No More Robots Ltd is a British video game publisher based in Manchester, England. The company was founded by Mike Rose, previously of publishing company tinyBuild, alongside investors Simon Carless and Jas Purewal.[1] The publishing label originally found success with digital games Not Tonight and Descenders, and now works with various development studios for titles across PC and console gaming platforms.
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| Company type | Private |
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| Industry | Video games |
| Founded | 2017 |
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| Headquarters | , UK |
Number of locations | 1 office (2019) |
Area served | Worldwide |
Key people | Mike Rose (Director) |
Number of employees | 13 (2022) |
| Website | nomorerobots.io |
Operations and Publishing
editFollowing the success of Descenders,[2] No More Robots published management simulator Not Tonight, which was widely covered in the mainstream media for its dystopian take on Brexit.[3] In 2019, the publishing label released Independent Games Festival-nominated[4] operating system simulator Hypnospace Outlaw and card-based roguelike Nowhere Prophet.[5] In 2020, No More Robots released kingdom management sim Yes, Your Grace, and life simulator Family Man.
Founder Mike Rose spoke on the state of indie publishing, the industry, and the company in a 2024 interview. Rose stated that smaller publishers need to look at the long term without obsessing over exponential growth. No More Robots' approach focuses on "pragmatic survival" in favor of topping sales charts.[6]
Games published
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References
edit- ^ Takahashi, Dean (July 27, 2017). "New U.K. publisher No More Robots will launch Descenders free-riding game". VentureBeat. Retrieved March 3, 2019.
- ^ Handrahan, Matthew (July 25, 2018). "No More Robots' first year was 'far better than we'd dared to hope for'". Gamesindustry.biz. Retrieved March 3, 2019.
- ^ "Playing 'Not Tonight' - the dystopian Brexit video game". BBC. September 19, 2018. Retrieved March 3, 2019.
- ^ Fogel, Stefanie (January 3, 2019). "'Return of the Obra Dinn' Leads IGF Awards Nominees". Variety. Retrieved March 3, 2019.
- ^ Suther, Austin (July 2019). "A Look at How Nowhere Prophet Combines Roguelikes and Card Mechanics". TechRaptor. Retrieved July 19, 2019.
- ^ "'This is just a death cycle': No More Robots gets candid about the state of indie publishing". Game Developer. Retrieved September 3, 2024.
- ^ Wales, Matt (April 27, 2021). "Let's Build a Zoo is a cute zoo tycoon where you can splice up animals into silly new species". Eurogamer. Retrieved April 29, 2021.
- ^ Livingston, Christopher (July 22, 2021). "Heist Simulator lets you design and share your own devious heist levels". PC Gamer. Retrieved August 31, 2021.
- ^ Yin-Poole, Wesley (August 13, 2021). "Not Tonight 2 is a road trip through an alternative, broken America". Eurogamer. Retrieved August 31, 2021.
- ^ Wales, Matt (August 4, 2020). "Crossy Road developer unveils top-down space Western shooter TombStar". Eurogamer. Retrieved August 7, 2020.
- ^ "First-person shooter Fashion Police Squad for PC launches in 2022". Gematsu. June 1, 2021.
- ^ Wales, Matt (August 11, 2022). "Play football and save the world in Not Tonight dev's adventure RPG Soccer Story". Eurogamer. Retrieved September 1, 2022.
- ^ O'Connor, Alice (April 5, 2022). "A Hypnospace character is making his own retro 90s FPS, Slayers X". Rock, Paper, Shotgun. Retrieved September 1, 2022.
- ^ Wheeler, CJ (May 18, 2022). "Slice-of-life sim Spirittea channels Stardew Valley and the spirit world". Rock, Paper, Shotgun. Retrieved June 15, 2022.
- ^ "Descenders Next announced for PS5, Xbox Series, PS4, Xbox One, and PC". Gematsu. August 6, 2024. Retrieved August 7, 2024.
- ^ Purchese, Robert (April 5, 2022). "Hypnospace Outlaw expanding with a spiritual sequel and spin off". Eurogamer. Retrieved September 1, 2022.