Polyarc, the Seattle-based studio behind the virtual reality games Moss and Moss: Book II, has shut down. The company announced the closure in a post on its LinkedIn page, stating that its time making games together has ended after nearly 12 years. A reverse recruiting sheet shared alongside the announcement indicates that at least 29 former staff members are now seeking work. The studio said it is winding down active development as employees say their farewells.
In its statement, Polyarc described the years spent making games as an honor and called it a privilege to bring surprise and delight to players. The studio said its work is now finished. The message marked the end of a run that began with the original Moss, an early VR favorite that combined traditional action-adventure gameplay with a camera system allowing players to look around diorama-style levels while controlling Quill, the series' mouse protagonist.
Polyarc's games became a dependable catalog filler across VR platforms. Moss launched on PlayStation VR and was later ported to the Oculus Quest as a launch title. Moss: Book II was released on PSVR, Quest, SteamVR and Pico. The studio also released Glassbreakers, a multiplayer strategy game, for the Apple Vision Pro, one of the few VR titles available for that device.
In May 2026, Polyarc tried to reach audiences beyond VR with Moss: The Forgotten Relic. That release collected the Moss series into a single game and reworked the gameplay so a VR headset was not required. How well the game sold is not clear, but it apparently was not enough to sustain the studio.
The larger problem may have been shifts in the VR ecosystem that made launching new projects harder. Meta began a major pivot away from the metaverse toward AI products at the start of this year. The company closed several of its own VR studios, and its retreat from the space likely made funding for new VR games even more difficult to secure.
Even with the studio closed, all of Polyarc's games remain available for purchase. For US consumers who own a VR headset and have not tried the Moss titles or Glassbreakers, the games can still be bought and played.
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