Alkimia Interactive

Alkimia Interactive is a Barcelona-based game development studio focused on premium, narrative-driven action role-playing games and action-adventure titles for PC and modern consoles. Operating as a wholly owned subsidiary of THQ Nordic GmbH, the team develops ambitious core games with an emphasis on high-end 3D art, character animation, combat, world systems, narrative, audio, and level design.

The studio grew from the Barcelona development unit that created the Gothic Playable Teaser in 2019. Community response to that project helped lead to the greenlight for a full reimagining of the 2001 role-playing game Gothic. Operations were established in 2020, and THQ Nordic publicly announced Alkimia Interactive and its role on the remake in March 2021.

Development focus

Alkimia Interactive works across the full game-development cycle, including engineering, art, narrative, audio, design, and cross-platform optimisation. Its capabilities include:

• Action RPG and action-adventure development
• Unreal Engine production and engineering
• Open-world systems and dynamic world simulation
• Character animation, combat design, and reactive game worlds
• Franchise remakes and reimaginings
• Community management and live-game support

The studio transitioned production from Unreal Engine 4 to Unreal Engine 5 while developing its modern interpretation of Gothic, building systems for NPC life routines, world reactivity, and complex combat.

Gothic remake work

Its principal credit is Gothic 1 Remake, released worldwide on 5 June 2026 for Windows PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X/S. The project was preceded by the Gothic Remake: Nyras Prologue playable demo in 2025. Alkimia Interactive also developed the earlier Gothic Playable Teaser under its former working title, THQ Nordic Barcelona Studio.