Feel comes first
If the jump doesn't feel right, nothing else matters. We polish the core loop before anything else.
Our story
From a game jam to a real studio
In 2014, our founders entered a 48-hour game jam with a janky little prototype called Neon Reign. It won nothing — but a handful of strangers played it all weekend and asked when the full version was coming. That was enough.
We spent the next two years finishing that game on nights and weekends. When it finally launched, it found its people. The revenue bought us a second monitor, then a third teammate, then an actual office above a noodle shop in Portland.
Today Pixel Forge is 22 people across three time zones, fully independent and proudly self-published. We've shipped eleven titles, but we still treat every new project like that first game jam: scrappy, honest, and a little obsessed.
A decade, measured in play
2014Year founded
22People on the crew
11Titles shipped
6M+Players worldwide
What we believe
The rules we forge by
Six convictions that shape every game we make and every late-night decision we argue over.
Ship small, ship often
Demos, betas, devlogs — we'd rather learn in public than guess in private.
Respect the player
No dark patterns, no predatory monetization. We sell games, not regret.
Craft over crunch
Great games come from rested minds. We protect our people's time as fiercely as our code.
Community is co-author
Our best ideas often come from the Discord. We build with players, not just for them.
Built to last
We support our games long after launch — patches, content, and fixes for years, not weeks.
The crew
Meet the forge masters
A small, senior team who wear a lot of hats and answer their own support tickets.
Mara Reyes
Founder & Creative Director
Designed Neon Reign in a weekend and never stopped tuning it.
Devon Kerr
Co-founder & Lead Engineer
Builds our in-house engine and the netcode that holds it together.
Yuki Tan
Art Director
Pixel artist turned painter behind our hand-crafted worlds.
Sam Okafor
Audio Lead
Composes the chiptune-meets-orchestra scores players obsess over.
How we make games
Idea to launch, the Pixel Forge way
Every game travels the same road from a one-line pitch to a finished title our players love.
Prototype fast
If a mechanic isn't fun in a week, it probably won't be fun in a year. We find the spark early.
Playtest in the open
We ship demos to our community and let real players tell us where it drags.
Polish past "done"
The last 10% is what people remember. We sweat the screen-shake, the SFX, the menus.
Want to build worlds with us?
Whether you're a player, a press contact, or a developer who wants to co-create — we'd love to hear from you.