Billy Goat Entertainment

Billy Goat Entertainment is an independent video game developer based in Belfast, Northern Ireland, creating comedic experiences for consoles and PC. Founded in August 2010, the company initially produced commercial 3D animation and television advertisements for the Irish broadcast market before moving into game development in 2011. Its games combine satirical storytelling, lighthearted characters and unconventional mechanics, drawing on British and Irish comedic sensibilities.

The studio handles full-cycle development, with capabilities spanning game design, 3D modeling and animation, gameplay programming, scriptwriting, comedic narrative design, voiceover direction and multiplatform porting. Its portfolio ranges from point-and-click adventures to cooperative obstacle-course racing and bicycle courier action, with releases across PC, PlayStation, Xbox and Nintendo platforms.

Comedy through play

Her Majesty’s SPIFFING, released in December 2016, marked the studio’s major commercial breakthrough. Subtitled The Empire Staggers Back, the science-fiction adventure follows Captain Frank Lee English and his Welsh colleague Aled as they travel into space to establish a new Galactic British Empire. Its political satire is carried through dialogue, characters and a deliberately absurd intergalactic premise.

Supermarket Shriek followed in June 2019, pairing a man and a goat in a shopping cart as they navigate supermarket obstacle courses. Screams propel the cart, turning a familiar shopping environment into an unusual arcade racing challenge. The game supports couch and online cooperative play. It initially launched into Xbox Game Pass, with PlayStation 4 and Nintendo Switch releases following through publisher PQube in 2020.

For Parcel Corps, the studio partnered with UK publisher Secret Mode in 2022. Released in October 2024 for PC, PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S, the game combines extreme-sports arcade action with a satire of the gig economy. Players take on bicycle courier work amid competing corporations and an oil magnate conspiracy. Across these projects, the studio uses comic premises as the basis for both narrative and gameplay.