Question

Question is an independent video game development studio founded on July 1, 2013, by Jordan Thomas and Stephen Alexander. Its work centers on mechanically expressive games that give players agency within narrative environments. The studio develops for PC and consoles, combining systems engineering, game design and narrative direction with independent publishing.

Thomas and Alexander established the company after completing work on BioShock Infinite. Their approach carries forward experience in immersive simulations, with an emphasis on player-enabling systems and stories that leave room for ambiguity. Across its releases, Question has explored satirical adventure, cooperative horror, cooperative action and occult deckbuilding.

Games and development

The studio debuted in July 2015 with The Magic Circle, a satirical first-person adventure about a game trapped in development. Players inhabit an unfinished protagonist and rewrite the unreleased game's code from within. The premise connects its story about game creation directly to the player's ability to alter the surrounding world.

Question followed with The Blackout Club, an asymmetric cooperative first-person horror game set in Virginia's National Radio Quiet Zone. It entered Steam Early Access in late 2018 and received its full multiplatform release in July 2019.

For South Park: Snow Day!, Question collaborated with South Park Digital Studios and publisher THQ Nordic. Released on March 26, 2024, the game brought the studio's cooperative development experience to a 3D action title.

Its subsequent release, The Killing Stone, combines occult horror with deckbuilding battles. Question developed and self-published the game, launching it into Steam Early Access in February 2026 before its version 1.0 release on PC and consoles on October 21, 2026.

The company remains privately held and independent. Its portfolio includes both self-published original games and development collaborations, reflecting a business built around smaller-scale projects led by developers with experience on larger productions.