Complex Games

Complex Games is a Canadian video game development studio focused on turn-based tactical role-playing games and strategy titles for PC and consoles. Headquartered in Winnipeg, Manitoba, the studio develops character-driven game experiences built around tactical combat, narrative, 3D art and animation, engineering, and quality assurance.

Founded in 2001 by Noah Decter-Jackson and Adrian Cheater, the company began as a work-for-hire developer during the early growth of Manitoba’s games sector. Its early work included more than two dozen games and interactive experiences for entertainment brands, alongside the development of proprietary mobile multiplayer technology.

Tactical games and original development

Since 2015, Complex Games has concentrated on internally developed tactical RPG and strategy projects. Its experience with tabletop miniature wargaming led to a partnership with Games Workshop and the 2015 release of The Horus Heresy: Drop Assault.

The studio later developed Warhammer 40,000: Chaos Gate – Daemonhunters, a turn-based tactical RPG published by Frontier Foundry in 2022. Complex Games also developed the 2023 Execution Force expansion and is developing Warhammer 40,000: Chaos Gate – Deathwatch, announced in 2026.

Development capabilities

Complex Games provides full-cycle game development, including:

• Game design and tactical-combat systems
• Character-driven cinematic narrative development
• 3D modelling, art, and animation
• Unity engine development and software engineering
• Systems architecture and proprietary-tool engineering
• Quality assurance

Frontier Developments plc acquired Complex Games in November 2022, making the Winnipeg studio an operating subsidiary within the Frontier group. Complex Games continues to work under its own identity while drawing on Frontier’s publishing, marketing, and shared infrastructure. The team remains focused on end-to-end production of tactical RPG experiences for interactive entertainment audiences.