Gamious
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About Gamious
Gamious is an independent video game development and publishing studio based in Haarlem, the Netherlands. Founded in February 2011, the company creates original, accessible games across simulation, management, narrative adventure and puzzle genres. Its work spans PC, consoles and mobile platforms, combining in-house development with self-publishing and selected production and co-publishing partnerships.
The studio’s approach centres on gameplay rather than a single genre or platform. Its catalogue ranges from abstract puzzles and physics-based challenges to strategy games and character-led adventures. Alongside game design and full-cycle development, Gamious undertakes porting and platform adaptations, with releases across Steam, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation, Xbox, iOS, Android and Apple Arcade.
Simulation, stories and puzzles
Turmoil, released in 2016, is an oil-drilling simulation and management game set during the oil rush in 19th-century North America. Its expansions include The Heat Is On and Deeper Underground, the latter adding deep drilling, water management and petrol refining. The game has reached multiple platforms, including Apple Arcade through Turmoil+.
Lake, released in 2021, follows Meredith Weiss in rural Oregon in 1986. The slice-of-life narrative adventure was co-published with Whitethorn Games. Its 2023 prequel expansion, Lake: Season’s Greetings, follows mail carrier Thomas Weiss in a holiday setting.
The studio’s puzzle work includes Briquid and Briquid Mini, which use grid-based fluid physics; iO, a platformer built around mass and momentum; and Lines, an abstract colour-drawing puzzle game. Gamious also collaborated with One Upped Games on the 2024 Apple Arcade release Words in Progress, developed from an original Gamious prototype.
Originally established in Amsterdam, Gamious moved to Haarlem in 2016 as its production ambitions and space requirements grew. It remains an independent developer and publisher, working on proprietary strategy titles and cross-platform experiences.
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Founders and leadership
Gamious was founded by brothers Pim Bouman and Jos Bouman alongside media entrepreneur and angel investor Maarten van den Biggelaar. The report identifies Pim as Chief Executive Officer and Jos as Creative Director.
Production model and shared facilities
Early operations included the Fungamenow.com web portal and the Game Train initiative. Through Game Train, Gamious worked with independent developers, freelancers and students on a risk- and profit-sharing basis, supplying production, financing and marketing support. The company later phased out this framework in favour of focused in-house creative development.
Gamious established the lvlfour shared game development hub with testing suites, presentation halls and collaborative facilities for local studios.
Recognition and milestones
- Turmoil (2016) received a Dutch Game Awards nomination for Best Entertainment Game Design.
- Lake (2021) received Dutch Game Awards nominations for Best Game, Best Innovation and Best Game Design. The report states that it recouped its budget within its first week of release.
- Briquid and Briquid Mini are reported as Control Industry Award nominees.
- Superboer (2016), created with MAD Multimedia for Courage, received two Dutch Game Awards nominations.
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Current and former locations of Gamious
- Stationsplein 116, 2011 LN Haarlem, The NetherlandsHaarlem, North Holland, Netherlands
Haarlem office
HeadquartersOpened 2016
Global headquarters and primary development studio in the lvlfour shared workspace; Gamious relocated here from Amsterdam in mid-2016.
- Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands
Amsterdam office
Former officeOpened 2011 · Closed 2016
Original operating location, vacated when Gamious consolidated its activities in Haarlem in mid-2016.
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