Owlchemy Labs is a
video game developer
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based in
Austin, Texas
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. The company was founded in 2010 by
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
The Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) is a Private university, private research university in Worcester, Massachusetts, United States. Founded in 1865, WPI was one of the United States' first engineering and technology universities and now h ...
graduate Alex Schwartz. Owlchemy is best known for its
virtual reality
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video games ''
Job Simulator'' and ''
Rick and Morty: Virtual Rick-ality''. In May 2017, the studio was acquired by
Google
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.
Owlchemy also founded VR Austin, one of the largest VR-focused meetups in the US with over 2000 members, which holds Austin based VR Meetings and hosts a yearly game jam. Before that, the founders started the Boston Unity Group and the Winnipeg Unity User Group.
Alex Schwartz departed the company on July 18, 2018; former CTO Devin Reimer became CEO, and Andrew Eiche became CTO.
Devin Reimer departed the company on March 3, 2023; Former COO Andrew Eiche became CEO
Awards and accolades
*''Job Simulator'' went platinum in January 2020.
*''Job Simulator'' won the Game Developer's Choice Award for best VR/AR Game in 2017.
Games developed
* ''Super Ramen BROTHers'' –
iOS
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(2010)
* ''
AaaaaAAaaaAAAaaAAAAa!!! for the Awesome'' (with
Dejobaan Games) –
Windows
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(2011)
* ''Smuggle Truck'' –
Windows
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,
Mac OS X
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(2011)
* ''
Snuggle Truck'' –
iOS
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(2011),
Nokia N9,
BlackBerry PlayBook
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Windows
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(2012)
* ''
Jack Lumber'' –
Windows
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,
Mac OS X
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,
Linux
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(2013)
* ''
Dyscourse'' –
Windows
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,
Mac OS X
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,
Linux
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(2015)
* ''
Job Simulator'' –
Windows
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,
PlayStation 4
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(2016),
Oculus Quest
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(May 21, 2019)
* ''
Rick and Morty: Virtual Rick-ality'' –
Windows (HTC Vive, Oculus Rift),
PlayStation VR
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(2017)
* ''Vacation Simulator'' –
Windows
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(
HTC Vive
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,
Oculus Rift
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) (released April 9, 2019),
PlayStation VR
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(released June 18, 2019),
Oculus Quest
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(December 12, 2019)
* ''
Cosmonious High'' –
Windows
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(
HTC Vive
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,
Oculus Rift
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,
Steam VR
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),
Oculus Quest
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,
Oculus Quest 2
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(March 31, 2022)
* ''Dimensional Double Shift'' –
Meta Quest
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(September 26, 2024)
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