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D-Pad Studio

Norway Founded 2011 Website

D-Pad Studio is a small indie game studio, best known for our flagship game Owlboy, which is a platform adventure game where you can fly and explore a large open world. Our team, which is situated in Norway, the US, and Canada, consists of 5 people, and we first started working together in 2007. The company, D-Pad Studio AS, was founded in 2011, and is registered in Bergen, Norway. As a team, we are all inspired by the old video games that we grew up with, and we want to create games that are as full of charm and interactivity as the old classics. We greatly value our artistic independence and artistic and moral integrity, and try to make games that inspire both thought and emotion.

D-Pad Studio at a Glance

D-Pad Studio has been active in the gaming industry from 2013 to 2023, with 5 titles tracked on PlayPile. Their catalog primarily spans Indie, Adventure, Platform, with additional titles in Puzzle and Shooter. The studio carries a solid 71.8/100 average rating across their catalog, with 1 titles rated favorably by the community. Their highest-rated title on PlayPile is Owlboy (83.6/100). Games from D-Pad Studio are available across 8 platforms, most notably PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Nintendo Switch.

5
Total Games
71.8
Avg Rating
2013
First Release
2023
Latest Release

Genre Breakdown

Indie
29%
Adventure
18%
Platform
18%
Puzzle
12%
Shooter
12%

Platform Spread

PC (Microsoft Windows)
5
Mac
4
Nintendo Switch
3
Linux
3
PlayStation 4
1

Release Timeline

2010s
3
2020s
1

Rating Distribution

1
80-100
0
60-79
1
40-59
0
0-39