CreativeForge Games

CreativeForge Games is a game developer and publisher based in Warsaw, Poland. Founded in 2011, the company focuses on tactical, strategy and simulation games, combining development of its own projects with publishing and collaborative production. Its work spans space combat, turn-based Westerns, espionage, licensed tactical stealth and industrial simulation.

The studio's early releases established its tactical and strategy portfolio. It developed Ancient Space, a space combat real-time strategy game published by Paradox Interactive in 2014, followed by Hard West, a turn-based tactical Western released in 2015. In 2018, it released Phantom Doctrine, which brought its tactical approach to a Cold War espionage setting. The company also joined the Warsaw Stock Exchange's NewConnect market that year.

Development and publishing

CreativeForge's subsequent work includes development and co-development contributions to Aircraft Carrier Survival and Postal: Brain Damaged, both released in 2022. Its connection to Hard West 2 is through the original intellectual property and franchise licensing; that sequel was developed by Ice Code Games and published by Good Shepherd Entertainment.

The studio collaborated with Slitherine on Stargate: Timekeepers, a licensed real-time tactical stealth game released for PC in January 2024. In August 2026, CreativeForge released Black Gold: Oil Drilling Simulator as both developer and publisher. Its announced upcoming portfolio includes Blacksmith Tales, Klitter and Property Tycoon, with development and publishing responsibilities varying by project.

Production capabilities

The company's capabilities include full-cycle game development, pre-production prototyping, game design, narrative development and adaptations for different platforms. It also offers publishing and co-publishing for PC and console games. Its reported markets include Steam and GOG alongside PlayStation, Xbox and Nintendo Switch.

Following PlayWay's acquisition of a controlling stake, CreativeForge adopted a multi-project approach that combines proprietary intellectual property, publishing, co-development and tactical simulations. This operating direction broadens its work beyond the internally developed strategy titles that first established its portfolio.