No More Robots

No More Robots Ltd is a British video game publisher based in Manchester, England. The company was founded by Mike Rose, previously of publishing company tinyBuild, alongside investors Simon Carless and Jas Purewal.[1] The publishing label originally found success with digital games Not Tonight and Descenders, and now works with various development studios for titles across PC and console gaming platforms.

No More Robots Ltd
Private
IndustryVideo games
Founded2017 (2017)
Founders
  • Mike Rose
  • Simon Carless
  • Jas Purewal
Headquarters
Manchester
,
UK
Number of locations
1 office (2019)
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
Mike Rose (Director)
Number of employees
6 (2020)
Websitenomorerobots.io

Following the success of Descenders,[2] No More Robots published management simulator Not Tonight, which was widely covered in the mainstream media for its dystopian take on Brexit.[3] In 2019, the publishing label released Independent Games Festival-nominated[4] operating system simulator Hypnospace Outlaw, card-based roguelike Nowhere Prophet,[5] and are also planning to release first-person role-playing title Family Man.[6]

Modus Operandi on the advertising of games

No More Robots became quickly known amongst the indie game dev community because of their peculiar way of advertising games using Discord, the gaming-based communication platform, in a non linear way, they did what was to be eventually named by Mike Rose himself as Meta Games.[7] Meta Games are small pieces of the universe from the game being advertised in which the participants can act and play in, all that to a single common goal that is usually the release of the game beta and sometimes the game release. In the Meta Games, the participants take decisions and must resolve urgent situations for the game to be able to continue, decisions such as the path that had to be chosen and explored during the Nowhere Prophet Meta Game and situations such as the Merchantsoft Mole that had to be found by a small group of players in a strategic way involving a map during the Hypnospace Outlaw Meta Game. Everytime No More Robots announces a new game they make a meta game to go with it, these meta games are usually such a buzz that only their creation suffice to create a significant player base.

Games published
Year Title Genre(s) Platform(s) Developer(s)
2018 Descenders Sports, roguelike Linux, macOS, Microsoft Windows, Xbox One RageSquid
Not Tonight Role-playing, simulation Microsoft Windows PanicBarn
2019 Hypnospace Outlaw Simulation Linux, macOS, Microsoft Windows Tendershoot, Michael Lasch, ThatWhichIs Media
Nowhere Prophet Roguelike, deck-building game Linux, macOS, Microsoft Windows Sharkbomb Studios
2020 Family Man First-person shooter, role-playing Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, Xbox One Broken Bear Games
Yes, Your Grace Role-playing Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, Xbox One Brave at Night
2021 TombStar[8] Roguelike, twin-stick shooter Microsoft Windows Andy Sum, Marcus Grambau

References
  1. Takahashi, Dean. "New U.K. publisher No More Robots will launch Descenders free-riding game". VentureBeat. Retrieved March 3, 2019.
  2. Handrahan, Matthew. "No More Robots' first year was 'far better than we'd dared to hope for'". Gamesindustry.biz. Retrieved March 3, 2019.
  3. "Playing 'Not Tonight' - the dystopian Brexit video game". BBC. Retrieved March 3, 2019.
  4. Fogel, Stefanie. "'Return of the Obra Dinn' Leads IGF Awards Nominees". Variety. Retrieved March 3, 2019.
  5. Suther, Austin. "A Look at How Nowhere Prophet Combines Roguelikes and Card Mechanics". TechRaptor. TechRaptor. Retrieved July 19, 2019.
  6. King, Jade. "Family Man is what happens when you put Breaking Bad and RPGs in a blender". Trusted Reviews. Retrieved March 3, 2019.
  7. Rose, Mike. "How we used Discord to build a dream community for our game Descenders". . Retrieved July 27, 2019. External link in |work= (help)
  8. Wales, Matt. "Crossy Road developer unveils top-down space Western shooter TombStar". Eurogamer. Retrieved August 7, 2020.
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