Ironhide Game Studio

Ironhide Game Studio is a Montevideo-founded developer and publisher of strategy games for mobile, PC and consoles. Founded in 2010, the studio is best known for the Kingdom Rush franchise, which began as a web release in 2011 and grew into a long-running series of tower-defense games distinguished by hand-drawn cartoon art, real-time hero controls and playful pop-culture humor.

Its work spans several strategy formats, from the tower-defense entries Kingdom Rush Frontiers, Kingdom Rush Origins, Kingdom Rush Vengeance, Junkworld TD and Kingdom Rush 5: Alliance, to the science-fiction real-time strategy games Iron Marines and Iron Marines Invasion. The studio has also expanded into turn-based tactical RPG design with Legends of Kingdom Rush, while extending its flagship universe through tabletop co-development projects.

Development capabilities

Ironhide handles full-cycle game development, including game design, programming, 2D art, animation and sound design. Its specialties include:

• Tower-defense, real-time strategy and tactical turn-based RPG mechanics
• 2D hand-drawn character animation and cartoon art direction
• Multiplatform engineering for iOS, Android, PC, macOS, Nintendo Switch and Xbox
• Ongoing live operations, seasonal content and balance updates
• Narrative humor and Easter-egg-driven world-building

The studio develops and self-publishes games across digital storefronts and console platforms, while also pursuing IP licensing and board-game co-development.

Since September 2021, Ironhide S.A. has operated as an active Tencent Holdings Ltd. subsidiary. The studio retains creative autonomy and executive independence, and works with Tencent’s international publishing label Level Infinite to support global reach, multiplatform distribution and live-service operations.