Sunderfolk, a Tactical Co-Op Adventure Game Inspired by Tabletop RPGs, Is Dreamhaven’s First Internal Game

Today, multi-studio developer Dreamhaven, founded four years ago by former Blizzard boss Mike Morhaime, announced its first internal game, Sunderfolk. It's a tactical cooperative adventure game inspired by tabletop roleplaying games and set in a fantasy world made by Dreamhaven's Secret Door team.

Sunderfolk features an unfolding narrative that will take adventurers on a quest through the Sunderlands, starting in Arden, their idyllic home village, which they've been recruited to save. As they battle their way through the mines, wilds, and labyrinths of the game's fictional world, players will meet colorful characters, discover hidden secrets, and develop new cooperative strategies to defeat their enemies. One of the twists of Sunderfolk is that each player can use their phone or tablet to control their character during a session that can be either local (couch co-op is fully supported) or online.

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Chris Sigaty, Secret Door's studio head, said:

We have a bunch of dedicated board and tabletop game fanatics on the team at Secret Door—getting together for game night has been a regular highlight for many of us going back years and years. As developers we also like to look at what inspires us and think about how to make those types of experiences easier to get into, so that more people can enjoy them as much as we do. With Sunderfolk, we’re excited to offer players a game that’s easy to pick up and play, while still challenging to master, and we can’t wait to share it with the world.

Mike Morhaime, CEO and cofounder of Dreamhaven, added:

The team at Secret Door, and really all of us at Dreamhaven, are all about bringing players together around fun experiences. Sunderfolk is a beautiful game, it’s full of personality and charm, and it also creates epic moments where everyone is engaging directly with each other to work out strategies or celebrate victories. There’s