Underbite Games

Underbite Games was an independent American video game developer and publisher founded in 2013 in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Its work centered on turn-based strategy, tactical role-playing games, and digital adaptations of tabletop games. The studio combined original game development with collaborations that brought established board game systems and fictional settings to computers, mobile devices, and consoles.

Its capabilities included full-cycle development, tactical mechanics design, board game digitization, 3D character and environment art, and contract game production. Console porting also formed part of its work, with supported platforms including Nintendo Switch, PlayStation, and Xbox. Across its portfolio, the studio worked in both digital entertainment and the intersection of physical tabletop play and interactive software.

Games and collaborations

An early project, 1st & Goal, adapted R&R Games’ football board game for mobile and web platforms. This contract production reflected the studio’s interest in translating analog game systems into digital experiences.

Super Dungeon Tactics, released in 2016, was a turn-based tactical RPG based on the Super Dungeon Explore universe. Developed in partnership with Soda Pop Miniatures and Ninja Division, it reached PC, PlayStation 4, and Nintendo Switch.

For Sentinels of Freedom in 2020, Underbite collaborated with Greater Than Games to create a comic-book tactics game within the Sentinel Comics universe. The studio served as both developer and publisher.

Its later portfolio included Whisker Waters, a cat-themed fishing RPG adventure released in April 2024 through Merge Games / Silver Lining Interactive. The game expanded the studio’s body of work beyond its established emphasis on tactical combat and tabletop adaptations. Underbite ceased active operations following that release.