Lince Works

Lince Works was an independent video game developer based in Barcelona, Spain, best known for the Aragami series. Established in 2014, the studio developed original intellectual property with an emphasis on third-person stealth action, stylized environments and characters, and gameplay built around light and shadow. Its work combined ninja-themed storytelling with supernatural movement abilities and online cooperative play.

The studio grew out of a 2013 master's degree project in game creation at Barcelona's Universitat Pompeu Fabra. The student prototype, Path of Shadows, explored stealth mechanics influenced by Tenchu alongside shadow-based teleportation. Development continued through an initial crowdfunding phase under the working title Twin Souls: The Path of Shadows, before the project became Aragami.

The Aragami series

Released in October 2016 for PC and PlayStation 4, Aragami cast players as an undead assassin wielding shadows against the Kaiho army. The game subsequently reached Xbox One in 2018 and Nintendo Switch in 2019, and sold more than one million copies worldwide. The studio expanded its setting with Aragami: Nightfall, a story prequel released in May 2018, followed by the Shadow Edition bundle.

Aragami 2 launched on September 17, 2021, for PC, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One and Xbox Series X/S. A Nintendo Switch version followed in November 2022. Across these releases, Lince Works developed its capabilities in cross-platform cooperative multiplayer and full-cycle production of its own games.

Final development period

After Aragami 2, the team began developing new, unannounced original properties. On March 7, 2023, it announced that unfavorable economic conditions had prevented it from sustaining that next phase. Operations ceased in April 2023. The studio stated that its published games would remain available for digital purchase and online cooperative play.