst of it usually begins to ease. Mild queasiness often fades within minutes once your eyes have a still, real-world view, while a heavier session can leave you off for the rest of the evening. No trial has fixed the recovery window for flat-screen play, so treat any single number as a summary of what players report. Symptoms that run into the next day, or that turn up when you have not been gaming, are worth a doctor's look rather than another session.

Does gaming motion sickness go away with exposure?+

For many players, partially. Tolerance commonly builds with short, regular sessions, the same habituation seen in VR. But triggers like a fixed narrow FOV keep affecting sensitive players regardless of experience, which is why the settings fixes matter more than 'getting used to it.'

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Nearby: the habituation trainer runs the short, regular sessions the exposure question above describes, and car-safe games are the reverse problem: a screen held still while the car moves.