Indie Publisher Versus Evil is Being Shut Down

Publisher tinyBuild has announced that its subsidiary, Versus Evil, is being shut down. Taking to social media platform X for the announcement, Versus Evil will be closing its doors after publishing titles for 10 years.

“Today is a sad day,” said the publisher. “After 10 wonderful years, Versus Evil is shutting its doors. We’ve loved bringing you the best indie games we could find & sharing so many happy memories with you all, our amazing community! From the bottom of our hearts, THANK YOU for everything!”

Versus Evil director of product strategy Francis Fincke revealed on LinkedIn that the company has laid off its entire 13-person team at the start of the Christmas break. Community manager Chris Trippi revealed that it wasn’t an internal decision, but rather, one made by parent company tinyBuild.

Versus Evil has released quite a few games in its 10 years of operation, including the Banner Saga trilogy by Stoic, and Obsidian’s Pillars of Eternity 2: Deadfire. The company was acquired by tinyBuild back in November 2021, alongside its QA studio Red Cerberus. The acquisition was priced at a total of $31.3 million, with $12.5 million being paid upfront.

While tinyBuild is shutting down Versus Evil, it is currently unknown if this will affect Red Cerberus.

Today is a sad day. After 10 wonderful years, Versus Evil is shutting its doors. We've loved bringing you the best indie games we could find & sharing so many happy memories with you all, our amazing community! From the bottom of our hearts, THANK YOU for everything! ♥️

— Versus Evil 🛡️ (@vs_evil) December 22, 2023

Unfortunately our parent company has made the decision to lay off the entire team here at Versus Evil.

So if anyone knows any open roles for Community Management, or assistant/associate Producer roles, I'd be happy to send my resume over.

DMs open in the mean time~

— Chris ➡️ Hire me! (@LetsGetTrippi) December 22, 2023

tinybuild just laid off myself and the entire Versus Evil team.

💔

— Lauren Clare (@CupOfLaure) December 22, 2023