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Based in Ontario, Canada, CriticOwl Games was born out of a shared frustration with the modern gaming landscape.
We love video games, but as we began to move out into the industry, we found a landscape dominated by crunch and rushed releases, where risk is anathema, where passion is a vulnerability that studios seek to exploit to enable faster releases under worse working conditions for developers. Given this, we realized if we wanted a space where developers can use their passion as fuel, where we can build the games you want to play, we would have to make it ourselves. So, we did.
At CriticOwl Games, everything we do is built on three core pillars:
Passion: We are practiced designers and developers driven by a lifelong love of gaming. We aren't here to chase corporate trends; we are here to make awesome games for awesome players (yes, that means you). We pour our hearts into our craft because we want to play these games just as much as you do.
Community: You are the reason we do this. We deeply value the players and the community that grows around our titles. From actively listening to your feedback during development to designing mechanics with our audience in mind, we want to support our flock and build our games alongside you.
Compassion: We firmly believe that the best games are made when the people creating them aren't suffering, and the people playing them feel supported. That is why our studio is strictly anti-crunch, protecting our developers' well-being. It is also why we are fiercely pro-accessibility, designing features that ensure our games can be enjoyed by as many players as possible.