What Parallel Studio does

Parallel Studio is a French independent video game studio headquartered in Paris, founded in 2015 by three AAA-industry veterans — Ronan Coiffec (CEO, Game/Creative/Artistic Director), Nicolas Bredin (Audio Director & Composer), and Sébastien Renard (Writer & Narrative Designer) — each with more than 12 years of experience on franchises including Life is Strange, Remember Me, A Plague Tale, and Heavy Rain. The studio operates with 1-10 employees and develops narrative-driven, atmospheric games targeted at gaming consumers across four distribution platforms: PC, consoles, smartphones, and VR/AR. Its core portfolio comprises four titles: White Night (award-winning indie horror), Dark Days (pioneering VR narrative horror), EqqO (poetic multi-layered story), and Under The Waves (narrative-driven atmospheric game).

The company's underlying technology is a multi-platform game development engine supporting PC, console, mobile, and VR/AR distribution, with proprietary creative and audio IP anchored in the founders' AAA backgrounds. As of 2026, the studio is also actively integrating Google Gemini AI tools into upcoming game titles and has developed Wayfinder (also branded PROMPT), a blockchain platform designed to enable AI agents ("Shells") to navigate blockchain ecosystems, manage digital wallets, trade tokens, and execute autonomous transactions, with the PROMPT token listed on Bitget exchange. These moves extend the studio beyond traditional game development into applied AI and Web3 infrastructure.

Parallel Studio's business model is selling digital games through standard third-party digital storefronts (console stores, PC platforms, mobile/VR app stores) on a global basis; pricing is set by the distribution platforms and is not publicly disclosed. Revenue, funding history, and unit-sales data are not disclosed, making the studio's financial scale unobservable from public material. Distribution is split across roughly ten-plus geographic and platform channels with no named enterprise or institutional customers, yielding structurally low customer concentration but also low revenue predictability.

Name

Parallel Studio

Legal name

PARALLEL Studio

Website

https://parallel-studio.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2015

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Parallel Studio is a Paris-based independent video game studio (founded 2015) that develops narrative-driven, atmospheric games for PC, consoles, smartphones, and VR/AR, serving gaming consumers globally through standard digital storefronts.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Video Game Development

NAICS

Software Publishers (513210)

SIC

Services-Motion Picture & Video Tape Production (7812)

akta.pro primary industry

Indie Game Studios (MPAFAAAC)

akta.pro secondary industry

AAA & Premium Game Studios (PC/Console) (MPAFAAAA)

Keywords

• Indie video games
• Narrative game development
• VR horror games
• Atmospheric storytelling games
• Multi-platform game studio

Headquarters

HQ city

Paris

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Operations

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

Parallel Studio is a French independent video game studio that develops and publishes narrative-driven indie games across PC, consoles, smartphones, and VR/AR platforms. The studio's portfolio includes award-winning titles such as White Night, Dark Days, EqqO, and Under The Waves, focused on atmospheric storytelling, immersive experiences, and emotional narratives rather than mainstream commercial game development.

Product overview

Parallel Studio is a French independent video game studio developing games across PC, consoles, smartphones, and VR/AR platforms. Their portfolio includes award-winning indie titles (White Night, Dark Days, EqqO, Under The Waves) focused on immersive experiences, strong atmospheres, and narrative-driven storytelling.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Under The Waves A narrative-driven game developed by Parallel Studio featuring immersive storytelling and atmospheric gameplay.
• Dark Days A pioneering narrative horror game in virtual reality, delivering immersive VR horror experiences.
• EqqO A poetic game with a multi-layered story, combining artistic narrative with unique gameplay mechanics.
• White Night An award-winning indie horror game known for its distinctive noir aesthetic and puzzle-solving gameplay.

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature2 records

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Broad incumbents

• Funcom: Larger independent game publisher/developer with narrative and survival titles (Conan Exiles, The Secret World) — adjacent in indie scale with narrative-adjacent IP.

Direct peers

• Asobo Studio: French independent studio that developed A Plague Tale: Innocence and Requiem — directly comparable as a narrative-driven French studio whose work Parallel Studio's founders contributed to.
• Sloclap: Paris-based indie studio (Absolver, Sifu) with a strong artistic and atmospheric identity — comparable French indie scale and craft-driven positioning.
• Deck Nine Games: Independent studio specializing in narrative-driven adventure games (Life Is Strange: True Colors) — directly comparable in narrative-game focus and indie structure.
• Innerspace VR: French VR-first indie studio known for narrative VR experiences (A Fisherman's Tale) — directly comparable on VR-narrative intersection.
• Bloober Team: Independent Polish studio behind atmospheric horror titles (Layers of Fear, The Medium, Silent Hill 2 remake) — comparable atmospheric horror niche.
• Supermassive Games: Independent studio specializing in narrative horror (Until Dawn, The Dark Pictures Anthology) — comparable atmospheric/horror focus and indie scale.
• Tequila Works: Independent studio focused on atmospheric, narrative-driven experiences (Rime, The Sexy Brutale, GYLT) — comparable indie narrative focus.
• Quantic Dream: French narrative-focused game studio (Heavy Rain, Detroit: Become Human) — comparable geography, narrative specialization, and creative pedigree (Parallel Studio's Bredin worked on Heavy Rain).
• Don't Nod (Dontnod Entertainment): French independent narrative game studio behind Life Is Strange, Remember Me, and Twin Mirror — directly comparable in geography, narrative focus, and team pedigree (Parallel Studio's founders worked on many of these same titles).

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat2 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/FromParallel
• Facebookfacebook.com/paralllelstudio
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/parallel-studio

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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