Modus Games

Modus Games is an independent and AA video-game publishing label established in late 2017 and officially launched in 2018 by Maximum Games. It was created to give independent developers access to publishing capabilities associated with larger productions, supporting games for PC and consoles through financing, production support, distribution and marketing.

Its publishing model brings together developer evaluation, project financing and co-production with the practical work of preparing games for release. This includes console porting, localization, quality assurance, physical retail production and digital storefront distribution. Marketing support covers public relations, influencer outreach and community engagement, while collector’s editions and retail merchandising extend its physical publishing activities. Its distribution work spans Steam, Epic Games Store, PlayStation, Xbox and Nintendo Switch.

The label’s catalog covers adventure platformers, role-playing games, action games, fighting games and survival horror. Publishing credits include Frozenbyte’s Trine 4: The Nightmare Prince, Dreams Uncorporated and SYCK’s Cris Tales, Pixile Studios’ Super Animal Royale, Reply Game Studios’ Soulstice and Aurogon Shanghai’s Afterimage. Other releases include Bramble: The Mountain King, Lost Words: Beyond the Page and In Sound Mind. These are publishing relationships; the games were developed by their respective development teams.

Modus Games built its international publishing activity around its California base and Maximum Games’ established European infrastructure. Its role remained focused on publishing and distribution, working with external developers and the group’s development businesses rather than treating their production work as its own.

In November 2021, Zordix AB acquired Maximum Games, Modus Games and Modus Studios. Zordix subsequently adopted the Maximum Entertainment name. On February 15, 2024, the group announced that its publishing and development labels would be brought together under the Maximum Entertainment master brand. Future releases transitioned to that banner, while Modus Games, LLC continued as an underlying US legal subsidiary managing catalog intellectual property and publishing contracts.