Black Forest Games

Black Forest Games is a German video game developer based in Offenburg, Baden-Württemberg. Founded in 2012, the studio develops PC and console games, with a focus on action-adventure titles, platformers, survival games and remakes of established franchises. Its capabilities span full-cycle production, from pre-production and prototyping through release and post-launch support.

The company emerged from the restructuring of Spellbound Entertainment, whose insolvency brought together a core team of experienced developers under a new business. Black Forest Games acquired key intellectual property assets and continued project development, establishing its own identity through both original games and the revival of existing properties.

Games and development

An early milestone was the successful Kickstarter campaign for Giana Sisters: Twisted Dreams, released in 2012. The project revived the classic platforming franchise and was followed by Giana Sisters: Twisted Dreams – Rise of the Owlverlord. The studio subsequently developed Rogue Stormers, a roguelike action platformer, and Fade to Silence, an open-world survival-adventure game.

Its portfolio also includes Bubsy: The Woolies Strike Back and console porting and development support for Titan Quest: Anniversary Edition. Later projects included the ground-up remake of Destroy All Humans! in 2020 and Destroy All Humans! 2 – Reprobed in 2022, extending the studio's work on established game franchises across contemporary console and PC platforms.

The studio combines game design and software engineering with 3D modeling, rigging, technical art, animation and world design. Its production capabilities also include multiplatform porting, supporting games across PC and console hardware.

THQ Nordic acquired the company in August 2017. Black Forest Games continues to operate as a development studio within that publishing group, with its own game development history and production team.