The Games Fund invests $1.5M in Roar Games to fund debut title

Roar Games announced today that it has secured $1.5 million in funding from The Games Fund. It plans to put this funding towards the development of its debut game, Tenet of the Spark. This is the latest investment of The Games Fund, which raised $50 million for its inaugural funding to invest in fledgling studios, particularly in central and eastern Europe.

The founders of Zheeshee production studio, which has worked on titles like Dota 2 and PUBG, launched Roar Games in 2023. One of Zheeshee’s animated short films, The Spark, was the primary inspiration for the game. According to Roar, Tenet of the Spark is a third-person action title starring a boxer who gains powers through his ancestors. The game features a world-switching mechanic that allows the player to jump between modern settings and the Viking and South American settings of the boxer’s forebears.