OtherSide Entertainment

OtherSide Entertainment is an American video game developer founded in September 2013 by Looking Glass Studios co-founder Paul Neurath. Based in Massachusetts, the studio focuses on immersive simulations: games built around environmental interaction, systemic mechanics and player-driven choices. Its work spans first-person role-playing games, virtual reality and multiplayer stealth experiences, with an emphasis on giving players freedom to shape how situations unfold.

Originally established as Cerulean Sky Productions, the company adopted the OtherSide Entertainment name in 2014. Its creative direction draws on the immersive simulation tradition associated with Looking Glass, emphasizing interconnected game systems and emergent outcomes. The studio's development capabilities include game design, software engineering, narrative and world-building, with experience using Unreal Engine and Unity.

Games and development history

OtherSide released Underworld Overlord in 2016, a virtual reality dungeon-defense game for Google Daydream. It followed with Underworld Ascendant in 2018, a Kickstarter-funded first-person fantasy action RPG published by 505 Games and conceived as a spiritual successor to Ultima Underworld. These projects applied the studio's interest in player agency across different formats, from VR strategy to exploratory role-playing.

The company also undertook early development of System Shock 3, whose development rights transferred to Tencent in May 2020. Its later projects included Thick as Thieves, a multiplayer PvPvE stealth heist game, and Argos: Riders on the Storm, an original multiplayer immersive simulation. These projects extended the studio's systemic design focus into multiplayer experiences.

Recent operations

In June 2023, OtherSide entered an investment and strategic partnership with Aonic. Aonic's Megabit publishing label published Thick as Thieves, which launched in May 2026. Argos was canceled the following month.

As of November 2026, OtherSide remains active following substantial staff reductions during the summer. Its remaining team maintains Thick as Thieves, and the supplied research reports no new titles in development. This represents a narrower operating scope than the studio's earlier work on multiple projects.