Owlcat Games is a video game developer founded in 2016 by Oleg Shpilchevskiy and Alexander Mishulin. It is headquartered in Cyprus, with a satellite office in Armenia. It is best known for developing

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s such as '' Pathfinder: Kingmaker'' (2018), its successor, '' Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous'' (2021), and '' Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader'' (2023).

History

Owlcat Games was founded in 2016 in

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by game developers who had previously worked on titles such as ''

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'', ''

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'', and

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s (MMORPG) such as ''

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'' and ''

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''. After working extensively on MMORPGs, the studio pivoted to create single-player role-playing video games. Partnering with

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and publisher

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, the studio's first game, '' Pathfinder: Kingmaker'', was partly funded through

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and released in 2018. It received criticisms for its technical issues, and Owlcat spent months introducing patches and free updates to the game. Initially a studio within My.Games, Owlcat raised $1 million in funding from investment firm Gem Capital in December 2019 for the development of another ''Pathfinder'' game, and became an independent studio. The sequel, '' Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous'', once again partly funded through

, was released in late 2021 and sold more than 1 million copies. The company's recent game, '' Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader'', was released in December 2023. In June 2025, Owlcat announced they were developing a new roleplaying game set in the universe of ''The Expanse''

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and

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titled ''The Expanse: Osiris Reborn''. The game will feature an original story, third-person tactical combat, a customisable captain, and romances with ally characters.

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* {{Owlcat Games, nocat=1 Companies based in Moscow Video game development companies Video game companies of Cyprus Video game companies of Russia Video game companies established in 2016 Indie game developers