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11 Hooded Horse is the publisher of Corsair Cove. The American company specializes in strategy, tactics, city-building, and grand strategy titles, and brought the project to market in partnership with developer Limbic Entertainment. The game was unveiled at the Find Your Next Game CAGGTUS show on April 17, 2026.
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33 Studio Profile
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55 FieldDetailFounded2019HeadquartersDallas, Texas, United StatesLeadershipTim Bender (CEO), Snow Rui (CFO)EmployeesApproximately 12 (in 2023)SpecialtyStrategy, tactics, city-building, grand strategyRole on Corsair CovePublisher
66 Portfolio
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88 The catalog is unusually narrow by publisher standards: almost every signed title sits inside the strategy, tactics, simulation, or city-builder space.
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1010 TitleGenre / NotesManor LordsMedieval city-builder and strategy hybridAgainst the StormRoguelite city-builder; 1M+ copies by March 2024Old WorldHistorical 4X grand strategy; picked up after a previous publisher exitedTerra InvictaGrand strategy with global politics and space combatWorkers & Resources: Soviet RepublicCold War-era city-builder and economic simulationXenonauts 2Turn-based tactics and strategic alien-defense managementFalling FrontierReal-time space strategySons of ValhallaSide-scrolling base-building and combatShadow Gambit: The Cursed CrewReal-time tactics in a pirate-supernatural settingNova RomaCity-builder set in classical RomeEndless Legend 2Fantasy 4X strategy9 KingsStrategy and deck-building hybrid
1111 Developer-Friendly Model
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1313 The publisher has built its reputation on contract terms that lean further toward developers than industry norm. Every signed title is given a guaranteed minimum of $100,000 spent on marketing and localization, so even smaller niche projects launch with professional translations and a real promotional push. Post-release revenue is split with developers retaining 65 percent of net proceeds, a higher share than the more common 50/50 splits seen elsewhere. This model helps explain why the publisher was able to continue Old World after its original publisher exited.
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1515 Track Record in City-Builders
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1717 Two titles in the catalog matter most for understanding why Corsair Cove landed here. Manor Lords released into Early Access as a high-profile commercial success, validating the publisher as a destination for serious city-builder projects. Against the Storm crossed one million copies sold by March 2024. This shows that mechanically dense roguelite-flavored city-builders can find a wide audience under this model. A vertical city-builder paired with turn-based naval combat fits naturally alongside them.
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1919 Corsair Cove Partnership
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2121 The publishing deal for Corsair Cove was made public alongside the world premiere on April 17, 2026. CEO Tim Bender publicly framed Limbic as a great studio with a long history of creating fun and innovative city-building games, citing the developer's track record on city-management and simulation projects as a natural fit for the catalog focus. The publisher handles the consumer-facing side of the launch: storefront listings, day-one PC Game Pass placement, demo distribution, the announcement trailer, and the broader marketing rollout. Limbic remains responsible for development.
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2323 Unconfirmed Details
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2525 Specific budget figures, release-window marketing commitments, and the contractual structure for Corsair Cove have not been disclosed publicly. The $100,000 minimum marketing and localization figure and the 65 percent developer revenue share are publisher-wide policies; neither side has confirmed how those numbers translate into this title specifically. Treat the figures above as the publisher's standard offer rather than confirmed Corsair Cove line items.