Oldest Golden Treasure now has a free demo on Steam. You can play the entire first chapter for free and get a proper feel for the game before deciding whether to continue the adventure. The demo launches together with a brand-new trailer, which you can watch above.
What's in Chapter 1
- Escape-room style puzzles and detective work, tied together with time travel mechanics.
- Your progress carries over to the full game on Steam, so you can pick up exactly where you left off.
- The same speedrun mode and global leaderboards as the full game, so you can already compete for the fastest first-chapter times.
- Hints and autosolve options, so you can keep progressing without looking up a walkthrough.
- Fully localized in English, German, Spanish and French.
The real discovery behind the game
In 1972, construction work in Varna, Bulgaria uncovered a Copper Age necropolis containing the oldest worked gold ever found, dating to around 4,600 BC. Oldest Golden Treasure turns that discovery into a hands-on VR mystery: you solve puzzles, interact with the environment and travel through time to uncover the truth.
I wanted to make a game players will enjoy and, at the same time, give them the chance to learn something while playing. Learning that doesn't feel like homework, with historical facts woven naturally into the game's story.
Why a demo after launch?
I did this in an unusual order: I released the full game first and added the demo afterwards. My hope is that offering the entire first chapter for free makes it easier for more people to discover the game, try it properly, and decide for themselves whether they want to continue.
I'd really like to hear what you think. Does a demo still make sense after the full game is already out? And if you play it, does the first chapter give you enough of the game to decide whether you want to keep unravelling the mystery? Let me know in the comments under the trailer on YouTube.
The full game
The full game is available on Steam, Meta Quest and Meta Rift, and includes speedrun mode with global leaderboards. The free demo is on Steam.
Covering the game? The press kit has the trailer, key art and screenshots, and I'm happy to send a key for the full game on your preferred platform. Thank you for the support!