Awaken Realms is Expanding its Publishing Portfolio with Thundergryph Games

Awaken Realms and Thundergryph Games are proud to announce a new agreement under which Thundergryph Games is set to become part of Awaken Realms, while continuing to operate under its own established brand and creative identity.

Under this arrangement, the Thundergryph team will now be able to focus exclusively on game design and development, while Awaken Realms handles the operational side of the business, including logistics, manufacturing, fulfillment, and worldwide distribution. With experience delivering over 700,000 copies of games globally, Awaken Realms brings a proven infrastructure that will allow Thundergryph to scale its ambitions without compromise and bring even more great games to the market.

“With the support and proven expertise of Awaken Realms, our team will be able to focus fully on crafting new, memorable gaming experiences for players around the world,” said Gonzalo Aguirre Bisi, Founder and President of Thundergryph Games.

Thundergryph Games has built a strong reputation for light and medium-weight titles with distinctive visual identity, including Darwin’s Journey, Tang Garden, and Etherstone. The integration is designed to preserve that acclaimed creative quality while unlocking access to Awaken Realms’ global production and delivery network.

“We are very excited to welcome Thundergryph Games into the Awaken Realms family. Gonzalo and his team have created a truly unique brand, and we believe that together we can help their games reach even more players around the world,” said Michał Matłosz, Chief of Board Games at Awaken Realms.

For Awaken Realms, the move marks a meaningful expansion of its publishing portfolio. Thundergryph’s catalogue of approachable, beautifully produced titles complements Awaken Realms’ established line-up of large-scale, story-driven, and deeply immersive games.

“At Awaken Realms, we were really impressed by the Thundergryph portfolio and how they managed to create very interesting and beautiful games over and over again. Because they are so different from what we usually do at AR (with all our dark and gritty taste), we believe it is a perfect fit to make our portfolio broader”, said Marcin Świerkot, Founder and CEO of Awaken Realms.

The first project under this new partnership is Galileo’s Truth, a game by designers Virginio Gigli and Flaminia Brasini. The game will launch its crowdfunding campaign on Gamefound on the 7th of July, 2026.

About Awaken Realms

Awaken Realms is a well-known and rapidly growing board game and video game publisher based in Wrocław, Poland, with a team of more than 250 people. The company is one of the leading publishers in the modern board game industry, recognized for titles such as Nemesis, Tainted Grail, ISS Vanguard, and acclaimed Special Editions of Castles of Burgundy, Puerto Rico, and Agricola. Its video games arm also has a growing portfolio, with a key highlight being Tainted Grail: Fall of Avalon, which has sold 1.3 million copies across PC, Xbox, and PlayStation 5.

About Thundergryph Games

Thundergryph Games is a board game publisher known for creating distinctive tabletop experiences that combine elegant gameplay, strong visual identity, and premium production values. Since its founding, the company has raised more than €5 million through crowdfunding campaigns and delivered games to players around the world. Its portfolio includes acclaimed titles such as Darwin’s Journey, a BoardGameGeek Top 100 game and nominee for the As d’Or Expert Game of the Year, as well as Tang Garden, Spirits of the Forest, Etherstone, and the innovative Soda Pop Collection of games packaged in collectible cans. Over nearly a decade of publishing, Thundergryph has built a reputation for bringing memorable and beautifully crafted games to tables worldwide.