Bossa Studios Limited (trading as Bossa Games since 2023) is a British video game developer based in London. It is known for its comedic, physics-based games Surgeon Simulator and I Am Bread.
History
Bossa was founded in October 2010 by Henrique Olifiers (gamer-in-chief), Roberta Lucca (marketer-in-chief), Ric Moore (technologist-in-chief), and Imre Jele (creator-in-chief). The establishment was formally announced in June 2011, when it had opened its office at the Silicon Roundabout in London, England. Bossa was acquired by the television production company Shine Group in 2011, with the deal announced on 16 September, without disclosing terms. At the time, Bossa had 20 employees, and its first game, Monstermind, launched that same month for the Facebook Platform. Monstermind won the BAFTA award in the "Online – Browser" category in February 2012.
Subsequent games by Bossa were Toy Run and Merlin: The Game, the latter based on the Shine-produced TV series Merlin. Following the commercial success of Surgeon Simulator, Bossa underwent a management buyout process in July 2015 that returned Shine's stake (transferred to Endemol Shine UK after Shine merged with Endemol in December 2014) to the studio's founders.
The company received a investment in a series A round in September 2017. Shortly thereafter, they hired former Valve writer Chet Faliszek to lead a new Seattle-based studio for them, working on an unannounced cooperative title.
According to CNBC, Bossa raised between in another investment round in 2019, with NetEase as one of the largest investors in this series, gaining a minority stake in Bossa. Amid complaints against management, Bossa announced it would lay off 10 employees in November 2020.
In August 2022, some of Bossa Studios' intellectual properties, including Surgeon Simulator, I Am Bread, and I Am Fish were sold to TinyBuild for a reported $3 million. The company rebranded to Bossa Games in 2023. In January 2024, Bossa laid off 19 employees, or a third of its total staff. In February 2025, Bossa laid off an undisclosed number of employees and switched its focus to finishing Lost Skies.
Games
Games developed Year Title Platform(s) Publisher(s) Notes 2011 Monstermind Facebook Platform Bossa Studios 2012 Toy Run Facebook Platform Merlin: The Game Facebook Platform 2013 Surgeon Simulator Linux, macOS, Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4 Originally titled Surgeon Simulator 2013 2014 Surgeon Simulator Touch Android, iOS Port of Surgeon Simulator Twelve a Dozen iOS Deep Dungeons of Doom Android, iOS, macOS, Microsoft Windows 2015 I Am Bread Android, iOS, macOS, Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, Xbox One Spy_Watch iOS Outlaw Poker Android 2016 Surgeon Simulator VR: Meet The Medic Microsoft Windows Virtual reality spin-off of Surgeon Simulator Emily: Displaced macOS, Microsoft Windows Sega Part of Help: The Game Surgeon Simulator: Experience Reality Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4 Bossa Studios Virtual reality version of Surgeon Simulator Worlds Adrift Island Creator Microsoft Windows Free creation and playtest tool released alongside Worlds Adrift 2018 Surgeon Simulator CPR Nintendo Switch Port of Surgeon Simulator2019HogwashiOS, macOS, tvOSApple Arcade exclusive 2020 Surgeon Simulator 2 Microsoft Windows, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S 2021 I Am Fish Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S Curve Digital 2025Lost SkiesMicrosoft Windows, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/SHumble Games Pigeon Simulator Microsoft Windows, Xbox Series X/S tinyBuild2026What Goes UpMicrosoft Windows, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/STeam17
Games published Year Title Platform(s) Developer(s) 2014 Thomas Was Alone Android, iOS Mike Bithell 2017 Purrfect Date iOS, Microsoft Windows Team Bae 2019 The Bradwell Conspiracy iOS, Microsoft Windows, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One A Brave Plan
Cancelled Decksplash Worlds Adrift
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