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11 Overview
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33 Thermite Games (Chinese legal name: Beijing Yunling Technology Co., Ltd.) is a video game publisher based in Beijing, China, founded in 2020. The company focuses on discovering and publishing indie games for a global audience. It served as the original publishing partner for The Bustling World after the game's Kickstarter campaign was cancelled in January 2024.
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5-The company describes its mission as hunting for "indie games that break the mold and steal your heart." Thermite Games offers developers a range of publishing services including funding, localization, porting, quality assurance, marketing, public relations, and community management.
5+Thermite Games offers developers a range of publishing services including funding, localization, porting, quality assurance, marketing, public relations, and community management.
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77 Leadership and Team
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99 The company's leadership team consists of Sean (founder and CEO), Jay (co-founder and COO), Dirac (CMO), and Siki (Creative Director). Even with its modest size, the company has built a catalog of over a dozen published titles spanning multiple genres from roguelikes to life simulators.
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11-Published Titles
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13-Thermite Games has published the following selected titles on Steam, where the company has accumulated over 28,000 followers.
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15-TitleGenreRelease dateTales of the Neon SeaPuzzle adventureApril 29, 2019Castle MorihisaRoguelike deckbuilderFebruary 10, 2022Nobody: The TurnaroundLife simulatorNovember 16, 2022A Guidebook of BabelAdventureAugust 2, 2023Legendary Creatures 2Strategy RPGOctober 17, 2023Sophia the TravelerAdventureApril 11, 2024Corpse KeeperAction-strategy rogueliteMay 28, 2024LONESTARStrategy deckbuilderApril 3, 2025House of LegacySimulationMay 14, 2025The Bustling WorldOpen-world action RPGTBA
16-Upcoming titles on the Thermite Games roster include Teatopia, Another Farm Roguelike: Rebirth, and Detained: Too Good for School.
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1811 Relationship with the Bustling World
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20-Thermite Games partnered with FireWo Games to publish The Bustling World after the game's Kickstarter campaign was pulled. FireWo Games was founded by a young Chinese couple based in Chengdu who have been developing the game for over five years. The team has since grown to over 50 members as of early 2025. The Kickstarter had raised $10,634 from 231 backers toward an $80,000 goal before being cancelled on January 3, 2024. The team decided to restructure backer rewards and pursue a traditional publishing partnership instead.
13+Thermite Games partnered with FireWo Games to publish The Bustling World after the game's Kickstarter campaign was pulled. FireWo Games was founded by a young Chinese couple who began the project in 2019 and incorporated in Chengdu in January 2024. That team numbered 25 by August 2024 and around 50 by early 2026. The Kickstarter had raised $10,634 from 231 backers toward an $80,000 goal before being cancelled on January 3, 2024. The team decided to restructure backer rewards and pursue a traditional publishing partnership instead.
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2215 The game accumulated over 150,000 Steam wishlists within three weeks of its store page going live, with over 60% of wishlists coming from outside China.
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2417 By early 2025 Lightning Games had appeared as the publisher on the game's store page, and it remains the sole publisher named there. Both companies have been associated with the title at different points during its development, so older articles and database entries still carry the earlier attribution. The store listing is the current one.