indie-games
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Rogue Games, Inc.
Rogue Games, Inc. is an independent video game publisher based in Los Angeles that backs bold, offbeat games across mobile, console, and PC. Founded in 2017 by industry veterans - including former IGN founding editor and Apple App Store editorial lead Matt Casamassina - Rogue pairs a developer-first publishing model with its own technology to bring titles like SPRAWL, Highwater, Cookie Cutter, and Super Impossible Road to Steam, Epic, PlayStation, Xbox, Nintendo Switch, and Apple platforms.
Jabali
Jabali is a generative-AI game engine that lets people build and publish playable 2D and 3D games by describing them in plain language, no coding required. Founded in 2023 by former Meta, Amazon, Zynga and Microsoft gaming executives alongside AI researchers, the company wants to do for game creation what ChatGPT did for writing. It raised a $5M seed round led by BITKRAFT Ventures with Sony Innovation Fund and Sapphire Sport participating, and opened its Jabali Studio platform in early access in October 2025.
Sans Strings Studio
Sans Strings Studio is a San Francisco real-time animation and entertainment company building 'animation with a soul.' Co-founded by Substance 3D creator Sebastien Deguy and real-time artist Ryan Corniel, it uses a proprietary digital-puppetry system called F.E.L.T. to turn live human performance into instant character animation, aiming to make animation fast, affordable and scalable across interactive, linear and live formats.
Forge
Forge is a San Francisco gaming platform that gives game developers no-code tools to playtest, market, and sell their titles - turning static Steam landing pages into interactive hubs powered by quests, loyalty rewards, and verified-gamer audiences. Spun out of GGWP in late 2023 with $11M in seed funding, Forge has crossed one million users and partnered with 75+ studios.
Spellbrush
Spellbrush is a San Francisco generative AI studio building anime games and AI tools for artists. The team behind niji・journey - the anime model co-developed with Midjourney - and games like Arrowmancer, Cake Duel, and Waifu Labs. A Y Combinator W18 alum led by Cory Li, focused on using deep learning to help human artists create high-quality anime visuals.
Wavedash
Wavedash is a San Francisco-based startup (YC X25) that lets players jump into high-end PC games directly in their browser - no launcher, no download, no install. Built on WebAssembly and WebGPU, the platform acts like 'Steam for the web,' giving indie developers a friction-free distribution channel where they keep 90% of revenue. Backed by Floodgate's Mike Maples Jr., Jawed Karim (YouTube co-founder), Griffin Gaming Partners, and Y Combinator, Wavedash launched its public beta in December 2025.