Pinhead Games

Pinhead Games at a Glance

Pinhead Games is a United States based publisher and developer that has been active from 2004 through 2024. Their catalog on PlayPile includes 17 titles where they acted as publisher and 16 where they served as the developer. The company shows a clear shift in output over time. They released only three games during the 2000s and two more in the 2010s. This changed significantly in the 2020s when they launched twelve titles, making this decade their most productive period. The studio focuses heavily on the adventure genre with eleven releases in that category. Six of their games are specifically point-and-click adventures. They also have four hack and slash or beat 'em up titles and four indie projects. Their strategy portfolio contains two games, while arcade and puzzle genres each appear once. Pinhead Games targets several platforms but leans heavily toward PC on Microsoft Windows with eight releases. They also released eight games for the Commodore C64, 128, or MAX systems. Two of their titles are available on Mac and two run in a web browser. Quality assessment is limited by data availability since only one title has an IGDB rating so far. That single entry, Nick Bounty: The Dame with the Blue Chewed Shoe from 2020, holds a score of 70 out of 100. This places it in the good range according to PlayPile metrics. There are no recorded great, mixed, or poor ratings for their other works. Their recent activity includes Brain Hotel: Remodeled released in February 2024 and Nick Bounty: The Goat in the Grey Fedora - Remastered from October 2022. They also launched Archer, Captain Blind, and Maniac Outhouse all in September 2021. The company bio states they aim to bring quality point and click adventures to gamers for free. This promise aligns with their heavy output in the adventure genre over the last four years. Their production volume has grown substantially compared to their early years on the scene.

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