We make games that hit hard and mean something.
Revenant Machine is an independent game studio in Austin, Texas, formerly Ghost Machine. We build fast, action-forward games for PC and Steam Deck and release them on Steam.
Make action games that are fast to learn, hard to put down and willing to say something, then put them in players' hands on Steam, at a fair price, with nothing for sale that changes who wins.
Readable in a second.
Every game starts as a prototype that has to be fun in the first minute: clear goals, tight controls and fights you can read at a glance, on a monitor or a Steam Deck.
Games with a point of view.
Our worlds are pulled from real streets, real headlines and the genre films we grew up on, from East L.A. to Edo Japan to a city of rogue androids.
No pay-to-win. Ever.
Buy the game, play the game. Anything optional is cosmetic, and nothing we sell changes damage, health, progress or who wins.
A small studio that ships.
One creative lead, a tight pipeline and modern tools let us move from idea to playable fast, and keep every game true to its original vision.
Neal “Neo” Nellans
Founder and CEO · Creator / Director on every Revenant Machine game
Neal “Neo” Nellans founded the studio in Austin, Texas as Ghost Machine, building early VR games for Oculus Rift and HTC Vive and VR experiences for brands at events such as SXSW and Dreamforce. He renamed the studio Revenant Machine as it moved into PC and Steam Deck games.
Neo designs, directs and builds Revenant Machine's games himself, working in Unity and Unreal Engine 5. He is the creator and director of ICE Wars, the isometric 3v3 vehicle-combat game set in East L.A.; Breeder Protocol, a 1–4 player co-op alien extraction roguelite; Hard Recall, a noir bullet-hell shooter about rogue androids; and Inkblade, an Edo-period stealth action RPG.
His games share a few habits: arcade-clear rules, a strong sense of place, a cast of characters who talk back, and a business model that never charges for power.
Now in development.
Press, partnerships and playtest keys: press@revenantmachine.com