Since joining the Sumo Digital family in 2018, The Chinese Room has been hard at work building on its reputation for creative excellence in game development. From humble roots in modding and academia to a team of over one hundred game devs and numerous influential titles, the studio is busy with projects that merge TCR storytelling with new directions, new genres and new ambitions.
- 2007: The Chinese Room is born out of a Doctoral research project at University of Portsmouth, backed by the Arts and Humanities Research Council
- 2009: The studio releases Korsakovia, Conscientious Objector and other survival horror mods
- 2012: Dear Esther is published to critical acclaim
- 2013: Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs, The Chinese Room’s take on the Amnesia series is released
- 2016: Everybody's Gone to the Rapture is released, the studio receives BAFTA and TIGA Awards
- 2018: The Chinese Room joins Sumo Group
- 2020: Little Orpheus is released to critical acclaim; the game receives and Apple Design Award and D.I.C.E Awards nominations
- 2021: Studio moves into brand new studio premises in central Brighton
- 2023: The studio announces work on Still Wakes the Deep (2024) and Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2 (TBA)
