Guildford Castle VR

Guildford Castle VR

Released Mar 2022

Guildford Castle is a free roaming, narrative VR experience with light interactivity.

93% positive · 100 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

Evaluation

Guildford Castle VR is a free-to-play, self-contained VR experience that launched on March 24, 2022. The store description presents it as a complete narrative audio tour — a hyper-realistic digital reconstruction of Guildford Castle across two time periods, with no mention of planned expansions, additional content, or future updates. There are no DLC listings of any kind. After launch, the developer released three maintenance patches in the weeks immediately following release (March 29, April 2, and April 22, 2022), addressing bugs, collision issues, and visual glitches. No developer posts have appeared since April 22, 2022, and none of the posts reference any planned content additions. The game has been silent since that date, which aligns with a product that launched as a finished, standalone experience rather than one receiving ongoing development. This game appears to have been designed and shipped as a complete, one-time experience. There is no evidence — from developer statements, the store listing, or DLC entries — that any additional content was ever planned beyond what shipped at launch.
Evidence
Store description presents the game as a complete, self-contained narrative VR experience with no mention of future content, expansions, or ongoing updates.
description · Mar 24, 2022 source development ending
medium
Patch 3 released with minor bug fixes — the last developer communication on record. No content additions or future plans mentioned.
news post · Apr 22, 2022 source ambiguous
low

Media

Details

Developer
Publisher
Historic VR
Achievements
—
Platform
Windows
Controller
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Steam Deck
Not rated
Players
Single-player

About this game


Guildford Castle is a free roaming, narrative VR experience with light interactivity.

VISIT ONE OF ENGLAND'S FIRST CASTLES, PAST AND PRESENT


Built in the wake of the Norman Conquest, Guildford Castle was one of England’s first castles and has stood for over 900 years.

Visit a hyper-realistic digital double of the castle as it stands today, created using state-of-the-art 3D scanning techniques. Step into the distant past and discover the royal palace and medieval town.

VIRTUAL TIME TRAVEL


Travel back in time to 14th century England and see what the former regional palace and town would have looked like in the late medieval period. Experience the sights and sounds of the era, with meticulously researched historical reconstructions, medieval soundscape and dynamic day-night cycle lighting.

ENGANGING HISTORICAL NARRATIVE


Be transported through an engaging narrative audio tour which brings the castle’s history to life. Discover English medieval history by seeing it before your eyes via our rich audio-visual hotspots.

EXCEPTIONAL REALISM


Freely explore a hyper-real VR environment with 6DoF locomotion, lifelike, botanically accurate foliage, dynamic birds and butterflies and a rich soundscape. Experience a new level of VR realism.

Last evaluated Jun 22, 2026
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