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{{Infobox company
| name = Ghost Ship Games ApS
| logo = Ghost Ship Games.svg
| logo_class = logo-nobg skin-invert
| type = [[Subsidiary]]
| parent = {{ubl|[[Coffee Stain Studios|Coffee Stain Holding]] (2021–2025)|Coffee Stain Group (2025–present)}}
| industry = [[Video game industry|Video games]]
| founded = {{Start date and age|2016}}
| founders = {{Unbulleted list|Søren Lundgaard|Mikkel Martin Pedersen|Henrik Edwards|Jonas Møller|Robert Friis|Philip Mygind}}
| hq_location_city = [[Copenhagen]]
| hq_location_country = Denmark
| key_people = {{Unbulleted list|Søren Lundgaard ([[Chief executive officer|CEO]])|Henrik Edwards ([[Chief technology officer|CTO]])}}
| num_employees = 43
| divisions = Ghost Ship Publishing
| website = {{URL|https://ghostship.dk/}}
}}

'''Ghost Ship Games ApS''' is a Danish [[video game developer]] and publisher based in [[Copenhagen]]. Founded in 2016, it is best known for developing ''[[Deep Rock Galactic]]''.

== History ==
Ghost Ship Games was founded in the spring of 2016 by a team of five former employees of [[Press Play (company)|Press Play]] after that studio's closure. The company was funded the Danish government's Cap Nova, which focused on video games.<ref name=sold>{{cite web |last1=Kildebogaard |first1=Jesper |title=Seks venner ville skabe nyt computerspil: Solgte for en halv milliard fem år senere |url=https://finans.dk/tech/ECE14497489/seks-venner-blev-ivaerksaettere-paa-foerste-klasse-solgte-ghost-ship-games-for-en-halv-milliard-fem-aar-senere/ |website=Finans |language=da |date=14 October 2022}}</ref> CEO Søren Lundgaard was invited to join the company shortly after by game director Mikkel Martin Pedersen. Lundgaard and Pedersen had previously been co-workers at the defunct game studio [[Deadline Games]] for over ten years.<ref name='Pedersen Interview'>{{Cite web |url=https://gamerant.com/deep-rock-galactic-interview-ghost-ship-history-player-growth-3-million/ |title=Deep Rock Galactic Game Director Talks Rise From Six Founders to Three Million Players |last=Rochlin |first=Jason |date=17 December 2021 |website=Game Rant}}</ref> The newly formed team begin work on a co-op title that they envisioned as "basically combining ''[[Minecraft]]'' and ''[[Left 4 Dead]]''".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.psu.com/news/rock-and-stone-ghost-ship-games-ceo-soren-lundgaard-talks-deep-rock-galactics-upcoming-playstation-launch/ |title=Rock And Stone! Ghost Ship Games CEO Søren Lundgaard Talks Deep Rock Galactic's Upcoming PlayStation Launch |last=Carcasole |first=David |date=1 December 2021 |website=PlayStation Universe}}</ref> In February 2017, Swedish developer [[Coffee Stain Studios]] acquired a 30% stake in Ghost Ship Games and agreed to publish their first game, ''Deep Rock Galactic''.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://wccftech.com/coffee-stain-studios-publishing-expanding/ |title=Coffee Stain Studios: Expanding, Acquiring and Publishing |last=Wray |first=Chris |date=27 February 2017 |website=Wccftech}}</ref>

Coffee Stain Publishing released ''Deep Rock Galactic'' into early access on 28 February 2018.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://comicbook.com/gaming/2018/02/14/deep-rock-galactic-early-access-game-preview/|title=Deep Rock Galactic Comes to Early Access, Game Preview This Month| website=Comic Book| author=Tanner Dedmon |date= 14 February 2018 |accessdate=23 June 2018 |archive-date= 24 June 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180624010425/https://comicbook.com/gaming/2018/02/14/deep-rock-galactic-early-access-game-preview/ |url-status=dead}}</ref> Ghost Ship benefited from the community feedback that an early access model allowed for. Early reviews of the game were very positive and the game amassed 300,000 players by September 2018.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2018-09-18-deep-rock-galactic-and-the-advantages-of-open-development |title=Deep Rock Galactic and the advantages of open development |last=Taylor |first=Ivy |date=19 September 2018 |website=GamesIndustry.biz}}</ref> The game officially left early access after more than two years on 13 May 2020.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.gamespot.com/articles/deep-rock-galatic-leaves-early-access-this-may/1100-6476597/ |title=Deep Rock Galatic &#91;sic&#93; Leaves Early Access This May |last=Ramée |first=Jordan |website=[[GameSpot]]}}</ref>

In August 2021, Coffee Stain's parent company [[Embracer Group]] acquired the remaining 70% of Ghost Ship Games, which made the studio a subsidiary of Coffee Stain Holding.<ref>{{cite web |title=Embracer Group acquires 3D Realms, CrazyLabs, Digixart, Easy Trigger, Force Field, Ghost Ship Games, Grimfrost, and Slipgate Ironworks |url=https://www.gematsu.com/2021/08/embracer-group-acquires-3d-realms-crazylabs-digixart-easy-trigger-force-field-ghost-ship-games-grimfrost-and-slipgate-ironworks |last=Romano |first=Sal |website=Gematsu |date=August 4, 2021 |access-date=August 5, 2021 |archive-date=August 5, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210805074808/https://www.gematsu.com/2021/08/embracer-group-acquires-3d-realms-crazylabs-digixart-easy-trigger-force-field-ghost-ship-games-grimfrost-and-slipgate-ironworks |url-status=live}}</ref> According to Finans, the founders received 528 million DKK.<ref name="sold" /> In November 2021, Ghost Ship announced that ''Deep Rock Galactic'' had sold three million copies and would be ported to [[PlayStation 4]] and [[PlayStation 5]] in January 2022.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thegamer.com/deep-rock-galactic-sells-3-million-units/|title=Deep Rock Galactic Sells 3 Million Units |last=Murray |first=Sean |website=TheGamer |date=11 November 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.pushsquare.com/news/2021/12/acclaimed-co-op-shooter-deep-rock-galactic-digs-down-to-ps5-ps4-in-january|title=Acclaimed Co-Op Shooter Deep Rock Galactic Digs Down to PS5, PS4 in January |last=Tailby |first=Stephen |website=Push Square |date=December 2021}}</ref> In June 2022 they announced they had sold 4 million copies.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/548430/view/3347878488984502794|title=4 Million Units sold|date=June 2022}}</ref>

Ghost Ship Games announced a [[Publishing]] label for Danish game studios in February 2023.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Marshall |first=Cass |date=2023-02-16 |title=Deep Rock Galactic dev launches publishing label for Danish studios |url=https://www.polygon.com/23599324/deep-rock-galactic-developer-ghost-ship-games-publishing |access-date=2023-02-22 |website=[[Polygon_(website)|Polygon]] |language=en-US}}</ref> The label's first three titles were subsequently announced as ''Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor'' (a single player spinoff of Deep Rock Galactic), ''SpellRogue'' and ''DarkSwarm''.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.nme.com/news/gaming-news/ghost-ship-publishing-unveils-first-three-games-it-will-be-supporting-3406481|title=Ghost Ship Publishing unveils first three games it will be supporting |last=Brown |first=Andy |date=1 March 2023|website=[[NME]] }}</ref>

On May 20, 2026, Ghost Ship Games launched Deep Rock Galactic: Rogue Core, a cooperative roguelite first-person shooter spin-off, into Early Access on Steam.<ref>{{Cite news |last=published |first=Lincoln Carpenter |date=2026-05-19 |title=Deep Rock Galactic: Rogue Core launch times and release date |url=https://www.pcgamer.com/games/fps/deep-rock-galactic-rogue-core-launch-times-release-date/ |access-date=2026-06-03 |work=PC Gamer |language=en}}</ref>

== Games developed ==
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
|-
! scope="col" | Year
! scope="col" | Title
! scope="col" | Platform(s)
! scope="col" | Publisher(s)
|-
! scope="row" | 2020
| ''[[Deep Rock Galactic]]''
| Windows, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S
| Coffee Stain Publishing
|-
! scope="row" | TBA
|''Deep Rock Galactic: Rogue Core''
|Windows
|Ghost Ship Publishing
|}

==Games published==
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
|-
! scope="col" | Year
! scope="col" | Title
! scope="col" | Platform(s)
! scope="col" | Developer(s)
|-
| rowspan="3" |2025
| ''SpellRogue''
| rowspan="2" |Windows
| Guidelight Games
|-
|Guntouchables
|Game Swing
|-
| ''[[Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor]]''
|Windows, Xbox Series X/S, Android, iOS, Nintendo Switch, Nintendo Switch 2, PlayStation 5
| Funday Games
|-
| rowspan="2" |2027
|''Flask''
|macOS, Windows
|Chop Chop Games
|-
|''Acorn: Seed of Resistance''
| rowspan="3" |Windows
|Guidelight Games
|-
| rowspan="2" |TBA
| ''DarkSwarm''
| Bitfire Games
|-
|''Dinolords''
|Northplay
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{Official website|https://ghostship.dk/}}

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