Bossa Studios

It is associated with United Kingdom. The record gives 2010 as its date of establishment or first appearance. Its recorded founders are Roberta Lucca. Its recorded seat is London. The recorded field of activity is video game industry. Recorded products are Surgeon Simulator.

• Name — Bossa Studios Limited • Former Name — Bossa Studios (2010–2023) • Type — Private • Industry — Video games • Founders — * Henrique Olifiers • Roberta Lucca • Ric Moore • Imre Jele • Hq Location City — London • Hq Location Country — England • Key People — Daniel Clough (studio general manager) • Products — Surgeon Simulator, I Am Bread • Num Employees — 40 • Num Employees Year — 2024 • Parent — * Shine Group (2011–2014) • Endemol Shine UK (2014–2015)

• Illustration — Co-founder Henrique Olifiers in 2018 Bossa was founded in October 2010 by Henrique Olifiers (gamer-in-chief), Roberta Lucca (marketer-in-chief), Ric Moore (technologist-in-chief), and Imre Jele (creator-in-chief). The establishment was formally announced in June 2011, when it had opened its office at the Silicon Roundabout in London, England. Bossa was acquired by the television production company Shine Group in 2011, with the deal announced on 16 September, without disclosing terms. At the time, Bossa had 20 employees, and its first game, Monstermind, launched that same month for the Facebook Platform. Monstermind won the BAFTA award in the "Online – Browser" category in February 2012. Subsequent games by Bossa were Toy Run and Merlin: The Game, the latter based on the Shine-produced TV series Merlin. Following the commercial success of Surgeon Simulator, Bossa underwent a management buyout process in July 2015 that returned Shine's stake (transferred to Endemol Shine UK after Shine merged with Endemol in December 2014) to the studio's founders. The company received a 10 million investment in a series A round in September 2017. Shortly thereafter, they hired former Valve writer Chet Faliszek to lead a new Seattle-based studio for them, working on an unannounced cooperative title. According to CNBC, Bossa raised between 10 and 30 million in another investment round in 2019, with NetEase as one of the largest investors in this series, gaining a minority stake in Bossa. Amid complaints against management, Bossa announced it would lay off 10 employees in November 2020. In August 2022, some of Bossa Studios' intellectual properties, including Surgeon Simulator, I Am Bread, and I Am Fish were sold to TinyBuild for a reported $3 million. The company rebranded to Bossa Games in 2023. In January 2024, Bossa laid off 19 employees, or a third of its total staff. In February 2025, Bossa laid off an undisclosed number of employees and switched its focus to finishing Lost Skies.

• Year — Title — Platform(s) — Publisher(s) — Notes • 2011 — Monstermind — Facebook Platform — Bossa Studios • 2012 — Toy Run — Facebook Platform • Merlin: The Game — Facebook Platform • 2013 — Surgeon Simulator — Linux, macOS, Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4 — Originally titled Surgeon Simulator 2013 • 2014 — Surgeon Simulator Touch — Android, iOS — Port of Surgeon Simulator • Twelve a Dozen — iOS • Deep Dungeons of Doom — Android, iOS, macOS, Microsoft Windows • 2015 — I Am Bread — Android, iOS, macOS, Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, Xbox One • Spy_Watch — iOS • Outlaw Poker — Android • 2016 — Surgeon Simulator VR: Meet The Medic — Microsoft Windows — Virtual reality spin-off of Surgeon Simulator • Emily: Displaced — macOS, Microsoft Windows — Sega — Part of Help: The Game • Surgeon Simulator: Experience Reality — Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4 — Bossa Studios — Virtual reality version of Surgeon Simulator • Worlds Adrift Island Creator — Microsoft Windows — Free creation and playtest tool released alongside Worlds Adrift • 2018 — Surgeon Simulator CPR — Nintendo Switch — Port of Surgeon Simulator • 2019 — Hogwash — iOS, macOS, tvOS — Apple Arcade exclusive • 2020 — Surgeon Simulator 2 — Microsoft Windows, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S • 2021 — I Am Fish — Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S — Curve Digital • 2025 — Lost Skies — Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S — Humble Games • Pigeon Simulator — Microsoft Windows, Xbox Series X/S — tinyBuild • 2026 — What Goes Up — Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S — Team17

• Decksplash • Worlds Adrift