Normal Wholesome Games

Normal Wholesome Games is an independent game development studio based in Melbourne, Australia. Founded in 2017 by designer and programmer Andy Sum, it creates and self-publishes original PC games built around unexpected experiences, psychological suspense and satirical comedy. Its deliberately reassuring name contrasts with games that unsettle players or overwhelm them with absurdity.

The studio develops its own intellectual property rather than providing external publishing, client production or co-development services. Its work spans psychological horror, interactive personality tests and fast-paced first-person shooters, with titles distributed through Steam and itch.io.

Games and creative direction

The studio's first commercial release, The Watson-Scott Test, arrived on Steam in October 2018. Presented as a 30-question personality test, the game turns a familiar questionnaire format into a psychological horror experience that explores players' fears. It reflects the studio's interest in using apparently ordinary situations as the starting point for suspense and surprise.

In November 2024, Normal Wholesome Games released 420BLAZEIT 2: GAME OF THE YEAR, an exaggerated, meme-driven first-person shooter. The game continues the parody approach of Sum's earlier 2014 7DFPS prototype, combining rapid action with deliberately excessive internet humour. The earlier prototype was Sum's work before the studio's founding.

The studio also announced After You in 2017, releasing a teaser for the psychological horror project. The supplied research identifies it as unreleased.

Across these projects, Normal Wholesome Games pursues a creative direction centred on subverting player expectations. Horror and comedy provide different ways to provoke surprise, confusion and strong emotional responses.