PEAK
Climb PEAK's mountain with tracked head and hands, with a wrist item bar and emote wheel.
The catch: Climbing is the base game mechanic, not hand-over-hand.
Will it run on your rig?
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Launch Kit
Get PEAK running
Steps are general until you ; then the runtime step matches your headset.
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Set your VR runtime
Pick your OpenXR runtime: the Meta Horizon Link app for Link or Air Link, Virtual Desktop's VDXR for Virtual Desktop, or SteamVR for Index, Beyond and Pico. The creator supports SteamVR too; if a later step says "start SteamVR or your VR runtime", this runtime is enough and you can skip SteamVR.
General step from us -
Install PEAK (Steam)
Install it and launch it once in flat mode to finish first-time setup, then quit. The creator says it needs 1.5.0 tested with PEAK 2.4.b.
General step from us -
Have these ready
Mod manager (r2modman, Gale or Thunderstore Mod Manager) · OpenXR runtime (Oculus, Virtual Desktop, SteamVR named)
From the creator's guide -
Creator step 1
Install PeakVR with r2modman, Gale or the Thunderstore Mod Manager; dependencies install automatically.
From the creator's guide -
Creator step 2
Click Start Modded in r2modman to launch the game.
From the creator's guide -
Creator step 3
Press F11 in game to switch between VR and flat mode.
From the creator's guide -
Creator step 4
Optional: add the -force-d3d11 launch option, which the page says can add 10 to 27 FPS.
From the creator's guide -
First launch in VR
Put the headset on, then start PEAK the way the creator's guide says. Calibrate your height in the first area.
General step from us
Stuck?
No physical hand-over-hand climbing; climbing works as in the base game
Reported on the creator's page or the linked sources. Known issue
Black screen in the headset
This mod uses OpenXR. Check the active OpenXR runtime matches how you connect (the Set your VR runtime step), then start Link or Virtual Desktop before the game. General tip from us
Controllers don't show up
Start Link, Virtual Desktop or SteamVR before the game, and make sure the controllers are awake before launch. General tip from us
Stutter or low frame rate
Lower the in-game resolution or render scale first, then shadows and volumetrics. Close overlays you don't need. General tip from us
The mod didn't load at all
Recheck the game version against the creator's page; a game update is the most common cause. Then reinstall the mod files. General tip from us
Prefer a guide that talks back?
Copy a prompt for Claude Code on your PC. It asks before every download or change, and only uses the official page.