River End Games
- Company typePrivate
- Founded2020
- HeadquartersGothenburg, Sweden
- Headcount11–50
- GTM typeB2C
- OfferingSoftware
River End Games firmographics
Firmographics- Name
- River End Games
- Legal name
- River End Games
- Website
- https://riverendgames.com
- Company type
- Private
- Founded year
- 2020
- Operating status
- Operating
- Headcount range
- 11–50 employees
- Ownership category
- akta.pro rank
River End Games industry classification
Industry- Product category
- Indie Video Games
- NAICS
- Software Publishers (513210)
- akta.pro primary industry
- Narrative/Adventure & RPG Game Studios (MPAFAAAL)
- akta.pro secondary industry
- Indie Game Studios (MPAFAAAC)
Keywords
Where River End Games is headquartered
LocationHeadquarters
- HQ city
- Gothenburg
- HQ country
- Sweden
- HQ region
- Europe
Offices1 record
Markets served
River End Games business model
Business model- GTM type
- B2C
- Offering type
- Software
- Cost components
- Personnel, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Operations
Revenue model
- Game Sales: Revenue generated from selling video games directly to consumers through digital distribution platforms. The studio recently released their debut game 'Eriksholm' as an isometric, narrative-driven stealth game, suggesting a one-time purchase model typical for premium indie game releases.
Go-to-market motion1 record
Distribution channels1 record
River End Games product offering
Product offeringCore offering
River End Games develops and self-publishes original, narrative-driven video games for digital storefronts. The studio's debut title is an isometric stealth game (Eriksholm) following protagonist Hanna as she investigates her brother's disappearance in a vibrant urban setting. The studio operates as a small, veteran-led indie developer focused on premium one-time-purchase game releases.
Product overview
River End Games is a game development company based in Gothenburg, Sweden, that creates world-class original IPs. Their inaugural product is a single, narrative-driven isometric stealth game titled (working title Eriksholm), featuring protagonist Hanna in a story about her missing brother Herman. The company, founded by games industry veterans, operates as a small studio focused on creating captivating player experiences.
Differentiator
Problem solved
Functional benefit
Products and services
- Eriksholm An isometric, narrative-driven stealth video game in which players follow Hanna as she investigates the disappearance of her brother Herman in the vibrant city of Eriksholm, with the storyline driving a chain of catastrophic events. Targeted at individual video game players who enjoy narrative-led stealth gameplay on PC/console digital storefronts.
Companies that use River End Games
Customer profileSegments1 record
Ideal customer profiles1 record
River End Games technology and API
TechnologyTechnology focussed Yes
API detail
- Has API
- No
- API docs
- API detail
Core technology
AI maturity
App detail
River End Games partnerships and signals
Strategic signalScale indicators2 records
Recent moves3 records
Expansion highlights3 records
River End Games competitors and assessment
Company assessmentDirect peers
- Frictional Games: Swedish independent studio (Malmö) developing narrative-driven atmospheric games. SOMA and Amnesia are stealth/horror narrative titles that closely parallel Eriksholm's narrative-stealth positioning, both targeting adult gamers seeking story-rich atmospheric experiences.
- Tarsier Studios: Swedish studio (Malmö) known for Little Nightmares, a narrative puzzle-platformer with stealth elements and atmospheric storytelling. Similar size, Swedish-ecosystem benefits, and emphasis on original IP with distinctive visual style closely mirror River End's positioning.
- Coldwood Interactive: Swedish indie studio (Umeå) that developed Unravel, a narrative adventure-platformer. Several River End team members (Karl Broström, Jonas Hultén) worked on Unravel 2 at Coldwood, making it a direct pedigree peer for narrative indie game development.
- Zoink Games / Thunderful Development: Swedish studio (Gothenburg) developing narrative-driven indie titles like Fe and Lost in Random. Direct geographic peer (also Gothenburg-based), comparable size, and emphasis on original narrative IPs with distinctive art direction.
- Experiment 101: Swedish indie studio (Stockholm) that developed Biomutant, an open-world action-RPG with strong narrative and exploratory elements. Comparable Swedish indie pedigree, similar size at founding, and original-IP focus.
- Stunlock Studios: Swedish studio (Skövde) behind V Rising, an indie title that achieved breakout success. Comparable size, Swedish-ecosystem advantages, and demonstrates the indie-to-scale trajectory available to studios of River End's profile.
- Supergiant Games: California-based independent studio behind Hades, Bastion, Transistor, and Pyre. Closest model for narrative-driven, original-IP indie studio building a multi-title franchise portfolio with strong critical acclaim.
- Asobo Studio: French independent studio behind A Plague Tale: Innocence and its sequel. Closely mirrors River End's narrative-stealth positioning, original-IP strategy, and progression from small studio to multi-title franchise developer.
- DONTNOD Entertainment: French studio known for narrative adventure originals (Life is Strange, Tell Me Why, Vampyr). Peer on narrative-driven original-IP strategy, with analogous one-time-purchase premium model and adult-story positioning similar to Eriksholm.
Broad incumbents
- Arkane Studios: Now part of Bethesda, the studio behind Dishonored and Deathloop established the modern premium immersive-sim/stealth genre. While now owned by Microsoft, it represents the category-defining benchmark for narrative-stealth premium single-purchase titles that River End competes with at a smaller scale.
Market position
Strengths5 records
Weaknesses5 records
Competitive moat3 records
Key risks5 records
Key highlights5 records
Customer concentration
River End Games financial estimates
Financial estimateRevenue estimate
Valuation estimate
River End Games leadership team
Management profileNumber of profiles
Profiles13 records
River End Games funding detail
Funding detailFunding overview
Funding rounds
Investors
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River End Games M&A and investment
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Investments
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Frequently asked questions about River End Games
What does River End Games do?
River End Games develops and self-publishes original, narrative-driven video games for digital storefronts. The studio's debut title is an isometric stealth game (Eriksholm) following protagonist Hanna as she investigates her brother's disappearance in a vibrant urban setting. The studio operates as a small, veteran-led indie developer focused on premium one-time-purchase game releases.
Is River End Games a public or private company?
River End Games is a private company. It is classified as founder individual operated bootstrapped and is currently operating.
When was River End Games founded?
River End Games was founded in 2020. It employs 11 to 50 people.
Where is River End Games based?
River End Games is headquartered in Gothenburg, Sweden, in the Europe region.
How does River End Games make money?
One revenue line is on record: game Sales.
Who are River End Games's main competitors?
Direct peers on record are Frictional Games, Tarsier Studios, Coldwood Interactive, Zoink Games / Thunderful Development, Experiment 101, Stunlock Studios, Supergiant Games, Asobo Studio and DONTNOD Entertainment. Arkane Studios is listed as a broad incumbent.
Does River End Games have an API?
No public API is recorded for River End Games.
What industry is River End Games in?
River End Games's product category is Indie Video Games. Its primary akta.pro industry code is MPAFAAAL, Narrative/Adventure & RPG Game Studios, with a secondary code of MPAFAAAC, Indie Game Studios. Its NAICS code is 513210.