Saftladen Indie Games Collective

What we make

Through the Darkest of Times

A historical resistance survival game taking place in Berlin.
Play as the Resistance in Third Reich Berlin:
Fight for freedom, weaken the regime and lead your group Through the Darkest of Times!

by Paintbucket

published 2020

Cottage Connections

In Cottage Connections you build your own cozy village. Starting with just a cottage and a stable, build up to a bustling town. Help your quirky neighbors with their problems and forge new friendships.

in production

Lonely Mountains Downhill

Just you and your bike - take it on a thrilling ride down an unspoiled mountain landscape. Make your way through thick forests, narrow trails and wild rivers. Race, jump, slide and try not to crash - all the way from the peak to the valley!

by Megagon Industries

published 2019

The Matriarch

Play Hide & Seek in a diabolical convent where everyone is an imposter.

published 2022

Death Trash

A modern post-apocalyptic role-playing game with action elements and a focus on the narrative and dialogue. A world of cyberpunk, science fiction, horror, the grotesque and trash-talk humor.

by Crafting Legends

published 2021

Thief Melone (working title)

Thief Melone is a slapstick stealth game and a love letter to 90's horror games. Haunted by the ghost of their Master Thief brother, can the clumsy Melone siblings steal their way to laying their brother's soul to rest?
The project is greatly inspired by 90’s horror games such as Alone in the Dark. A stealth game with fixed camera angles, that mixes the modern and 90’s game design to create a fun experience, and balance both spookiness & comedy while getting chased by guards and g-g-g-ghosts!

by Wunderfax

in production

Codecks

Turning Ideas Into Games, Together.

by Codecks

published 2017

Lonely Mountains: Snow Riders

Take a deep breath, count to three, and… go! Lonely Mountains: Snow Riders is a game about skiing down gorgeous mountain vistas. Slice through deep snow, skitter over ice lakes, and leap into the air in spectacular jumps, all surrounded by a variety of breathtaking landscapes.

by Megagon Industries

in production

The Fermi Paradox

In the Fermi Paradox the player decides the fate of all the newborn alien species in a young galaxy. Those civilizations start in the stone age and advance over millennia into a spacefaring society. They will send out radio signals to other planets and before those messages reach other intelligent beings the senders might destroyed themselves via warfare. Spaceships will be send out to explore other stars and the contact between alien races may not always be peaceful.

by Jörg Reisig

in production

The Inner World

The Inner World is a classic-style hand-drawn Adventure game for PC, Mac, Linux, PS4, Xbox One, iOS and Android. Solve plenty of challenging puzzles with Robert and Laura in the twisted world of Asposia. Experience an atmospheric and humorous story full of bizarre characters.

by Fizbin

published 2013

Mother Machine

Climb, jump, and explore alien caves full of emergent surprises in this 1-4 player co-op action-rpg platformer. Customize your cute chaos gremlin with a never-ending appetite for adventure & mayhem! Unlock a vast range of mutations to choose your preferred playstyle and role in a group.

by Maschinen-Mensch

in production

The Berlin Apartment

The Berlin Apartment tells the moving stories of inhabitants of an apartment in the city of Berlin over the last 120 years in several unique, emotional episodes as a character-driven adventure game.

in production

Talk & Play

Talk & Play is a free event organised by BerlinGameScene.com, taking place every two months, that provides the opportunity to game enthusiasts, players and makers to meet and exchange knowledge in a friendly, relaxed and safe environment. Everybody’s welcome, regardless of their background and knowledge level: if you like games, we’ll make sure you have a good time!

by BerlinGameScene.com

published 2013

The Inner World – The Last Wind Monk

The story continues in 2017 with the highly anticipated sequel to our successful adventure game. Solve mind-bending puzzles in Asposia and discover a world full of mystery and secrets. Play as Robert, Laura and Peck the pigeon to save the family of the flute noses and meet a bunch of crazy characters along the way!

by Fizbin

published 2017

Rogue Voltage

The engineering roguelike. Construct your own skills by wiring up modules. Build crazy machines to zap the monsters and trigger satisfying chain reactions.

by Horizont Computergrafik

published 2024

Curious Expedition

Curious Expedition is a roguelike expedition simulation set in the late 19th century. Together with famous historical personalities, players will venture on unprecedented expeditions to regions never explored before for fame, science and treasures. They will put on their pith helmets and khakis and make their way through a lush, procedurally generated world full of wonder and mystery.

by Maschinen-Mensch

published 2015

Reignbreaker

Lockpicks meet spiked iron gauntlets in this 'medievalpunk' single-player action-roguelike. Fight through hordes of lock-operated mechs and free the world from the corrupt elite. Plunder their coffers, smash the kingdom and become The Reignbreaker.

by Fizbin

in production

FAQ

Can I visit you?

We love to have visitors but can’t always accommodate all the requests. Please send us a message with some information about you, why you’d like to visit us, the date(s) when you’d like to come over and we’ll try to make it happen. Student groups are also welcome to reach out!

Can I join your co-working space?

Right now we don’t have any available spots, but if you’d like to know more about the conditions and eventually join the waiting list you can contact us and we’ll take it from there.

What's your history?

The Saftladen Collective was founded in 2015 by Maschinen-Mensch and Studio Fizbin. We started with 10 desks / members at our first location, now we’re at 50 and have moved into the fourth office space in June 2023.

What's up with your name?

Our first co-working space used to be a “Saftpresserei” (juice factory). You could still read the old sign on that building. The name is a play on that and the fact that a Saftladen (juice shop) in colloquial German designates an unprofessional business (which we are not). Also good games are juicy. So there you go.

Freshly squeezed

Saftladen @ A MAZE. / Berlin 2024

Studios

Maschinen-Mensch

Crosshatch Games

Megagon Industries

Fizbin

Paintbucket

Horizont Computergrafik

Codecks

Crafting Legends

Wunderfax

btf

Adrien Laurent

BerlinGameScene.com

What we make

Through the Darkest of Times

Cottage Connections

Lonely Mountains Downhill

The Matriarch

Death Trash

Thief Melone (working title)

Codecks

Lonely Mountains: Snow Riders

The Fermi Paradox

The Inner World

Mother Machine

The Berlin Apartment

Talk & Play

The Inner World – The Last Wind Monk

Rogue Voltage

Curious Expedition

Reignbreaker

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FAQ

Can I visit you?

Can I join your co-working space?

What's your history?

What's up with your name?

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