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Failbetter Games

United Kingdom Founded 2010 Website

"Purveyors of only the finest examples of interactive narrative – Failbetter are an independent games studio, creating games and stories mostly set in the Fallen London Universe. At present there’s Fallen London itself, a highly acclaimed Victorian fantasy RPG set in a unique subterranean city, and Sunless Sea, an exploration and trading game set in a vast underground ocean of the same world."

Failbetter Games at a Glance

Failbetter Games has been active in the gaming industry from 2009 to 2023, with 8 titles tracked on PlayPile. Their catalog primarily spans Adventure, Role-playing (RPG), Indie, with additional titles in Card & Board Game and Strategy. With an average community rating of 81.6/100, Failbetter Games is among the highest-rated studios in our database -- 3 of their rated titles score 80 or above. Their highest-rated title on PlayPile is Fallen London (84.0/100). Games from Failbetter Games are available across 10 platforms, most notably PC (Microsoft Windows), Web browser, Linux.

8
Total Games
81.6
Avg Rating
2009
First Release
2023
Latest Release

Genre Breakdown

Adventure
33%
Role-playing (RPG)
22%
Indie
17%
Card & Board Game
11%
Strategy
6%

Platform Spread

PC (Microsoft Windows)
4
Web browser
4
Linux
3
Mac
3
iOS
1

Release Timeline

2000s
1
2010s
5
2020s
1

Rating Distribution

3
80-100
1
60-79
0
40-59
0
0-39