Curve Digital

Curve Digital at a Glance

Curve Digital is a United Kingdom based publisher founded in 2005 that has been active from 2011 through 2022. The company currently lists 51 games on PlayPile, with 49 titles where they acted as the publisher and only 5 as developers. Their catalog spans multiple decades, releasing 40 games in the 2010s compared to just 11 in the 2020s. This drop in output suggests a significant slowdown in recent years for this label. The company focuses heavily on the Indie genre with 44 titles, followed by Adventure with 27 and Puzzle with 19. Their platform reach is broad but leans toward PC, appearing on Microsoft Windows in 47 releases. They also support PlayStation 4 in 34 games and Xbox One in 32. Smaller numbers appear for newer hardware like PlayStation 5 with 6 titles and Xbox Series X|S with 7, while legacy systems like PlayStation Vita and PlayStation 3 see minimal presence. Quality trends show a mostly average to good performance across their portfolio. The average IGDB rating is 69.8 out of 100 based on 43 rated titles. The breakdown shows seven games rated as great with scores over 80, while 30 are considered good between 60 and 79. There are six mixed titles scoring between 40 and 59, but no poor games below 40. Their top-rated releases include Motorsport Manager for Nintendo Switch from 2019, which scored 83, and Velocity Ultra from 2013 at 82.7. Other high scores belong to Bomber Crew, The Flame in the Flood, and A Knight's Quest, all landing around 80 points. Recent activity indicates a shift toward lower scoring projects. Their releases from 2021 and 2022 include Block'Em!, The Ascent: Cyber Edition, Embr, I Am Fish, and Lawn Mowing Simulator. These later titles show ratings of 67.8, 66.7, and 65.6 respectively, which fall into the lower end of their "good" category. While they have won industry awards like the TIGA Best Publisher Award and have internal studios such as Runner Duck Games, their recent output has not matched the critical success of their earlier catalog from the mid-2010s.

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