How to bypass the Oculus Store and play SteamVR games on Rift

Oculus VR has its own store for the Rift virtual reality headset, but you don’t have to use it.

The first wave of Rifts are heading out today to people who preordered and backed the crowdfunding project on Kickstarter, and the device has launched with 30 games that you can buy through the Oculus Store or through other sites like Steam. Valve Software, the company that owns and operates Steam, even has an Oculus Rift filter so that you can see the games that are compatible with that headset. These include the space-survival game Adr1ft, the grappling-action adventure Windlands, and the hyperfast racer Radial-G: Racing Revolved.