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Waterford, Ireland · Est. 2014

Crafted In The Shadows, Played In The Light.

An independent studio building original games and bespoke web experiences for clients across Ireland and beyond. Puzzle, platform and horror at heart — fully custom, end to end.

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A small studio with a long shadow.

Shadow Games and Development began in 2014 as a creative practice for original games and quietly grew into a full web and software studio. We work with founders, fitness coaches, sports clubs, clinicians and creators across Ireland — building the things their businesses actually need, not the templates they were sold.

Our games lean toward atmosphere — puzzle, platform and horror — but our client work is whatever it needs to be: clean, fast, accessible and built to last. We're proudly small, which means you talk to the person making it.

10+Years building
25+Sites shipped
100%Custom builds
1Studio, end to end

What we build, end to end.

Pick one. Combine many. We handle delivery and aftercare.

Game Development

Original puzzle, platform and horror titles. Concept, design, build, polish and release across web and desktop.

  • Game design & prototyping
  • 2D & lightweight 3D builds
  • Web-playable releases
  • Game-jam to long-form

Web Development

Hand-built sites for clubs, clinicians, fitness pros and creators. Fast, accessible, and built to age well.

  • Marketing & brochure sites
  • E-commerce
  • Booking & member areas
  • 3D tours & drone footage

Custom Applications

Bespoke desktop and web tools for the small business workflows generic SaaS won't touch.

  • Internal tools & dashboards
  • Inventory & booking systems
  • Data & control integrations
  • Maintenance & support

Atmosphere first. Mechanics that earn the hours.

Originals, jams and web-playable experiments.

Darkness Consuming key art
Horror · 2D · In Development

Darkness Consuming

A 2D psychological horror game in active development. Light, sound, dread — and what you bring with you into the dark.

Wishlist soon
Tile-laying · Endless

Shapeless End

An "endless" tile-laying puzzle — that ends the moment you run out of room. Quiet rules, compounding pressure.

In development

A simple way of working.

01

Conversation

A no-cost call to understand what you're building, who it's for, and what success looks like.

02

Scope & quote

A written scope you can hold us to — fixed where it can be, transparent where it can't.

03

Build & review

You see progress in stages. We adjust as we go. Nothing ships without your say.

04

Launch & care

We host, monitor and update. You focus on running your business — we keep the lights on.

A new beginning for you and your business.

Tell us roughly what you're after — a site, an app, a game, hosting. We'll come back with a route forward.

Hours (IST)

  • Mon – Fri15:00 – 21:00
  • Saturday11:00 – 23:00
  • Sunday12:00 – 15:00

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