List of video games with binaural audio
Compiled by I Drink Lava
This is an up-to-date[1] list of all the games that use various HRTF plugins for 3D positional audio. It has been sourced from several archived websites as well as my own testing. Click on the links for more info, including footage of spatialized sound in action. If you have any further questions, please ask on the 3D Game Audio server.
A
The American Dream [PC; unknown HRTF plugin]
Ape Out [PC; Resonance Audio]
Assassin’s Creed: Origins [Xbox One; Dolby Atmos; removed from PC in v1.05]
Audio Defence [iOS; The Papa Engine]
Audio Factory [PC; Resonance Audio]
Aves [iOS; unknown HRTF plugin]
B
Battlefield V [PC, Xbox One, PS4; unknown EAAudioCore HRTF plugin]
Blind [PC; unknown HRTF plugin]
Borderlands 3 [PC; Dolby Atmos]
Budget Cuts [PC; Steam Audio]
C
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare (2019) [PC, Xbox One X; Windows Spatial Audio]
Cargo Breach [PC; unknown HRTF plugin]
Coco VR [PC; Resonance Audio]
Cyberpunk 2077 [PC; Dolby Atmos]
Conductor [PC; unknown HRTF plugin]
Cosmic Awakening VR [PC; unknown HRTF plugin]
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive [PC; Steam Audio]
D
Disaster Report [PS2; Sony S-FORCE 3D Sound Library]
Dreadhalls [PC; unknown HRTF plugin]
E
Ear Hockey [PC; MS HRTF Spatializer]
Ear Monsters [iOS; QSound Q3D Interactive]
Escape from Tarkov [PC; Steam Audio]
EUCLIDEAN [PC; unknown HRTF plugin]
Evasion [PC, PS4; unknown HRTF plugin]
F
Far Beyond: A Space Odyssey [PC; unknown HRTF plugin]
Final Fantasy XV [PC; Dolby Atmos]
Floor Plan: Hands-On Edition [PC; unknown HRTF plugin]
For Honor [PC, Xbox One; Dolby Atmos]
Forza Horizon 4 [PC, Xbox One; Dolby Atmos]
G
The Gallery - Episode 1: Call of the Starseed [PC; unknown HRTF plugin]
The Gallery - Episode 2: Heart of the Emberstone [PC; unknown HRTF plugin]
Gears of War 4 [PC, Xbox One; Dolby Atmos]
Gears of War 5 [PC, Xbox One; Dolby Atmos]
GET EVEN [PC, Xbox One, PS4; Auro-3D compatible with Dolby Atmos]
Ghost of Tsushima [PS4; Platinum Gaming Headset only]
GORN [PC; unknown HRTF plugin]
GRID (2019) [PC; Dolby Atmos]
H
Half-Life: Alyx [PC; Steam Audio]
Heroes of the Storm [PC; Windows Spatial Audio API]
Hexion [PC; unknown HRTF plugin]
Hunt: Showdown [PC; unknown HRTF plugin]
I
I Expect You to Die [PC; unknown HRTF plugin]
Insects: An Xbox One X Enhanced Experience [Xbox One X; Dolby Atmos]
Interkosmos [PC; unknown HRTF plugin]
J
Job Simulator [PC; unknown HRTF plugin]
K
Katana X [PC; unknown HRTF plugin]
KFC: The Hard Way [PC; unknown HRTF plugin]
L
The Last Guardian [PS4; Platinum Gaming Headset only]
Last Tide [PC; unknown HRTF plugin]
Lichdom: Battlemage [PC; AMD TrueAudio; no longer detected in-game even after driver downgrade]
M
Mars 2030 [PC; unknown HRTF plugin]
Mass Effect: Andromeda [PC; Dolby Atmos]
Metro Exodus [PC, Xbox One X; Dolby Atmos]
Microsoft Flight Simulator [PC; Windows Spatial Audio API]
Minotaur Maze VR [PC; unknown HRTF plugin]
Monster Hunter: World [PC, Xbox One, PS4; Yamaha ViReal]
Murdered: Soul Suspect [PC; AMD TrueAudio; no longer detected in-game even after driver downgrade]
O
Overwatch [PC, Xbox One; Dolby Atmos, Windows Sonic]
Ori and the Will of the Wisps [PC, Xbox One; Dolby Atmos, Windows Sonic]
P
Papa Sangre [iOS; The Papa Engine]
Papa Sangre II [iOS; The Papa Engine]
PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds [PC; unknown UE4 HRTF plugin]
P·O·L·L·E·N [PC; unknown HRTF plugin]
PROZE: Prologue [PC; unknown HRTF plugin]
Q
Quake Champions [PC; unknown FMOD HRTF plugin]
R
Racket NX [PC; Waves NX]
Resident Evil 2 Remake [PC; Windows Spatial Audio]
Resident Evil VII: Beginning Hour [PC, Xbox One, PS4; unknown Wwise HRTF plugin]
Resident Evil VII Biohazard [PC, Xbox One, PS4; Yamaha ViReal]
Resident Evil Village [PC, PS5, Xbox Series X; Windows Spatial Audio on PC, Tempest on PS5]
Rick and Morty: Virtual Rick-ality [PC; unknown HRTF plugin]
Ring of Elysium [PC; unknown HRTF plugin]
Rise of the Tomb Raider [PC, Xbox One; Dolby Atmos]
S
Senua: Hellblade’s Sacrifice [PC; unknown UE4 HRTF plugin]
Shadow of the Tomb Raider [PC, Xbox One; Dolby Atmos]
Silent Hill 2 [PS2; Sony S-FORCE 3D Sound Library]
Siren Head [PC; Steam Audio]
Sniper Elite 4 [PC; unknown HRTF plugin]
Sophie’s Guardian [PC; unknown HRTF plugin]
STAND OUT : VR Battle Royale [PC; unknown HRTF plugin]
Star Citizen [PC; AMD TrueAudio; TrueAudio no longer detected in-game even after driver downgrade]
Super Lucky’s Tale [PC, Xbox One; Dolby Atmos]
Surgeon Simulator VR [PC; unknown HRTF plugin]
T
Tom Clancy’s The Division 2 [PC; Dolby Atmos]
U
Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End [PS4; Platinum Gaming Headset only]
V
Valiant [PC; unknown HRTF plugin]
Virtual Virtual Reality [PC; unknown HRTF plugin]
VR Battle Grids [PC; unknown HRTF plugin]
W
Watch Dogs 2 [PS4; Platinum Gaming Headset only; citation needed]
Westard [PC; unknown HRTF plugin]
Wrath of the Fire God [PC; unknown HRTF plugin]
Z
ZEscape [PC; unknown HRTF plugin]
No 3D positional audio
Dirge of Cerberus: Final Fantasy VII [PS2; Sony S-FORCE 3D Sound Library]
Final Fantasy XII [PS2; Sony S-FORCE 3D Sound Library]
Kingdom Hearts II [PS2; Sony S-FORCE 3D Sound Library]
Maken X [Dreamcast; seems to use DSP effects to simulate HRTF in Redream, at least]
Shin Megami Tensei: Digital Devil Saga [PS2; Sony S-FORCE 3D Sound Library]
Shin Megami Tensei: Digital Devil Saga 2 [PS2; Sony S-FORCE 3D Sound Library]
Siren [PS2; Sony S-FORCE 3D Sound Library]
Thief [PC; AMD TrueAudio; reverb only; no longer detected in-game even after driver downgrade]
Citations
https://gameidealist.com/news/playstation-headset-companion-app-2-01-update-fixes-various-bugs/
https://www.windowscentral.com/xbox-one-dolby-atmos-games-list
https://www.dolby.com/us/en/categories/games.html
https://www.reddit.com/r/ps2/comments/7tzj2q/sony_sforce_middleware/
https://blackshellmedia.com/2017/09/06/binaural-simulation-benefits-game/
https://gamefaqs.akamaized.net/box/5/9/1/12591_back.jpg
https://www.reddit.com/r/Vive/comments/8n7zaz/we_have_to_delay_budget_cuts_a_little_further/
https://steamcommunity.com/app/447150/discussions/0/1841314700714043876/
https://steamcommunity.com/gid/103582791460806372/announcements/detail/3368021213903599618
https://steamcommunity.com/games/594650/announcements/detail/1669019038134073487
https://steamcommunity.com/games/530830/announcements/detail/1714077229708428734
https://steamcommunity.com/games/ZEscape/announcements/detail/1683668420914194532
https://steamcommunity.com/games/511370/announcements/detail/2380580896623125090
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/mixed-reality/spatial-sound-in-unity
https://gamefaqs.akamaized.net/box/2/9/0/63290_back.jpg
https://gamefaqs.akamaized.net/box/1/0/2/60102_back.jpg
https://gamefaqs.akamaized.net/box/3/1/9/63319_back.jpg
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/p/dts-sound-unbound/9pj0nkl8mcsj?activetab=pivot:overviewtab
https://www.auro-3d.com/press/2017/06/get-even-game-coming-out/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/722590/Audio_Factory/
Thanks to Matt Gore for letting me know Hellblade uses HRTF besides the pre-recorded binaural audio. Thanks to Tony C for letting me know about Borderlands 3. Thanks to Iinitial for letting me know about GRID supporting Dolby Atmos. Thanks to -вιяв ρєяѕση- and ArkeoTP for letting me know about Microsoft Flight Simulator and Ori and the Will of Wisps Atmos support. Thanks to Ominous Onion for letting me know about Siren Head.
[1] Last updated May 7th, 2021.
