The Game Kitchen

The Game Kitchen is an independent Spanish video game development studio founded in 2010, with operations in Seville and Tenerife. Its work spans gothic action-platformers, psychological horror adventures, tactical stealth games and virtual reality tabletop experiences. Distinctive pixel art, traditional 2D animation and narrative worldbuilding feature prominently across its portfolio.

The studio first attracted attention with The Last Door, an episodic point-and-click horror adventure released between 2013 and 2016. Its Victorian gothic setting and deliberately low-resolution artwork established an approach to atmosphere and storytelling that preceded the company's larger action games.

Blasphemous, released in 2019 and published by Team17, brought that visual sensibility into a challenging 2D action-platformer. Its world draws on Andalusian religious folklore, architecture and cultural imagery. Supported by a Kickstarter campaign, the game reached several million sales worldwide and was followed by major expansions and Blasphemous II in August 2023.

A broader development portfolio

The Game Kitchen has extended its work beyond its best-known series through projects with different genres and production partners. It collaborated with Teku Studios on The Stone of Madness, a real-time tactical stealth game released in January 2025 by Tripwire Presents. In July 2025, it released Ninja Gaiden: Ragebound with publisher Dotemu and rights holder Koei Tecmo, bringing its 2D development experience to the established action franchise.

Its immersive work includes All On Board!, a Kickstarter-funded VR tabletop gaming platform. The company's Tenerife branch focuses on VR development and specialized interactive projects, complementing its established action-adventure work.

Alongside developing its own games, The Game Kitchen supports independent teams through Billete Cohete. This incubation activity provides project funding, production guidance and publishing mentorship. Its involvement in projects such as Croxel Studios' Tormenture is distinct from directly developing those games.