Google Spotlight Stories: Age of Sail

Adventure· Free to Play· VR

Released Nov 2018

98% positive · 477 reviews

Done

All announced content has been released

High confidence

Done

All announced content has been released

High confidence

Where to get it

Free on Steam

Steam Free

Evaluation

Google Spotlight Stories: Age of Sail is a short-form interactive VR film directed by Academy Award-winner John Kahrs and produced for Google Spotlight Stories. It released on November 13, 2018. The game is a self-contained narrative experience — a single story about a sailor named William Avery — with no DLC, no announced expansions, no roadmap, and no post-launch developer communications of any kind. There is no evidence that any additional content was ever planned or promised. This is a finished creative work that launched as a complete package, and no further content was ever indicated.

Evidence

Store description presents Age of Sail as a complete, self-contained VR short film — a single narrative about William Avery. No mention of episodes, seasons, DLC, or future content of any kind.

description · Nov 13, 2018 source content shipped

high

Short description reinforces the game as a finished standalone story with no indication of planned follow-up content.

store metadata · Nov 13, 2018 source content shipped

medium

Media

Details

Developer

Google Inc.

Publisher

Google Inc.

Achievements

—

Platform

Windows

Controller

—

Steam Deck

Unsupported

Players

Single-player

Free to Play Adventure VR

About this game

Age of Sail VR is the story of William Avery (Ian McShane), an old sailor adrift and alone in the North Atlantic. When Avery rescues Lara, who has mysteriously fallen overboard, he finds redemption and hope in his darkest hours. Official selection Venice Film Festival.

Directed by ACADEMY AWARD-winning filmmaker John Kahrs.
Produced in collaboration with Chromosphere and Evil Eye Pictures for EMMY Award-winning Google Spotlight Stories.