Bloober Team

Bloober Team is a Kraków-founded game developer focused on psychological and survival horror for PC and console audiences. Founded in 2008 by Piotr Babieno and Piotr Bielatowicz, the studio evolved from early casual and action projects into a specialist in atmospheric, narrative-led horror with the 2016 release of Layers of Fear.

Its catalogue combines unsettling environments, character-driven storytelling and audio-led tension. Key releases include Observer, Observer: System Redux, Blair Witch, The Medium and the Layers of Fear series. The studio partnered with Lionsgate on Blair Witch and developed the 2024 Silent Hill 2 remake for Konami, bringing its horror expertise to a major established franchise.

Development focus

Bloober Team develops full-cycle games spanning concept, game and level design, narrative architecture, 3D art and character modelling, motion capture, and audio engineering. Its specialist areas include:

• Psychological and survival horror
• Narrative-driven adventure design and environmental storytelling
• Motion-capture production
• Sound and audio design
• Unreal Engine 5 development, including Lumen, Nanite and ray tracing
• Co-development for interactive entertainment projects

The studio's original IP includes Cronos: The New Dawn, a time-travel body-horror adventure released in 2025 and set between post-apocalyptic ruins and 1980s Poland. The title was subsequently expanded with Cronos: Lazarus.

Interactive entertainment

Bloober Team creates AAA and AA games for contemporary platforms including PC, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch and Nintendo Switch 2. Its work is centred on mature horror experiences that use technology, visual design, sound and branching narrative context to build immersive worlds.

The company also works with global publishing and platform partners including Konami, Sony Interactive Entertainment and Take-Two's Private Division. Alongside its internally developed titles, its proprietary Broken Mirror Games label supports specialised horror and dark-adventure publishing and co-development projects.