Ganymede Games

Ganymede Games was an independent video game developer founded in February 2019 in Las Cruces, New Mexico, by Jerry Prochazka, Rob Thompson and Lynn Stetson. The founders brought experience from Riot Games and Wargaming and established the business outside the conventional metropolitan technology hubs. The studio ceased operations in January 2026.

Its development approach focused on character-rich science-fiction role-playing games for adults with limited leisure time. The team sought to combine strategic depth with approachable session lengths, developing its own intellectual property through in-house game design, programming, writing and production. Its capabilities included tactical turn-based combat, card-based deckbuilding, branching upgrades, narrative worldbuilding, character design and hand-drawn 2D environments.

Debut game

The studio's debut project began as Xenotheria, an isometric science-fiction RPG set on the alien world of Wolf Prime. It combined deckbuilding with turn-based combat on a grid, bringing card selection and tactical positioning into the same game. A successful Kickstarter campaign in late 2021 supported the project’s development.

In March 2024, Ganymede Games announced a publishing partnership with Midwest Games and renamed the project Dark Sky. This was a change to the game’s title; the studio continued to operate as Ganymede Games. Dark Sky launched for Windows PC through Steam and GOG on September 24, 2024.

Development model and regional roots

Ganymede Games combined local administration with a distributed, remote-first development team. Its establishment in Las Cruces received a $350,000 incentive package from city and state economic development programmes. The studio also cultivated relationships with New Mexico State University and Doña Ana Community College. Across its early funding rounds and accelerator participation, it raised more than $1.4 million to support its development ambitions.