Company type | Limited liability company |
---|---|
Industry | Video games |
Founded | October 2002 |
Founders | Tom Spilman, Russell Fincher |
Headquarters | , |
Number of employees | 5-10 |
Website | SickheadGames.com |
Sickhead Games, LLC is an American independent game development studio founded in 2002. It is best known for its multiplatform turn-based strategy game ARMED!, its involvement with the MonoGame framework [1] and Torque series of game engines, and the development of several PlayStation 4/5, PlayStation Vita, Xbox One, and Nintendo Switch ports of indie games including TowerFall Ascension , [2] Stardew Valley , [3] Darkest Dungeon , [4] Octodad: Dadliest Catch , [5] Slay the Spire , and Axiom Verge . [6] [7] The studio has updated classic console and PC games from the late 1990s and early 2000s, including ExZeus , Enclave , and Grandia , to run on modern gaming systems.
This is a list of the original video game titles developed by Sickhead Games.
Title | Release Year | Platform(s) | Publisher |
---|---|---|---|
ARMED! | 2013 | Mobile and Windows | Sickhead Games |
Be the Astronaut | 2015 [8] | Windows | Eureka Exhibits |
Space Invaders Deck Commander | 2024 [9] | Playstation, Xbox One/X/S, Nintendo Switch, PC | Rock It Games / Taito |
This is a list of video game titles ported to various platforms by Sickhead Games.
Title | Release Date | Platform | Developer / Publisher |
---|---|---|---|
TowerFall Ascension | March 11, 2014 | PlayStation 4 | Maddy Makes Games, Inc, Extremely OK, Ltd |
December 15, 2015 | PlayStation Vita | ||
January 24, 2017 | Xbox One | ||
Dust: An Elysian Tail | October 7, 2014 [10] | PlayStation 4 | Humble Hearts |
Escape Goat 2 | October 21, 2014 [11] | PlayStation 4 | MagicalTimeBean |
Ironclad Tactics | January 20, 2015 [12] | PlayStation 4 | Zachtronics Industries |
Apotheon | February 3, 2015 [13] | PlayStation 4 | Alientrap |
TowerFall Dark World Expansion | May 12, 2015 | PlayStation 4 | Maddy Makes Games, Inc, Extremely OK, Ltd |
January 25, 2017 | Xbox One | ||
Octodad: Dadliest Catch | May 19, 2015 | PlayStation Vita | Young Horses, Inc |
Skulls of the Shogun: Bone-a-Fide Edition | June 2, 2015 | PlayStation 4 | 17-Bit |
July 11, 2019 | Nintendo Switch | ||
Axiom Verge | April 19, 2016 | PlayStation Vita | Thomas Happ Games |
September 29, 2016 | Xbox One | ||
October 5, 2017 [14] | Nintendo Switch | ||
Score Rush Extended | May 31, 2016 | PlayStation 4 | Xona Games |
Darkest Dungeon | September 28, 2016 | PlayStation 4 | Red Hook Studios |
September 28, 2016 | PlayStation Vita | ||
Stardew Valley [15] | July 29, 2016 [16] | Mac OS X | ConcernedApe |
July 29, 2016 [16] | Linux | ||
December 13, 2016 | PlayStation 4 | ||
May 22, 2018 [17] | PlayStation Vita | ||
December 13, 2016 | Xbox One | ||
October 5, 2017 [18] | Nintendo Switch | ||
Salt and Sanctuary | March 28, 2017 [19] | PlayStation Vita [20] | Ska Studios |
CRYPTARK | June 27, 2017 | PlayStation 4 | Alientrap |
Tooth and Tail | September 12, 2017 | PlayStation 4 | Pocketwatch Games |
Celeste [21] | January 25, 2018 | PlayStation 4 | Maddy Makes Games, Inc, Extremely OK, Ltd |
January 25, 2018 [21] | Xbox One | ||
January 25, 2018 [22] | Nintendo Switch | ||
Mercenary Kings: Reloaded | February 6, 2018 | Xbox One | Tribute Games |
February 6, 2018 | PlayStation Vita | ||
TowerFall | September 27, 2018 [23] | Nintendo Switch | Maddy Makes Games |
Chasm [24] | July 31, 2018 [25] | PlayStation Vita | Bit Kid, Inc. |
October 11, 2018 [26] | Nintendo Switch | ||
Slay the Spire | May 21, 2019 | PlayStation 4 | MegaCrit / Humble Games |
June 6, 2019 | Nintendo Switch | ||
August 13, 2019 | Xbox One | ||
June 13, 2020 | iOS | ||
February 3, 2021 | Android | ||
Eagle Island | July 11, 2019 [27] | Nintendo Switch | Pixelnicks |
Grandia HD Collection | August 16, 2019 [28] | Nintendo Switch | Game Arts |
March 6, 2024 [29] | PlayStation 4 | ||
March 6, 2024 | Xbox One | ||
Grandia HD Remaster | October 15, 2019 | Windows | Game Arts |
Grandia II HD Remaster | October 15, 2019 | Windows | Game Arts |
Monaco: Complete Edition | October 21, 2019 [30] | Nintendo Switch | Pocketwatch Games |
Door Kickers: Action Squad | October 23, 2019 | Xbox One | KillHouse Games |
October 24, 2019 | PlayStation 4 | ||
October 28, 2019 | Nintendo Switch | ||
Real Heroes: Firefighter | November 27, 2019 | Nintendo Switch | Epicenter Studios / Golem Entertainment |
March 10, 2020 | PlayStation 4 | Epicenter Studios / 612 Entertainment, LLC | |
Ikenfell | October 8, 2020 | Xbox One | Happy Ray Games / Humble Games |
October 8, 2020 | PlayStation 4 | ||
October 8, 2020 | Nintendo Switch | ||
Unrailed! | September 23, 2020 | Xbox One | Indoor Astronaut / Daedalic Entertainment |
September 23, 2020 | PlayStation 4 | ||
Wildfire | December 3, 2020 | Xbox One | Sneaky Bastards / Humble Games |
December 3, 2020 | PlayStation 4 | ||
December 3, 2020 | Nintendo Switch | ||
Mundaun | March 15, 2021 | Xbox One | MWM Interactive |
March 15, 2021 | PlayStation 4 | ||
Heavy Burger | April 27, 2021 | PlayStation 4 | Lub Blub, International Headquarters / G-MODE, 612 Entertainment |
Eagle Island Twist | May 27, 2021 | Nintendo Switch [31] | KillHouse Games |
May 27, 2021 | PlayStation 4 | ||
May 27, 2021 | Xbox One | ||
Axiom Verge 2 | August 11, 2021 | PlayStation 4 | Thomas Happ Games |
ExZeus: The Complete Collection | September 30, 2021 [32] | Xbox One | HyperDevBox, Sickhead Games / Ziggurat Interactive |
September 30, 2021 [32] | PlayStation 4 | ||
September 30, 2021 [32] | Nintendo Switch | ||
Fae Tactics | November 17, 2021 | Xbox One | Endlessfluff Games / Humble Games |
November 17, 2021 | Windows | ||
Prodeus | September 23, 2022 | Windows | Bounding Box Software / Humble Games |
September 23, 2022 | Xbox One | ||
September 23, 2022 | Xbox Series X/S | ||
September 23, 2022 | PlayStation 4 | ||
September 23, 2022 | PlayStation 5 | ||
October 28, 2022 | Nintendo Switch | ||
Enclave HD | June 29, 2023 [33] | Nintendo Switch | Starbreeze Studios / Ziggurat Interactive |
June 29, 2023 | PlayStation 4 | ||
June 29, 2023 | Xbox One | ||
Until Then | June 25, 2024 | PlayStation 5 | Polychroma Games / Maximum Games |
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