Description

We are two childhood friends from Germany on a mission to make strategy games that bring people together. Our current title blends classic 4X depth with the charm of a board game – fast, tactical, and made with passion.

History

MixedMoonGames GmbH was founded in August 2025 by two lifelong friends from Germany who had already been prototyping the title "Monarchs at Play" together the year before. Supported by the “Press Start: Gründerstipendium Games” program, the studio set out to create a strategy game inspired by their love for the district-building systems of Civilization VI. Early in development, they realized they wanted something different: a deep 4X experience that could actually be played with friends without requiring an entire weekend. This led to a radical design decision: remove every feature that felt like chore-like micromanagement and instead focus fully on meaningful city-building, adjacency planning, and fast, competitive matches. Over time, the project evolved into Monarchs at Play, a streamlined but deep board-game-style strategy experience built for both solo players and multiplayer groups. Development continues steadily, and the team is currently preparing the first closed Steam playtests for early 2026. MixedMoonGames aims to deliver a strategy game where every decision matters and where finishing a full match with friends is finally possible in just one hour.

Projects

• Monarchs at Play