Hooded Horse
 | |
| Industry | Video games |
|---|---|
| Founded | 2019 |
| Headquarters | , US |
Key people | Tim Bender (CEO) Snow Rui (CFO) |
Number of employees | 12 (2023) |
| Website | hoodedhorse |
Hooded Horse is an American video game publisher founded in 2019. Based in Dallas, Texas, the company is most known for publishing tactical and strategic games such as Against the Storm, Old World, Manor Lords, and 9 Kings.
History
[edit]The company was founded in 2019. The company specializes in publishing tactical and strategic games with elements commonly seen in role-playing games. As a publisher, Hooded Horse will allocate a budget of at least $100,000 for localization and marketing for each project, and developers can retain 65% of all revenues generated following a game's release.[1][2] Early games published by Hooded Horse include Terra Invicta, a grand strategy game from Pavonis Interactive, the studio behind the Long War mods for modern XCOM games, and Workers & Resources: Soviet Republic from 3Division. It then signed with Mohawk Games for the development of Old World, after the original publisher Starbreeze Studios abandoned the project as it encountered financial difficulties.[3]
By 2023, the publisher had a total of 12 employees, and had published 20 games, most of which were released through Steam's early access program.[1] Against the Storm was released in late 2023 to critical acclaim, and had sold over 1 million copies by March 2024.[4] The company is set to publish Manor Lords (released through early access in April 2024),[5] and Nova Roma from Lion Shield, the developer behind Kingdoms and Castles, among others.[6] In June 2026, Beyond All Reason developers signs publishing deal with Hooded Horse to release their game on Steam.[7][8]
Games released
[edit]| Year | Title | Developer(s) | Platform(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Nebulous: Fleet Command (early access) | Eridanus Industries | Windows |
| Old World | Mohawk Games | Windows | |
| Clanfolk (early access) | MinMax Games | Windows | |
| 2023 | Against the Storm | Eremite Games | Windows, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S |
| 2024 | Sons of Valhalla | Pixel Chest | Windows |
| Manor Lords (early access) | Slavic Magic | Windows, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S | |
| Empires of the Undergrowth | Slug Disco | Windows | |
| Workers & Resources: Soviet Republic | 3Division | Windows | |
| Norland (early access) | Long Jaunt | Windows | |
| Breachway (early access) | Edgeflow Studio | Windows | |
| Shadow Gambit: The Cursed Crew[a] | Mimimi Games | Windows, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S | |
| 2025 | Cataclismo | Digital Sun | Windows |
| Blacksmith Master (early access) | Untitled Studio | Windows, Mac | |
| 9 Kings (early access) | Sad Socket | Windows, Mac | |
| Every Day We Fight (early access) | Signal Space Lab | Windows | |
| He is Coming (early access) | Chronocle | Windows | |
| Endless Legend 2 (early access) | Amplitude Studios | Windows | |
| Whiskerwood (early access) | Minakata Dynamics | Windows | |
| Super Fantasy Kingdom (early access) | Super Fantasy Games | Windows | |
| Battle Brothers[b] | Overhype Studios | Windows | |
| Darkwood[b] | Acid Wizard Studio | Windows | |
| 2026 | Terra Invicta | Pavonis Interactive | Windows |
| MENACE (early access) | Overhype Studios | Windows | |
| Heart of the Machine | Arcen Games | Windows | |
| Nova Roma (early access) | Lion Shield | Windows | |
| Xenonauts 2 | Goldhawk Interactive | Windows | |
| Heroes of Might and Magic: Olden Era (early access)[c] | Unfrozen | Windows | |
| Corsair Cove | Limbic Entertainment | Windows | |
| TBA | Espiocracy | Ex Vivo Studios | Windows, Mac, Linux |
| Darkwood 2 | Ice-Pick Lodge | Windows, Xbox Series X/S | |
| Falling Frontier | Stutter Fox Studios | Windows | |
| C-Beams | Distant Light Games | Windows | |
| Beyond All Reason | Windows, Linux |
References
[edit]- Notes
- References
- ^ a b Velocci, Carli (February 13, 2023). "How indie publisher Hooded Horse aims to do right by developers". Game Developer. Retrieved May 10, 2024.
- ^ Shoemaker, Richie (March 30, 2023). "Harnessing Hooded Horse power – Tim Bender and Snow Rui on their indie publisher". MCVUK. Retrieved May 10, 2024.
- ^ Low, Aloysius (October 13, 2021). "Old World's Epic Games Store exclusive a good thing: Hooded Horse CEO". Yahoo!. Retrieved May 10, 2024.
- ^ Livingston, Christopher (March 30, 2024). "One of our favorite city builders has sold over a million copies on Steam, and there's an expansion on the way". PC Gamer. Retrieved May 12, 2024.
- ^ Chalk, Andy (May 3, 2024). "Taking a lesson from Manor Lords, Hooded Horse delays Norland to July". PC Gamer. Retrieved May 10, 2024.
- ^ O'Connor, Alice (June 11, 2023). "Build your own Roman city with this new citybuilder next year". Rock, Paper, Shotgun. Retrieved May 2, 2024.
- ^ Squires-Hand, Liam (June 17, 2026). "Open source RTS game Beyond All Reason signs publishing deal with Hooded Horse". GamingOnLinux. Retrieved June 17, 2026.
- ^ "Beyond All Reason and Hooded Horse: a new chapter". Beyond All Reason. June 16, 2026. Retrieved June 17, 2026.
