Lucid Games

Lucid Games is a British AAA video game development studio headquartered in Liverpool’s Baltic Triangle. Formed in February 2011 after the closure of Bizarre Creations, the studio was founded by former Bizarre leadership and developers with support from Liverpool Vision to help retain game-development talent in the city.

The studio develops original games and provides full-cycle development, co-development, engineering and porting support for publishers and partners. Its work spans vehicle combat, arcade racing, action-adventure and multiplayer games, with capabilities including gameplay engineering, technical art, 3D character and environment art, animation, audio implementation, live operations, and cross-platform development using Unreal Engine and Unity.

Games and co-development

Lucid Games has led development on original projects including Destruction AllStars, Geometry Wars 3: Dimensions, Switchblade, and Jacob Jones and the Bigfoot Mystery. It has also contributed co-development and technical support to major productions including:

• Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order and Star Wars Jedi: Survivor
• Apex Legends and Sea of Thieves
• Nightingale and EA Sports PGA Tour
• Need for Speed Hot Pursuit Remastered and Need for Speed Payback
• Console and mobile ports of Goat Simulator and Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories

Studio development

In October 2020, Lucid’s structure was consolidated under Lucid Entertainment Group Ltd. LightSpeed Studios acquired Lucid Games in July 2023, bringing it into LightSpeed’s international network while the Liverpool studio retained creative independence and operational autonomy.

In late 2025, the studio moved into a permanent headquarters in a refurbished Victorian grain mill in the Baltic Triangle. The purpose-built workspace was commissioned to support a team of approximately 250 developers and replaced Lucid’s previous Elevator Studios premises on Parliament Street.