Serenity Forge
Independent American indie video game developer and publisher headquartered in Boulder, Colorado, United States. Legal entity: Serenity Forge LLC. Multi-role indie studio combining own-IP development, third-party indie publishing, and additional-development co-dev partnerships. Confirmed active under the Serenity Forge brand at least since 2018 (per Nintendo Switch release list) and as a Nintendo registered third-party copyright holder ('Serenity Forge and logo R Serenity Forge LLC. © 2021 Serenity Forge LLC. All rights reserved.' per Nintendo's official third-party copyright register). Noted alongside Playism and other established indie publishers in 'Indie Games in the Digital Age' (academic publication) as a recognized modern indie publisher. Publishing portfolio across the modern PC/Switch/PS/Xbox digital era — 59 'Published by' MobyGames credits is a substantial single-vendor indie publishing total — alongside 20 own-IP developer credits and 10 additional-dev / co-dev contributions. Active hiring of game-development interns (per Twin Cities Geeks and Zerodonto Facebook posts) indicating a sustained operational footprint with multiple full-time staff plus an internship program in Boulder. Independent — no parent corporation. Moby record: 'Serenity Forge LLC'. FOUNDER: founded in 2014 in Boulder, Colorado by Zhenghua 'Z' Yang (Founder & CEO; Forbes 30 Under 30 list 2020) — launched with a $1,000 initial investment built around the mission of 'creating emotionally impactful experiences that challenge the way you think' (per en-wiki, zhenghuayang.com and Fortune Small Business series).
- Type: Publisher · Buyer
- Headquarters: United States
- Activity taxonomy (by shipped credits): Publishing, Development, Localisation services, Porting services, QA and testing services, Game development and engineering
- Credited games in the group: 17
Partners proven by shipped credits
- Beep Japan — Localisation services, Publishing, 2 shared credits, 2020–2026
- Moonana — Development, 2 shared credits, 2019–2024
- Dim Bulb Games — Development, 2 shared credits, 2018–2018
- Good Shepherd Entertainment — Publishing, 2 shared credits, 2018–2018
- Freebird Games — Development, Publishing, 2 shared credits, 2015–2024
- United Games Entertainment — Publishing, 1 shared credits, 2019–2019
- Strictly Limited Games — Publishing, 1 shared credits, 2019–2019
- Graffiti Games — Publishing, 1 shared credits, 2019–2019
- Smilegate Entertainment — Publishing, 1 shared credits, 2026–2026
- XD — Publishing, 1 shared credits, 2024–2024
- Do Games — Porting services, 1 shared credits, 2018–2018
- Keywords Studios México — QA and testing services, 1 shared credits, 2019–2019
- Rubicon Solutions — Localisation services, 1 shared credits, 2019–2019
- Chorus Worldwide Games — Game development and engineering, Publishing, 1 shared credits, 2024–2024
- MidBoss, LLC. — Development, Game development and engineering, 1 shared credits, 2024–2024
Source: Games Atlas (gamesatlas.app), based on MobyGames credits and Games Atlas analysis. Games Atlas does not estimate revenue or report the performance of individual games. Profile: https://gamesatlas.app/companies/serenity-forge