Frozenbyte, Inc. (natively Frozenbyte ) is a Finnish

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founded in 2001 and based in

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. , it had approximately 130 employees. Frozenbyte's first commercial game was '' Shadowgrounds'' for

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. Both ''Shadowgrounds'' and its follow-up '' Shadowgrounds: Survivor'' were released for

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in 2009, ported by IGIOS and published by

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. They and all their later games use an

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that has been known internally as Storm3D, originally by Finnish programmer Sebastian Aaltonen. Frozenbyte's next commercial game, '' Trine'' was released in 2009 for Microsoft Windows in 2009, and has since been ported to Linux,

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, the

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, and Nintendo eShop. The game spawned four sequels, ''

Trine 2 ''Trine 2'' is a puzzle-platform game developed and published by Frozenbyte. It is the sequel to ''Trine (video game), Trine'' and was released on Microsoft Windows, OS X, PlayStation 3, and Xbox 360 in December 2011, and later for Linux in Marc ...

'' which was released on Microsoft Windows, OS X,

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, and

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in December 2011, Linux in March 2012, and Wii U eShop in November 2012, and '' Trine 3: The Artifacts of Power'' which was released via

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in August 2015. A fourth installment, '' Trine 4: The Nightmare Prince'' was released in October 2019. The fifth installment '' Trine 5: A Clockwork Conspiracy'' was released in 2023. A ''

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'' sale started on 12 April 2011, and featured five games from Frozenbyte, including ''Trine'', ''Shadowgrounds'', and ''Shadowgrounds: Survivor'', for Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux. It also contained an executable version along with source code for an unfinished game, ''Jack Claw'', and a pre-order for their upcoming game, '. As of August 2021, ''Splot'' has still to be published, and buyer's libraries on

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say "There are no full release builds planned of ''Splot'' for Windows, Mac, and Linux". On 4 December 2015, the company announced ''

Shadwen ''Shadwen'' is a stealth video game developed and published by Frozenbyte. The game was released for macOS, Linux, macOS, PlayStation 4, and Windows in May 2016. Gameplay ''Shadwen'' is a stealth video game played from a third-person view. P ...

'', a

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where time moves only when the player moves. On 28 May 2019, the company announced a new upcoming game ''

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'', a

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MMO that was allegedly in development in secret for five years prior.

Games developed

*'' Shadowgrounds'' (2005) *'' Shadowgrounds: Survivor'' (2007) *'' Trine'' (2009) *''

'' (2011) *' (2014) *'' Trine 3: The Artifacts of Power'' (2015) *''

'' (2016) * '' Has-Been Heroes'' (2017) * ''

Nine Parchments ''Nine Parchments'' is a twin stick action role-playing game developed and published by Frozenbyte. The game was released for Nintendo Switch, Windows, and PlayStation 4 in 2017, and for Xbox One in 2018. The game's story revolves around students ...

'' (2017) *'' Trine 4: The Nightmare Prince'' (2019) *''

'' (2021) *'' Trine 5: A Clockwork Conspiracy'' (2023)

References

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* Privately held companies of Finland Video game companies established in 2001 Finnish companies established in 2001 Companies based in Helsinki Video game companies of Finland Video game development companies {{Finland-company-stub