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What Were Caravanserais?

A thousand years ago, monumental stone caravanserais stretched across the trade routes of Anatolia, in what is now Türkiye. Built during the Seljuk period, these structures provided shelter, food, and protection for merchants, pilgrims, and travellers crossing the Silk Roads.

They were resting places, trade nodes, and cultural meeting points along one of history’s most important networks of exchange.

Many survive today only in fragments. SILK 2.0 brings them back into public memory through immersive digital reconstruction.

Not a Game. An Expedition.

SILK 2.0 is a research-driven cultural experience, not a conventional video game. It was built by an international academic team that has spent years in the field: surveying, documenting, and digitally reconstructing six of the most significant caravanserais on the Silk Roads.

Every arch. Every courtyard. Reconstructed from documented field research.

The six sites you can explore:

Evdir Han  ·  Eynif Han  ·  Sultan Han  ·  Zazadin Han  ·  Kargı Han  ·  İncir Han

Each one is a distinct architectural world. Each one with a story.

Your Journey Begins at the Hub.

You start in a central space inspired by the geometry of a traditional Turkish bathhouse, a twelve-sided hall that radiates outward to all six caravanserais. From here, the choice is yours.

Step through any entrance and find yourself inside an immersive explorable reconstruction: open courtyards and vaulted corridors, all recreated at human scale in VR.

Who Is This For?

SILK 2.0 is for the curious traveller who has never had the chance to visit Anatolia. For the architecture enthusiast who wants to walk inside a building that no longer fully exists. For the history lover who wants to understand the Silk Roads from the inside out.

And for anyone who has ever wondered: what did it feel like to arrive at those gates — dusty, tired, and far from home, and know that you were welcome?

Some places deserve to be remembered. This is how we do it.

GAMEPLAY FEATURES  (STEAM FEATURE LIST)

Some places deserve to be walked through again.

SILK 2.0 —  Coming to Steam

STEAM TAGS & CREDITS

Recommended Steam Tags:

Virtual Reality · VR · Walking Simulator · Exploration · Historical · Cultural Heritage · Architecture · Education · Serious Game · Atmospheric · Immersive · Story Rich · 6DOF · Singleplayer · Museum · Middle East · AI Interaction · Simulation · Interactive Experience · 3D Exploration

Project Team:

Directed by Guzden Varinlioglu

Visual Direction Mohammed Faraj Al-Suwaidi

Technical Director & AI Systems Development Koen Maes

Experience Design Mohammed Qaisar Junaid

3D & AI Assets Guzden Varinlioglu · Gregory Campbell · Shahnaz Gulshan

Research Dissemination Guzden Varinlioglu · Shahnaz Gulshan · Saithani Ithayaraaj · Vigneswaran Subramaniyan · Alfiya Shaheen Fayaz  ·  Yuangang Yang 

Music Ezgi Yurumez

Modelling Guzden Varinlioglu · Hilal Kaleli · Sepehr Seyedian

Supported by the University of Liverpool and the Andrew Pullin Fund; partnered with Qatar University and BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT; with academic research developed in collaboration with Takehiko Nagakura at the Design Computation Lab, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; and field studies supported by the U.S. Mission to Türkiye Grants Program and MIT MISTI Global Seed Funds.

2026