Ghost Ship Games

Ghost Ship Games ApS

Type| Subsidiary
Industry| Video games
Founded| 2016; 10 years ago (2016)
Founders|

* Søren Lundgaard
* Mikkel Martin Pedersen
* Henrik Edwards
* Jonas Møller
* Robert Friis
* Philip Mygind

Headquarters|

Copenhagen

Denmark

Key people

* Søren Lundgaard (CEO)
* Henrik Edwards (CTO)

Number of employees

| 43
Parent| Coffee Stain Holding (2021–present)
Divisions| Ghost Ship Publishing
Website| ghostship.dk

Ghost Ship Games ApS is a Danish video game developer and publisher based in Copenhagen. Founded in 2016, it is best known for developing Deep Rock Galactic.

## Contents

* 1 History
* 2 Games developed
* 3 Games published
* 4 References
* 5 External links

## History

Ghost Ship Games was founded in the spring of 2016 by a team of five former employees of Press Play after that studio's closure. The company was funded the Danish government's Cap Nova, which focused on video games.[1] CEO Søren Lundgaard was invited to join the company shortly after by game director Mikkel Martin Pedersen. Lundgaard and Pedersen had previously been co-workers at the defunct game studio Deadline Games for over ten years.[2] The newly formed team begin work on a co-op title that they envisioned as "basically combining Minecraft and Left 4 Dead".[3] In February 2017, Swedish developer Coffee Stain Studios acquired a 30% stake in Ghost Ship Games and agreed to publish their first game, Deep Rock Galactic.[4]

Coffee Stain Publishing released Deep Rock Galactic into early access on 28 February 2018.[5] Ghost Ship benefited from the community feedback that an early access model allowed for. Early reviews of the game were very positive and the game amassed 300,000 players by September 2018.[6] The game officially left early access after more than two years on 13 May 2020.[7]

In August 2021, Coffee Stain's parent company Embracer Group acquired the remaining 70% of Ghost Ship Games, which made the studio a subsidiary of Coffee Stain Holding.[8] According to Finans, the founders received 528 million DKK.[1] In November 2021, Ghost Ship announced that Deep Rock Galactic had sold three million copies and would be ported to PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5 in January 2022.[9][10] In June 2022 they announced they had sold 4 million copies.[11]

Ghost Ship Games announced a Publishing label for Danish game studios in February 2023.[12] The label's first three titles were subsequently announced as Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor (a single player spinoff of Deep Rock Galactic), SpellRogue and DarkSwarm.[13]

## Games developed

Year  | Title  | Platform(s)  | Publisher(s)

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2020  | Deep Rock Galactic | Windows, PS4, PS5, Xbox One & Series X/S  | Coffee Stain Publishing
TBA  | Deep Rock Galactic: Rogue Core | Windows  | Ghost Ship Publishing

## Games published

Year  | Title  | Platform(s)  | Developer(s)

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|
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2025  | SpellRogue | Windows  | Guidelight Games
Software:Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor | Windows, Xbox Series X/S  | Funday Games
2025 (Early Access)[14] | Dinolords | Windows  | Northplay
2025 (Closed Alpha)[14] | Deep Rock Galactic: Rogue Core | Ghost Ship Games
2025  | Guntouchables  | Game Swing
TBA  | DarkSwarm | Bitfire Games

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Kildebogaard, Jesper (14 October 2022). "Seks venner ville skabe nyt computerspil: Solgte for en halv milliard fem år senere" (in da). https://finans.dk/tech/ECE14497489/seks-venner-blev-ivaerksaettere-paa-foerste-klasse-solgte-ghost-ship-games-for-en-halv-milliard-fem-aar-senere/.
2. ↑ Rochlin, Jason (17 December 2021). "Deep Rock Galactic Game Director Talks Rise From Six Founders to Three Million Players". https://gamerant.com/deep-rock-galactic-interview-ghost-ship-history-player-growth-3-million/.
3. ↑ Carcasole, David (1 December 2021). "Rock And Stone! Ghost Ship Games CEO Søren Lundgaard Talks Deep Rock Galactic's Upcoming PlayStation Launch". https://www.psu.com/news/rock-and-stone-ghost-ship-games-ceo-soren-lundgaard-talks-deep-rock-galactics-upcoming-playstation-launch/.
4. ↑ Wray, Chris (27 February 2017). "Coffee Stain Studios: Expanding, Acquiring and Publishing". https://wccftech.com/coffee-stain-studios-publishing-expanding/.
5. ↑ Tanner Dedmon (14 February 2018). "Deep Rock Galactic Comes to Early Access, Game Preview This Month". http://comicbook.com/gaming/2018/02/14/deep-rock-galactic-early-access-game-preview/. Retrieved 23 June 2018.
6. ↑ Taylor, Ivy (19 September 2018). "Deep Rock Galactic and the advantages of open development". https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2018-09-18-deep-rock-galactic-and-the-advantages-of-open-development.
7. ↑ Ramée, Jordan. "Deep Rock Galatic [sic] Leaves Early Access This May". https://www.gamespot.com/articles/deep-rock-galatic-leaves-early-access-this-may/1100-6476597/.
8. ↑ Romano, Sal (August 4, 2021). "Embracer Group acquires 3D Realms, CrazyLabs, Digixart, Easy Trigger, Force Field, Ghost Ship Games, Grimfrost, and Slipgate Ironworks". https://www.gematsu.com/2021/08/embracer-group-acquires-3d-realms-crazylabs-digixart-easy-trigger-force-field-ghost-ship-games-grimfrost-and-slipgate-ironworks.
9. ↑ Murray, Sean (11 November 2021). "Deep Rock Galactic Sells 3 Million Units". https://www.thegamer.com/deep-rock-galactic-sells-3-million-units/.
10. ↑ Tailby, Stephen (December 2021). "Acclaimed Co-Op Shooter Deep Rock Galactic Digs Down to PS5, PS4 in January". https://www.pushsquare.com/news/2021/12/acclaimed-co-op-shooter-deep-rock-galactic-digs-down-to-ps5-ps4-in-january.
11. ↑ "4 Million Units sold". June 2022. https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/548430/view/3347878488984502794.
12. ↑ Marshall, Cass (2023-02-16). "Deep Rock Galactic dev launches publishing label for Danish studios" (in en-US). https://www.polygon.com/23599324/deep-rock-galactic-developer-ghost-ship-games-publishing.
13. ↑ Brown, Andy (1 March 2023). "Ghost Ship Publishing unveils first three games it will be supporting". https://www.nme.com/news/gaming-news/ghost-ship-publishing-unveils-first-three-games-it-will-be-supporting-3406481.
14. ↑ 14.0 14.1 "Deep Rock Galactic - Hey miner! Wanna hear a lot more about Season 05? - Steam News" (in en). 2024-04-29. https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/548430/view/4170972198114075552.

## External links

* Official website

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Embracer Group

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Subsidiaries|

| THQ Nordic|

* Black Forest Games
* Bugbear Entertainment
* Gunfire Games
* HandyGames
* Piranha Bytes
* Rainbow Studios

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Koch Media / Deep Silver|

* Dambuster Studios
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Saber Interactive|

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Others|

* Coffee Stain Studios
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