Independent game studio

Bad ideas, tied tight.

Knot Head Games is an independent studio making loud, funny, slightly unhinged games, and publishing a few from other small teams who make the same kind.

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Knotty, our mascot: a cross-eyed rope knot with a bandage on its head

On the workbench

Our first game

In development, playtests on itch.io

Gone Bonking

A roguelite of questionable decisions.

A third-person survivor-roguelite where sixteen deeply unqualified heroes bonk their way through a cursed, open-map castle. You steer. Your weapon swings on its own. The horde only gets worse.

  • Windows PC
  • 1, or 2–4 online co-op
  • 3D survivor-roguelite, comic horror

Find out more

  • Rope Boy
  • Drunk Unc
  • Major Overkill
  • Trash Wizard
  • Night Janitor
  • Birthday Clown
  • Lunch Lady
  • Mascot

How we work

Small studio. Thick skulls.

  • Funny first

    If it doesn't make somebody at the desk laugh out loud, it goes back on the workbench.

  • Small on purpose

    A small team means every idea gets a real look, and nothing gets lost in a meeting.

  • Playtest early

    Builds go out before they're comfortable. Players find the fun faster than we do.

  • Ship, then keep going

    We'd rather put a game in your hands and improve it every week than polish it in the dark.

Publishing

Got a game with a few screws loose?

We publish a few small, strange games from other teams: store pages, playtests, launch plans, and somebody in your corner who has done it before.

Pitch us your game How it works

  • Store pages that sell
  • Playtests with real players
  • A release plan
  • Press and creators