Key Highlights:
- Discovery Tour App: AlUla is free now on iOS, Android and web browsers.
- Its 90-minute interactive journey reuses the AlUla recreation from Assassin’s Creed Mirage: Valley of Memory.
- The standalone app covers AlUla from prehistoric times to the present, extending well beyond Mirage’s ninth-century setting.
Available now, Ubisoft has turned the AlUla recreation from Assassin’s Creed Mirage into a free standalone educational experience that can be played without owning the game.
Discovery Tour App: AlUla is available on iOS and Android, while a browser version removes the need to download anything at all. Ubisoft describes the experience as free to install and play worldwide, with the historical environment originally created for Assassin’s Creed Mirage: Valley of Memory forming its foundation.
Rather than simply removing combat and parkour from the DLC, Ubisoft and UK immersive technology studio Sugar Creative have rebuilt the material around three educational sections. Access Codex contains entries created with historians and experts, including images of genuine artefacts from partner institutions. Some objects can be examined as 3D models through augmented reality.
Explore AlUla is the most game-like part. Ubisoft estimates the narrative-driven journey will take around 90 minutes, with missions requiring players to investigate historical locations and use what they learn to eventually decipher an ancient inscription. Enter Chronology then expands the scope further with a timeline stretching from prehistory through to the modern day.
That broader timeline is an important distinction from Mirage. Valley of Memory recreates AlUla during the ninth century and the Golden Age of the Abbasid Empire, whereas the Discovery Tour reaches into much earlier periods. Apple’s listing specifically references the Dadanite and Lihyanite kingdoms, the Nabataean city of Hegra and the medieval settlement positioned along the pilgrimage route to Mecca.
The setting itself should already be familiar to GLN readers. Assassin’s Creed Mirage received its free Valley of Memory expansion in November 2025, adding the AlUla region alongside more than six hours of story content, mission replay and substantial parkour improvements.
This is also not Ubisoft’s first attempt at separating Mirage’s historical material from the main game. Discovery Tour App: Medieval Baghdad launched in 2025 using the publisher’s reconstruction of ninth-century Baghdad, offering Codex material and interactive exploration through mobile devices and browsers. AlUla follows that model but adds the dedicated chronology section alongside its Codex and exploration modes.
I think that is the more interesting part of this release. Ubisoft is no longer treating Discovery Tour solely as an optional mode attached to a full Assassin’s Creed game; Mirage has now produced two separate educational experiences that can reach schools, museums and people who may never play the original game. Ubisoft itself specifically identifies educational institutions and museums among the audiences for the AlUla app.
There are some useful practical details too. Apple’s current listing puts the iOS download at around 1.2 GB, requires iOS 13.0 or later and supports both iPhone and iPad. The store also states that Ubisoft declares no data is collected through the app.
One storefront detail does not currently line up perfectly. Ubisoft says Discovery Tour App: AlUla supports English, French, Italian, Spanish, German, Arabic and Simplified Chinese, but Apple’s listing checked on 17 September still identifies English as its listed language. That could simply be storefront metadata failing to reflect the in-app language options, so Ubisoft’s seven-language announcement is the stronger source for actual availability.
Anyone wanting to try it can use the official Discovery Tour App: AlUla page to reach the mobile versions or launch the browser experience.
