Former Space Ape developers have banded together to form Offroad Games.
Two former Space Ape projects, Chrome Valley Customs and Fastlane: Road to Revenge, follow the team, although the 10-person start-up is also working on Space Ape’s cancelled racer, Go Race: Super Karts, as well as another unannounced car-focused IP.
Talking to PocketGamer.biz, CEO Geoffrey Gilles – who previously led Chrome Valley Customs as GM – is joined by CTO Christopher Jubb, lead game designer Vera Zaitceva, lead artist Hyo Chan, and finance director Cameron Simon and others to make a team of seven full-time employees and three contractors.
Gilles hopes to bring the team up to 15 people, although as yet, Offroad has not secured funding from Space Ape parent, Supercell, or elsewhere.
“I’ve always wanted to be an entrepreneur, and there was this opportunity to still operate successful live games,” Gilles told PG.biz, stating he puts camaraderie, speed, and “being free-thinkers” at the core of Offroad’s ethos.
“I saw this opportunity to take both games, run the games, and then at the same time rehire some people and then really come up with an inspiring company mission. Values that really speak to me and how I think game development is best done.”
Supercell – which already owned 62% of Space Ape – increased its investment in Space Ape back in November, acquiring the London-based studio. In January, Space Ape Games expanded by establishing new studio, NextBeat, but cut 30 jobs in February 2025.