Tangent Games

Tangent Games was an independent game development studio in the Los Angeles area, founded in March 2014 as Tangentlemen. Its work focused on surreal psychological horror, narrative exploration and experiential design, bringing together developers with backgrounds in major console games to pursue smaller, experimental productions.

The studio is best known for Here They Lie, a psychological horror game developed in collaboration with Sony's Santa Monica Studio External Development group. Originally conceived under the working title Daedalus, the project became a PlayStation VR launch title in October 2016 and subsequently received a standard PlayStation 4 release in early 2017. Its combination of virtual reality, surreal environments and exploratory storytelling reflected the studio's interest in unconventional interactive experiences.

The team's capabilities included game development, creative direction, VR experience design and prototyping, with Unreal Engine 4 among its production tools. Its founders had previously worked together at Spark Unlimited before establishing an independent operation intended to provide greater creative freedom than traditional AAA development.

Following the release of Here They Lie, Tangentlemen adopted the public name Tangent Games. The studio explored further concepts, including a prospective Google Stadia project and an unannounced fantasy action title, but these did not become subsequent commercial releases. Its later history included the departure of its founders to other game development businesses. Tangent Games is now inactive, with no ongoing commercial productions identified in the supplied research.