Second Star Games

Second Star Games is an independent video game developer and publisher founded in 2025 by industry veteran Tom Stone, formerly managing director of TT Games. Based in Warrington, England, the studio creates premium, handcrafted interactive entertainment for children, younger players, and family audiences.

The company was launched to address what its founders saw as a gap for high-quality cooperative adventures made specifically for families. Its work combines accessible shared play with story-led worlds, stylised visual design, and tactile gameplay intended to support imaginative, social experiences.

In September 2025, the studio announced its debut project after securing an exclusive, long-term worldwide video game licence for the Neverland and Peter Pan intellectual property from Great Ormond Street Hospital and Great Ormond Street Hospital Children's Charity. Royalties from sales of the resulting games directly support the charity's clinical care and paediatric facilities.

Debut project

Neverland: A Peter Pan Adventure is the studio's flagship title in active development. Reimagining J.M. Barrie's classic universe, it is a story-driven cooperative action-adventure planned for PC, PlayStation, Xbox, Nintendo Switch 2, Steam, and the Epic Games Store.

Creative and technical focus

Second Star Games develops in Unreal Engine 5, bringing together experienced TT Games alumni and emerging talent. Its approach centres on:

• Family-friendly cooperative action-adventure design
• Storybook-inspired, painterly visual worlds
• Narrative animation and cinematic cutscene staging
• Real-time environment production and gameplay systems engineering
• Licensed-IP adaptation for interactive entertainment

The studio's work draws on Tom Stone's long experience in licensed games, including his previous involvement in securing LEGO video game rights and overseeing titles in the LEGO Star Wars, LEGO Batman, and LEGO Harry Potter franchise. While its debut is rooted in the world of Peter Pan, the company presents itself as a long-term creator and publisher of imaginative, collaborative games for a broad family audience.