Owlcat Games

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Owlcat Games
Industry Video games
FoundedJune 8, 2016;7 years ago (2016-06-08) [1]
Headquarters,
Key people
Oleg Shpilchevskiy
Alexander Mishulin
Products Pathfinder video games
Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader
Number of employees
450 [2]
Parent My.Games (2016-2019)
Website owlcat.games

Owlcat Games is a video game developer founded in 2016 by Oleg Shpilchevskiy and Alexander Mishulin. It is headquartered in Cyprus [3] , with satellite offices in Moscow and Armenia. It is best known for developing computer role-playing games such as Pathfinder: Kingmaker (2018), its successor, Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous (2021), and Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader (2023).

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History

Owlcat Games was founded in 2016 in Moscow by game developers who had previously worked on titles such as Heroes of Might and Magic V , Silent Storm and Etherlords , and massively multiplayer online role-playing games (MMORPG) such as Allods Online and Skyforge . [4] After working extensively on MMORPGs, the studio pivoted to create single-player role-playing video games. Partnering with Paizo and publisher Deep Silver, the studio's first game, Pathfinder: Kingmaker , was partly funded through Kickstarter and released in 2018. [5] It received criticisms for its technical issues, and Owlcat spent months introducing patches and free updates to the game. [6]

Initially a studio within My.Games, Owlcat raised $1 million in funding from investment firm Gem Capital in December 2019 for the development of another Pathfinder game, and became an independent studio. [7] The sequel, Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous , once again partly funded through Kickstarter, was released in late 2021 and sold more than 1 million copies. [8] The company's next game, Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader , was released in December 2023. [9]

Games Developed

YearTitlePlatform(s)
2018 Pathfinder: Kingmaker Microsoft Windows, macOS, Linux, PlayStation 4, Xbox One
2021 Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous Microsoft Windows, macOS, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Switch
2023 Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader Microsoft Windows, macOS, PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox Series X/S, Xbox One

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