Overview
- Polyarc announced it was closing and winding down active development on Friday, September 11, and has posted a public farewell and a reverse-recruiting spreadsheet for roughly 29–30 affected employees.
- The company will dismiss co-founders and staff as it shuts operations, and the public contact list is intended to help those employees find new roles quickly.
- The closure follows a March round of mass layoffs after Polyarc lost funding for a mid-development project and failed to secure new investment or a last‑ditch publishing deal.
- Polyarc’s final release, the non‑VR compilation Moss: The Forgotten Relic, earned strong reviews but reportedly did not sell well enough to keep the studio afloat.
- Industry changes that reduced funding and platform focus for VR in 2026 — including large Reality Labs cuts and studio closures at major firms — help explain why a critically praised VR studio could not survive.