Original IP · Co-Dev · Tools · Brighton, UK

Independent games
crafted by gamers.

We're an independent studio actively developing our first title — funded by co-dev work with studios we respect and tools built from our own experience.

About the Studio Our Tools

Original IP

Bay 23

Our first original game. A co-op extraction game where you and your crew are package-handling robots working a shift in a corporate facility that would rather you didn't look too closely at what it's shipping.

Bay 23
In Development
Bay 23

Co-op Extraction · 1–6 Players · PC

Developer Tools

Built for Studios

Alongside our games, we build tools that fill gaps we've felt ourselves.

In Development
Ludovite

QA for game studios, not software teams.

SaaS Platform Web From Free

Co-Dev Work

Thick as Thieves

Working alongside Otherside Entertainment — co-founded by Paul Neurath and Warren Spector — on their stealth-heist title set in alternate 1910s Scotland.

Studio

Otherside Entertainment

Co-founded by Paul Neurath and Warren Spector — the team behind Thief, System Shock, and Deus Ex.

Project

Thick as Thieves

A stealth-heist game set in an alternate 1910s Scotland. Released on Steam, May 2026.

Our Role

Co-Development

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The Studio

Hidden State Games is founded and led by Danny Goodayle. Co-dev contractor, tool builder, and developer with over a decade of professional experience across engineering, production, and Unreal.

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