Kepler Interactive Limited is a video game publisher headquartered in London, with an additional office in Singapore.[2] It was formed in 2021 out of a partnership between seven independent game developers at the initiative of Alexis Garavaryan, incumbent CEO of the company. These seven founding studios are New Zealand-based A44, Canada-based Alpha Channel, France-based Awaceb and Sloclap, Serbia-based Ebb Software, Japan-based Swedish developer Shapefarm and US-based Timberline Studio.
Employing around 50 people, Kepler also publishes productions from studios outside the group.[3] Its most notable published games include Sifu (2022), Tchia (2023), Pacific Drive (2024) and Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (2025).
History
Kepler Interactive was founded in September 2021 at the initiative of former Ubisoft employee and French entrepreneur Alexis Garavaryan,[4] who had previously co-founded the video game investment fund Kowloon Nights.[5] Self-described as a "super developer" publishing group, Kepler was born out of an alliance between seven independent studios to “pool their resources and knowledge”:[6] A44 (known for developing Ashen), Alpha Channel, Awaceb (known for Tchia), Ebb Software (known for Scorn), Shapefarm, Sloclap (known for developing Absolver and Sifu) and Timberline Studio. Each participating studio had "equal say" on the publishing label's decision-making process and were able to share resources and financial gains, but Kepler itself will not interefere with the operations of each studio, allowing them to stay independent.[7][8] Although initially solely co-owned by the seven founding studios, Kepler received $120 million in funding from Chinese gaming company NetEase, which then became a minority shareholder.[2] The company's gross revenue peaked at $50 million in 2022, boosted by the release of Sloclap's Sifu and Ebb Software's Scorn.[9]
In 2023, Kepler also launched Kepler Ghost, a white-label publishing service, providing marketing and publishing for game developers. Eternights from Studio Sai was the first video game project to benefit from this program.[10] The Gentlebros, the developer behind the Cat Quest series, became the eighth studio to join Kepler's ownership structure; meanwile a partnership with the new studio Sandfall Interactive for the latter's debut title, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, was officially announced in March 2023.[9] It also partnered with Ironwood Studios for the publishing and release of Pacific Drive.[11] In April 2025, Kepler published the critically acclaimed Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 by Sandfall, a game whose development it had also funded.[12]
In 2025, Tactical Adventures, the studio behind Solasta: Crown of the Magister, became the ninth independent studio to join the collective of studios that co-own Kepler Interactive.[13][14]
Alexis Garavaryan claims Kepler to be highly selective. It evaluates an average of 1,400 projects per year and signs “only two or three”. He also states the firm sets itself apart by financing projects with modest budgets but with high-quality visuals and innovative game mechanics.[15] Unlike most publishers, who finance a title in exchange for varying degrees of control over its development, Garavaryan asserts Kepler never imposes decisions on the development studios it partners with. François Meurisse, COO and co-founder of Sandfall Interactive, highlighted it was this promise of creative freedom on Expedition 33 that prompted the team, which had received offers from more prominent publishers in the industry, to sign with Kepler instead.[16]
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