Spiders (company)

Spiders is a French video game developer specializing in action role-playing games, owing to their previous experience.^[2]

Spiders

Company type	Subsidiary
Industry	Video games
Founded	2008; 17 years ago (2008)
Headquarters	Paris, France
Key people	Jehanne Rousseau Wilfried Mallet Walid Miled
Number of employees	70+[1]
Parent	Nacon (2019–present)
Website	spiders-games.com

History

Spiders was created in 2008 by former Monte Cristo developers who had worked together the previous year on the game Silverfall. Wanting to stay together after the completion of this game, some developers team up to found Spiders. Jehanne Rousseau is the director.^[3]

In addition to its role as service provider to other developers, in particular by porting games to Xbox 360, the studio has specialized in a specific genre, namely role-playing games.^[3]

In July 2019, French publisher Bigben Interactive, now known as Nacon, announced that they had acquired Spiders.^[4]

Game engine

All Spiders games are produced and developed using the company's own modified version of Sony's PhyreEngine, called the "Silk Engine". It includes most of the features of its parent engine, and is modified to add its own unique features.^[5]

Games

Year	Title	Platform(s)	Publisher
2009	Sherlock Holmes Versus Jack the Ripper	X360	Focus Home Interactive
2010	Gray Matter	PC, X360	DTP Entertainment
2011	Faery: Legends of Avalon	PC, PSN, XLA	Focus Home Interactive
2012	Of Orcs and Men	PC, PS3, X360	Focus Home Interactive
2012	The Testament of Sherlock Holmes	PS3, X360	Focus Home Interactive
2013	Mars: War Logs	PC, PSN, XLA	Focus Home Interactive
2014	Bound by Flame	PC, PS3, PS4, X360	Focus Home Interactive
2016	The Technomancer	PC, PS4, XOne	Focus Home Interactive
2019	GreedFall	PC, PS4, XOne, PS5, XSX/S	Focus Home Interactive
2022	Steelrising	PC, PS5, XSX/S	Nacon
2025	GreedFall 2: The Dying World	PC, PS5, XSX/S	Nacon