Playstark

Playstark was an independent video game development and outsourcing studio established in Barcelona in March 2016. Operating publicly as Playstark Games, it combined original game production with art and technical services for external developers and publishers. Its original projects explored competitive multiplayer action, esports formats, virtual reality concepts and third-person shooters, before a later move toward action roguelites.

The studio offered full-cycle development, gameplay and systems engineering, mechanics design and rapid prototyping. Its outsourcing capabilities included concept art, 2D and 3D assets, character modeling, environment design, animation, visual effects and UI/UX design. Technical services also covered co-development, programming and assistance with PC and console porting.

Original games

Agents: Biohunters was Playstark's debut original intellectual property: a team-based, third-person hero shooter combining competitive player-versus-player combat with cooperative monster hunting. It entered Steam Early Access in 2020 and was subsequently retired from storefronts.

The studio later developed Die After Sunset with British publisher PQube. This third-person roguelite action shooter used light and shadow mechanics and followed an early access period and a free prologue, Die After Sunset: First Dawn. The full game launched on August 17, 2023, for PC, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S and Nintendo Switch. Catalan game directories also identify Duelins among the studio's original projects.

Later history

Playstark underwent corporate restructuring in 2024 and entered formal dissolution and liquidation proceedings in May 2026. Development on Die After Sunset had concluded following its commercial release. As of the November 2026 research, the studio's website was returning an HTTP 502 error. The reported liquidation proceedings establish a change from its earlier operating business, without establishing a completed liquidation or a physical closure date for each premises.