Google Spotlight Stories: Special Delivery

Google Spotlight Stories: Special Delivery

Google Inc. · December 14, 2017 · Free to Play, Adventure, VR

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Google Spotlight Stories: Special Delivery price

Google Spotlight Stories: Special Delivery is free to play — there is no purchase price, on Steam or anywhere else we track. We keep watching it, so if it ever stops being free the price history on this page will show when that happened and what it changed to.

About Google Spotlight Stories: Special Delivery

Emmy award-winning platform, Google Spotlight Stories, presents a VR experience by Academy Award-winning studio, Aardman Animations. Follow the adventures of a humble caretaker, who is disturbed by a mysterious stranger on the roof. Who’s there??

Google Spotlight Stories: Special Delivery — game info

Platforms
Windows
Player modes
Single-player
PC Game Pass
Not included

What Steam players say

Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.

✦ AI summary

Players are divided on whether this qualifies as a game at all, with some viewing it as a charming, interactive VR experience from Aardman with excellent animation and heartwarming storytelling, while others criticize it as merely a short VR video that shouldn't be on Steam's games section. Technical issues are also reported, with at least one player unable to launch it on Quest 3 hardware.

Recommended May 31, 2024
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Not recommended Apr 19, 2026
Does not launch on Quest 3.
Recommended Nov 1, 2025
Игра "Special Delivery" от Google Spotlight Stories - это чарующая и трогательная короткометражка, которая мастерски использует возможности виртуальной реальности. Простая, но душевная история о дружбе и взаимопомощи в сочетании с интерактивным повествованием создают незабываемый опыт. Особое внимание к деталям окружения и персонажей, а также возможность рассматривать сцену с разных углов, добавляют глубины и вовлеченности. Анимация выполнена на высочайшем уровне, а саундтрек прекрасно дополняет атмосферу. Хотя продолжительность и может показаться небольшой, "Special Delivery" оставляет после себя приятное и теплое чувство, демонстрируя потенциал VR для рассказывания историй. Это прекрасный пример того, как короткометражный формат может быть одновременно развлекательным и эмоциональным. Рекомендуется к просмотру всем, кто интересуется виртуальной реальностью и анимацией.
Not recommended Sep 14, 2025
"Google Spotlight Stories: Special Delivery" is not a game. Games contain meaningful gamelike interaction and game loops, which are absent in this "art experience". Instead of being a game, "Google Spotlight Stories: Special Delivery" is a VR video from Aardman (Wallace and Gromit) without any of their famous characters, instead, we get a small, short CGI animation with some cartoon characters and a Christmas theme. Yes, a glorified Youtube video. There was a video section on Steam, but it's deprecated and basically closed, so filmmakers seem to just try to abuse the Steam games section instead. Why is this good for gamers? It's not. Steam was never intended to compete with Youtube, and Google owns Youtube, so it's unclear why they can't work out how to upload videos to Youtube when they own the platform. So they're pushing Youtube videos to Steam??? For those unfamiliar with what actually makes something a game, a "game loop" describes the interaction and feedback a gamer has when playing a game. Tetris, for example, has a game loop where a random block appears, the gamer interacts with the block to position it, and then the game decides if that finishes a row or not, …
Recommended Sep 9, 2025
A charming, playful VR chase from Aardman. Full of that classic Wallace & Gromit stop-motion charm. A short, sweet, and wonderfully interactive experience.
Recommended Jul 29, 2025
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