Proximity Games

Proximity Games is an independent Turkish video game development and publishing studio focused on PC games distributed primarily through Steam. Its catalogue spans point-and-click adventures, survival games, horror, casual strategy and satirical simulations. Working as a small independent team, the studio develops and publishes its own titles, with game design and narrative writing forming part of its work.

Its earliest documented commercial release, Bizarre Earthquake, arrived in May 2016. The third-person adventure follows a seismologist and her assistant as they investigate mysterious seismic phenomena. Subsequent releases explored markedly different formats: Insectophobia : Episode 1 brought science-fiction survival horror, while Sevgilim Olur musun ? used television parody as the basis for a simulation game. The studio later released the casual strategy game Small Sister, the post-apocalyptic zombie survival RPG Herd is Coming, and the wilderness survival adventure Wolf Territory.

Survival games with a Turkish setting

The studio became more widely known through Erzurum, released in February 2021. Set in Turkey’s eastern Erzurum province after a meteor strike, the open-world survival game asks players to manage cold, hunger and thirst while facing wildlife predators. Its nine-square-kilometer map places survival systems within a distinctly regional environment, incorporating village structures, mosques and traditional Anatolian saz melodies.

This combination of environmental survival mechanics and local cultural references is a notable part of the studio’s portfolio. Alongside its post-apocalyptic and wilderness projects, its adventure and simulation games demonstrate an interest in moving between genres rather than maintaining a single game format.

Continuing development

As of November 2026, the studio remains active with Toxic Dating Simulator, also titled Toksik Randevu Simülatörü. The project is a satirical, choice-driven interactive dating simulation. A public playable demo was released in September 2026, with the full release scheduled for the first quarter of 2027. It extends the studio’s simulation work while placing player choices and character interactions at the center of the experience.