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[IMG: 8 years later: Hello Neighbor breaks CCU record, ships 100k units in a week on Steam. Why?]
[IMG: 8 years later: Hello Neighbor breaks CCU record, ships 100k units in a week on Steam. Why?]
[H2] 8 years later: Hello Neighbor breaks CCU record, ships 100k units in a week on Steam. Why?
[IMG: Winning Before Next Fest: The Road to 200K Wishlists]
[IMG: Winning Before Next Fest: The Road to 200K Wishlists]
[H2] Winning Before Next Fest: The Road to 200K Wishlists
[IMG: DEADSIDE adds 100k new players in 7 days]
[IMG: DEADSIDE adds 100k new players in 7 days]
[H2] DEADSIDE adds 100k new players in 7 days
[H5] tinyBuild makes video games, since 2011

tinyBuild started as an indie game developer and morphed into a developer publisher you can't miss. Our dedication to creating long-term partnerships and elevating recognizable franchises has resulted in many successful collaborations with talented developers from all over the world. The company has released dozens of games, including Hello Neighbor, Graveyard Keeper, SpeedRunners, and more. Although headquartered in the Seattle Area, USA, the company has established a strong global presence with studios across the US, Netherlands, Latvia, and throughout Eastern Europe.

Historically, tinyBuild’s focus has been on PC & Console titles. However, we’re always looking for ways to innovate and are open to unconventional opportunities.

The company listed on the London Stock Exchange as TBLD in March 2021.

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[H5] Recent & upcoming releases
[IMG: Last Harbor]
[IMG: ReStory: Chill Electronics Repairs]
[IMG: THE LIFT]
[IMG: Graveyard Keeper 2]
[IMG: SpeedRunners 2: King of Speed]
[IMG: ALL WILL FALL]
[IMG: Hozy]
[IMG: Hello Neighbor 3]
[IMG: Of Ash and Steel]
Check all our Games

[H5] Contact tinyBuild
[H5] Our Team
[H6] CEO
[H5] Alex Nichiporchik
[H6] alex@tinybuild.com / @aNichiporchik
Alex Nichiporchik is the producer and marketing guy on most tinyBuild projects. He's originally from Latvia, lives in the Netherlands, and doesn't have any citizenship on Earth.

Before co-founding tinyBuild, he was a pro-gamer, a games journalist, and game producer. Created A10.com while at Spil Games.
[H6] Creative Director
[H5] Tom Brien
[H6] tom@tinybuild.com / @TomBrienTweets
Tom Brien grew up being an indie developer, making flash games in his spare time. At tinyBuild, he's the creative drive behind our games.
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[H2] Our Games
[IMG: Last Harbor]
[H5] Last Harbor
[H6] PC
Zombie Apocalypse On A Boat
[IMG: ReStory: Chill Electronics Repairs]
[H5] ReStory: Chill Electronics Repairs
[H6] PC
Run a quaint electronics repair shop in mid-2000s Tokyo.
[IMG: THE LIFT]
[H5] THE LIFT
[H6] PC
You are a handyman renovating a massive research facility abandoned after a mysterious incident.
[IMG: The King is Watching]
[H5] The King is Watching
[H6] PC
A roguelite kingdom builder
[IMG: Trainfort]
[H5] Trainfort
[H6] PC
An open-world co-op survival crafting game.
[IMG: Hello Neighbor]
[H5] Hello Neighbor
[H6] PC | Xbox One | PS4 | Switch | iOS | Android
Stealth Horror game about breaking into your neighbor's basement. Play against a procedural AI.
[IMG: VOIN]
[H5] VOIN
[H6] PC
A first-person hack-and-slash
[IMG: Train Valley World]
[H5] Train Valley World
[H6] PC
Train Valley World is an engrossing transport tycoon inspired by the genre classics
[IMG: Slime 3K: Rise Against Despot]
[H5] Slime 3K: Rise Against Despot
[H6] PC | Nintendo Switch | Xbox | PlayStation
An unhinged roguelite bullet-heaven set in the Despot’s Game universe!
[IMG: Farworld Pioneers]
[H5] Farworld Pioneers
[H6] PC | PlayStation | Xbox
An open-world, sci-fi sandbox.
[IMG: I Am Future]
[H5] I Am Future
[H6] PC
Welcome to the coziest post-apocalypse ever. Build, craft, farm, fish, cook - with a view.
[IMG: Asterigos]
[H5] Asterigos
[H6] PC | Xbox | PlayStation
Embark on a journey full of danger in this action RPG, inspired by Greek and Roman mythologies.
[IMG: SpiderHeck]
[H5] SpiderHeck
[H6] PC | Nintendo Switch | Xbox | PlayStation
Spiders with laser swords! Duel to the death against your friends or choose to team up and hold back swarms of savage enemies.
[IMG: Not For Broadcast VR]
[H5] Not For Broadcast VR
[H6] Steam VR, Meta Quest
Get closer to the truth than ever in the VR edition of Not For Broadcast
[IMG: Happy]
[H5] Happy's Humble Burger Farm
[H6] PC
Restaurant Simulation meets Survival Horror mind-blower.
[IMG: Hello Neighbor 2]
[H5] Hello Neighbor 2
[H6] PC | Xbox | PlayStation | Nintendo Switch
Hello Neighbor 2 is the sequel to the genre-defining stealth horror game. Find our what your creepy Neighbors are hiding.
[IMG: Trash Sailors]
[H5] Trash Sailors
[H6] PC
Hand-drawn co-op piracy action which will trash your friendship.
[IMG: Mayhem in Single Valley]
[H5] Mayhem in Single Valley
[H6] PC
Action-adventure full of twists and radioactive squirrels.
[IMG: Not For Broadcast]
[H5] Not For Broadcast
[H6] PC
A Dystopian Newsroom Simulator
[IMG: Pathologic 2]
[H5] Pathologic 2
[H6] PC | Xbox One | PS4
Dramatic thriller about surviving a deadly outbreak
[IMG: Pandemic Express]
[H5] Pandemic Express
[H6] PC
In Pandemic Express - Zombie Escape, a group of humans is escaping a zombie swarm by train
[IMG: Streets of Rogue]
[H5] Streets of Rogue
[H6] PC | Mac | Linux | Xbox ONE | PS4 | Switch
Multiplayer Rogue-like. Fight, sneak, and hack your way through randomly generated cities.
[IMG: Phantom Trigger]
[H5] Phantom Trigger
[H6] PC | Nintendo Switch | Xbox One | PS4
Hardcore Neon Slasher with RPG and Roguelike elements. Journey through surreal and twisted worlds.
[IMG: SpeedRunners]
[H5] SpeedRunners
[H6] PC | Mac | Linux | Xbox ONE | PS4
Cut-throat multiplayer running game that pits 4 players against each other, locally and/or online.
[IMG: The Final Station]
[H5] The Final Station
[H6] PC | Mac | Linux | Nintendo Switch | Xbox ONE | PS4 | Nintendo Switch
Look after your passengers, operate your train, and make sure you reach the next station in this survival game.
[IMG: Party Hard]
[H5] Party Hard
[H6] PC | Mac | Linux | Xbox ONE | Switch | PS4 | iOS | Android
It's 3:00 a.m. Your neighbours are having a loud party. Stop them. Award-winning stealth strategy game.
[IMG: Stage Presence]
[H5] Stage Presence
[H6] PC | HTC Vive | Oculus Rift | OSVR
The anti-guitar hero. A comedy-horror-karaoke game where you use your voice & wits to win over a fickle mob!
[IMG: Diaries of a Spaceport Janitor]
[H5] Diaries of a Spaceport Janitor
[H6] PC | Mac
Diaries of a Spaceport Janitor is an anti-adventure game about picking up trash in an alien bazaar.
[IMG: Party Hard Tycoon]
[H5] Party Hard Tycoon
[H6] PC
Business simulation game where you're tasked with throwing the most profitable party ever.
[IMG: Boid]
[H5] Boid
[H6] PC
Real-time strategy where your only resource is your army. It’s kill or be killed to dominate the gene pool.
[IMG: Fearless Fantasy]
[H5] Fearless Fantasy
[H6] PC | iOS | Android
A gesture-based RPG. Probably the weirdest RPG you’ll play this year.
[IMG: Graveyard Keeper 2]
[H5] Graveyard Keeper 2
[H6] PC | Xbox | PlayStation | Nintendo Switch
The most inaccurate medieval cemetery sim is back!
[IMG: SpeedRunners 2: King of Speed]
[H5] SpeedRunners 2: King of Speed
[H6] PC | Xbox | PlayStation | Nintendo Switch
The ultimate competitive platformer is back!
[IMG: ALL WILL FALL]
[H5] ALL WILL FALL
[H6] PC
A post-apocalyptic city builder where every structure can collapse
[IMG: SAND]
[H5] SAND
[H6] PC
SAND is a vast, open world PVPVE game where you explore the fallen planet of Sophie.
[IMG: Potion Craft]
[H5] Potion Craft
[H6] PC | Xbox | PlayStation | Nintendo Switch
Alchemist simulator where you physically interact with your tools and ingredients to brew potions.
[IMG: Kingmakers]
[H5] Kingmakers
[H6] PC
An action/strategy sandbox where you bring guns to a sword fight amidst massive war-torn medieval battles.
[IMG: Drill Core]
[H5] Drill Core
[H6] PC
Corporate greed meets strategic planet-mining
[IMG: Lil]
[H5] Lil' Guardsman
[H6] PC | Nintendo Switch | Xbox | PlayStation
It's a wonderful combination of deduction, narrative and puzzle games.
[IMG: FEROCIOUS]
[H5] FEROCIOUS
[H6] PC
Fight, Explore, Survive.
[IMG: Kill It With Fire VR]
[H5] Kill It With Fire VR
[H6] Steam VR | Meta Quest
Take your arachnophobia to new heights in Kill it With Fire VR, and deal with spiders by any means necessary!
[IMG: Punch Club 2: Fast Forward]
[H5] Punch Club 2: Fast Forward
[H6] PC | Nintendo Switch | Xbox | PlayStation
You have come here to read game descriptions and play fighter management sims…and you’re all outta descriptions.
[IMG: JUSTICE SUCKS]
[H5] JUSTICE SUCKS
[H6] PC
Stealth/action game about a killer robot vacuum cleaner on a quest for vengeance through a 90s TV universe.
[IMG: Tinykin]
[H5] Tinykin
[H6] PC
Catch hundreds of tinykin and use their unique powers to bring Milo back to his home planet- and back to normal size!
[IMG: Startup Panic]
[H5] Startup Panic
[H6] PC | Android I iOS
Quit your job and build an exciting startup!
[IMG: Expedition Zero]
[H5] Expedition Zero
[H6] PC
Survival horror game set in the heart of rural Siberia.
[IMG: Hello Guest]
[H5] Hello Guest
[H6] PC | iOS | Xbox
Stealth horror video game, where you're stalked by an unexpected guest in the Golden Apple Theme Park
[IMG: Cartel Tycoon]
[H5] Cartel Tycoon
[H6] PC
A narrative-driven tycoon game where you rule as a succession of fictional drug lords in 80s Latin America.
[IMG: Undungeon]
[H5] Undungeon
[H6] PC
Gorgeous action/RPG driven by intense real-time combat and an immensely rich science fiction story
[IMG: Hellpoint]
[H5] Hellpoint
[H6] PC | Switch | Xbox One | PS4 | Mac | Linux
Intense action RPG taking place on Irid Novo, a derelict space station soaked in an intoxicating dark sci fi atmosphere.
[IMG: Swag and Sorcery]
[H5] Swag and Sorcery
[H6] PC | iOS
Streamlined RPG about fighting monsters and fashion
[IMG: Garage: Bad Trip]
[H5] Garage: Bad Trip
[H6] PC | Nintendo Switch
Garage is a bloody topdown shooter inspired by VHS era B-movies.
[IMG: Graveyard Keeper]
[H5] Graveyard Keeper
[H6] PC | Xbox One | PS4 | Nintendo Switch | Mobile
From the creators of Punch Club, the most inaccurate medieval cemetery management sim of 2018.
[IMG: Hello Neighbor: Hide and Seek]
[H5] Hello Neighbor: Hide and Seek
[H6] PC | iOS | Switch | Xbox One | PS4
Dramatic prequel to the hit stealth horror game Hello Neighbor
[IMG: Rapture Rejects]
[H5] Rapture Rejects
[H6] PC
Apocalyptic Battle Royale set in Cyanide & Happiness universe
[IMG: Punch Club]
[H5] Punch Club
[H6] PC | Mac | Linux | Xbox ONE | PS4 | Nintendo Switch | iOS | Android | 3DS
Train hard, fight crocodiles and find love in this choose your own adventure boxing management tycoon.
[IMG: Clustertruck]
[H5] Clustertruck
[H6] PC | Mac | Linux | Xbox ONE | PS4 | Nintendo Switch
Chaotic physics-based truckformer. Jump your way through insane levels on top of speeding trucks.
[IMG: Road to Ballhalla]
[H5] Road to Ballhalla
[H6] PC | Xbox One | PS4 | Switch
Feel the rhythm to overcome deadly hazards in the roll playing game of the year.
[IMG: Community Inc]
[H5] Community Inc
[H6] PC | Nintendo Switch
Community-building simulator. Build a happy community and trade with other races... for profit.
[IMG: Dungelot]
[H5] Dungelot
[H6] PC | iOS | Android
An epic roguelike dungeon-crawler adventure to defeat zombie cows, and splat giant evil mushrooms.
[IMG: Divide By Sheep]
[H5] Divide By Sheep
[H6] PC | Mac | Linux | iOS | Android
A mind-bending math puzzler about friendship and slicing sheep in half with lasers.
[IMG: Not The Robots]
[H5] Not The Robots
[H6] PC | Mac | Linux
You are a robot in an office building. You have to eat furniture and not get caught in this Roguelike Stealth Furniture Eating Simulator.
[IMG: Hozy]
[H5] Hozy
[H6] PC
Restore a forgotten neighbourhood through your favourite hobby, one cozy room at a time.
[IMG: Hello Neighbor 3]
[H5] Hello Neighbor 3
[H6] PC
A cozy yet eerie adventure where every path is the right one and every action leads to discovery.
[IMG: Of Ash and Steel]
[H5] Of Ash and Steel
[H6] PC
An immersive third-person open-world RPG
[IMG: Streets of Rogue 2]
[H5] Streets of Rogue 2
[H6] PC
A crazy, immersive RPG sandbox set in a vast randomly generated open world
[IMG: Kill It With Fire 2]
[H5] Kill It With Fire 2
[H6] PC | PlayStation | Xbox | Nintendo Switch
Arachnophobia. The Game. The Sequel.
[IMG: DUCKSIDE]
[H5] DUCKSIDE
[H6] PC
Imagine DayZ or Rust but you're a duck
[IMG: Deadside]
[H5] Deadside
[H6] PC | Xbox | PlayStation
An Open World Survival Shooter blending hardcore PVP and PVE action
[IMG: Broken Roads]
[H5] Broken Roads
[H6] PC | PlayStation | Xbox | Nintendo Switch
Broken Roads is a story-rich, party-based RPG set in a post-apocalyptic Australian Outback, featuring a genre-redefining morality system.
[IMG: Level Zero: Extraction]
[H5] Level Zero: Extraction
[H6] PC
Tactical extraction shooter meets immersive survival horror
[IMG: Hello Neighbor: Search and Rescue]
[H5] Hello Neighbor: Search and Rescue
[H6] Steam VR | PlayStation VR | Meta Quest
A suspenseful family-friendly VR experience set in the Hello Neighbor Universe.
[IMG: Rhythm Sprout]
[H5] Rhythm Sprout
[H6] PC | Nintendo Switch | Xbox | PlayStation
Rhythm Sprout is a brand new high-focus rhythm action.
[IMG: The Bookwalker]
[H5] The Bookwalker
[H6] PC
You’re a Bookwalker — a thief with an ability to dive into books.
[IMG: Hello Engineer]
[H5] Hello Engineer
[H6] PC
Hello Engineer is a multiplayer machinery-building construction game set in the Hello Neighbor universe.
[IMG: Despot]
[H5] Despot's Game
[H6] PC | Mac | Linux
Rogue-like tactics with turbo-charged battles.
[IMG: Pigeon Simulator]
[H5] Pigeon Simulator
[H6] PC
Play as the world's most notorious birds and help them in their quests for revenge, love, and world domination.
[IMG: RAWMEN]
[H5] RAWMEN
[H6] PC
Hardcore Online Soup Shenanigans!
[IMG: Black Skylands]
[H5] Black Skylands
[H6] PC
Explore the endless skies, fight the merciless marauders and sky pirates, gather unique weapons and mods.
[IMG: Kill It With Fire]
[H5] Kill It With Fire
[H6] PC
First-person action game about hunting spiders and causing collateral damage.
[IMG: Secret Neighbor]
[H5] Secret Neighbor
[H6] PC | Xbox One | PS4 | iOS | Nintendo Switch
Social Horror Game where one of the players is the Neighbor in disguise
[IMG: Waking]
[H5] Waking
[H6] PC | Xbox One
Combining third-person action and guided meditation, emotional adventure through your dying mind.
[IMG: Party Hard 2]
[H5] Party Hard 2
[H6] PC | Xbox One | PS4 | Nintendo Switch
Stealth Strategy about killing sprees at a corporate parties. The sequel to Party Hard.
[IMG: Lovely Planet 2: April Skies]
[H5] Lovely Planet 2: April Skies
[H6] PC | Mac | Linux
A Very Cute First Person Shooter Game.
[IMG: Mr. Shifty]
[H5] Mr. Shifty
[H6] PC | Nintendo Switch | Xbox One | PS4
Shift through bullets, and master lightning-fast takedowns in an all-new type of action game!
[IMG: Outpost Zero]
[H5] Outpost Zero
[H6] PC
Command AI minions, colonize the planet, and survive the perils of Gaiya.
[IMG: Guts and Glory]
[H5] Guts and Glory
[H6] PC | Mac | Linux | Switch | Xbox One | PS4
A game about father and son riding their bicycle through obstacle courses of death & other fun experiences.
[IMG: No Time to Explain]
[H5] No Time to Explain
[H6] PC | Mac | Linux | Xbox ONE | PS4
Chase your future self through time & alternate realities while fighting monsters, collecting hats, & eating cake!
[IMG: Lovely Planet]
[H5] Lovely Planet
[H6] PC | Mac | Linux | Xbox ONE | PlayStation 4 | Wii U
A First Person Shooter Gun Ballet set in a cutesy abstract worlds of treacherous enemies!
[IMG: One Troll Army]
[H5] One Troll Army
[H6] PC | Mac
Play as a giant troll in a defense game about building forts, upgrading your troll, & fighting enemies.
[IMG: Snail Bob 2]
[H5] Snail Bob 2
[H6] PC | Mac | iOS | Android
Help Snail Bob avoid the dangers that lie on his path in this puzzle game for all ages. It'll make you think & smile.
[IMG: Spoiler Alert]
[H5] Spoiler Alert
[H6] PC | Mac | Linux | iOS
A game that tests your platforming skills… in reverse. It’s a comedy platformer that you play backwards.

[H5] About tinyBuild
[H5] It all started with an idea
In early 2011, back when Alex Nichiporchik was marketing web games, he stumbled upon a small joke-game called No Time To Explain. The concept had so much potential that he thought hey, why not turn it into a full game that could be released on Steam?
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After some discussion with developer Tom Brien, the two decided to form a partnership labeled tinyBuild GAMES, and make a Kickstarter for No Time To Explain. The project hit its funding goal within hours, and was a record at the time.
[H5] The burn
tinyBuild raised over $26k in the Kickstarter project, and got an additional offer of $20k funding from an undisclosed publisher that would secure rights for the game in Russian-speaking countries, and get us access to Steam.
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Unfortunately, the undisclosed publisher burned us. By mid-summer 2011 the money still hadn’t arrived, we had no access to Steam, and only half of our budget.
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Now No Time To Explain was becoming a technical disaster. We didn’t have the money to hire an additional developer anymore, so we decided to go down a new route-  to split the game into two parts, and release the first “episode” in August 2011, followed up by episode two in December 2011.
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The first episode made enough money for us to finish the second, but we still had no access to Steam. Releasing the second part resulted in next to no sales. This was the low point for tinyBuild.
[H5] Steam releases
Having rewritten the game for Steam, we re-released it in January 2013. Burned out and depressed, we finally saw our idea come to life and gain some real traction after two years.
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A month later, Alex attended Casual Connect Hamburg, and visited the Indie Showcase. By that time we had made enough money with No Time To Explain, yet we didn’t want to continue making video games. We were tired and shaken up from the years before.
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This is where Alex stumbled across a game called “SpeedRunner HD”. It was a multiplayer running game that was released on Xbox Live Indie Games, and also as a Flash game, but with little success. The development team was also burned out working on their game, and was about to release it on Steam. The game played phenomenally well, but lacked the visual appeal and had some usability issues.
[H5] The SpeedRunners Idea
Instead of spending another several years on the next game, a simple idea was born: why not team up and help the dev team with a strong Go to Market strategy on Steam, and help with the actual development?
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This is how tinyBuild was born as a developer-turned-publisher, and today we run internal studios and partner up with talented developers from all over the world.
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In August 2013, SpeedRunners released on Steam Early Access and kicked off tinyBuild's publishing - going strong with over 90 titles in 2025.
[H5] The Publishing Idea
We are an indie developer and we went through years of hell before making any money from our games. SpeedRunners proved we can become a valuable partner to other indie developers. The idea of indie publishing was born.
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Since August 2013, we have partnered up with dozens of indie developers, acting as a publishing partner – providing funding, knowledge, production, artwork, guidance, etc – to make other devs’ games better.
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You probably heard of Twitch Plays Punch Club, or Twitch vs One Troll Army, or a number of any other marketing stunts we did lately.
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We don’t run things like a big company. Our PAX Prime booth is a good example.
[H5] The Franchising Evolution
After publishing indie games since 2013, an interesting evolution happened to the business after the launch of Hello Neighbor. The game became a viral success and helped tinyBuild expand into merchandising, books, and spawned a prequel and multiplayer Spin-off. Imagine having a train that is going really fast, and the railroad is being built right in front of it. That's what tinyBuild experienced between 2017 and 2020.
Today it's evident the market of video games is oversaturated, and we've been investing into creating strong brands. We no longer believe in transactional relationships between developers and publishers, instead we believe in building strong partnerships. The video to the right dives a bit deeper on the hypothesis. As of 2025, tinyBuild has ~100 employees including several in-house game development studios. For game developers considering to pitch their game, please watch the video and see if this is something you're interested in.
We also have useful tips on how to pitch your gameTeam
[H5] The Leadership Team
[H5] Alex Nichiporchik
[H6] CEO
[H6] alex@tinybuild.com / @aNichiporchik
Alex Nichiporchik is the co-founder and CEO of tinyBuild, a life-long gamer, and has over 20 years of games industry experience. Starting off as a professional gamer, his career spawns journalism, game production, and marketing.
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[H5] Jaz Salati
[H6] CFO
[H6] jaz@tinybuild.com
Jaz joined tinyBuild during its IPO in 2021 and has been leading Investor Relations and Mergers & Acquisitions before taking the role of CFO.
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