Fangamer

Last updated
Fangamer LLC
Company type Private
Industry Manufacturing
Founded2007
Headquarters
Tucson, Arizona
,
United States
Number of locations
3 offices
Key people
Reid Young (CEO)
Website fangamer.com

Fangamer LLC is an American video game merchandising company and game publisher based in Tucson, Arizona. Fangamer was originally spun out from Starmen.net, an EarthBound online forum. [1] It operates an online store that sells licensed indie game merchandise items such as hats, pins, vinyl records, t-shirts and other products. In recent years the company has also begun publishing physical editions of independent video games.

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History

Starmen.net, an online forum, began selling T-shirts and mugs in 2007 as a way to pay for the server costs of the site. One of the creators of the site stated, "Well, the ads weren't paying the bills, so we thought, 'What if we took the kinda-crappy print-on-demand stuff we’re making on CafePress, and we did it at a much higher-quality?'". The next year, Fangamer was launched with an initial offering of "two t-shirts, a pin set, and a mug" based on EarthBound. [2] After the success of this initial run of merchandise, Fangamer started to expand into creating items for other games such as Phoenix Wright and Chrono Trigger . To avoid infringement of the various video game properties they were creating items for at the time, the site avoided using designs with any copyrighted symbols. [1] Fangamer also produced physical copies of Starmen.net's unofficial player's guide for Mother 3 . [3] [4]

In the mid-2010's Fangamer became known as a fulfillment partner for video game Kickstarters, providing merchandise for the campaigns of games such as Broken Age and Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night . [5] [6] After partnering with Toby Fox to create merchandise for Undertale , [7] the site experienced a higher number of sales, with a cofounder saying "I thought there was a glitch in Shopify... Undertale had become just an incredible phenomenon.”. This success allowed Fangamer to expand into acquiring licenses for other video game proprieties, going on to create merchandise for games such as Hollow Knight and Banjo-Kazooie. [1] [8] [9]

Games published

TitleOriginal release yearDeveloper(s)Genre(s)PlatformsRelease Date(s)Ref
20XX / 30XX 2017 (20XX), 2023 (30XX)Batterystaple Games, Fire Hose Games Platform Nintendo Switch November 7, 2025 [10]
Antonblast 2024SummitspherePlatformNintendo SwitchNovember 7, 2025 [11]
Baba is You 2019Hempuli, MP2 Games Puzzle Nintendo SwitchJune 14, 2022 [12]
Bugsnax 2020Young Horses Adventure PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch2021–2022 [13]
Celeste 2018 Maddy Makes Games, Extremely OK GamesPlatformPlayStation 4, Nintendo SwitchJune 30, 2023 [14]
Citizen Sleeper 2022Jump Over the Age, Fellow Traveller Games Role-playing Nintendo SwitchJune 28, 2024 [15]
Crow Country 2024 SFB Games Survival horror PlayStation 5, Nintendo SwitchNovember 7, 2025 [16]
Faith: The Unholy Trinity 2022Airdorf Games, New Blood Interactive Survival horrorNintendo SwitchOctober 25, 2024 [17]
Frog Detective: The Entire Mystery 2018 (The Haunted Island: A Frog Detective Game), 2019 (Frog Detective 2: The Case of the Invisible Wizard), 2022 (Frog Detective 3: Corruption at Cowboy County)Worm Club, Superhot Presents AdventureNintendo SwitchAugust 9, 2024 [18]
Hollow Knight 2017Team Cherry, Shark Jump Studios Metroidvania PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, PC May 31, 2019 [19]
Hypnospace Outlaw 2019Tendershoot Simulation Nintendo SwitchSeptember 24, 2021 [20]
Into the Breach 2018Subset Games Turn-based strategy Nintendo SwitchOctober 21, 2022 [21]
Later Alligator 2019Pillow FightAdventureNintendo SwitchApril 16, 2021 [22]
Little Kitty, Big City 2024Double Dagger StudioAdventureNintendo SwitchMarch 28, 2025 [23]
Luck Be a Landlord 2023TrampolineTales Roguelike deck-building Nintendo SwitchSeptember 19, 2025 [24]
Mouthwashing 2024Wrong Organ, Critical Reflex Horror, adventurePlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch2025 [25]
Off 2008Unproductive Fun TimeRole-playingPC (digital), Nintendo Switch2026 [26]
Omori 2020Omocat, MP2 GamesRole-playingPlayStation 4, Nintendo SwitchJuly 17, 2022 [27]
Ooblets 2022Glumberland Life simulation Nintendo Switch2022 [28]
Pizza Tower 2023Tour De PizzaPlatformNintendo SwitchOctober 10, 2025 [29]
Slime Rancher: Plortable Edition 2021Monomi ParkLife simulation, adventureNintendo SwitchOctober 27, 2022 [30]
Stardew Valley 2016 ConcernedApe Simulation, role-playingNintendo SwitchNovember 6, 2020 [31]
Tunic 2022 Finji Action-adventure PlayStation 4, Nintendo SwitchJuly 28, 2023 [32]
UFO 50 2024Mossmouth, LLCVariousNintendo SwitchFebruary 20, 2026 [33]
Undertale 2015 Toby Fox, 8-4 Role-playingPlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, PC2017–2021 [34] [35] [36] [37]
World of Horror 2020Panstasz, Ysbryd GamesRole-playingNintendo SwitchOctober 19, 2023 [38]

References

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  2. ↑ "Feature: How Fangamer Changed The World Of Video Game Merchandise Forever". Nintendo Life. 2019-10-26. Archived from the original on 2021-04-11. Retrieved 2021-04-11.
  3. ↑ "Fan-made Mother 3 Guide is All Kinds of Awesome". Nintendo Life. 2009-05-06. Archived from the original on 2024-09-03. Retrieved 2021-04-11.
  4. ↑ "Fan-made Mother 3 Handbook Freely Available To Read". Nintendo Life. 2009-07-13. Archived from the original on 2021-04-11. Retrieved 2021-04-11.
  5. ↑ "Broken Age". Fangamer. Retrieved 2021-04-09.[ permanent dead link ]
  6. ↑ "Fangamer – Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night". fulfillment.fangamer.com. Archived from the original on 2021-04-11. Retrieved 2021-04-09.
  7. ↑ "Make Love, Not War: Five Years Of 'Undertale'". NPR.org. Archived from the original on 2020-10-18. Retrieved 2021-04-09.
  8. ↑ "Hollow Knight's European Physical Release Has Been Delayed". Nintendo Life. 2019-05-20. Archived from the original on 2021-04-11. Retrieved 2021-04-09.
  9. ↑ "Fangamer's New Range Of Banjo-Kazooie Merch Is Tough To Resist". Nintendo Life. 2019-11-26. Archived from the original on 2021-01-27. Retrieved 2021-04-09.
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  11. ↑ "Wario Land-Inspired Platformer 'Antonblast' Scores A Physical Switch Release In 2025". Nintendo Life. 2024-11-13. Retrieved 2025-01-04.
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  20. ↑ Gray, Kate (June 9, 2021). "Hypnospace Outlaw Gets A Neat Retro-Styled Physical Release (With A Bonus CD!)". Nintendo Life . Archived from the original on March 9, 2023. Retrieved March 9, 2023.
  21. ↑ Gray, Kate (June 23, 2022). "Into The Breach Now Has A Physical Edition, Available For Pre-Order". Nintendo Life . Archived from the original on March 9, 2023. Retrieved March 9, 2023.
  22. ↑ "Later Alligator for Nintendo Switch™". Fangamer. Archived from the original on 2021-04-11. Retrieved 2021-04-09.
  23. ↑ Brian (2024-11-12). "Little Kitty, Big City Nintendo Switch physical release revealed". Nintendo Everything. Retrieved 2025-09-02.
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  26. ↑ Valentine, Rebekah (2024-12-19). "Unsettling Cult Classic RPG OFF Gets Surprise Steam and Switch Release in 2025". IGN . Retrieved 2024-12-20.
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  30. ↑ "Slime Rancher Plortable Edition for Nintendo Switch™". Fangamer. Archived from the original on 2023-03-09. Retrieved 2023-03-09.
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  32. ↑ Norman, Jim (March 8, 2023). "Tunic Goes Physical With Special Deluxe Edition Releasing Later This Year". Nintendo Life . Archived from the original on May 20, 2024. Retrieved March 30, 2024.
  33. ↑ Lada, Jenni (August 7, 2025). "UFO 50 Switch Physical Deluxe Edition Includes a Guide". Siliconera. Retrieved August 7, 2025.
  34. ↑ "UNDERTALE Game Physical Edition". Fangamer. Archived from the original on 2021-04-14. Retrieved 2021-04-09.
  35. ↑ "First Look at Undertale PS4 Theme, Closer Look at Physical Editions". PlayStation.Blog. 2017-07-18. Archived from the original on 2021-04-11. Retrieved 2021-04-09.
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  37. ↑ "Undertale Is Coming To Xbox Game Pass And Getting A Nifty Collector's Edition". Press Start. 2021-03-16. Archived from the original on 2021-04-11. Retrieved 2021-04-09.
  38. ↑ "World Of Horror Nintendo Switch Physical Edition Announced, Pre-Orders Now Live". NintendoSoup. 2023-07-12. Archived from the original on 2023-08-10. Retrieved 2023-08-08.
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