Sound Games has raised $6.5m to help build a catalogue of cross-platform, ‘pay once, play anywhere’ games across PC, mobile and console.
The publisher’s debut title, Go Ape Ship, is set for launch on February 18 across Steam, Epic Games Store, Google Play Store and Apple’s App Store. Like all of Sound’s titles, once players buy it on one storefront it unlocks on all other platforms. Details for a console release have not been confirmed.
Sound Games is led by cofounders Sergio Abril, Jacobo Abril and Mike Schmid. The Abril brothers are former architects that have previously created and released games as Nada Studio, including Starman: Tale of Light, Flocks and 1sland. Schmid has previously held senior roles at Wargaming, Ember, Apple, Rec Room and Backbone.
The $6.5m in seed financing was led by Point72 Ventures, with participation from Timeless, Daybreak, WOCstar, Hustle Fund, ZVC and others.
Sound Games cofounder Mike Schmid said of the raise: “We’re deeply grateful for the conviction and partnership from investors who share our belief that premium, cross-platform gaming has an enormous future – especially when paired with modern distribution.”
Point72 Ventures partner Ishan Sinha added: “We see cross-platform play as a meaningful shift in premium gaming. Sound Games has built around that shift from day one, and we believe its buy once, play anywhere model and focus on quality create room for a different kind of company.”
