I don’t game much anymore, but Canadian devs shouldn’t be ignored.
On mobile, Rebuild 3 is developed in Canada. Of course, Death Road to Canada was dreamed up by abguy from Kitchener Ontario and it kicks ass!
On all major platforms Ubisoft has some awesome games from their Canadian studios like the Farcry series (Ubisoft Montreal & Ubisoft Toronto), Rainbow Six Seige, For Honor, and Watch Dogs.
Dead by Daylight is also developed by a Canadian game studio.
Share your favourite Canadian developers and game studios!
My disdain for Ubisoft is chafing against my Canadian patriotism!
I might sit this one out until they stop requiring an account for every game.
stop requiring an account for every game.
Yeah, this is annoying, and so many companies do this. I don’t mind if they want me to log in to save progress, especially in cross-platform games, but we know damn well they use “the account” as another way to track, data-harvest, and invade someone’s privacy.
I had no idea this was Canadian! Seems like Canadian game devs are really making top notch games.
This games Canadian? Last month I sunk so much time into it. Great game.
Balatro is Canadian?! Well shit, I already bought it like 4 times for various platforms.
https://canadiangamedevs.com/ has a huge list!
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Rimworld is created by Tynan Sylvester, who lives in Ottawa. Fantastic colony sim game that still gets consistent and major updates alongside the DLC releases.
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Torn Banner Studios, creators of Chivalry and Chivalry 2, the Medieval multiplayer combat games are also Based in Toronto. They recently declared Chiv 2 to be a completed game, ceasing anynew content updates but still supporting the servers and community. They seem to be cooking up something new, but no info yet.
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Hinterland Studios, creators of The Long Dark, a survival game, are based in Vancouver. The game is slower paced with realistic survival mechanics in rural north BC I believe. It’s not abandoned, but updates very slowly. Cool devs though.
All of these games have active dev and fan communities. Rimworld has a SUPER talented & stable modding community.
RimWorld is one of my favorite games ever
Oh man, how did I forget The Long Dark?? I was a very early access player of the game! One of the coolest survival games around. TLD 2 is also coming.
I think I’ve played TLD twice as much as any other game ever, and it’s not close. We’re talking maybe upwards of a thousand hours at this point; it’s my factorio.
Highly recommend it if you like survival games! Or just like Survivorman lmao (who is also Canadian, coincidentally. He’s got a great YouTube channel for those unaware)
Dude Sam, I I actually just installed it again the other day but I haven’t played it yet. It was such a fun game though.
Digital Extremes, the company behind Warframe, is based in London Ontario and has a yearly convention there every July.
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Drinkbox Studio (Guacamelee 1 & 2, Nobody Saves the World), Capybara Games (Sword & Sworcery, Super Time Force Ultra, Below, Grindstone), and Thunder Lotus (Spiritfarer) are Canadian as well, to name a few.
I was so about to name drop Drinkbox too, I always found it weird Guacamelee is Canadian.
warframe is made in london.
rainbow sox :D 🌈 🧦
LOL. oops. Corrected!
I’ll throw in a mention for Tunic.
Celeste.
Absolutely! To add to this… Buy Stalker 2.
Outward - Nine Dots Studio - Quebec. As a big Morrowind fan, I love Outward
cuphead is canadian too
1000XResist is by Canadian devs if weird not-quite-visual-novel-but-close games are your jam (eg paradise killer, mouthwashing).
Wildkeepers Rising, its part of Steam Next Fest, and out next month. Super small studio, one of the main devs is a childhood friend.
I don’t really care too much about Ubisoft’s games, but everything Ubisoft Montreal, specifically, has made that I’ve played at least was polished really well. They even have some pretty neat ideas occasionally. It’s just that most of the games Ubisoft makes under any of their development studios tend to also be samey and not innovative outside of, like, multiplayer options that nobody even plays (despite having some bangers out there like Watch Dogs’ MP).
When I did game more, I gravitated towards Ubisoft games like Wildlands, the Division, Farcry, etc. Not sure if it was the aesthetic or gameplay, but I’ve got a lot of ubisoft games. Lol
Granted, these games are developed by either the Canadian Studios or NotAmerican™ studios (Ubisoft Paris, etc.).
Games in general have lost their innovation and have just become too enshittified to enjoy these days. I’m glad I was a gamer before all that.
Games in general have lost their innovation and have just become too enshittified to enjoy these days. I’m glad I was a gamer before all that.
If they’re too shitty to enjoy, why are you playing them?
If you’re not playing them, how do you know they’re shitty?
And regardless, how would you know that it’s not you who changed?
If they’re too shitty to enjoy, why are you playing them?
Well, I don’t. And if I do, it’s like 98% less time spent playing them because it’s a frustratingly annoying experience.
If you’re not playing them, how do you know they’re shitty?
I’ve played them enough to know that I’m not a fan of the dark patterns they are based on.
And regardless, how would you know that it’s not you who changed?
Because I still enjoy games that predate enshittification.
It may seem strange, but there was a time when you could load a game, not see ads, pop ups, loot drop screens, “seasons”, various coin and other casino-style minigames, and within a click or two, you’d be in multiplayer match or a single player (offline) experience.
When a match was done, you could click “play again” and not have to go through anything else.
Weapons or items were either given to you without endless grinding, or they were there to discover through natural, organic gameplay… Not programmed “carrot on a stick” gimmicks.
I’m serious when I say I feel lucky to have experienced gaming before the industry turned to crap.
That’s not to say that 100% of current games are awful, but they genuinely feel more like a waste of time and not something you can enjoy finishing at your leisure.
