PolyDome

PolyDome
Information
VR/AR	VR
Developer	Plan8
Publisher	Plan8
Platform	SteamVR
Device	HTC Vive
Operating System	Windows
Type	Full Game
Genre	Casual, Free to Play, Simulation, Early Access, Early Access, Free to Play, VR, Music
Input Device	Tracked motion controllers
Play Area	Standing, Room-Scale
Game Mode	Single Player
Language	English
Review	Positive
Release Date	Aug 9, 2016
Price	Free
App Store	Steam
Website	http://polydo.me/
Infobox Updated	09/15/2016

PolyDome is a free VR music experience developed and published by Plan8, a studio based in Stockholm.^[1]^[2] It was available for Samsung Gear VR through Oculus Concepts by February 2016, and a SteamVR version for Windows followed on Steam on 9 August 2016.^[2]^[1] The Steam listing carries the Early Access genre tag.^[1]

Reviewed 9 October 2026. Checked title, developer, publisher, release date, VR requirements and free price against the Steam listing, and the Gear VR release, Stockholm base, Mobile VR Jam and soundpack claims against Road to VR and the archived developer site. About review dates.

Overview

PolyDome is a non-competitive musical environment that changes as the player interacts with it. Steam describes it as comparable to a sequencer, but as a place to explore and create musical phrases and sounds rather than a tool for producing finished music, with no goal of winning or losing.^[1] Road to VR described the Gear VR release as a meditative experience in which users create musical combinations by connecting sequences of floating gems.^[2]

The Steam version requires a SteamVR headset with tracked controllers and supports standing or room-scale play.^[1] It is single-player only.^[1] Plan8's site, as archived in November 2020, advertised the game as made for Samsung Gear VR and available in the Oculus Store.^[3] Road to VR reported that the Gear VR version added new features and soundpacks, and that the project had earlier been a finalist in Oculus' 2015 Mobile VR Jam.^[2]

Features

Single-player

System Requirements

Windows

Minimum

OS: Windows Vista/7/8 or later
Processor: i5
Memory: 8 GB RAM
Graphics: 970 or higher
Storage: 200 MB available space

Setup Instructions

Images and Videos

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 ^1.4 ^1.5 "PolyDome on Steam". Steam. https://store.steampowered.com/app/483680/. Retrieved 2026-10-09.
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 ^2.3 "VR Music Experience 'Polydome' Now Available on Gear VR via Oculus Concepts". Road to VR. 2016-02-13. https://roadtovr.com/vr-music-experience-polydome-now-available-on-gear-vr-via-oculus-concepts/. Retrieved 2026-10-09.
↑ "PolyDome: A VR Music Experience (archived 8 November 2020)". polydo.me via Internet Archive. http://web.archive.org/web/20201108194237/http://polydo.me/. Retrieved 2026-10-09.

[steam-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 ^1.4 ^1.5 "PolyDome on Steam". Steam. https://store.steampowered.com/app/483680/. Retrieved 2026-10-09.

[rtvr-2] 2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 ^2.3 "VR Music Experience 'Polydome' Now Available on Gear VR via Oculus Concepts". Road to VR. 2016-02-13. https://roadtovr.com/vr-music-experience-polydome-now-available-on-gear-vr-via-oculus-concepts/. Retrieved 2026-10-09.

[site-3] "PolyDome: A VR Music Experience (archived 8 November 2020)". polydo.me via Internet Archive. http://web.archive.org/web/20201108194237/http://polydo.me/. Retrieved 2026-10-09.

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