Honest Goblin Studio
FREN
The studio’s den: a fantasy workshop opening onto three worlds
A SWISS INDIE GAME STUDIONorthern Vaud · near Orbe

NO MORE FALSE PROMISES.

Falsepromises?Stop.

Tired of ads that sell a dream, incomplete games and endless purchases?
We forge complete games that respect your time. One price. Paid once.

Explore our games The film & its story ↗Break the barriers

One coin. The whole game.
Deal?

A COMPLETE GAME. ONE PRICE. PAID ONCE.The only goblin who won’t steal your gold.

ENTER THE DEN
An imagined northern Vaud landscape: Jura ridges, plains and Lake Neuchâtel
NORTHERN VAUD, SWITZERLANDWHERE IT ALL BEGINS.

GAMES IMAGINED NEAR ORBE

From here.
To other worlds.

Honest Goblin Studio comes to life near Orbe, in northern Vaud. Lake Neuchâtel and the Jura ridges shape our horizon. From this little corner of Switzerland, we imagine adventures to share everywhere.

Discover our roots
LAKE NEUCHÂTELLE SUCHETLE CHASSERON

Illustrated landscape inspired by northern Vaud.

HONEST GOBLIN ORIGINALS 01 / 03

RTS · Simulation

Fallen District

Every district has its rules. You get to write them.

Enter this world
JOURNEY THROUGH OUR WORLDS

Concept teasers · projects in development

See all three projects

SOUND FAMILIAR?

The ad sells a dream.
The game sells barriers.

An incredible adventure in the ad. Then interruptions, in-app purchases, hours of waiting and a paywall blocking what comes next. The promised game slips away.

Enough.

Your time deserves a real game. So does your money.

THE AD’S PROMISEAdventure
without limits.
A whole world is waiting for you.
ADVENTURE INTERRUPTEDJust one more
little condition…
Unfaked: complete game, one purchaseThe game.
The whole game.
ONE PRICE. PAID ONCE.
TO CONTINUEWatch an ad.Your adventure can wait.
SOMETHING’S MISSINGBuy more gems.Just one more little purchase.
COME BACK LATER04:59:59Or pay to play now.
WHAT’S NEXT IS LOCKEDThe complete experience?That costs extra, too.

Fictional scene · the mechanics we want to change

THREE DOORS. THREE WORLDS.

Choose
your world.

Strategy, mystery, survival.
Follow your curiosity.
We’ll bring the adventure.

Atmospheric concept art · projects in development

All projects

Our target platforms

SteamPC & MacApp StoreiPhone & iPadPlay StoreAndroid

Availability and release dates will be announced for each game.

UNFAKED · THE PROMISE BECOMES THE GAME

The game you dreamed of.
And it keeps its word.

Unfaked reimagines mobile game concepts trapped behind microtransactions as complete games. The joy of the concept, with an experience built for play: no ads, no in-app purchases and no artificial timers designed to make you pay.

Discover the collection

One click to set the game free. ↑

OUR GOBLIN’S WORD

A complete game.
Paid once.

We take one coin. You get the whole adventure.
The only goblin who won’t steal your gold.

No subscriptions
No in-app purchases
No virtual currency
No ads
No artificial pay-to-continue timers
Honest Goblin StudioINDEPENDENT
BY NATURE.

A SWISS DEN. PLENTY OF IDEAS.

Mischievous in spirit.
Honest in everything we do.

Here in northern Vaud, near Orbe, our goblin has a rogue’s grin and an honest merchant’s scales. From original creations to the Unfaked collection, we build complete games with character.

Step inside the studio

DEVLOGS & STUDIO NEWS

Word from the workshop.

Open the journal

EVERY ADVENTURE STARTS WITH HELLO

There’s a seat waiting
at our table.

Let’s talk

THE DREAM DESERVES A REAL GAME.

Welcome to the den.

An atmospheric film made from concept illustrations. These images do not show gameplay.

Download the film ↗