Ghost Ship Games

Danish video game developer

Ghost Ship Games ApS

Company type| Subsidiary
Industry| Video games
Founded| 2016; 9 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.

## History

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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. 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 and each of the six founders had had experience in studio management.[1] The newly formed team begin work on a co-op title that they envisioned as "basically combining Minecraft and Left 4 Dead".[2] 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.[3]

Coffee Stain Publishing released Deep Rock Galactic into early access on 28 February 2018.[4] 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.[5] The game officially left early access after more than two years on 13 May 2020.[6]

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.[7] 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.[8][9] In June 2022 they announced they had sold 4 million copies.[10]

Ghost Ship Games announced a Publishing label for Danish game studios in February 2023.[11] 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.[12]

## Games developed

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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

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

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2025  | SpellRogue | Windows  | Guidelight Games
Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor | Funday Games
2025 (Early Access)[13] | Dinolords | Northplay
2025 (Closed Alpha)[13] | Deep Rock Galactic: Rogue Core | Ghost Ship Games
2025  | Guntouchables  | Game Swing
TBA  | DarkSwarm | Bitfire Games

## References

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1. ^ Rochlin, Jason (17 December 2021). "Deep Rock Galactic Game Director Talks Rise From Six Founders to Three Million Players". Game Rant.
2. ^ Carcasole, David (1 December 2021). "Rock And Stone! Ghost Ship Games CEO Søren Lundgaard Talks Deep Rock Galactic's Upcoming PlayStation Launch". PlayStation Universe.
3. ^ Wray, Chris (27 February 2017). "Coffee Stain Studios: Expanding, Acquiring and Publishing". Wccftech.
4. ^ Tanner Dedmon (14 February 2018). "Deep Rock Galactic Comes to Early Access, Game Preview This Month". Comic Book. Archived from the original on 24 June 2018. Retrieved 23 June 2018.
5. ^ Taylor, Ivy (19 September 2018). "Deep Rock Galactic and the advantages of open development". GamesIndustry.biz.
6. ^ Ramée, Jordan. "Deep Rock Galatic [sic] Leaves Early Access This May". GameSpot.
7. ^ Romano, Sal (4 August 2021). "Embracer Group acquires 3D Realms, CrazyLabs, Digixart, Easy Trigger, Force Field, Ghost Ship Games, Grimfrost, and Slipgate Ironworks". Gematsu. Archived from the original on 5 August 2021. Retrieved 5 August 2021.
8. ^ Murray, Sean (11 November 2021). "Deep Rock Galactic Sells 3 Million Units". TheGamer.
9. ^ Tailby, Stephen (December 2021). "Acclaimed Co-Op Shooter Deep Rock Galactic Digs Down to PS5, PS4 in January". Push Square.
10. ^ "4 Million Units sold". June 2022.
11. ^ Marshall, Cass (16 February 2023). "Deep Rock Galactic dev launches publishing label for Danish studios". Polygon. Retrieved 22 February 2023.
12. ^ Brown, Andy (1 March 2023). "Ghost Ship Publishing unveils first three games it will be supporting". NME.
13. ^ a b "Deep Rock Galactic - Hey miner! Wanna hear a lot more about Season 05? - Steam News". store.steampowered.com. 29 April 2024. Retrieved 5 May 2024.

## External links

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* Official website

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Embracer Group

List of video games (Deep Silver, Prime Matter, Ravenscourt, Saber Interactive, THQ Nordic) / List of mergers and acquisitions (THQ Nordic)

| THQ Nordic|

* Black Forest Games
* Bugbear Entertainment
* Gunfire Games
* HandyGames
* Purple Lamp

|

Plaion|

* Anime Limited
* Deep Silver
* Dambuster Studios
* Fishlabs
* DigixArt
* Flying Wild Hog
* Milestone
* Warhorse Studios

Coffee Stain|

* Coffee Stain Studios
* Easy Trigger
* Ghost Ship Games

Amplifier Game Invest|

* Tarsier Studios

Deca Games|

* Cryptic Studios

Dark Horse Media|

* Dark Horse Comics
* Dark Horse Entertainment

Freemode|

* Limited Run Games
* Middle-earth Enterprises

CDE Entertainment|

* Crystal Dynamics
* Eidos-Montréal

Other assets|

* 4A Games
* Arc Games
* Aspyr
* Beamdog
* Demiurge Studios
* Snapshot Games
* Tripwire Interactive
* Zen Studios

Former assets|

* 3D Realms
* Asmodee
* Days of Wonder
* Fantasy Flight Games
* Lookout Games
* Plaid Hat Games
* Z-Man Games
* Digic Pictures
* Easybrain
* Free Radical Design
* Gearbox Entertainment
* New World Interactive
* Nimble Giant Entertainment
* Piranha Bytes
* Rainbow Studios
* Saber Interactive
* Slipgate Ironworks
* Square Enix Montreal
* Volition

Authority control databases |

* MusicBrainz label

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