Our debut title
Out of Water
A 2-player split-screen collectathon platformer. One of you is a turtle. The other is a seagull. Together you explore a colourful world full of charm, clever challenges and an army of crabs.
Koopa and Kiko are waiting for the trailer, just like you.
- Two players, one sofaSplit-screen co-op made for couch play. Siblings, parents, grandparents, whoever's around.
- A turtle & a seagullTwo very different heroes with two very different ways of getting about.
- Collect everythingA proper collectathon in the spirit of the classics we grew up on.
- An army of crabsYes, an army. Of crabs.
In development
A Steam page is on the way. Leave your email below and you'll hear the day it goes live.
The community
Come Hang Out on Discord
Development happens out loud on our Discord: work-in-progress shots, dev chatter, and first looks at things long before they're trailer-ready. Come say hello, tell us what you'd collect, and meet the crab army early.
Join the DiscordFree, friendly, and lurking is fine.
For publishers
The Short Version
Eleven people in North East England, building our debut title alongside co-development work. We're open to publishing conversations, and we'd rather show you where the game actually is than where we'd like it to be.
- Game
- Out of Water
- Genre
- Collectathon platformer
- Players
- Two, local split-screen co-op
- Platforms
- Targeting PC (Steam and Steam Deck), Xbox, PlayStation and Nintendo Switch
- Engine
- Unity
- Status
- In development
- Studio
- Shiverbug Studios Ltd, founded 2025
- Team
- Eleven, plus a talent pool of regular collaborators
- Based
- North East England, UK
- Part of
- UK Games Fund, Games Republic and the Entrepreneurs Forum, and Tranzfuser, where we won the public vote
What we can send you
A pitch deck for Out of Water. Ask and we'll send it over, and all we need is your name and a line about who you are.
Screenshots, logos and a fact sheet are all in the press kit, at full size and free to use.