GKW·GAMES

Independent game studio in Cologne

Small, sharp games. Shipped often.

GKW Games makes quick-to-love games for phones and the web. No 300-hour epics and no dark patterns: tight little machines you can finish.

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Cartridge 01 · iPhone, iPad and Android

Ascenseur

An elevator routing puzzle.

Everyone on the board needs to get somewhere. Tap the floors to plan the stops, press run, and watch the lift carry them home. Ninety levels, one ladder, stars for hitting par.

Coming soon to the App Store and Google PlayFree on the App Store and Google Play

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  1. Cart 00 · Web

    GKW Breaker

    The studio's hello world: a pocket breakout that lives at the top of this page. Every studio should ship before it speaks.

    Playable above

  2. Cart 01 · iOS · Android

    Ascenseur

    An elevator routing puzzle in 90 levels. Plan the stops, hit par, earn three stars. Free, offline, no account.

    Coming soonOut now

  3. Cart 02

    Empty slot

    Waiting for the next idea that survives a weekend prototype. That is the bar for a cartridge.

    Queued

The studio

GKW Games is the game label of GKW, an engineering outfit founded in 2016 and now based in Cologne. One founder, twenty years of shipping software, and a simple bet: a finished small game beats an abandoned big one.

Our games run offline and ask for no account. Progress stays on your device. When a game is free, it is paid for with ads that wait until a level is over, and with optional rewarded ads you choose to watch. Nothing is sold to you mid-puzzle.

Questions, bug reports, or you want to write about us? Support answers players, the press kit has everything for coverage.

House rules

  • One mechanic, polished. Scope is the enemy.
  • No dark patterns. No timers that sell you time, no fake scarcity.
  • Respect the player's device. Offline play, no account, small download.
  • Ads never interrupt play. Only between levels, never mid-puzzle.
  • Finish it. The only rule that matters.