Frozenbyte

About Frozenbyte

Frozenbyte is an independent Finnish video game developer founded in 2001, based in Helsinki. With approximately 80 employees, they are one of Finland's biggest independent high-end developers, best known for the Trine series which has sold 15+ million copies.

Company Scale

• Founded: 2001
• ~80 employees (as of October 2025)
• Location: Helsinki, Finland
• Status: Independent

Founders

• Lauri Hyvärinen
• Juha Hiekkamäki

Notable Games

Trine Series

• Trine (2009) - First on Steam from Finland
• Trine 2 (2011)
• Trine 3: The Artifacts of Power (2015)
• Trine 4: The Nightmare Prince (2019)
• Trine 5: A Clockwork Conspiracy (2023)
• 15+ million copies sold worldwide

Shadowgrounds Series

• Shadowgrounds (2005) - First commercial game
• Shadowgrounds: Survivor (2007)
• First Finnish game published on Steam (2006)

Other Titles

• Shadwen (2016) - Stealth game
• Starbase (2021) - Sci-fi MMO (5+ years in secret development)

Technical

Uses proprietary Storm3D engine developed by Sebastian Aaltonen.

Why Choose Frozenbyte

• Trine franchise with 15M+ sales
• Finland's largest indie high-end developer
• 24+ years of development experience
• Independent with creative freedom
• Finnish quality game development