Dreamloop Games

Dreamloop Games
Company typeCorporation
IndustryVideo games
Founded2014 (2014)
Founders
  • Hannes Väisänen
  • Joni Lappalainen
  • Steve Stewart
HeadquartersTampere, Finland
Key people
  • Joni Lappalainen
  • (Co-Founder, CEO)
  • Steve Stewart
  • (Co-founder, CMO/Creative Director)
  • Hannes Väisänen
  • (Co-Founder, CTO)
ProductsChallengers of Khalea (PC/Mac)
Revenue€1.5 million (2024)
Number of employees
25 (2024)
Websitehttps://www.dreamloop.net/

Dreamloop Games Ltd., known as Dreamloop, is a Finnish video game developer based in Tampere, Finland.[1] The company was founded in August 2014 by current chief executive officer Joni Lappalainen, current chief technical officer Hannes Väisänen, and current chief marketing officer/creative director Steve Stewart.[2] All three founders previously worked together at Fragment Production, where Stewart served as Marketing Director.[2]

As of December 2024, Dreamloop employed 25 people, and was led by its founders.[3]

In late 2015 Dreamloop began actively campaigning to reform Finnish laws surrounding Crowdfunding.[4][5] Thee company highlighted regulatory challenges that made it difficult for Finnish studios to access international crowdfunding platforms, such as Kickstarter, and advocated for legislative change to support local creators.[6]

In 2015 Dreamloop launched a Kickstarter campaign to finance production of their upcoming game Challengers of Khalea, but funding was unsuccessful.[7]

Games

In November 2015, Dreamloop released the arcade shooter Stardust Galaxy Warriors for PC.[8] The game features 1-4 player local co-op multiplayer, and has been received well by both critics and the Steam community.[9] In April 2016, in an interview on PopGeeks.net, Dreamloop Games announced that it would bring Stardust Galaxy Warriors to consoles.[10] Stardust Galaxy Warriors currently maintains a 93% positive rating on Steam.[8]

In 2023, Dreamloop published Inescapable: No Rules, No Rescue, a visual novel published by Aksys Games that currently has mixed reviews.[11] The game was recognized within the Finnish gaming industry and was nominated for the Finnish Game of the Year 2023 award.[12]

References

  1. ^ "Dreamloop Games - operations - Fonecta Finder". En.finder.fi (in Finnish). Retrieved 2016-02-02.
  2. ^ a b "About us - Dreamloop Games". Dreamloop.net. Archived from the original on 2015-09-17. Retrieved 2016-02-02.
  3. ^ "Dreamloop Games Oy taloustiedot". www.asiakastieto.fi. Retrieved 2026-01-06.
  4. ^ "Tamperelainen pelifirma vetoaa presidentti Niinistöön: "Lainsäädäntö estää suomalaisten menestyksen" | Yle Uutiset". Yle.fi. 2015-10-29. Retrieved 2016-02-02.
  5. ^ "Pelinkehittäjä pyytää presidentiltä: Kickstarter potkimaan Suomessakin!". V2.fi. 2015-10-19. Retrieved 2016-05-13.
  6. ^ "Suomalainen pelistudio kirjoitti avoimen kirjeen presidentille: "Suomen joukkorahoituslakeihin on saatava järkeä!"". Tilt.fi (in Finnish). 2015-10-19. Retrieved 2026-01-06.
  7. ^ "Challengers of Khalea by Dreamloop Games". Kickstarter.com. Retrieved 2016-02-02.
  8. ^ a b Valve (2015-11-11). "Stardust Galaxy Warriors". steampowered.com. Retrieved 2016-05-13.
  9. ^ Metacritic (2015-11-10). "Stardust Galaxy Warriors". Metacritic.com. Retrieved 2016-05-13.
  10. ^ Luke Luby (2016-04-05). "Interview: Stardust Galaxy Warriors' Dreamloop Games". PopGeeks.net. Retrieved 2016-05-13.
  11. ^ "Steam：Inescapable: No Rules, No Rescue". store.steampowered.com (in Japanese). Retrieved 2025-02-20.
  12. ^ "Neogames Weekly News 17/24". Neogames Finland. 2024-04-26. Retrieved 2026-01-06.


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