What Bedtime Digital Games does

Bedtime Digital Games is an independent game development studio headquartered in Aalborg, Northern Denmark, founded in 2014. The studio designs, develops, and self-publishes surreal, visually distinctive puzzle and action-adventure games for PC, console, and mobile platforms. Its catalog of six titles includes Back to Bed, Chronology, Figment, Figment 2: Creed Valley, The Forest Quartet (winner of the IGF Excellence in Audio award), and the upcoming Bobls. The studio also publishes physical merchandise including vinyl soundtracks and character plushies through Bandcamp, and operates a Save & Sound branded initiative.

The studio's technology stack relies on standard game development engines to build 3D puzzle-platformers and narrative adventure experiences, with the upcoming Bobls title introducing a powerful in-game level editor and an online community hub called Level Galaxy for user-generated content. Multi-platform distribution is achieved through Steam, Nintendo eShop, PlayStation Store, Xbox Store, Epic Games Store, GOG, App Store, and Google Play, maximizing reach across the global gaming market.

Bedtime Digital Games monetizes primarily through one-time digital purchases of its game titles on third-party storefronts, supplemented by merchandise sales. The company is privately held and venture-backed, having received a strategic investment from Ghost Ship Games in February 2023 to support self-publishing of Figment 2 and the broader franchise. It now also operates as a first-party publisher, beginning with The Forest Quartet. The studio employs 11-50 staff and maintains an active community presence across Discord, Twitter/X, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, TikTok, and a monthly email newsletter.

Name

Bedtime Digital Games

Legal name

Bedtime Digital Games

Website

https://bedtime.io

Company type

Private

Founded year

2014

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Bedtime Digital Games is an independent Danish game studio that develops and self-publishes surreal puzzle-platformer and action-adventure titles across PC, console, and mobile, selling to global consumers via digital storefronts and merchandise.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Indie Video Games

SIC

Services-Amusement & Recreation Services (7900)

akta.pro primary industry

Educational Games & Kids/Families Game Studios (MPAFAAAI)

Keywords

• Indie game development
• Puzzle video games
• Action adventure games
• Self-publishing games
• Narrative adventure games

Headquarters

HQ city

Aalborg

HQ country

Denmark

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Software

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Game Sales: One-time purchase revenue from selling games through digital storefronts including Steam, Nintendo eShop, PlayStation Store, Xbox Store, Epic Games Store, App Store, Google Play, GOG, and Stadia
2. Merchandise Sales: Sale of physical merchandise including vinyl soundtracks and plush toys through Bandcamp and online store

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels10 records

Marketing channels9 records

Core offering

Bedtime Digital Games is an independent game development studio that designs, develops, and self-publishes surreal, visually distinctive puzzle, platform, and action-adventure video games for PC, console, and mobile platforms, including titles such as Back to Bed, Chronology, Figment, Figment 2: Creed Valley, The Forest Quartet, and Bobls. The studio also sells related physical merchandise, such as vinyl soundtracks and character plushies, through its Bandcamp store.

Product overview

Bedtime Digital Games is an independent and award-winning Danish game studio that develops and self-publishes surreal, visually distinctive puzzle and action-adventure games. Their portfolio includes: Back to Bed (3D surreal puzzle), Chronology (time-manipulation puzzle-platformer), Figment (musical action-adventure in the human mind), Figment 2: Creed Valley (sequel with co-op Companion Mode), The Forest Quartet (IGF-winning 3D narrative puzzler), and Bobls (upcoming precision platformer with level editor and co-op). The studio also publishes merchandise including vinyl soundtracks and plushies based on their game characters.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Back to Bed An artistic 3D puzzle game with a surreal twist where players guide Bob, an unlucky narcoleptic who sleepwalks into dangers, through surreal painting-like cityscapes via his subconscious guardian Subob. Available on PC and mobile platforms.
• Chronology A mind-bending puzzle-platform-adventure game where players manipulate time by traveling between past and future to solve puzzles, featuring the Old Inventor and his sidekick The Snail.
• Figment A musical action-adventure game set in the human mind, featuring Dusty as the mind's courage and Piper as his optimistic friend, battling nightmares and restoring courage lost to fear.
• Figment 2: Creed Valley An action-adventure sequel set in the human mind where Dusty and Piper must restore the shattered Moral Compass and travel to Creed Valley to defeat nightmares through musical boss fights and mind-bending puzzles. Includes local co-op Companion Mode.
• The Forest Quartet A 3D narrative puzzle adventure about a gone but not forgotten lead singer. Players travel through 3 acts unique to band members Kirk, JB, and Sebastian for a final farewell concert, winning the IGF Excellence in Audio award.
• Bobls A tight precision platformer featuring hundreds of handcrafted levels, dedicated co-op campaign, endless community-made challenges via Level Galaxy, and a powerful level editor. Players blow and bounce on bubbles to collect magical gemstones.
• Figment Original Soundtrack Vinyl Deluxe hand-numbered 12-inch vinyl version of the Figment Soundtrack pressed on blue vinyl with white marbles, gatefold cover, and fully colored inner sleeve with lyrics.
• Baby Black Hog Plushie Hand-made 20cm plushie of Figment 2's Nightmare of the Dark, The Black Hog, featuring velour fabric on mask, ears, legs, and fluffy body. Hand-crafted in the Czech Republic by Noe.cz.
• Figment 2: Creed Valley Vinyl Soundtrack Double vinyl version of the Figment 2: Creed Valley Soundtrack pressed on limited white/black/yellow/red splatter vinyl in gatefold jacket with printed inner sleeves.

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Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

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Core technology

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App detail

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• ThatGameCompany: American indie studio behind Journey, Flower, and Sky: Children of the Light. Comparable as a small independent studio prioritizing artistic, emotionally resonant experiences with original soundtracks over conventional commercial game design.
• Moon Studios: Austrian indie developer of Ori and the Blind Forest and Ori and the Will of the Wisps. Directly comparable as a small independent studio producing artistic, narrative-driven action-platformers distributed across all major consoles and PC storefronts.
• Klei Entertainment: Canadian indie developer of Don't Starve, Mark of the Ninja, and Invisible, Inc. Comparable as a long-running small independent studio with a portfolio of stylistically distinctive titles, several with strong art-direction and puzzle-platforming DNA.
• Amanita Design: Czech indie studio behind Machinarium, Samorost, and Creaks. Directly comparable as a small, artist-led studio whose product line consists of surreal, hand-drawn puzzle-adventure titles with no violence and family-friendly appeal.
• Playdead: Copenhagen-based independent studio behind Limbo and Inside — the closest aesthetic and structural analogue to Bedtime, producing narrative-driven puzzle-platformers with distinctive visual identities and a small-team, multi-platform release model.
• Ember Lab: American indie studio behind Kena: Bridge of Spirits. Directly comparable as a small, artist-led studio producing one stylized action-adventure title at a time with a distinctive visual and audio identity, distributed across PC and console.
• Tarsier Studios: Swedish indie studio behind Little Nightmares I & II. Closely comparable as a small European studio producing artistic puzzle-platformers with strong visual identity, distributed across PC and console platforms.
• Supergiant Games: California-based independent studio behind Bastion, Transistor, Hades, and Pyre. Comparable as a small, critically acclaimed indie combining distinctive 2D/3D art direction with original musical soundtracks — the same formula Bedtime's Figment franchise applies.
• Ghost Ship Games: Copenhagen-based indie studio and Bedtime's flagship strategic investor; creator of Deep Rock Galactic. Closely comparable as a small Danish indie with a flagship artistic IP that scaled into a multi-platform, community-driven franchise.

Broad incumbents

• Thunderful Group: Swedish publicly listed games publisher and developer (SteamWorld, The Gunk, Lost in Random). Relevant as a Nordic regional incumbent that both develops and publishes indie-style titles, providing a comparable reference point for Bedtime's self-publishing expansion.

Market position

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Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/bedtimedg
• YouTubeyoutube.com/c/BedtimeDG
• Facebookfacebook.com/BedtimeDG
• Instagraminstagram.com/bedtimedg
• TikToktiktok.com/@bedtimedg

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Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors1 record

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M&A

Investments

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