A small, independent mobile studio with an unreasonably high bar. We build casual games for people whose time is not infinite — and we only ship the ones we'd reach for ourselves.
A casual game should give more than it takes and let you walk away clean. No slot-machine loops, three-day energy timers or nag screens. If a mechanic exists to manipulate, it doesn't ship.
The small screen has been treated as a dumping ground for long enough. We treat it like the main stage — tuned, considered and finished.
A few people who give a damn beats a hundred who don't. We hire slowly and ship things we'd put our names on.
If it wouldn't live on our home screen, it doesn't go on yours. The simplest filter is also the toughest.
We're not ready to talk about it yet. What we can say: it's the kind of game we wished existed on mobile, and we got tired of waiting for someone else to make it.
Valid Games is an independent mobile games studio founded in 2026. We're at the start of something, which means we have no portfolio to coast on and no incentives to make safe choices. Good.
Our bet: there's room on the App Store for mobile games that respect the player. Games that don't bury the gameplay under tutorials, currencies, and notifications. Games you open on a Tuesday night because they're fun, not because a server told you to come back.
That's the entire pitch. If it sounds obvious, you've probably noticed the same gap we have.
Press, partnerships, a job lead, or just want to tell us our AI cheated — it all goes to one inbox, and a human reads it.