Devolver Digital is an American video game publisher based in Austin, Texas. The company was founded in June 2009 by Harry Miller, Rick Stults, and Mike Wilson, who had co-founded publishing companies Gathering of Developers and Gamecock Media Group.[1][2] Devolver Digital began by publishing high-definition remakes of games in the Serious Sam series, their first game being Serious Sam HD: The First Encounter.[3] After success with these remakes and spin-off games based on the series, Devolver Digital began publishing games from other, smaller independent studios, one of the first being their breakout title Hotline Miami (2012).[4][5]

Devolver continued to expand its operations by publishing titles from smaller indie developers, such as Genital Jousting. During this time, it published financially successful video games including Shadow Warrior (2013), The Talos Principle (2014), Enter the Gungeon (2016), and Scum (2020).[6][7] By 2018, Devolver Digital had quickly grown to sixteen staff members and had published over a hundred games.[7][8] In August 2020, Devolver Digital published Mediatonic's Fall Guys, which generated $185 million within a month after release.[9] In March 2021, Epic Games acquired Mediatonic, and as a result, Devolver Digital sold all its publishing rights to Fall Guys.[10] Later that year, Devolver Digital became a public company while publishing titles such as Death's Door and Loop Hero.[11][12] By then, it had wholly acquired several developers, including Croteam, developer of Serious Sam series, Dodge Roll, developer of Enter the Gungeon, Firefly Studios, developer of Stronghold series and Nerial, developer of Reigns.[13][14]

Games

Year Title Developer(s) Platform(s)
2009 Serious Sam HD: The First Encounter Croteam Windows, Xbox 360[15]
2010 Serious Sam HD: The Second Encounter Croteam Windows, Xbox 360[16]
2011 Serious Sam Double D Mommy's Best Games Windows[17]
Serious Sam: Kamikaze Attack! Be-Rad Entertainment Android, iOS, Windows[18]
Serious Sam: The Random Encounter Vlambeer Windows[19]
Serious Sam 3: BFE Croteam Linux, macOS, Windows, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360[17]
2012 Serious Sam: The Greek Encounter Eric Ruth Games Windows[20]
To-Fu: The Trials of Chi HotGen Android,[21] Windows[22]
Spacelings HotGen Android,[23] Windows[22]
Hotline Miami Dennaton Games Android, Linux, macOS, Windows, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita, Xbox One[24]
To-Fu 2 HotGen Windows[22]
2013 Serious Sam Double D XXL Mommy's Best Games Windows, Xbox 360[25]
Duke Nukem 3D: Megaton Edition
Linux, macOS, Windows, PlayStation 3, PlayStation Vita[26]
Dungeon Hearts Cube Roots iOS, Linux, macOS, Windows[27]
Shadow Warrior Classic Redux
  • 3D Realms
  • General Arcade
 Android, Linux, macOS, Windows[28]
Foul Play Mediatonic Linux, macOS, Windows, PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita, Xbox 360[29]
Shadow Warrior Flying Wild Hog Linux, macOS, Windows, PlayStation 4, Xbox One[30]
Viscera Cleanup Detail: Shadow Warrior RuneStorm Windows[31]
Defense Technica Kuno Interactive macOS, Windows, Xbox 360[32][33]
2014 Cosmic DJ GL33k iOS, macOS, Windows[34][35]
Luftrausers Vlambeer Android, Linux, macOS, Windows, PlayStation 3, PlayStation Vita[36]
Always Sometimes Monsters Vagabond Dog Android, iOS, Linux, macOS, Windows, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch [37][38]
Dungeon Hearts Blitz Tangent Android, iOS[39][40][41]
OlliOlli Roll7 Android, Linux, macOS, Windows[42]
Gods Will Be Watching Deconstructeam Android, iOS, Linux, macOS, Windows[43]
The Expendabros Free Lives macOS, Windows[44]
Hatoful Boyfriend
Android, iOS, Linux, macOS, Windows, PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita[45][46]
Heavy Bullets Terri Vellmann Linux, macOS, Windows
Sigils of Elohim Croteam Android, iOS, Linux, macOS, Windows
The Talos Principle Croteam Android, iOS, Linux, macOS, Windows, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One
Fork Parker's Holiday Profit Hike Dodge Roll macOS, Windows[47]
2015 Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number
  • Dennaton Games
  • Abstraction Games
 Android, Linux, macOS, Windows, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita, Xbox One
Titan Souls Acid Nerve Android, macOS, Windows, PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita
Not a Hero Roll7 Android, Linux, macOS, Windows, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One
Ronin Tomasz Wacławek Linux, macOS, Windows, PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita
Breach & Clear: Deadline
Linux, macOS, Windows
OlliOlli2: Welcome to Olliwood Roll7 Android, Linux, macOS, Windows
Dropsy
Android, iOS, Linux, macOS, Windows
A Fistful of Gun FarmerGnome Windows
Broforce Free Lives Linux, macOS, Windows, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One
Downwell Moppin Android, iOS, Windows, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita
Pathologic Classic HD
Windows
Noct (early access) C3SK Linux, macOS, Windows
Hatoful Boyfriend: Holiday Star
  • PigeoNation Inc.
  • Mediatonic
 Linux, macOS, Windows, PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita
2016 #SelfieTennis VRUnicorns Windows
Enter the Gungeon Dodge Roll Linux, macOS, Windows, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One
OmniBus Buddy Cops, LLC Linux, macOS, Windows
Reigns Nerial Android, iOS, Linux, macOS, Windows, Nintendo Switch
Okhlos Coffee Powered Machine Linux, macOS, Windows
Mother Russia Bleeds Le Cartel Studio Linux, macOS, Windows, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4
Shadow Warrior 2 Flying Wild Hog Windows, PlayStation 4, Xbox One
2017 Stories Untold No Code macOS, Windows, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One
Sub Rosa (early access) Cryptic Sea Linux, macOS, Windows
Serious Sam VR: The First Encounter Croteam Linux, Windows
Serious Sam VR: The Second Encounter Croteam Linux, Windows
Golf for Workgroups (early access) Cryptic Sea Linux, macOS, Windows
Spaceplan Jake Hollands Android, iOS, macOS, Windows
Strafe Pixel Titans Linux, macOS, Windows, PlayStation 4
Block'hood Plethora Project Linux, macOS, Windows
Serious Sam's Bogus Detour Crackshell Linux, Windows
Absolver Sloclap Windows, PlayStation 4, Xbox One
Serious Sam VR: The Last Hope Croteam Windows
Ruiner Reikon Games Linux, Windows, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One
The Talos Principle VR Croteam Linux, Windows
Serious Sam 3 VR: BFE Croteam Linux, Windows
High Hell
macOS, Windows
Reigns: Her Majesty Nerial Android, iOS, Linux, macOS, Windows, Nintendo Switch
2018 Genital Jousting Free Lives Windows
The Red Strings Club Deconstructeam Linux, macOS, Windows, Nintendo Switch
Crossing Souls Fourattic Linux, macOS, Windows, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita
Umiro Diceroll Studios Android, iOS, macOS, Windows
Minit
  • Jan Willem Nijman
  • Kitty Calis
  • Jukio Kallio
  • Dominik Johann
 Linux, macOS, Windows, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One
Block'hood VR
  • Plethora Project
  • General Arcade
 Windows
The Swords of Ditto Onebitbeyond iOS, Linux, macOS, Windows, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4
I Hate Running Backwards Binx Interactive Linux, Windows, Xbox One, Playstation 4, Nintendo Switch
The Messenger Sabotage Studio Windows, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One
Reigns: Game of Thrones Nerial Android, iOS, Linux, macOS, Windows, Nintendo Switch
Gris Nomada Studio Android, iOS, macOS, Windows, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S
2019 Pikuniku Sectordub Windows, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One
Fork Parker's Crunch Out Mega Cat Studios Super Nintendo Entertainment System
Ape Out Gabe Cuzzillo Windows, Nintendo Switch
Weedcraft Inc Vile Monarch Windows
Katana Zero Askiisoft macOS, Windows, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One
Observation No Code Windows, PlayStation 4, Xbox One
Gato Roboto Doinksoft Windows, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One
Devolver Bootleg Doinksoft Windows
My Friend Pedro DeadToast Entertainment Windows, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One
Gorn Free Lives Windows
Metal Wolf Chaos XD
Windows, PlayStation 4, Xbox One
Witcheye Moon Kid Android, iOS, macOS, Windows, Nintendo Switch
Heave Ho Le Cartel Studio Windows, Nintendo Switch
Serious Sam Classics: Revolution
  • Croteam
  • Alligator Pit
 Windows
Exit the Gungeon
  • Dodge Roll
  • Singlecore Games
 iOS, Windows, Nintendo Switch, tvOS
Cricket Through the Ages Free Lives iOS, tvOS
Bleak Sword More8Bit iOS, tvOS
Painty Mob Flee Punk iOS, tvOS
2020 Sludge Life
  • Terri Vellmann
  • Doseone
 Windows, Nintendo Switch
Devolverland Expo Flying Wild Hog Windows
Carrion Phobia Game Studio Linux, macOS, Windows, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, PlayStation 4
Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout Mediatonic Windows, PlayStation 4
Game of Thrones: Tale of Crows That Silly Studio iOS, macOS, tvOS
Serious Sam 4 Croteam Windows, Stadia, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S
Disc Room
  • Terri Vellmann
  • Doseone
  • Kitty Calis
  • Jan Willem Nijman
 Windows, macOS, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One
Reigns: Beyond Nerial iOS, macOS, tvOS
Enter the Gungeon: House of the Gundead
  • Dodge Roll
  • Griffin Aerotech
 Arcade
2021 Olija Skeleton Crew Studio Windows, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One
Minit Fun Racer
  • Jan Willem Nijman
  • Kitty Calis
  • Jukio Kallio
  • Dominik Johann
 Windows
Loop Hero Four Quarters Linux, macOS, Windows, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S
Essays on Empathy Deconstructeam Windows
Boomerang X Dang! Windows, Nintendo Switch
Death's Door Acid Nerve Windows, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S
Blightbound Ronimo Games Windows, PlayStation 4, Xbox One
My Friend Pedro: Ripe for Revenge DeadToast Entertainment Android, iOS
Inscryption Daniel Mullins Games Windows, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S
2022 Serious Sam: Siberian Mayhem Timelock Studio, Croteam Windows, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S
Shadow Warrior 3 Flying Wild Hog Windows, PlayStation 4, Xbox One
Tentacular Firepunchd Games Meta Quest 2, Windows
Weird West WolfEye Studios Windows, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S
Serious Sam: Tormental Gungrounds Windows
Ragnorium Vitali Kirpu Windows
Trek to Yomi Flying Wild Hog Windows, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S
Card Shark Nerial Windows, Nintendo Switch
Demon Throttle Doinksoft Nintendo Switch
Cult of the Lamb Massive Monster Windows, MacOS, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S
Return to Monkey Island Terrible Toybox Android, iOS, Windows, Linux, macOS, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S
McPixel 3 Sos Sosowski Windows, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5
2023 Devolver Tumble Time Nopopo Android, iOS
Terra Nil Free Lives Windows, macOS, Linux
Bleak Sword DX more8bit Windows, Nintendo Switch
Sludge Life 2
  • Terri Vellmann
  • Doseone
 Windows
Karmazoo Pastagames Windows, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S
The Cosmic Wheel Sisterhood Deconstructeam Windows, Nintendo Switch
Gunbrella Doinksoft Windows, Nintendo Switch
Wizard with a Gun Galvanic Games Windows, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S
The Talos Principle 2 Croteam Windows, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S
2024 Reigns: Three Kingdoms Nerial Nintendo Switch, Windows
Phantom Abyss Team WIBY Windows, Xbox Series X/S
The Plucky Squire All Possible Futures Windows, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S
Skate Story Sam Eng Windows, macOS
Pepper Grinder Ahr Ech Windows, Nintendo Switch[48]
Neva Nomada Studio Windows, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S
Anger Foot Free Lives Windows, macOS
Stick It to the Stickman Free Lives Windows, macOS
Baby Steps Gabe Cuzzillo Windows, macOS, PlayStation 5
TBA Eitr Eneme Entertainment Linux, macOS, Windows, PlayStation 4
Paradise Never Kitty Lambda Linux, macOS, Windows
Human: Fall Flat 2[49][50][51][52] No Brakes Games Windows, Consoles

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