Skeleton Games is a B2C indie studio. We make short, funny games for adult players and sell them directly on Steam. Three games, 405,000 copies sold, $2.6M in net revenue. Every game paid back its budget at least three times.

We’re raising $1.5M to go from one game a year to three.

Players aged 25–40 have jobs, kids and maybe one free evening a week. They still buy games, but rarely finish them.

The industry offers them two options: 100-hour epics or free-to-play games built around microtransactions. Neither fits their life.

The gap: short, finished games at a fair price. Few studios make them on purpose and keep doing it.

For an investor, short games mean lower budgets, faster releases and less risk per title.

1. Small budgets. Each game costs $180–250K and takes one team of seven about 9 months. If a game fails, we lose months, not years.

2. One fair price. No microtransactions, no ads. Players notice it: our games average 94% positive reviews, and high ratings make Steam recommend us for free.

3. Our own audience. 15,000 players in our Discord test every game before release and buy it on day one. That keeps our marketing costs under 10% of each budget.

The Skeleton Method. Strip it down: one core mechanic. Test it early: a playable build goes to Discord in month one. Polish by hand: every joke, sprite and sound is made by our team. Ship it whole: no paid DLC, no unfinished content.

A process, not a lucky hit. All three of our games went through the same four steps, and all three paid back their budgets at least three times.

Three games. Three bets. Three paybacks.

Skelly’s Day Off · Roguelike · 2024 · Budget $180K · 9 months

Problem. Roguelikes sell well, but most take 50+ hours to reach an ending. Busy adult players buy them and drop them.

Idea. A roguelike you can actually finish: 10-minute runs and a real ending in one evening.