Türkiye has spent much of the past decade building a global mobile gaming ecosystem. Now, a new generation of independent developers is beginning to make its mark on PC.
The latest example is Bombanana!, a three-player co-op party game developed by Türkiye-based Lefto Studio and published by Tark Games, which surpassed one million copies sold within its first ten days on Steam.
Bombanana!’s launch followed an already strong pre-release trajectory. Prior to launch, the title had surpassed one million Steam wishlists and attracted more than six million demo players worldwide.
The game is the first title released by Tark Games, Türkiye’s first VC-backed (led by Ludus Ventures) independent PC and console publisher founded in Istanbul in 2025 with an international publishing mandate.
Over the past decade, the country has produced some of mobile gaming’s most notable companies and exits, creating a deep pool of developers, entrepreneurs, and game-making talent. More recently, that momentum has begun to expand beyond mobile.
Titles including Supermarket Simulator and Liar’s Bar have demonstrated that independent developers from Türkiye can also reach large global audiences on PC. Bombanana! now joins that group, reinforcing what TARK Games believes is the beginning of a broader structural shift.
“Türkiye is widely recognized for what it has achieved in mobile games, and rightly so. But the talent, entrepreneurial culture and game development expertise built over the past decade are not limited to mobile. We are now starting to see more of that capability translate into PC and console” said Ilker Ergen, co-founder of Tark Games, in a press release.
“Supermarket Simulator, Liar’s Bar and now Bombanana! are early signals of something much bigger. There are a large number of small, highly capable teams here with the potential to build games for global audiences. We believe Türkiye can become a meaningful source of independent PC and console games over the coming years.”
Bombanana! was developed by Lefto Studio, which was founded by 25-year-old Ufuk Girit.The game is built around a simple communication-driven premise. Three players take on the roles of monkeys who are blind, deaf, and mute, with each player holding only part of the information required to defuse a bomb.
The result is a co-op experience built around communication, misunderstanding, and the unpredictable moments that emerge between friends.
“From the beginning, we wanted to build something simple to understand but capable of creating completely different moments every time people played together. The fun in Bombanana! comes from the players themselves — from how they communicate, misunderstand each other and solve problems together,” said Ufuk Girit, Founder of Lefto Studio, in the same press release.
“The response during the demo period was far beyond what we initially imagined. Millions of players tried the game, shared it with their friends and gave us feedback that helped shape the final experience. Seeing that translate into the launch we have had has been incredibly rewarding for a small independent team.”
Bombanana! is the first release from Tark Games, founded in 2025 by Ilker Ergen and Ibrahim Yildirim. While headquartered in Istanbul, Tark Games was built from the outset as an international publisher rather than a publisher focused exclusively on Turkish studios. The company currently has 10 games in its publishing pipeline, with approximately half being developed by teams outside Türkiye.
Its portfolio reflects a broader strategy: to identify distinctive independent teams wherever they are based and provide the financing, publishing infrastructure and international reach required to compete in the global PC and console market.
Tark Games works with developers across areas including development financing, production, player research, marketing, creator relations and global platform management. A central part of its model is that Tark Games does not take equity in the development studios it publishes. Tark Games sees Bombanana! as an early validation of its publishing model rather than an isolated success.
For Tark Games, Türkiye’s emerging PC scene represents an important part of a much wider opportunity: a new generation of small independent studios around the world that can build commercially significant games but often lack the resources and publishing infrastructure required to scale them globally.
Following its Steam launch, Bombanana! is also being prepared for console platforms, with Bombanana! launching on mobile devices in October.