⚠️ Afterworld announced:

Stockholm-based developer and publisher Paradox has announced its latest game 'Afterworld' during gamescom Opening Night Live, a post-apocalyptic survival grand strategy (learn more)

🎣 How to Fish released, took over Steam, and sold 1 million copies:

Skövde-based, Landfall-backed Dazed Games released How to Fish on August 20th, becoming an instant mega hit selling over 1 million copies (but realistically quite a lot more), reaching a peak of 373,971 CCU on Steam (learn more)

🍙 Cave Expedition announced:

Gothenburg-based Moonmilk Games has announced the co-op caving simulation game Cave Expedition, which gained over 5,000 wishlists in its first 24 hours after going viral across social media (learn more)

🎲 Gamble With Your Friends has sold over 4 million copies:

Stockholm-based TENSTACK has annouced that their hit-game Gamble With Your Friends, released earlier this year, has passed 4 million copies sold (read more)

⛰️ PEAK: The Final Ascent update announced & released:

Landfall and Aggro Crab has announced and released the final major content update for PEAK, fittingly titled "The Final Ascent" and with this, they are now focused on porting the game to additional platforms (read more)

🔫 NO LAW gameplay trailer and 2027 release window:

Uppsala-based developer Neon Giant (the studio behind The Ascent) together with publisher KRAFTON has given us a gameplay trailer of their upcoming title NO LAW alongside a 2027 release window during gamescom Opening Night Live (watch trailer)

📦 We got a new look at Into the Wind:

Malmö-based developer Bloom & Gloom Games and Swedish publisher Three Friends gave us a new look at the upcoming open-world delivery game Into the Wind during the Future Games Show at gamescom (watch trailer)

🧠 ONTOS gameplay reveal trailer:

Malmö-based developer Frictional Games and publisher Kepler Interactive gave us the first glimpse of gameplay for the upcoming ONTOS (featuring Stellan Skarsgård!) during gamescom Opening Night Live (watch trailer)

🤡 Heist Escape Roguelike: PAYDAY Experience released in Fortnite: Stockholm-based Starbreeze has partnered with the Swedish creative team at OceanWave Games to bring the iconic PAYDAY franchise into Fortnite with 'Heist Escape Roguelike: PAYDAY Experience' (read more)

✍️ Envar Publishing signs first titles: Stockholm-based Envar, which announced Envar Publishing earlier in the year has announced that they have signed their first 2 games, a sci-fi survival horror game from Hedemora-based Clifftop Games (Kathy Rain dev) & Gothenburg-based Faravid Interactive, as well as a Adventure/Roguelite game from Spain-based Two Weeks at Home. They have revealed that they have 2 internal games in development at Envar Games (read more)

💰 Isle of Strays raises $600,000: Gothenburg-based indie collective Isle of Strays has raised an additional $600,000 which allows them to expand their co-publishing capabilities (read more)

🧙 Strength & Sorcery signs publisher: Sweden/Portugal-based studio Darkflame Studios has signed a publishing agreement with Kwalee for their debut title Strength & Sorcery (read more)

📈 Sandustry has sold over 100,000 copies: Uppsala-based solo dev Lantto Games together with publisher Hooded Horse launched Sandustry into Early Access on August 13th to overwhelmingly positive reviews and has since sold over 100,000 copies, well deserved! (read more)

💪 Masters of the Universe: Legends Unite coming to Steam: Following the release on Amazon Luna, Stockholm-based developer Bandit Island Games and publisher Amazon Games is bringing Masters of the Universe™: Legends Unite to Steam. They've also announced a continued partnership working on more games togehter (learn more)

👀 Stumpysquid goes full-time: Stockholm-based Stumpysquid founded by Raw Fury co-founder Gordon Van Dyke has announced that the 4-person team is going full-time to work on their currently unannounced game (read more)

🗝️ Final Key is hiring: Stockholm-based Final Key, a new studio co-founded by Ellen Mellåker, founder of Red Beet Interactive, the devs behind hit survival game Raft is hiring (learn more)