Monster Closet Games

Monster Closet Games was a Montreal video game development studio founded in 2021 by five experienced developers. It brought together expertise in AAA production, game design, art direction and engineering, with capabilities spanning multiplatform development, world-building and open-world game systems.

The studio worked across full-cycle game development and co-development, offering engineering support alongside concept art, creative direction and game design. Its founders brought experience from major game franchises, although their earlier projects were individual career credits rather than productions released by Monster Closet Games.

Acquisition and integration

In October 2023, Avalanche Studios Group acquired the studio and integrated its team into the group’s international development network. The acquisition established Avalanche’s fifth location, known as Avalanche Montreal. The team contributed engineering and design expertise to the group’s ongoing and upcoming projects, including production support on Contraband.

This integration connected the former independent team with a larger development organisation while retaining Montreal as its operating base. Graeme Jennings, previously the studio’s CEO, became the location lead following the acquisition.

Closure

On June 4, 2024, Avalanche announced that it would close its Montreal and New York studios as part of measures intended to support the group’s financial stability. Approximately 50 employees were affected across the two locations; that combined figure does not establish the size of the Montreal team alone.

The closure ended Monster Closet Games’ development operations less than eight months after its integration into Avalanche. As of the supplied November 2026 research, the studio was permanently closed and its historical official website was offline.