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22cans

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Founded
2012
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11-50
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About 22cans

22cans is an independent British video game developer and publisher based in Guildford, England. Founded in 2012 by Peter Molyneux, the studio focuses on god games, sandbox simulation and experimental interactive entertainment for PC, mobile and console audiences.

Its work centres on player-driven worlds: designing systems that let players shape landscapes, manage communities, experiment with social play and make consequential choices. The studio combines game design, 3D art and programming with self-publishing and live game operations.

Games and interactive worlds

22cans first gained international attention with Curiosity: What's Inside the Cube?, a large-scale mobile social experiment in which players collectively removed digital cubelets to uncover a secret. It followed this with Godus and Godus Wars, games that revisited the god-game tradition through terrain sculpting, civilisation-building and strategy.

The studio also created The Trail, a stylised exploration, survival and crafting adventure developed with publishing partner Kongregate. The game received “Best of 2016” recognition from Google Play and Apple’s App Store, and later expanded to PC and Nintendo Switch as The Trail: Frontier Challenge.

More recent work includes Legacy, a business-simulation project developed in partnership with Gala Games, and Masters of Albion, an open-world god and town-management simulation. Released for PC via Steam in April 2026, Masters of Albion brings together town building, world management and town-defence strategy in a fantasy setting.

Capabilities

  • God-game design and world crafting
  • Sandbox simulation and town management
  • Mobile, PC and cross-platform game development
  • Experimental social gameplay and multiplayer connectivity
  • Full-cycle development, self-publishing and live operations

Operating as an independent studio, 22cans continues to develop games from the Guildford games-development community while drawing on Molyneux’s longstanding interest in interactive worlds, player agency and new forms of digital play.

More about 22cans

Leadership and recognition

  • Peter Douglas Molyneux is the founder, director and creative director of 22cans, and is listed as its person with significant control. Dimitri Benjamin Mavrikakis has served as a director since the company’s incorporation.
  • The Trail earned “Best of 2016” honours on Google Play and Apple’s App Store.

Community collaboration

Masters of Albion was built and tested in collaboration with the local games community and University of Surrey academic playtesting initiatives.

Notable credits

7 credits
  • Curiosity: What's Inside the Cube?
  • Godus
  • Godus Wars
  • The Trail
  • The Trail: Frontier Challenge
  • Legacy
  • Masters of Albion

Offices

Where 22cans is based

1 location

  • Guildford office

    Headquarters
    1 Huxley Road, Surrey Research Park, Guildford, Surrey, GU2 7RE, England, United KingdomGuildford, England, United Kingdom

    Primary studio and corporate headquarters at Surrey Research Park.

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