Sickhead Games

Sickhead Games, LLC is an American independent game development studio founded in 2002. It is best known for its multiplatform turn-based strategy game ARMED!, its involvement with the MonoGame framework^[1] and Torque series of game engines, and the development of several PlayStation 4/5, PlayStation Vita, Xbox One, and Nintendo Switch ports of indie games including TowerFall Ascension,^[2] Stardew Valley,^[3] Darkest Dungeon,^[4] Octodad: Dadliest Catch,^[5] Slay the Spire, and Axiom Verge.^[6][7] The studio has updated classic console and PC games from the late 1990s and early 2000s, including ExZeus, Enclave, and Grandia, to run on modern gaming systems.

Sickhead Games, LLC

Company type	Limited liability company
Industry	Video games
Founded	October 2002
Founders	Tom Spilman, Russell Fincher
Headquarters	Dallas, Texas , United States
Number of employees	5-10
Website	SickheadGames.com

Games

This is a list of the original video game titles developed by Sickhead Games.

Title	Release Year	Platform(s)	Publisher
ARMED!	2013	Mobile and Windows	Sickhead Games
Be the Astronaut	2015^[8]	Windows	Eureka Exhibits
Space Invaders Deck Commander	2024^[9]	Playstation, Xbox One/X/S, Nintendo Switch, PC	Rock It Games / Taito

Game Ports

This is a list of video game titles ported to various platforms by Sickhead Games.

Title	Release Date	Platform	Developer / Publisher
TowerFall Ascension	March 11, 2014	PlayStation 4	Maddy Makes Games, Inc, Extremely OK, Ltd
	December 15, 2015	PlayStation Vita
	January 24, 2017	Xbox One
Dust: An Elysian Tail	October 7, 2014^[10]	PlayStation 4	Humble Hearts
Escape Goat 2	October 21, 2014^[11]	PlayStation 4	MagicalTimeBean
Ironclad Tactics	January 20, 2015^[12]	PlayStation 4	Zachtronics Industries
Apotheon	February 3, 2015^[13]	PlayStation 4	Alientrap
TowerFall Dark World Expansion	May 12, 2015	PlayStation 4	Maddy Makes Games, Inc, Extremely OK, Ltd
	January 25, 2017	Xbox One
Octodad: Dadliest Catch	May 19, 2015	PlayStation Vita	Young Horses, Inc
Skulls of the Shogun: Bone-a-Fide Edition	June 2, 2015	PlayStation 4	17-Bit
	July 11, 2019	Nintendo Switch
Axiom Verge	April 19, 2016	PlayStation Vita	Thomas Happ Games
	September 29, 2016	Xbox One
	October 5, 2017^[14]	Nintendo Switch
Score Rush Extended	May 31, 2016	PlayStation 4	Xona Games
Darkest Dungeon	September 28, 2016	PlayStation 4	Red Hook Studios
	September 28, 2016	PlayStation Vita
Stardew Valley^[15]	July 29, 2016^[16]	Mac OS X	ConcernedApe
	July 29, 2016^[16]	Linux
	December 13, 2016	PlayStation 4
	May 22, 2018^[17]	PlayStation Vita
	December 13, 2016	Xbox One
	October 5, 2017^[18]	Nintendo Switch
Salt and Sanctuary	March 28, 2017^[19]	PlayStation Vita^[20]	Ska Studios
CRYPTARK	June 27, 2017	PlayStation 4	Alientrap
Tooth and Tail	September 12, 2017	PlayStation 4	Pocketwatch Games
Celeste^[21]	January 25, 2018	PlayStation 4	Maddy Makes Games, Inc, Extremely OK, Ltd
	January 25, 2018^[21]	Xbox One
	January 25, 2018^[22]	Nintendo Switch
Mercenary Kings: Reloaded	February 6, 2018	Xbox One	Tribute Games
	February 6, 2018	PlayStation Vita
TowerFall	September 27, 2018^[23]	Nintendo Switch	Maddy Makes Games
Chasm^[24]	July 31, 2018^[25]	PlayStation Vita	Bit Kid, Inc.
	October 11, 2018^[26]	Nintendo Switch
Slay the Spire	May 21, 2019	PlayStation 4	MegaCrit / Humble Games
	June 6, 2019	Nintendo Switch
	August 13, 2019	Xbox One
	June 13, 2020	iOS
	February 3, 2021	Android
Eagle Island	July 11, 2019^[27]	Nintendo Switch	Pixelnicks
Grandia HD Collection	August 16, 2019^[28]	Nintendo Switch	Game Arts
	March 6, 2024^[29]	PlayStation 4
	March 6, 2024	Xbox One
Grandia HD Remaster	October 15, 2019	Windows	Game Arts
Grandia II HD Remaster	October 15, 2019	Windows	Game Arts
Monaco: Complete Edition	October 21, 2019^[30]	Nintendo Switch	Pocketwatch Games
Door Kickers: Action Squad	October 23, 2019	Xbox One	KillHouse Games
	October 24, 2019	PlayStation 4
	October 28, 2019	Nintendo Switch
Real Heroes: Firefighter	November 27, 2019	Nintendo Switch	Epicenter Studios / Golem Entertainment
	March 10, 2020	PlayStation 4	Epicenter Studios / 612 Entertainment, LLC
Ikenfell	October 8, 2020	Xbox One	Happy Ray Games / Humble Games
	October 8, 2020	PlayStation 4
	October 8, 2020	Nintendo Switch
Unrailed!	September 23, 2020	Xbox One	Indoor Astronaut / Daedalic Entertainment
	September 23, 2020	PlayStation 4
Wildfire	December 3, 2020	Xbox One	Sneaky Bastards / Humble Games
	December 3, 2020	PlayStation 4
	December 3, 2020	Nintendo Switch
Mundaun	March 15, 2021	Xbox One	MWM Interactive
	March 15, 2021	PlayStation 4
Heavy Burger	April 27, 2021	PlayStation 4	Lub Blub, International Headquarters / G-MODE, 612 Entertainment
Eagle Island Twist	May 27, 2021	Nintendo Switch^[31]	KillHouse Games
	May 27, 2021	PlayStation 4
	May 27, 2021	Xbox One
Axiom Verge 2	August 11, 2021	PlayStation 4	Thomas Happ Games
ExZeus: The Complete Collection	September 30, 2021^[32]	Xbox One	HyperDevBox, Sickhead Games / Ziggurat Interactive
	September 30, 2021^[32]	PlayStation 4
	September 30, 2021^[32]	Nintendo Switch
Fae Tactics	November 17, 2021	Xbox One	Endlessfluff Games / Humble Games
	November 17, 2021	Windows
Prodeus	September 23, 2022	Windows	Bounding Box Software / Humble Games
	September 23, 2022	Xbox One
	September 23, 2022	Xbox Series X/S
	September 23, 2022	PlayStation 4
	September 23, 2022	PlayStation 5
	October 28, 2022	Nintendo Switch
Enclave HD	June 29, 2023^[33]	Nintendo Switch	Starbreeze Studios / Ziggurat Interactive
	June 29, 2023	PlayStation 4
	June 29, 2023	Xbox One

References

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3. Osborn, Alex (June 13, 2016). "E3 2016: Stardew Valley Coming To Consoles". IGN. Retrieved September 25, 2016.
4. Purchese, Robert (2016-04-27). "Darkest Dungeon delayed a bit on PS4 and Vita". Eurogamer. Retrieved 2016-09-27.
5. Tibitoski, Phil (2015-05-20). "Octodad: Dadliest Catch Wriggles Onto PS Vita May 26th". PlayStation.com. Sony Computer Entertainment.
6. Happ, Tom (2016-03-31). "Axiom Verge Comes to PS Vita April 19". PlayStation.com. Sony Computer Entertainment.
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19. Silva, James (March 24, 2017). "Brutal Action RPG Salt and Sanctuary Hits PS Vita on March 28". Playstation.com. Retrieved March 24, 2017.
20. Finck, Bryan (November 23, 2022). "A Conversation with James Silva, Creator of Salt and Sanctuary". Superjump Magazine. Retrieved November 23, 2022.
21. Thorson, Maddy (August 29, 2017). "Celeste Expedition Log: August Edition". Medium. Retrieved December 28, 2021.
22. Thorson, Maddy (July 3, 2017). "'Celeste' releasing January 2018". Medium. Retrieved December 28, 2021.
23. Thorson, Maddy (August 28, 2018). "TowerFall is coming to Nintendo Switch on September 27th!". Medium. Retrieved December 28, 2021.
24. "Chasm Is Coming!". Kickstarter. April 2, 2018. Retrieved August 14, 2018.
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27. "Cast off for adventure!". April 2, 2018.
28. Doolan, Liam (August 11, 2019). "Sickhead Games Helped Out With The Grandia HD Collection". Nintendo Life. Retrieved August 19, 2019.
29. "GRANDIA HD Collection Launches March 26, 2024 on PlayStation 4 and Xbox One". Gung Ho Online. March 12, 2024. Retrieved March 12, 2024.
30. "Monaco: What's Yours Is Mine is a single player or co-op heist game. Assemble a crack team of thieves and pull off the perfect heist". Nintendo.com. Retrieved October 15, 2019.
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External links

• Sickhead Games website
• MonoGame website