Pirat Studios

Pirat Studios is an independent game development studio established in 2019 in Toronto, Canada. Founded by Shahaan S. Umar, the studio brought together Canadian and American developers to create narrative-heavy, choice-driven single-player experiences using Unreal Engine 5.

Its principal project was Syla, a third-person action-adventure game inspired by ancient Celtic mythology. The story follows Syla, the Queen of Chaos, through floating island kingdoms on a journey of vengeance. Its design combines dynamic locomotion and climbing with real-time spell-crafting combat, environmental storytelling and branching decisions intended to produce lasting consequences in the game world.

The studio's development capabilities span game design, gameplay programming, level design, narrative and dialogue writing, 3D character and environment art, and original music and sound composition. These disciplines supported a project that connected traversal and combat mechanics with a persistent, consequence-driven narrative.

In early 2021, the team completed a vertical slice of Syla and prepared a concept trailer. It submitted the project to the Epic MegaGrants programme and pitched it to publishers as part of efforts to finance full production. The vertical slice represents the studio's principal documented production milestone; Syla was not commercially released.

The studio also listed an unannounced multiplayer party game at an early concept stage. This project was likewise unreleased, and the supplied production history centres on the development and funding efforts surrounding Syla.