Sickhead Games, LLC
Company typeLimited liability company
IndustryVideo games
FoundedOctober 2002
FoundersTom Spilman, Russell Fincher
Headquarters
Dallas, Texas
,
United States
Number of employees
5-10
WebsiteSickheadGames.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.

Games

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

Game Ports

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[9] PlayStation 4 Humble Hearts
Escape Goat 2 October 21, 2014[10] PlayStation 4 MagicalTimeBean
Ironclad Tactics January 20, 2015[11] PlayStation 4 Zachtronics Industries
Apotheon February 3, 2015[12] 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[13] 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[14] July 29, 2016[15] Mac OS X ConcernedApe
July 29, 2016[15] Linux
December 13, 2016 PlayStation 4
May 22, 2018[16] PlayStation Vita
December 13, 2016 Xbox One
October 5, 2017[17] Nintendo Switch
Salt and Sanctuary March 28, 2017[18] PlayStation Vita[19] Ska Studios
CRYPTARK June 27, 2017 PlayStation 4 Alientrap
Tooth and Tail September 12, 2017 PlayStation 4 Pocketwatch Games
Celeste[20] January 25, 2018 PlayStation 4 Maddy Makes Games, Inc, Extremely OK, Ltd
January 25, 2018[20] Xbox One
January 25, 2018[21] Nintendo Switch
Mercenary Kings: Reloaded February 6, 2018 Xbox One Tribute Games
February 6, 2018 PlayStation Vita
TowerFall September 27, 2018[22] Nintendo Switch Maddy Makes Games
Chasm[23] July 31, 2018[24] PlayStation Vita Bit Kid, Inc.
October 11, 2018[25] 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[26] Nintendo Switch Pixelnicks
Grandia HD Collection August 16, 2019[27] Nintendo Switch Game Arts
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[28] 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[29] 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[30] Xbox One HyperDevBox, Sickhead Games / Ziggurat Interactive
September 30, 2021[30] PlayStation 4
September 30, 2021[30] 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[31] Nintendo Switch Starbreeze Studios / Ziggurat Interactive
June 29, 2023 PlayStation 4
June 29, 2023 Xbox One

References

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  2. ^ Sarkar, Samit (2014-03-14). "TowerFall creator: Sony was 'super proactive' in bringing about PS4 version". Polygon.
  3. ^ Osborn, Alex (June 13, 2016). "E3 2016: Stardew Valley Coming To Consoles". IGN. Retrieved September 25, 2016.
  4. ^ Purchese, Robert (2016-04-27). "Darkest Dungeon delayed a bit on PS4 and Vita". Eurogamer. Retrieved 2016-09-27.
  5. ^ Tibitoski, Phil (2015-05-20). "Octodad: Dadliest Catch Wriggles Onto PS Vita May 26th". PlayStation.com. Sony Computer Entertainment.
  6. ^ Happ, Tom (2016-03-31). "Axiom Verge Comes to PS Vita April 19". PlayStation.com. Sony Computer Entertainment.
  7. ^ Happ, Tom (2016-09-14). "Achievement Unlocked!". Axiom Verge. Retrieved 2016-09-16.
  8. ^ Acevedo, Paul (2016-09-27). "How MonoGame is bringing more indie developers to Xbox One". Windows Central. Retrieved 2021-12-28.
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  10. ^ "Escape Goat 2". Giant Bomb. Retrieved October 4, 2016.
  11. ^ Purchese, Robert (April 27, 2016). "Darkest Dungeon delayed a bit on PS4 and Vita". Eurogamer. Retrieved October 4, 2016.
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  20. ^ a b Thorson, Maddy (August 29, 2017). "Celeste Expedition Log: August Edition". Medium. Retrieved December 28, 2021.
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  26. ^ "Cast off for adventure!". April 2, 2018.
  27. ^ Doolan, Liam (August 11, 2019). "Sickhead Games Helped Out With The Grandia HD Collection". Nintendo Life. Retrieved August 19, 2019.
  28. ^ "Monaco: What's Yours Is Mine is a single player or co-op heist game. Assemble a crack team of thieves and pull off the perfect heist". Nintendo.com. Retrieved October 15, 2019.
  29. ^ "Eagle Island Twist Releases". mobygames.com/. Retrieved December 28, 2021.
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  31. ^ O'Reilly, PJ (June 10, 2023). "Feature: Enclave HD's Producer On Bringing Starbreeze's ARPG To Switch - Frame Rate, Resolution, New Additions". Nintendo Life. Retrieved June 16, 2023.

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