Pine Studio

Pine Studio at a Glance

Pine Studio is a developer based in Croatia that launched in 2012 from a garage. They have published fourteen games on PlayPile, though only seven carry the publisher credit while all fourteen list them as the developer. The company has been active from 2016 through 2025, splitting their output evenly between the 2010s and the 2020s with seven releases in each decade. Their history began with an ambitious turn-based strategy game called Perishing Sun, which was never released because it proved too large for the small team at the time. Following that failure, they shifted focus to smaller mobile titles and have since released over thirty games in total across various platforms. The studio has built a portfolio heavily skewed toward puzzle games, with twelve titles in this genre, followed by nine adventure games and five indie projects. They have also touched upon simulator, point-and-click, shooter, racing, platformer, and arcade categories. Their distribution reaches PC Microsoft Windows and Android most frequently with nine releases each, while iOS holds eight spots. The team also supports Mac, Linux, SteamVR, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and Windows Phone. Quality trends show a generally positive reception among the five titles that have received ratings on PlayPile. The average score sits at 79.3 out of 100, with two great releases scoring above 80 and three good games falling between 60 and 79. There are no mixed or poor rated titles in their tracked history. Their highest-rated work is Escape Simulator from 2021, which holds a score of 93.3. Faraway 2: Jungle Escape from 2018 follows with a 90 rating. Other notable entries include The Academy: The First Riddle at 77.5, Cats in Time at 72.4, and Seum: Speedrunners from Hell at 63.1. Recent activity shows they continue to release sequels and new content. They launched Escape Simulator 2 in October 2025 and The Birdcage 3 in March 2024. Faraway: Jungle Escape arrived in December 2022, while the original Escape Simulator came out in October 2021. Their early work included Seum: Speedrunners from Hell, a competitive heavy metal first-person platformer released on Steam in July 2016. The bio notes this title as a mix of Quake 3 and Super Meat Boy styles. Currently, they are working on mobile games like the Faraway series where players explore ancient temple ruins filled with puzzles.

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