Among Giants

Among Giants is an independent Brazilian game developer founded in 2015. Based in São Paulo, the studio creates authorial, narrative-driven games that use exploration, atmosphere and experimental mechanics to build emotionally focused interactive experiences.

Its work spans original IP for PC and console audiences, with capabilities across game and narrative design, 3D art, systems programming, audio direction and multiplatform porting. The studio’s games combine adventure and RPG structures with distinctive traversal, environmental navigation and music-led interaction.

Original games

• Distortions is the studio’s debut musical adventure game, released for PC in 2018. Built around themes of memory, loss and emotional recovery, it uses real-time violin mechanics to transform geometric environments and guide players through surreal dreamscapes.
• Albatroz is a backpacking adventure RPG released in 2024 for PC, PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S. Inspired by wilderness trekking in Patagonia, it combines survival systems, terrain navigation and a reflective story of self-discovery. Dutch publisher SOEDESCO partnered with the studio to produce and distribute the game globally.
• Chenen: The Geomancy Trail is an in-development anthropological traversal RPG. Its tactical combat is linked to terrain types and geomantic manipulation, extending the studio’s interest in exploration-oriented systems.

Recognition and direction

Distortions received Latin American industry recognition including GameSpot’s Best in Show at Brasil Game Show, Best Original Idea at AzPlay Bilbao, and the People’s Choice Award at Brazil’s International Games Festival. Through its portfolio, Among Giants continues to pursue atmospheric adventure games that foreground personal journeys, place and inventive game design.