Meta is officially killing Horizon Worlds on June 15, 2026, marking the end of its ambitious Metaverse push on VR headsets. The platform, which Meta deeply integrated into Quest's operating system (renamed Horizon OS), will be completely removed from the Meta Quest experience. This includes the Horizon Central social hub and the Horizon Worlds app itself.

Meta spent years positioning Horizon Worlds as the centerpiece of its VR strategy, even making it the first thing users saw when putting on their headsets. The company recently announced it would sunset the Horizon feed, and now it's pulling the plug entirely. The move represents a dramatic pivot back to gaming-first priorities, essentially returning the Quest to its 2022 roots when it was primarily a gaming platform.

The decision comes as Meta reports strong gaming metrics for 2025, with over 100 titles generating $1 million or more in revenue and premium app sales remaining the ecosystem's largest revenue driver. Meta will continue funding third-party games through Oculus Publishing while expanding its Meta Horizon+ subscription service, which paid developers over $20 million in 2025. The company is abandoning first-party game development but focusing on promoting actual games that users are willing to pay for, rather than the free content that dominated the Horizon Worlds experience.