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Truly Social Games

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2015
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11-50
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About Truly Social Games

Truly Social Games is an independent mobile game developer and publisher founded in 2015 by Cooper DuBois and Patrick Tougas. Based in Portland, Oregon, with development operations in Canada and Belarus, the studio creates casual and mid-core games that combine accessible play with social interaction, free-to-play systems and ongoing live operations.

Its capabilities span game mechanics and systems design, mobile production, economy balancing, community engagement and player retention. Augmented reality is another area of development, expanded through the acquisition of Vancouver-based Cooper’s New Reality Garage in October 2018. That business was integrated into the company as Truly Social Games Vancouver, extending the studio’s technical and creative capabilities.

Games and development

The studio’s portfolio includes Planet Gold Rush, a mobile management and gold-mining game whose reward mechanics included real physical gold prizes for leading players. Other releases include casual action, arcade and idle games, alongside augmented reality projects. The company also collaborated with Hitcents on an augmented reality adventure and with East Side Games on a licensed idle mobile game.

Its international development operations have supported visual production, programming and live operations. This combination of disciplines reflects a business focused on producing mobile games and maintaining their systems and player communities after launch.

Ownership history

In 2021, LEAF Mobile, subsequently East Side Games Group, entered into an agreement to acquire Truly Social Games in stages and obtained an initial 20% interest. The proposed full acquisition did not proceed, and the companies later became involved in litigation in Oregon and British Columbia.

A settlement announced on June 23, 2026 resolved the dispute and provided for East Side Games Group to sell its equity interests back to Truly Social Games. The studio consequently remained an independent business rather than a wholly acquired subsidiary.

More about Truly Social Games

Historical creative leadership

The Centre for Digital Media profile describes the Vancouver studio acquired in 2018 as being led by Studio Head Joe Bonar and Creative Director Robert Baxter. These are historical acquisition-era roles, rather than verified current appointments.

Settlement governance

The June 2026 settlement also provided for ESGG director Jim MacCallum to resign from the board of Truly Social Games, LLC and for a royalty agreement between the companies.

Notable credits

7 credits
  • Planet Gold Rush
  • Archer: Danger Phone
  • Draw A Stickman: AR
  • Gold Mania
  • Invincible Hero
  • Idle Surfing
  • Bomb Brawl!

Offices

Where Truly Social Games is based

3 locations

  • Portland office

    Headquarters
    6915 South Macadam Avenue, Portland, OR 97219, USAPortland, Oregon, United States

    Overall company headquarters.

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  • Truly Social Games Minsk

    Minsk, Minsk Region, Belarus

    European development studio supporting 2D and 3D visual development, programming and live operations.

  • Truly Social Games Vancouver

    Centre for Digital Media, 685 Great Northern Way, Vancouver, BC V5T 0C6, CanadaVancouver, British Columbia, Canada

    Opened 2018

    About this office

    Integrated regional development branch established through the 2018 acquisition of Cooper’s New Reality Garage, with augmented reality capabilities.

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