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🎮 We make indie games!
🥏 TRON: Catalyst out now
🌇 AMBERSPIRE coming soon
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We're sending out VOLUME Steam keys to creators who want to play the game on their channels this week. There's still time to get involved if you want to be one of them!

Fill out the interest form below and we'll be in touch ⬇️
A poster for Bithell Games' 'Volume'. At the bottom, additional text reads: 'Creator Key Requests Open - Nov 10-16'.
November 10, 2025 at 5:05 PM
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Our legacy game celebration continues with Volume! 🔇

Our second game was all about robbing from the rich with pure stealth action. Uncover, then unravel, the exploitative plots of Gisborne Industries by using the Volume to pull off increasingly ambitious heists over 100 levels.
November 10, 2025 at 3:05 PM
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Thomas Was Alone week is almost over, but we have the rest of our legacy celebration to go.

Here's to the game about rectangles that made all those future titles possible. 🟥
Screenshot of Bithell Games' platformer 'Thomas Was Alone'. Four quadrilaterals, the characters, are arranged around the level (three rectangles, one square). The narration captions read: The others wouldn't drop it. "Who's that cloud guy?" "Why is he following us?" "What's that rumbling hungry sound he keeps making?" "Chris, could we just leave Laura behind?" Screenshot of Bithell Games' platformer 'Thomas Was Alone'. Four quadrilaterals, the characters, are arranged around the level (two rectangles, two squares). Both rectangles and the smaller, orange square are stacked on top of each other. The larger, blue square is floating in the water. The narration captions read: Claire needed to come up with a superhero name as soon as possible. 'Claire' was rubbish. Screenshot of Bithell Games' platformer 'Thomas Was Alone'. A larger blue square - Claire - floats in water, which is rising due to the rain. A smaller red rectangle - Thomas - is using her as a platform. Screenshot of Bithell Games' platformer 'Thomas Was Alone'. The level is split into an upper and lower level. On the upper is an orange square - Chris. On the lower is a dark pink rectangle lying horizontally. The narration captions read: 'Laura was pleased this one was behind a wall. Maybe he'd never find out what she could do. Maybe, maybe they could just have a conversation, hang out.'
November 9, 2025 at 4:01 PM
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Thomas Was Alone's community took us by surprise, but uplifted our game massively. Fan art, streaming the soundtrack, and even just recommending the game to others came together to support TWA far beyond what we expected. 13 years on, our gratitude for it hasn't waned a bit.
November 8, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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Thomas Was Alone's procedural soundtrack was crafted by David Housden. The first piece he composed was Where Are You?, a demo track that matched the tone so well it went on to become the credits theme.
November 7, 2025 at 4:04 PM
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Did you know that all of our self-published games take place in the same universe? While the Thomas Was Alone characters might not appear in their rectangular forms in our later titles, you may have picked up on easter eggs re: a certain group of 'Architects' here and there.
A screenshot from Bithell Games' 'Volume'. The player character is advancing towards an enemy, but is not yet in their 'cone' of vision. In the lower screen is a dialogue box, reading: Alan: Hmm. Secretive. Like Bond. Architects you're good. Which weaponry would you like simulated sir? A screenshot from Bithell Games' 'Subsurface Circular'. Two robotic Teks are conversing. The non-player Tek's information reads: 'Infantry: Theta Seven Nine'. The lower-screen UI reads: 'Next Station: Bletchley Park. Focus Points: Confession, 'The Architects', The status quo, New ideas'. The 'objectives' tab is empty. The conversation itself reads:
November 6, 2025 at 4:04 PM
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Danny Wallace's performance as the narrator made Thomas Was Alone the game it was. And it's not just us who think so: Danny's work was consistently praised in reviews from press and players, and the folks on the 2013 BAFTA Games panel agreed so wholeheartedly they awarded him Best Performance.
November 5, 2025 at 4:04 PM
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Thomas Was Alone began as a hobby game on a very limited budget, as many indies do. Though it's about artificial intelligences, it was the human connections that made folks care about it. That is, the connections the player felt towards the characters, and the ones between the characters themselves.
November 4, 2025 at 4:05 PM
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We're sending out THOMAS WAS ALONE Steam keys to creators who want to play the game on their channels this week. There's still time to get involved if you want to be one of them!

Fill out the interest form below and we'll be in touch ⬇️
A poster for Bithell Games' 'Thomas Was Alone'. Additional text reads: 'Creator key requests open - Nov 3-9'.
November 3, 2025 at 5:04 PM
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Our legacy game celebration begins today!

We might as well start at the beginning. Thomas Was Alone was the very first Bithell Games title. Initially a flash game, our story of rectangles and friendship jumped its way onto major platforms and set in motion the future of our small studio.
November 3, 2025 at 3:04 PM
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AMBERSPIRE 🌇 The Necropolis

If you play Amberspire well, your residents will never want to leave. In which case, a Necropolis is a wise investment. It's also a reliable source of Ash, which can help construct buildings such as the Arboretum.

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An overview of the Necropolis, a building that can be constructed in upcoming game Amberspire. On the left is the building art. Numerous tan-coloured, tall, domed buildings are arranged seemingly randomly on a square piece of land, some large, some small. Pink coral-like plants grow here and there between them, and the entryway to the Necropolis is marked by two white stone pillars, one of which is damaged and missing the top. On the right are the details of the building and its flavour text, reading: Necropolis. Roll dice to produce resources. "Set of teeth, 10.8.333 drift. Possible femur, unknown drift. Set of small square plates with engravings, possible ritual item. - Archaeological records, unknown era". There is also a diagram of the resources that the dice from this building can produce when rolled. Three faces are Ash, two are Shadow, and one is Brick.
October 30, 2025 at 5:03 PM
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Send us a key request for the game(s) you'd like to share with your audience using this form:

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If you can't stream/post within the exact week listed, send us a request anyway. We'd rather you post at a different time than not at all!
A poster for Bithell Games' Legacy Games Celebration. Six games are listed with the dates of their features in the celebration beside them: Nov 3 - Nov 9: Thomas Was Alone Nov 10 - Nov 16: Volume Nov 17 - Nov 23: Subsurface Circular Nov 24 - Nov 30: Quarantine Circular Dec 1 - Dec 7: The Solitaire Conspiracy Dec 8 - Dec 14: The Banished Vault Additional text at the bottom reads: Steam key requests open now. The background shows Rob from Volume.
October 27, 2025 at 4:08 PM
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📢 We're reopening creator keys requests for our older games!

As part of our legacy games celebration, we've got fresh batches of Steam keys for several older titles. If you're a content creator who would like to showcase one of our games, details on how to get keys are below!
October 27, 2025 at 4:06 PM
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We're planning a Legacy Games Celebration!

While we work on new projects, we want to celebrate the games that have got us this far. From Nov 3rd to Dec 14th, we'll be spotlighting one game per week, talking a bit about the making of them, and making creator keys available!
A black and white banner with a horizontal line of six icons, each representing one of Bithell Games' self-published games in chronological order. From left to right: Thomas Was Alone - A rectangle with a small inverted triangle above it to show it is the selected character. Volume - The Volume mask, made up of several polygon fragments. Subsurface Circular - Two triangles rotated to interlock. The top is white-filled and 'points' to the right. The bottom is hollow with a white outline and 'points' left. Quarantine Circular - A silhouette of Gabriel's head, the alien who features in the game, within a circle that has four small, equidistant gaps in it and represents the helipad within which Gabriel is held. The Solitaire Conspiracy - Three cards stacked on top of one another, the top card white-filled with the symbol for Mantis Group, one of the crews in the game, in the centre. The two cards behind it are white-outlined and black-filled. The Banished Vault - A silhouette of one of The Banished Vault's smaller ships with a central porthole. Just behind it to the upper left, but slightly overlapped by the ship, is a planet outlined with white. Below the line of icons is the Bithell logo.
October 24, 2025 at 3:05 PM
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The Temple takes any of its six chosen resources and converts them into Influence. Influence is essential for progressing your city to new heights, so maintaining a steady trade of it will help Amberspire to flourish.

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An overview of the Temple, a building that can be constructed in upcoming game Amberspire. On the left is the building art, a large ecru building with an outer structure shaped like a three-quarter circle, its flat roof gradually sloping downwards from one end to the other. The base of the walls are gold. Intricate pillars mark each 'corner' of the area. Within the inner courtyard is a full circle of archways, also gold at the base. On the right are the details of the building and its flavour text: Temple. Spend resources to gain influence. "The ritual fields and warped light emanating into the sky reflect even the slightest human activity, most often that of the giggling children playing in the courtyard - A Pilgrim to Amber". There is also a diagram of the resources that can be used with this building to generate influence for the player's city. The resources are: Tides, Ritual, Intrigue, Shadow, Insight, and Starlight.
October 23, 2025 at 4:05 PM
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The Banished Vault is in this year's Roguelike Celebration sale!

A strategy game of exploration, endurance, and space travel on an interstellar gothic monastery.

33% off now 'til October 27 🌙

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Key art for Lunar Division and Bithell Games' 'The Banished Vault'. The Auriga Vault, an enormous spaceship with a gothic monastery-inspired design, rises up from behind a sun. Smaller ships surround it, and around those, planets and moons of different sizes. A screenshot from Lunar Division and Bithell Games' 'The Banished Vault' showing part of a 2D, tabletop-game-style map of a solar system. 3D models of gothic-inspired spaceships are on the 'board'; one, the Ariga Vault, is central, and very large. Two much smaller ships wait in front of it to be directed by the player. An annotated lines on the 'board' stretches away from the ships, the start of the route they can take into the solar system. A screenshot from Lunar Division and Bithell Games' 'The Banished Vault' showing part of a 2D, tabletop-game-style map of a solar system. A large, red, ringed planet is in the centre, with a smaller green-yellow further up. Annotated lines show the routes a ship can take between planets and moons on the map. The Energy Calculator tool is open, which players can use to work out how much fuel they need for a journey. There are four categories, each corresponding to a set of numbers: Engine Efficiency, Ship Mass, Fuel, and Energy. When the player increases or decreases one section, the rest also increase or decrease accordingly. A screenshot from Lunar Division and Bithell Games' 'The Banished Vault'. Several stylised buildings are placed down on a grid, some with a wooden texture and others with a transparent, glass-like texture. These are completed and in-progress buildings, respectively, on the surface of a planet.
October 21, 2025 at 5:04 PM
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Once your city is influential enough, the University can be built to supply you with Insight, Gathering & Canvas. It's best built somewhere with enough empty space nearby for late-game buildings that require such resources, such as the Ansible.

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An overview of the University, a building that can be constructed in upcoming game Amberspire. On the left is the building art, a large, square building with walls that surround an inner courtyard. Each wall has a neat line of four arched windows. Each corner has a flat-roofed tower and an arched entryway at its base. The walls and towers are uniform, with no deviations. On the right are the details of the building and its flavour text, reading: University. Roll dice to produce resources. "A dovecote but nonetheless impressive. Modest by miperial standards but quaint and welcoming. I endeavor to return. - Travel journal, author unknown". There is also a diagram of the resources that the dice from this building can produce when rolled. Three faces are Gathering, two are Insight, and one is Canvas.
October 16, 2025 at 4:06 PM
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A floating marketplace, the Fort will earn Influence for your city. Influence can be spent up upgrades that will unlock new buildings, or spent to sway the outcome of faction events.

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An overview of the Fort, a building that can be constructed in upcoming game Amberspire. On the left is the building art, a large, floating grey-blue rock upon which a circular building has been constructed. One quarter of the circle is tan, with four large archways with entrances at the base of them. The remaining three quarters are a cooler shade, with many windows around the inner and outer walls and green foliage growing on the flat roof. On the right are the details of the building and its flavour text: Fort. Spend resources to gain influence. ""Walk under there and you'll meet the soverign, as it were." - Overheard in a plaza". There is also a diagram of the resources that can be used with this building to generate influence for the player's city. The resources are: Canvas, Brick, Wax, Roil, Scrap, and Bearing.
October 9, 2025 at 4:04 PM
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The Centrifuge is the ideal resource building to neighbour a Fogbreaker, the pair of them working together to push back the mist that can descend across Amber. Just remember to construct it before your needs for Antimatter and Filament become dire.

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An overview of the Centrifuge, a building that can be constructed in upcoming game Amberspire. On the left is the building art. A semicircle building sits on a complete-circle base. The building has inner and outer walls, with the outer 'layer' unroofed and segmented into four parts, each of which houses a large yellow tower with a curved top. The inner portion of the building is closed, with an arched doorway with a balcony atop it's roof. On the right are the details of the building and its flavour text, reading: Centrifuge. Roll dice to produce resources. "Do not initiate a system shutdown unless in casese of extreme emergency. It takes weeks to reinitiate the cyclical pulse motor and purge the collection chambers. - Notice pinned throughout the complex". There is also a diagram of the resources that the dice from this building can produce when rolled. Two faces are Antimatter, two are Salt, one is Filament, and one is Roil.
October 2, 2025 at 4:04 PM
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Happy Steam Autumn Sale! 🍂

You deserve some new video games, and all of ours are discounted for the next 7 days (with a couple as low as £2.39). Go pick them up for yourself or gift them!
A line-up of Bithell Games' self-published titles, all of which are on sale for Steam's Autumn Sale. Each game's box art has its discount listed beneath it: Thomas Was Alone - 50% off Volume - 75% off Subsurface Circular - 50% off Quarantine Circular - 50% off The Solitaire Conspiracy - 50% off TRON: Catalyst - 66% off The Banished Vault - 33% off To the right of the background image sits a robotic Tek, the protagonist in Subsurface Circular.
September 29, 2025 at 5:04 PM
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The weather on Amberspire can be unforgiving, so preventative measures to protect your residents and buildings are a must. A Fogbreaker provided with the right resources will clear away fog tiles when they encroach on your city.

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An overview of the Fogbreaker, a building that can be constructed in upcoming game Amberspire. On the left is the building art, a construction made entirely of arches. Four lower arches are in sets of two, those sets parallel to each other. Between and perpendicular to them are four more arches, also in parallel sets of two, but twice as tall, their outer legs resting atop the lower arches. On the right are the details of the building and its flavour text, reading: Fogbreaker. Spend resources to reduce fog in your city. "Ribs of woven filament breathe with the atmosphere, gently coaxing energy into the rigid masses of fog - The Golden Eras NNN". There is also a diagram of the resources that can be used with this building to remove fog. The resources are: Antimatter, Ash, Wax, and Intrigue.
September 25, 2025 at 4:05 PM
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AMBERSPIRE 🌇 The Amphitheater

After trekking across the stars, your city's residents deserve entertainment. The Amphitheater provides Music, Gathering & Starlight, and is quite the architectural endeavour to keep your cityscape interesting.

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An overview of the Amphitheater, a building that can be constructed in upcoming game Amberspire. On the left is the building art. The Amphitheater is shaped like a large, closed clam shell. Its warm-toned with cream 'scales' edged in gold, and its base is a metallic rust colour. The 'base' of the shell is the stage, and the 'body' the audience. On the right are the details of the building and its flavour text, reading: Amphitheater. Roll dice to produce resources. "I see the streams of music and laughter refract in the sky, blossoming into aurorae above the theater and sending waves of joy to any that could see them. - A Pilgrim to Amber". There is also a diagram of the resources that the dice from this building can produce when rolled. Three faces are Music, two are Gathering, and one is Starlight.
September 18, 2025 at 4:05 PM
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AMBERSPIRE 🌇 The Palace

The advancement of your city in Amberspire will eventually bring signs of wealth. Though a Palace is a less than subtle hint to riches, it still has its uses in producing a number of resources, such as Silk & Intrigue.

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An overview of the Palace, a building that can be constructed in upcoming game Amberspire. On the left is the building art, a grand structure with ecru walls and rounded turqouise roofs. A large archway marks the main entrance with golden pillars, and two short tower-like structures are connected to the central building via short walls, framing the front of the palace. Similar towers can also be seen peeking over the roof on the back side, too. Circular skylights are cut into the roof, the slightest bit of foliage beginning to creep out of them from inside the building. On the right are the details of the building and its flavour text, reading: Palace. Roll dice to produce resources. "Wealth is Waste. - Old Imperial Proverb". There is also a diagram of the resources that the dice from this building can produce when rolled. Two faces are Ritual, one is Tea, one is Intrigue, one is Silk, and one is Starlight.
September 11, 2025 at 4:05 PM
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AMBERSPIRE 🌇 The Ansible

The Ansible is one of the final buildings you'll unlock, its iridescent twin archways unmissable. It accepts rarer resources to convert into Influence for your city: Filament, Void, Antimatter, and Tides.

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An overview of the Ansible, a building that can be constructed in upcoming game Amberspire. On the left is the building art, consisting of two archways, the one behind being the smaller of the two. Within the archways are transluscent shades of teal. At the base is a rust-coloured platform patterned with two concentric circles, the outer having spokes that mimic the sun's rays. The edges are lined with turquoise crystals. On the right are the details of the building and its flavour text: Ansible. Spend resources to gain influence. "A thin thread of pure order extends across the cosmos, vibrating with information, spinning vortices of entropy surrounding it. The thread is often broken, punctured by larger pockets of entropy and order that comprise the universe. - Creche educational text". There is also a diagram of the resources that can be used with this building to generate influence for the player's city. The resources are: Horizon, Starlight, Insight, Intrigue, Void, and Tides.
September 4, 2025 at 4:05 PM
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AMBERSPIRE 🌇 The Arboretum

The Arboretum is home to some of Amberspire's most impressive flora and coral. Its colourful reefs will not only be a pleasant interlude in the built-up areas of your city, but producers of Earth, Wax, Dye, and Root resources.

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An overview of the Arboretum, a building that can be constructed in upcoming game Amberspire. On the left is the building art. An off-white building sits atop a platform, reached by two ramps. The building is an irregular oval shape, with the roof higher on one side and sloping lower on the other. It has no sharp angles. Surrounding it is moss- and coral-like greenery, some of it trailing over the edges of the platform, and more of it on the lower level contained to a small garden. On the right are the details of the building and its flavour text, reading: Arboretum. Roll dice to produce resources. "“The sunlight was blinding. It seemed as if we had stepped from twilight into full day. I struggle to recollect what else I did there, but I can feel the warmth on my face still.” -Overheard by a passing trader". There is also a diagram of the resources that the dice from this building can produce when rolled. Two faces are Earth, two are Wax, one is Dye, and one is Root.
August 28, 2025 at 4:04 PM