Randwerk

What Randwerk does

Randwerk Games eG is a Berlin-based cooperative (Genossenschaft) indie game studio and the first game studio in Germany organized under the cooperative legal form. The studio is operated by three members — Friedrich Beyer (Visual Development/3D Modeling/Texturing/Lighting/Environment Design), Till Freitag (Game Design/Development/Level Design/VFX/Finance), and Johannes Knop (Production/Project Management/Sound/Bizdev), who also serves as the legal representative — with Johannes Knop registered at Wilmersdorfer Str. 122-123, 10627 Berlin under cooperative register GnR 939 B.

The studio's commercial offering consists of a single product, ABRISS – Build to Destroy, a demolition-style building game released in 2023 in which players construct structures and then destroy them. The game won the German Computer Game Award for best Graphics in 2023. Development is built on industry-standard tooling for 3D modeling, texturing, lighting, environment design, VFX, and game engineering, with no proprietary platform or AI/ML components disclosed. Distribution is digital via global game storefronts, with a dedicated microsite at abrisgame.com.

Randwerk generates revenue exclusively through one-time license sales of its commercial games; pricing is not publicly disclosed. As a cooperative, members divide a percentage of revenue evenly while the remainder is reinvested into the company, with all decisions taken democratically on a one-member-one-vote basis. The studio is supported by the Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg Media Fund and the DE:HIVE Institute Berlin, and serves individual consumer players — primarily indie game enthusiasts seeking visually distinctive, original titles — rather than enterprise or B2B customers.

Name

Randwerk

Legal name

Randwerk Games eG

Website

https://randwerk.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2021

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Randwerk Games eG is a Berlin-based cooperative indie game studio structured as a German Genossenschaft, operated by three members. It serves individual consumers of original indie games, with one commercial title — ABRISS – Build to Destroy — released in 2023 and distributed digitally worldwide.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Indie Video Games

NAICS

Software Publishers (51321), Software Publishers (5132)

SIC

Services-Prepackaged Software (7372)

akta.pro primary industry

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

Keywords

• Indie game development
• Cooperative game studio
• Video game design
• Demolition simulation game
• Pc game development

Headquarters

HQ city

Berlin

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Software

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Game Sales: Randwerk generates revenue through the sale of commercial video games. As a cooperative, members divide a certain percentage of revenue among themselves, with remaining profits reinvested into the company. The studio released its first commercial game ABRISS – Build to Destroy in 2023.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

Randwerk is a Berlin-based cooperative indie game studio that designs, develops, and publishes its own original video games for PC. Its core commercial product is ABRISS – Build to Destroy, a demolition/construction simulation game released in 2023 that lets players plan, build, and then destroy complex structures across multiple environments. The studio self-funds development and sells its games directly to consumers through digital distribution channels and its own web store.

Product overview

Randwerk is a cooperative indie game studio in Berlin operating as a German cooperative (Genossenschaft). The company has a single commercial product: ABRISS – Build to Destroy, a building-to-destroy game released in 2023. The studio operates with a flat hierarchy and reinvests profits or distributes them evenly among cooperative members.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• ABRISS – Build to Destroy ABRISS – Build to Destroy is Randwerk's original indie game in which players plan and construct structures and then demolish them across multiple environments, with the destruction itself serving as the core gameplay experience. It is sold as a one-time-licensed PC game to individual consumers via digital distribution and the studio's own channels.

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

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Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• DE:HIVE Institute BerlinminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerDE:HIVE Institute Berlin provides institutional support to Randwerk, contributing to the cooperative's research and development capabilities in the Berlin gaming ecosystem.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Regional players

• Marmalade Game Studio: UK-based indie studio focused on simulation and building games. Comparable in European indie positioning and building/construction game category overlap with ABRISS.
• Daedalic Entertainment: Long-established Hamburg-based German indie publisher and developer. Comparable as a German indie game ecosystem peer, useful for understanding regional funding, talent, and publishing dynamics relevant to Randwerk's Berlin base.

Broad incumbents

• Team17: Long-standing indie game publisher and developer with deep expertise in physics, building, and destruction-adjacent PC indie titles (e.g., Worms). Relevant as both a potential publisher partner and a comparable indie PC ecosystem incumbent.
• Hello Games: Developer of No Man's Sky. Comparable as a small team that delivered a high-ambition PC title and rebuilt reputation post-launch; illustrates both the upside and recovery path for a small indie studio.
• Klei Entertainment: Mid-sized indie studio behind Don't Starve and Oxygen Not Included. Comparable as a premium PC indie developer with a small, high-output team and distinctive art direction.

Emerging players

• Ghost Ship Games: Danish indie studio behind Deep Rock Galactic. Comparable in size, European indie PC focus, and demonstrated ability to scale a single hit title into a sustained multiplayer business.
• Coffee Stain Studios: Developer of Satisfactory and Goat Simulator. Comparable as a building/physics-driven PC indie studio that has scaled from small beginnings, providing a benchmark for Randwerk's potential trajectory.

Direct peers

• Landfall Games: Small Swedish indie studio known for physics-driven, destruction-focused titles such as Totally Accurate Battle Simulator. Closely comparable in studio size, PC indie orientation, and physics-sandbox gameplay category.
• Spiderling Studios: Developer of Besiege, a physics-based building and siege-engine destruction game. Shares the same building-to-destroy fantasy as ABRISS and an indie studio profile.
• Tuxedo Labs: Developer of Teardown, a physics-based demolition and destruction sandbox. Highly comparable to ABRISS in core mechanic (player-driven destruction of structures) and indie PC positioning, making it the closest direct peer.

Market position

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

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Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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