Draft:RetroStyle Games


RetroStyle Games
TypePrivate
Industry
Founded2010 in Kyiv, Ukraine
FounderPavel Konstantinov
Services
  • Game development
  • Art Production
Number of employees
160+ (2025[1])
Websiteretrostylegames.com

RetroStyle Games is a Ukrainian video game art studio that specializes in full-cycle 2D and 3D art production, animation, UI/UX design, and video game development. The studio has collaborated with international developers and publishers, including Sega, 11 bit studios, Relic Entertainment, Ubisoft, Haiku Games, and others.

RetroStyle Games has developed its own original intellectual properties, such as Ocean Keeper: Dome Survival, Zombie Run, and Last Pirate Survival.

History

The studio was founded in 2010 in Kyiv, Ukraine, by Pavel Konstantinov. It began by developing casual and children's mobile games before pivoting to game art outsourcing, and grew to employ more than 100 artists and developers.[2]

In 2024, RetroStyle Games began work on its first PC title, the survival roguelike Ocean Keeper: Dome Survival. A demo was released during Steam Next Fest in June 2024,[3][4] and the game later entered Steam Early Access the same year.[5] The 1.0 version was released on Steam in May 2025.[6][7]

Activity

RetroStyle Games' core business is game art outsourcing, providing 2D and 3D art, animation, and UI design for external developers and publishers.[2]

Alongside its outsourcing services, RetroStyle Games produces game asset packs, including themed sets such as Shepherd Valley and Last Guns.[8] The studio has also contributed art to other developers' projects, including icon redesign for Company of Heroes 3[9] and production work on LazyFlock's Haunted Paws.[10]

In 2026, RetroStyle Games was ranked first in the Ukrainian Business Award's rating of game development companies in Ukraine.[11]

Ocean Keeper

Ocean Keeper: Dome Survival is a survival roguelike that combines "bullet-heaven" combat in the style of Vampire Survivors with underwater mining and tower defense elements; the player pilots a mech spider on the floor of a hostile ocean planet, mining resources and fighting waves of sea creatures.[3][12][13]

The game received a positive reception. GameSpew scored it 8 out of 10, calling it a "moreish, frenetic struggle for survival",[6] TheXboxHub praised the originality of its central hook,[14] and The Review Geek recommended it as a challenging roguelike.[15]

A cooperative version, Ocean Keeper Co-op Drill Multiplayer, was subsequently released, in which up to four players defend their mech spider against endless waves of monsters.[16]

Last Pirates: Die Together

In February 2026, RetroStyle Games announced Last Pirates: Die Together, a four-player cooperative comedic horror game.[17][16] Players take the role of a greedy ship captain's crew who scavenge cursed islands for loot while avoiding supernatural threats such as ghostly sharks, apparitions and sea monsters.[18][19][20][21][22]

The game has been described as an extraction game, drawing comparisons to R.E.P.O. for its stretchy-arm grabbing mechanic and to Escape from Tarkov for its loot-extraction loop, though its principal threats are AI-controlled enemies rather than other players.[18] The elastic arms allow players to cross rooms, grab objects and revive teammates, and the developers have emphasised physics-based chaos and emergent moments among friends over traditional scares.[19]

An open playtest held in April 2026 attracted more than 16,000 unique players,[23] and a public demo — set on the "Silent Cove" map and featuring eleven levels and nine monster types — was released on 28 May 2026.[18][19][24] A full release is planned for the third quarter of 2026.[18][20]

Games

Year Title Platform
2014 Spirit Run Android, iOS
2015 Zombie Run Android, iOS
2016 Kids Theater: Zoo Show Android, iOS
2016 Kids Theater: Farm Show Android, iOS
2016 Spirit Run: PvP Temple Clash Android, iOS
2017 Zombie Run 2: Dead Rush Android, iOS
2020 Last Pirate Survival Android, iOS
2025 Ocean Keeper: Dome Survival PC, Android, iOS, Switch, PlayStation, Xbox
2025 Ocean Keeper Co-op Drill Multiplayer PC

References

  1. ^ "Playrix більше не перший. Топ-25 геймдев-компаній України, лютий 2026". DOU (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2026-04-23.
  2. ^ a b Redgrave, Chris (2025-07-24). "Game Dev Under Fire: Meet RetroStyle Games". Game Scout Journal. Retrieved 2026-07-08.
  3. ^ a b Myles, Darrus (2024-06-13). "Codename: Ocean Keeper is Vampire Survivors with an underwater mecha twist". Destructoid. Retrieved 2026-07-08.
  4. ^ "Stunning underwater roguelite game has a new demo you can play now". PCGamesN. Retrieved 2026-07-08.
  5. ^ "Codename: Ocean Keeper team talks roguelikes, oceans, and why it went for Early Access". Destructoid. 2024-07-28. Retrieved 2026-07-08.
  6. ^ a b Snaith, Kim (2025-05-12). "Ocean Keeper Review". GameSpew. Retrieved 2026-07-08.
  7. ^ "Ocean Keeper: Dome Survival (2025) Game Review". The Review Geek. 2025. Retrieved 2026-07-08.
  8. ^ Suba, BossMac (2026-04-25). "The Rise of Game Asset Studios: Market Evolution, Distribution, and Strategic Value". Back2Gaming. Retrieved 2026-07-08.
  9. ^ "The Development of Company of Heroes 3 – Behind the Scenes". FingerLakes1.com. 2026-01-30. Retrieved 2026-07-08.
  10. ^ "Інді-гра Haunted Paws перевищила 500 000 вішлистів у Steam". newssky.com.ua (in Ukrainian). 2026-04-17. Retrieved 2026-07-08.
  11. ^ "Top Game Development Companies in Ukraine 2026". Ukrainian Business Award (in Ukrainian). 2026-06-02. Retrieved 2026-07-08.
  12. ^ Stone, Thom (2024-07-10). "Interview With RetroStyle Games – Codename: Ocean Keeper". GameCritics. Retrieved 2026-07-08.
  13. ^ McMullen, Chris (2024-06-08). "Codename: Ocean Keeper is underwater Vampire Survivors". GameSpew. Retrieved 2026-07-08.
  14. ^ Renshaw, Paul (2025-01-20). "Codename: Ocean Keeper Review". TheXboxHub. Retrieved 2026-07-08.
  15. ^ "Ocean Keeper (2024) Game Review". The Review Geek. 2024. Retrieved 2026-07-08.
  16. ^ a b Danylov, Oleg (2026-02-24). "Last Pirates: Die Together is a new game from the Ukrainian studio RetroStyle Games". Mezha.ua. Retrieved 2026-07-08.
  17. ^ Kuzmenko, Oleksandr (2026-02-25). "Ukrainian RetroStyle Games announced a friendly cooperative game about pirates". dev.ua. Retrieved 2026-07-08.
  18. ^ a b c d Warren, Richard (2026-05-16). "New Extraction Game on Steam is Basically R.E.P.O. Set in Escape From Tarkov's World". Game Rant. Retrieved 2026-07-08.
  19. ^ a b c Lucio, Mateo (2026-05-26). "Last Pirates: Die Together mezcla horror cooperativo, piratas malditos y brazos elásticos". Kotaku en Español (in Spanish). Retrieved 2026-07-08.
  20. ^ a b "Last Pirates: Die Together". Kotaku. Retrieved 2026-07-08.
  21. ^ "Last Pirates: Die Together". IGN. Retrieved 2026-07-08.
  22. ^ "Last Pirates: Die Together". Games.gg. Retrieved 2026-07-08.
  23. ^ Anisimova, Svitlana (2026-04-07). "Ukrainian horror Last Pirates: Die Together announces playtest". Root-Nation. Retrieved 2026-07-08.
  24. ^ Anisimova, Svitlana (2026-05-28). "A demo of the horror Last Pirates: Die Together has been released". Root-Nation. Retrieved 2026-07-08.

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