Chucklefish

Chucklefish Limited is a British video game developer and publisher based in London. Founded in 2011 by Finn Brice, the company specialises in retro-styled games. Chucklefish is best known for developing Starbound and Wargroove, as well being the former publishers of Risk of Rain and Stardew Valley.

Chucklefish Limited

Company type	Private
Industry	Video games
Founded	2011; 14 years ago (2011)[1]
Founder	Finn Brice[1]
Headquarters	London , England[1]
Key people	Finn Brice (director)[1] Donna Orlowski (COO)[1] Rodrigo Monteiro (CTO)[1]
Number of employees	18[1] (2020)
Website	chucklefish.org

Games

Developed

List of games developed by Chucklefish

Year	Title	Platform(s)
2016	Starbound	Linux, macOS, Windows, Xbox One
2019	Wargroove	Windows, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One
2023	Wargroove 2	Windows, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S
2025	Witchbrook[2]	Windows, Nintendo Switch, Nintendo Switch 2, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S

Published

List of games published by Chucklefish

Year	Title	Developer	Platform(s)
2011	Wanderlust: Rebirth	Yeti Trunk	Windows
2013	Risk of Rain	Hopoo Games	Linux, macOS, Windows, PlayStation Vita, Nintendo Switch
2014	Halfway[3]	Robotality	Linux, macOS, Windows
2015	Interstellaria	Coldrice Games	Linux, macOS, Windows
	Wanderlust Adventures	Yeti Trunk	Windows
2016	Stardew Valley[a]	ConcernedApe	Android, iOS, Linux, macOS, Windows, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita, Xbox One
	Pocket Rumble[b]	Cardboard Robot Games	Windows, Nintendo Switch
2018	Treasure Adventure World	Robit Studios	Windows
	Timespinner[8]	Lunar Ray Games	Linux, macOS, Windows, PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One
2019	Pathway[9]	Robotality	Linux, macOS, Windows, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One
	Inmost[10]	Hidden Layer Games	iOS, macOS, Windows, Nintendo Switch
2021	Starmancer	Ominux Games	Linux, macOS, Windows
	Eastward[11]	Pixpil	macOS, Windows, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One
2023	Wildfrost[12]	Deadpan Games	Windows, Nintendo Switch, Android, iOS, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S
2024	Loco Motive[13]	Robust Games	Windows, Nintendo Switch
TBA	Kyora[14]	Pugstorm	Windows, Linux

Volunteer contributions

In 2019, Chucklefish were accused of exploiting around a dozen voluntary contributors during the development of Starbound, sometimes logging hundreds of hours with no compensation. Many of them were teenagers at the time and stated that they felt their inexperience was exploited by company director Finn Brice. Chucklefish stated that contributors were under no obligation to create content or put in any particular number of hours.^[15][16]

Notes

1. Chucklefish published Stardew Valley on all platforms and gradually returned the publishing rights back to ConcernedApe, starting with: Linux, macOS, Windows, PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita, and Xbox One in December 2018,^[4] Nintendo Switch in October 2019,^[5] iOS in December 2021,^[6] and finally Android in March 2022.^[7]
2. Early access