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Big Fish Games

United States Founded 2002 Website

Big Fish Games is a casual game company based in Seattle. Founded in 2002, it is a developer, distributor, and publisher of casual games for computers and mobile devices. Through its mobile and online distribution platforms, Big Fish has distributed more than 2.5 billion games to customers in 150 countries from a growing catalog of 450+ unique mobile games and 3,500+ unique PC games. January 11, 2008 After successfully transitioning from a PC-centric to a mobile-centric company, Big Fish has emerged as a top-grossing mobile publisher worldwide with a portfolio that includes the #1 mobile social casino game, Big Fish Casino. The company is headquartered in Seattle, WA, with a regional office in Oakland, CA.

Big Fish Games at a Glance

Big Fish Games operates out of Seattle and has been active since 2001. The company started as a PC-centric studio before shifting its focus toward mobile devices. Their catalog on PlayPile contains 659 titles, with the vast majority serving as publishers rather than developers. They have released 56 games during the 2000s, jumped to 488 in the 2010s, and slowed down to 80 releases in the current decade up to 2025. This data shows a massive expansion period followed by a significant reduction in output volume. The company specializes heavily in casual genres. Their library is dominated by Adventure titles with 491 entries, followed by Puzzle games at 274 and Point-and-click games at 193. Strategy, Indie, and Simulator titles make up the remainder of their catalog, while Arcade, Card & Board Game, Platform, and Real Time Strategy genres are represented by very few entries. They publish primarily for PC with 637 games, though they also support Mac, iOS, and Android platforms. Their reach extends to older mobile hardware like Nintendo DS and Windows Phone, as well as modern consoles like the Nintendo Switch and Xbox One in smaller numbers. Quality assessments from IGDB show an average rating of 69 out of 100 across 48 rated titles. The breakdown indicates that most games fall into the good range with 35 entries scoring between 60 and 79. There are only 7 great titles that score above 80, while 6 games receive mixed scores in the 40 to 59 range. No titles appear to have poor ratings below 40. Their highest-rated works include Mystery Case Files: Dire Grove from 2009 and Gummy Drop! from 2014, both scoring above 90. More recent releases like The Unseen Fears: Body Thief and A Haunting Novel: Burton Hotel continue to release in late 2025, showing they still maintain a steady stream of new content despite the lower overall output compared to the previous decade.

659
Total Games
69
Avg Rating
2001
First Release
2025
Latest Release

Genre Breakdown

Adventure
47%
Puzzle
26%
Point-and-click
18%
Strategy
2%
Indie
2%

Platform Spread

PC (Microsoft Windows)
637
Mac
227
iOS
114
Android
54
Linux
13

Release Timeline

2000s
56
2010s
488
2020s
80

Rating Distribution

7
80-100
35
60-79
6
40-59
0
0-39
Phantasmat: Crucible Peak - Collector's Edition game cover

Phantasmat: Crucible Peak - Collector's Edition

2012·PC
Christmas Stories: Nutcracker - Collector's Edition game cover
Rating 6.0

Christmas Stories: Nutcracker - Collector's Edition

2012·PC, Mac, iOS
Mystery Case Files: Shadow Lake - Collector's Edition game cover
Rating 5.0

Mystery Case Files: Shadow Lake - Collector's Edition

2012·PC
Mystery Case Files: Shadow Lake game cover
Rating 7.3

Mystery Case Files: Shadow Lake

2012·PC, Mac, iOS
Mystery Trackers: The Four Aces game cover

Mystery Trackers: The Four Aces

2012·PC, Mac
Web of Deceit: Black Widow - Collector's Edition game cover

Web of Deceit: Black Widow - Collector's Edition

2012·PC
Mystery Trackers: The Four Aces - Collector's Edition game cover

Mystery Trackers: The Four Aces - Collector's Edition

2012·PC, Mac, iOS
Sable Maze: Sullivan River - Collector's Edition game cover

Sable Maze: Sullivan River - Collector's Edition

2012·PC
Dark Parables: The Red Riding Hood Sisters game cover

Dark Parables: The Red Riding Hood Sisters

2012·PC, iOS
Margrave: The Blacksmith's Daughter game cover

Margrave: The Blacksmith's Daughter

2012·PC
Grim Tales: The Wishes game cover

Grim Tales: The Wishes

2012·PC, Mac, iOS
Surface: The Noise She Couldn't Make game cover

Surface: The Noise She Couldn't Make

2012·PC, Mac, iOS
Royal Detective: Lord of Statues game cover

Royal Detective: Lord of Statues

2012·PC, Mac
Haunted Hotel: Charles Dexter Ward game cover

Haunted Hotel: Charles Dexter Ward

2012·PC
Grim Tales: The Wishes - Collector's Edition game cover

Grim Tales: The Wishes - Collector's Edition

2012·PC, Mac, iOS
Haunted Hotel: Charles Dexter Ward - Collector's Edition game cover

Haunted Hotel: Charles Dexter Ward - Collector's Edition

2012·PC
Hallowed Legends: Templar - Collector's Edition game cover

Hallowed Legends: Templar - Collector's Edition

2012·PC, Mac, iOS
PuppetShow: Return to Joyville game cover

PuppetShow: Return to Joyville

2012·PC
Cooking Academy 3: Recipe for Success game cover

Cooking Academy 3: Recipe for Success

2012·PC
Alice and the Magic Gardens game cover

Alice and the Magic Gardens

2012·PC
Mystery Trackers: Black Isle game cover

Mystery Trackers: Black Isle

2012·PC, Mac, iOS
Entwined: Strings of Deception game cover

Entwined: Strings of Deception

2012·PC
Secrets of the Titanic 1912-2012 game cover

Secrets of the Titanic 1912-2012

2012·PC, iOS, 3DS +1
Mystery Trackers: Black Isle - Collector's Edition game cover

Mystery Trackers: Black Isle - Collector's Edition

2012·PC, Mac, iOS
Surface: the Mystery of Another World game cover

Surface: the Mystery of Another World

2012·PC, Mac, iOS
The Agency of Anomalies: Mystic Hospital game cover

The Agency of Anomalies: Mystic Hospital

2012·PC
Aaron Crane: Paintings Come Alive game cover

Aaron Crane: Paintings Come Alive

2012·PC
Ghost Towns: Cats of Ulthar game cover

Ghost Towns: Cats of Ulthar

2012·PC
Grim Tales: The Legacy - Collector's Edition game cover

Grim Tales: The Legacy - Collector's Edition

2012·PC, Mac, iOS
DreamWoods 2 game cover

DreamWoods 2

2011·PC
Brink of Consciousness: Dorian Gray Syndrome - Collector's Edition game cover

Brink of Consciousness: Dorian Gray Syndrome - Collector's Edition

2011·PC, Mac, Android +1
House of 1000 Doors: Family Secrets game cover
Rating 9.0

House of 1000 Doors: Family Secrets

2011·PC, Mac, iOS
Dark Parables: Rise of the Snow Queen game cover

Dark Parables: Rise of the Snow Queen

2011·PC, Mac
Mystery Case Files: Escape from Ravenhearst game cover
Rating 7.2

Mystery Case Files: Escape from Ravenhearst

2011·PC, Mac, iOS
Marie Antoinette and the Disciples of Loki game cover

Marie Antoinette and the Disciples of Loki

2011·PC, NDS
Campfire Legends: The Last Act game cover

Campfire Legends: The Last Act

2011·PC
Haunted Manor: Queen of Death - Collector's Edition game cover

Haunted Manor: Queen of Death - Collector's Edition

2011·PC
Lost Souls: Enchanted Paintings game cover
Rating 9.0

Lost Souls: Enchanted Paintings

2011·PC, iOS
Hallowed Legends: Templar game cover

Hallowed Legends: Templar

2011·PC, Mac
Hidden Expedition: The Uncharted Islands game cover

Hidden Expedition: The Uncharted Islands

2011·PC, Mac, iOS
Drawn: Trail of Shadows game cover

Drawn: Trail of Shadows

2011·PC, iOS
Enigmatis: The Ghosts of Maple Creek game cover
Rating 6.9

Enigmatis: The Ghosts of Maple Creek

2011·PS4, PC, XONE +6
Grim Tales: The Bride - Collector's Edition game cover

Grim Tales: The Bride - Collector's Edition

2011·PC, Mac
Mahjong Towers game cover

Mahjong Towers

2011·Android, iOS
Mystery Case Files: The Malgrave Incident game cover
Rating 7.0

Mystery Case Files: The Malgrave Incident

2011·Wii
Secrets of the Dark: Temple of Night game cover

Secrets of the Dark: Temple of Night

2011·PC, Mac, iOS
Treasure Seekers 3: Follow the Ghosts game cover

Treasure Seekers 3: Follow the Ghosts

2011·PC, iOS
Mystery Trackers: Raincliff game cover

Mystery Trackers: Raincliff

2011·PC, Mac, iOS