About Us

Who We Are

At Keen, we love creating incredible sandbox experiences. We want our players and team members alike to collectively shape the adventures and worlds that we play in. Driven by our humble and passionate team, we thrive in an open and honest collaborative style - with a desire to constantly evolve, develop and grow.

Our History

2024

Enshrouded

Enshrouded released on the 24th January 24 on Steam and will eventually come later to PS5 & Xbox X/S. It is the first game Keen Games has published by itself. 

2021
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Government Grant

We are super excited to have been granted funding from the German Government for our Game38 and are now heading into production. We can't wait to tell you more. Stay tuned. 

2021
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Funding Round

With Hiro Capital and Tencent, we have won two investors who fully believe in our mission and goals. We are now ready to embark on a new journey. 

2019
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New Chapter

We decided to change a few things. We said goodbye to Keen Flare and the mobile market, to fully focus on next generation consoles and our own technology, with a game in mind.

2016
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Portal Knights

Portal Knights was developed for PC, PlayStation4, Xbox One & Nintendo Switch. Later we also released a iOS and Android Version. It was published by 505 Games, was highly successful and won numerous prizes.

2016
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Olympus Rising

We were an Editors Choice and featured in the WWDC Keynote from Apple with Olympus Rising.

2014
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Royal Revolt 2

Royal Revolt 2 was successfully released, with 35 million downloads and counting!

2012
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Royal Revolt

We started a joint-venture with Flaregames to develop and release the mobile game Royal Revolt.

2009
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Anno: Dawn of Discovery

Following the success of the Anno 1701 A.D for the Nintendo DS, we then developed Anno: Dawn of Discovery for the WiiU and DS. It was a great achievement to bring a strategy game to handheld devices with very easy and intuitive controls.

2008
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More Games

The studio continued to grow, we worked on several titles simultaneously, handheld and console, for Disney, Deep Silver, Vivendi and Atari.

2006
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Anno 1701

To ramp up the studio we developed 1701 A.D. for the NintendoDS which was published by Ubisoft. It was well received and won several prizes.

2005
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Keen Games

Having previously worked together as Neon Studios and as part of JoWood AG, we founded Keen Games and have continued to grow and develop the studio ever since.

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Our Team

We are a collective of highly creative and driven team players, who love making games. Everyone here has the ability to positively impact our games, the studio and make Keen Games feel like home. To attract and retain industry-leading talent, we strive to offer flexibility, keeping our people's needs at the forefront of every decision we make.

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Games Developed
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Team Members
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Average Years of Experience
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Platforms Developed For

Awards

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Portal Knights
Best German Game
German Computer Games Awards
2017
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Portal Knights
Best Online Game
German Computer Games Awards
2016