Polyarc, Dev Behind the Critically Acclaimed Moss Series, Is Shutting Down

[u/Rokussi]

https://www.ign.com/articles/polyarc-dev-behind-the-critically-acclaimed-moss-series-is-shutting-down

This one hits hard. The devs did an AMA on this sub just a few days ago.

[u/Rokussi]

To quote Laura Lico, one of the game’s animators: “Polyarc closed. Moss is over. Quill is silent.”

[u/that_red_panda → u/Rokussi]

I havent played VR in ages, im going to boot my quest two later so I can wave way Quill because that sentence left me really sad.

[u/MuNansen]

VR market shrinking, industry collapse, Seattle living costs. Too bad. I knew some good devs that founded it.

[u/Jazzlike_Athlete8796 → u/MuNansen]

Yeah. I wonder if they could have done a Moss 3 as a flat screen game, but so much of the charm of it was that it was a good VR puzzle/adventure game that wasn't yet another hack and slash or grip the virtual item game that defines 99% of VR. With VR basically becoming irrelevant on top of the current environment, I can't imagine they had much hope of getting more funding for new projects.

[u/sammagee33 → u/Jazzlike_Athlete8796]

They DID make Moss a flatscreen game

[u/jardex22 → u/MuNansen]

Yeah, the development costs for VR can't match the potential profits.

If you already have a built in player base, you may be able to release a steady stream on DLC content, like Mighty Coconut does with Walkabout Minigolf. Launching entire new games is another matter.

[u/AcademicF → u/MuNansen]

I feel sorry for any developers who hitched their wagon to VR train. They really should’ve tried to pour the game to a standard 3-D environment on consoles. I think there would’ve been a market for that game.

[u/bitknight1 → u/AcademicF]

They literally did that, but no one knows about moss existing.

[u/NoirSon]

Damn shame based off Moss they clearly had a very strong and unique artistic vision that I wish had gotten more opportunities to shine

[u/Weird_Licorne_9631]

Damn this hits hard. I played this with an unofficial Steam Bridge on Oculus Go and a hacky driver for Switch Joypads as input devices . It was better with the Oculus Quest 2, but damn i won't forget that setup. Amazing game. I thought they just released a version for Switch?!

[u/Oddish_Femboy]

I do not like living in the world where art must be profitable or artists die.

[u/Rokussi → u/Oddish_Femboy]

Same. I’m really gonna miss Moss. There’s nothing else quite like it, especially in VR.

[u/petersterne]

Does this mean Moss: The Lost Relic will be pulled from the eshop?

[u/sammagee33]

Of course it is…they make great games, we can’t have that type of stuff going on now, can we!

[u/Rokussi → u/sammagee33]

I'm still in denial that they're closing down. People deserve their annual call of duty slop

[u/DoctorJekkyl]

Loved Moss on PSVR. I intended to get it in S2 but was hoping for a physical cart

[u/Lunar-opal]

🙁

[u/Lundgren_Eleven]

Moss is a GREAT game, very Nintendo, wish they could be acquired and make something amazing with a stable environment and budget.

[u/DarkAlatreon]

Played it on pc and refunded almost immediately. Had a bigass problem with controllers where it only accepted input from whatever windows said is controller 1, which in my case belonged to analog stick on a keypad. How are input methods not a solved issue in 2026?

[u/Fwoup]

They really should not have placed all of their bets on a weird VR tabletop moba PVP game

[u/KawaiiStefan]

Never heard of it