Serenity Forge LLC is an American video game developer and publisher based in Boulder, Colorado. The studio was founded in 2014 by Zhenghua "Z" Yang. As of December 2025, it has 40+ employees.
History Upon graduating from the University of Colorado Boulder's Leeds School of Business in 2014, Zhenghua Yang (commonly referred to as Z) formally founded Serenity Forge in Boulder, Colorado, with the mission to "create meaningful games that challenge the way players think," according to the company's official website. Despite his academic background in finance and economics, Yang, a lifelong gamer, decided to pursue a career in video games because he saw more potential and fulfillment in the medium. Prior to graduating college, Yang (under the Serenity Forge brand) released the studio's debut game Loving Life in 2012. Loving Life released for free on online platforms and serves as an autobiographical visual novel detailing Yang's personal experience coping with chronic refractory idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura, a rare autoimmune disease that saw him hospitalized for over two years as a teenager.
In 2016, Serenity Forge began publishing games by third-party developers in addition to making its own. The Studio's first publishing releases were Stage 2 Studios' science fiction exploration game Lifeless Planet and developer Ludo Land's narrative puzzle game Four Sided Fantasy.
Games Year Title Developer(s) Publisher(s) Platform(s) 2012 Loving Life Serenity Forge Serenity Forge Microsoft Windows 2014 Lifeless Planet Stage 2 Studios Serenity Forge PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch Luna's Wandering Stars Serenity Forge Serenity Forge Microsoft Windows2015 Pixel Galaxy Serenity Forge Serenity Forge Microsoft Windows2016 Four Sided Fantasy Ludo Land Serenity Forge Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, Xbox One2017 Mystic Melee Serenity Forge Serenity Forge Microsoft Windows Pinstripe Atmos Games Serenity Forge, Armor Games Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, macOS2018 A Case of Distrust Ben Wander Serenity Forge Microsoft Windows, Nintendo Switch, iOS The King's Bird Serenity Forge Graffiti Games Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One Where the Water Tastes Like Wine Dim Bulb Games, Serenity Forge Serenity Forge, Good Shepherd Entertainment Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, macOS2019Virgo Versus The ZodiacMoonanaSerenity ForgeMicrosoft Windows, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S2020 Half Past Fate Serenity Forge Way Down Deep Microsoft Windows, Nintendo Switch The Alto Collection Snowman, Serenity Forge Snowman Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One Neversong Serenity Forge, Atmos Games Serenity Forge Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, Apple Arcade2021 Half Past Fate: Romantic Distancing Serenity Forge Way Down Deep Microsoft Windows, Nintendo Switch Cyanide & Happiness - Freakpocalypse (Episode 1) Explosm, Skeleton Crew Studios Serenity Forge Microsoft Windows, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S Date Night Bowling Serenity Forge Way Down Deep Microsoft Windows Land of Screens Serenity Forge Way Down Deep Microsoft Windows, Nintendo Switch Doki Doki Literature Club Plus! Team Salvato, Serenity Forge Serenity Forge Microsoft Windows, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, macOS, Android, iOS Death's Gambit: Afterlife White Rabbit Serenity Forge Microsoft Windows, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One 2022Land of ScreensSerenity ForgeWay Down DeepMicrosoft Windows, Nintendo SwitchFlipper LifterSerenity Forge Serenity ForgePlaydate2023 Arcadian Atlas Twin Otter Studios Serenity Forge Microsoft Windows, macOS, Linux, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S Smile For Me LimboLane Serenity Forge Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S Homestead Arcana Serenity Forge Skybound Entertainment Microsoft Windows, Xbox Series X/S LISA - Definitive Edition Dingaling Productions Serenity Forge Microsoft Windows, Xbox Series X/S, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5 Lifeless MoonStage 2 StudiosSerenity ForgeMicrosoft Windows, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/SLong Gone DaysThis I DreamtSerenity ForgeMicrosoft Windows, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S2024Loving Life (Remastered)Serenity ForgeSerenity ForgeMicrosoft Windows, Nintendo SwitchKeylockerMoonanaSerenity ForgeMicrosoft Windows, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5Slay the Princess — The Pristine CutBlack Tabby GamesSerenity ForgeMicrosoft Windows, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/STo the MoonFreebird GamesSerenity ForgePlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/STo the Moon: Sigmund Minisode 1 (Holiday Special)Freebird GamesSerenity ForgePlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, Nintendo Switch To the Moon: Sigmund Minisode 2 (Holiday Special)Freebird GamesSerenity ForgePlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, Nintendo Switch 2025CentumHack The Publisher Serenity ForgeMicrosoft Windows, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, Nintendo SwitchCooking CompanionsDeer Dreams StudiosSerenity ForgePlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, Nintendo SwitchBad End TheaterNomnomNamiSerenity ForgePlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, Nintendo SwitchReturn to AshSerenity ForgeSerenity ForgeMicrosoft WindowsNoctuaryGratesca StudioSerenity ForgePlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, Nintendo SwitchFinding ParadiseFreebird GamesSerenity ForgePlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S2026PuppergeistSerenity ForgeSerenity ForgeMicrosoft Windows, Xbox Series X/S, Nintendo Switch Roman Sands RE:Build Arbitrary Metric Serenity Forge Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, Nintendo Switch Springs, EternalFullbrightSerenity ForgeMicrosoft WindowsDelphinumCINNADEVSerenity ForgeMicrosoft Windows, Xbox Series X/SSister Other ParanoiaHazeDenkiSerenity ForgeMicrosoft Windows, macOS2027VivariumStudio MeadowflowerSerenity ForgeMicrosoft Windows, Xbox Series X/SFaraday BluesSerenity ForgeSerenity ForgeMicrosoft Windows, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/STBAFractured BloomsSerenity ForgeSerenity ForgeMicrosoft Windows, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S
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