Onward motion sickness: what the Moderate rating means
The Meta Horizon Store rates Onward Moderate, checked 2026-09-05. The mil sim never added teleport on purpose, and its forum's twenty minute sickness reports are the honest picture of what that design decision costs new players.
Store play modes: Standing, Roomscale
Key facts
- The Meta Horizon Store lists Onward at the Moderate comfort level, read from the store page on 2026-09-05.
- The store lists its play modes as Standing, Roomscale.
- Platforms covered on this page: Quest, SteamVR.
- The player reports here come from a live Steam Community thread titled "omg. serious motion sickness.".
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Why Onward triggers motion sickness
Realism rules the design: you move like a soldier, smoothly and deliberately, and the game does not break immersion with comfort teleports. The linked player lay down after twenty minutes and asked the developers for locomotion options; the community's standing advice is slow acclimation across short sessions. Respect the ramp.
The comfort picture, with sources
- A movement thread asks how you get around and confirms the answer is smooth locomotion, not teleporting. (Steam Community)
What players report
Twenty minutes of play put this player in bed, their worst VR sickness to date, and they ask the devs for locomotion changes. Read the thread on Steam Community: "omg. serious motion sickness."
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Which headset changes the picture
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FAQ
Why does Onward cause motion sickness?
Realism rules the design: you move like a soldier, smoothly and deliberately, and the game does not break immersion with comfort teleports. The linked player lay down after twenty minutes and asked the developers for locomotion options; the community's standing advice is slow acclimation across short sessions. Respect the ramp.
What does the Moderate comfort rating mean?
It is the Meta Horizon Store's own label, read from the Onward store page on 2026-09-05. Meta's comfort scale runs Comfortable, Moderate or Intense. The label describes the movement system rather than the whole experience, which is why this page pairs it with what players report.
For most people the worst of it fades within 10 to 20 minutes of taking the headset off; the full timeline and what speeds it up are covered in how long VR sickness lasts. Building tolerance deliberately is its own guide.