Torus Games

Australian video game developer specializing in licensed titles, remasters, and original IP. Legal entity: Torus Games Pty. Ltd. Headquartered in **Bayswater, Victoria, Australia** (52-62 Stud Road, Bayswater per CBinsights company profile) — part of the Melbourne metro game-development cluster. **FOUNDED 1994** by **Bill McIntosh** (Owner and Founder per LinkedIn) per Wikipedia 'Torus Games' ('Torus Games was an Australian video game developer founded in 1994 by Bill McIntosh. The company was located in Bayswater, Victoria.') and Grokipedia. Long-running 25+ year history specializing in **licensed-IP and platform porting** work for international publishers — handling Game Boy / GBA / DS / 3DS / Switch ports and licensed titles for Disney, Nickelodeon, Warner Bros, and others (per Bill McIntosh LinkedIn: 'After an impressive history spanning over 25 years in console development, Torus continues to grow in strength...'). Notable Nintendo World Report developer spotlight coverage as a key Melbourne dev. **2024 HIBERNATION / EFFECTIVE SHUTDOWN:** Per GameDeveloper 'Update: Australian studio Torus Games "hibernating" after 30 years' (April 2024) — Torus Games has effectively shut down after 30 years per a brief X thread, marking the end of one of Australia's longest-running independent game dev studios. is_active=FALSE pending any potential reactivation. MobyGames: 79 'Developed by' + 2 'Ported by' credits — substantial licensed-titles development output across 1994-2024. Independent — no parent corporation. Moby record: 'Torus Games Pty. Ltd.'.

• Type: Developer · Buyer
• Headquarters: Australia
• Data updated: 15 Nov 2026

Key facts

• According to Games Atlas analysis of shipped-game credits, Torus Games published or developed 8 games released 2015–2025 (+2 as distributor or contractor).
• Games Atlas data shows 7 of 8 Torus Games titles with known production credits (88%) used external service partners.
• The most frequent external partner on Torus Games titles is Axion Studios (2 shared credits, 2017–2018).

What Torus Games outsources and how open it is to new partners

The verdict rates how hard it is for a new vendor to win work in each discipline: how much of the work goes to outside vendors rather than staying inside, whether the same partners come back or change from project to project, and how often first-time partners got in over recent years.

• Audio design and production services: Open: partners change from project to project. Sourcing model: spread across many vendors (2.8 vendors per title, typical 1.8). 4 of 7 titles with detailed credits since 2015 used an external partner (57%); 11 external partners, 0 of them returning (0% of outsourced titles), most often DINT Doblajes Internacionales (25%). Small base: a first signal, not a settled pattern.
• Art, assets and fonts production services: Open: partners change from project to project. Sourcing model: regularly outsourced (1 vendors per title, typical 3). 3 of 7 titles with detailed credits since 2015 used an external partner (43%); 2 external partners, 1 of them returning (67% of outsourced titles), most often Axion Studios (67%). Small base: a first signal, not a settled pattern.
• QA and testing services: Full breakdown available to registered members.
• Casting services: Full breakdown available to registered members.
• Additional development & engineering: Full breakdown available to registered members.
• Localisation services: Full breakdown available to registered members.
• Motion capture services: Full breakdown available to registered members.
• Storytelling and narrative services: Full breakdown available to registered members.
• Lead & co-development: Full breakdown available to registered members.

Members-only data, free account. The full sourcing breakdown for Torus Games is available to registered Games Atlas members. Registration is free. After sign-in, the page shows for QA and testing services, Casting services, Additional development & engineering, Localisation services, Motion capture services, Storytelling and narrative services, Lead & co-development: share of titles outsourced, number of external partners, the largest vendors and their share, new partners in recent years, and how open each discipline is to new vendors, plus 35 more external partners. Create a free account.

External partners proven by shipped credits

• Axion Studios — Art, assets and fonts production services, 2 shared credits, 2017–2018
• Kalypso Media — Distribution, Publishing, 2 shared credits, 2020–2022
• Keywords Studios — Art, assets and fonts production services, Porting services, 2 shared credits, 2021–2022
• Little Orbit — Publishing, 2 shared credits, 2015–2015
• Magic Pockets SAS — Lead & co-development, Additional development & engineering, 2 shared credits, 2016–2022

Methodology

Source: Games Atlas (gamesatlas.app), based on MobyGames production credits and Games Atlas analysis; the sourcing figures cover work credited on releases from 2015 onwards. One game counts once regardless of platforms, editions or add-ons. Games Atlas does not estimate revenue or report the performance of individual games. Profile: https://gamesatlas.app/companies/torus-games