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7VR Wonders

Gareth Griffiths
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$1.99 VRMonkey Seven short reconstructions PC VR • SteamVR
Released 2 April 2017 • About 3 minutes per wonder • English and Portuguese audio

7VR Wonders

A short tour of reconstructions of the seven wonders of the ancient world, from the Great Pyramid of Giza to the Lighthouse of Alexandria. Each wonder gets a few minutes of immersive viewing, with a free roam mode for looking around.

Developer: VRMonkey
Price: $1.99
Platform: PC VR via SteamVR
Subject: History • Ancient world
5.0
/10
XR School Score
Niche
All seven ancient wonders • Very cheap • Free roam mode • About 3 minutes each • Mixed reviews • Older visuals
41% • Steam 12 user reviews (Mixed)
Overview

7VR Wonders is a short virtual reality experience from the Brazilian studio VRMonkey, released on Steam on 2 April 2017 for $1.99. The developer describes it as an immersive experience rather than a game. It needs a SteamVR headset, with support for HTC Vive and Oculus Touch controllers, and offers English and Brazilian Portuguese audio and subtitles.

It recreates all seven wonders of the ancient world: the Great Pyramid of Giza, the Hanging Gardens of Babylon, the Statue of Zeus at Olympia, the Temple of Artemis at Ephesus, the Mausoleum at Halicarnassus, the Colossus of Rhodes and the Lighthouse of Alexandria. Each lasts about three minutes, and a free roam mode lets you explore further. Steam reviews are Mixed, with 41% of 12 reviews positive.

Seeing What No One Has Seen Only the Great Pyramid survives today, so the other six wonders exist only in ancient descriptions and modern imagination. That makes 7VR Wonders a useful prompt for asking how historians and artists reconstruct the past, and how much of any reconstruction is evidence and how much is guesswork.
The Seven Wonders
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Great Pyramid
The only ancient wonder still standing.
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Hanging Gardens
The legendary gardens of Babylon.
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Colossus of Rhodes
The giant bronze statue of the sun god Helios.
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Lighthouse of Alexandria
The towering lighthouse of ancient Egypt.
Keep Expectations Modest 7VR Wonders is an early VR release and its visuals reflect that. Each wonder is brief and there is little information or narration about the history. It needs a VR capable PC. At $1.99 it is cheap to try, but treat it as a short visual hook rather than a lesson resource.
Classroom Value
Historical interest
6.0
Visual quality
4.5
Curriculum links
5.5
Ease of setup
4.5
Depth of content
3.0
Strengths and Limitations
Strengths
  • Covers all seven ancient wonders
  • Very cheap
  • Free roam mode
  • English and Portuguese audio
  • Good prompt for discussing reconstruction
Considerations
  • Only about 3 minutes per wonder
  • Mixed Steam reviews
  • Dated visuals
  • Little historical information
  • PC VR only
For Teachers: Evidence and Reconstruction Use 7VR Wonders in KS2 and KS3 lessons on the ancient world. Show one wonder, then give students an ancient description of it and ask how well the reconstruction matches. It works as a quick hook into a lesson on how we know about the past.
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Quick Facts
Developer
VRMonkey
Release
2 April 2017
Price
$1.99
Platform
SteamVR
Length
About 3 minutes per wonder
Languages
English, Portuguese (Brazil)
Steam rating
Mixed, 41% of 12
Verdict
7VR Wonders offers brief, inexpensive glimpses of all seven ancient wonders, but its age shows in the visuals and there is little historical information. As a quick hook into discussing how historians reconstruct lost places it has some use; otherwise it is a niche pick.
Platform: PC VR (SteamVR)
Subject: History • Ancient world
Key Stage: KS2 to KS3
Price: $1.99
Review: The XR School, October 2026

Gareth Griffiths

Gareth Griffiths is a scientist and the founder of World of Teaching, a free library of over 1,000 teacher made PowerPoints. He set up The XR School to help teachers, schools and parents find virtual and augmented reality apps that genuinely help young people learn, and to give an honest view of what each app teaches, which headsets it needs and what it costs.