{"id":1945644,"date":"2026-05-20T16:07:41","date_gmt":"2026-05-20T13:07:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1945644"},"modified":"2026-05-20T16:07:41","modified_gmt":"2026-05-20T13:07:41","slug":"surreal-narrative-match-3-game-titanium-court-has-sold-over-25000-copies-giving-designer-ap-thomson-enough-time-to-peacefully-work-on-his-next-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1945644","title":{"rendered":"Surreal narrative match-3 game Titanium Court has sold over 25,000 copies, giving designer AP Thomson enough time to peacefully work on his next game"},"content":{"rendered":"<article class=\"article \" data-ads=\"true\" data-article-type=\"news\" data-article-group=\"news\" data-paywalled=\"false\" data-premium=\"false\" data-sponsored=\"false\" data-type=\"article\">\n<header class=\"article_header\" data-component=\"article-header\">\n<div class=\"breadcrumbs\">\n<nav class=\"nav_breadcrumbs\" data-component=\"nav-breadcrumbs\" aria-label=\"Breadcrumb\">\n<ul class=\"nav-links\">\n<li>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/\" data-active=\"false\"><br \/>\n                      Home<br \/>\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<li>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/news\" data-active=\"false\"><br \/>\n                      News<br \/>\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<li>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/titanium-court\" data-active=\"false\"><br \/>\n                      Titanium Court<br \/>\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/nav><\/div>\n<div class=\"headline_details\" id=\"main-content\">\n<h1 class=\"title\">Surreal narrative match-3 game Titanium Court has sold over 25,000 copies, giving designer AP Thomson enough time to peacefully work on his next game<\/h1>\n<p class=\"strapline\">Effectively courted.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"headline_asset\">\n<figure class=\"headline_image_wrapper\">\n<p>        <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"headline_image\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/Dead-End-screenshot_Titanium-Court.jpg?width=570&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;dpr=3&amp;auto=webp\" alt='Titanium Court - \"dead end\" screenshot' loading=\"eager\" data-uri=\"Dead-End-screenshot_Titanium-Court.jpg\" data-lightbox width=\"570\" height=\"321\"><figcaption>\n          <span class=\"attribution\">Image credit: <cite>Fellow Traveller<\/cite><\/span><br \/>\n        <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"metadata\">\n<div class=\"avatar\">\n<p>    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Fran Ruiz avatar\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/fran-j-ruiz-author.png?width=2048&amp;height=2048&amp;fit=bounds&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;auto=webp\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1\" width=\"180\" height=\"180\"><\/p>\n<p>  <img alt=\"Fran Ruiz avatar\" data-autosize=\"crop_lossy\" data-uri=\"fran-j-ruiz-author.png\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1\" width=\"180\" height=\"180\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"text\">\n<div class=\"byline\">\n                  <span class=\"article_type\" data-slug=\"news\"><br \/>\n                    News<br \/>\n                  <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"by\">by<\/span> <span class=\"author\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/authors\/fran-ruiz\">Fran Ruiz<\/a><\/span>                    <span class=\"job_title\"><br \/>\n                      Contributor<br \/>\n                    <\/span>\n            <\/div>\n<div class=\"published_at\">\nPublished on <time datetime=\"2026-05-20T16:07:41+00:00\">May 20, 2026<\/time>              <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"mypop-header-wrapper\">\n<p><button class=\"mypop-button button wide\" data-state=\"follow\" data-type=\"tag\" data-uuid=\"5de33946-a5ce-462e-b515-f57ddf93ac72\" data-name=\"Titanium Court\" data-follow-text=\"Follow Titanium Court\" data-unfollow-text=\"Following Titanium Court\" data-aria-follow-text=\"Follow Titanium Court\" data-aria-unfollow-text=\"Following Titanium Court\" data-popup=\"true\" data-force-login=\"true\" aria-label=\"Follow Titanium Court\" title=\"Follow Titanium Court\"><br \/>\n  Follow Titanium Court<br \/>\n<\/button>          <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"article_body\" data-component=\"article-content\">\n<div class=\"article_body_content article-styling\">\n<p>Many indie games <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/far-far-west-sells-one-million-copies\">are finding success<\/a> as larger publishers and studios try to navigate a difficult market, but <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/titanium-court\">Titanium Court<\/a> stands out as a particularly special and unique one. After a relatively quiet launch a month ago, it&#8217;s now sold over 25k copies.<\/p>\n<p>Publisher Fellow Traveller &#8211; known for releasing indie darlings like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/citizen-sleeper-review-a-gentle-cerebral-game-of-belonging-and-survival\">Citizen Sleeper<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/1000xresist-review\">1000xResist<\/a> &#8211; announced the success of <a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/did:plc:pkduxbnimuyo5ja5j6u2fqqj\">AP Thomson<\/a>&#8216;s latest game <a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/fellowtraveller.games\/post\/3mlqoqwmxtl2w\">via social media<\/a>, roughly three weeks after its launch. For bigger indies, 25k copies might not be a lot, but for Thomson&#8217;s off-beat and experimental title, it&#8217;s a huge win.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div class=\"primis_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"primis_video\">\n<p><span class=\"embed_placeholder\" data-type=\"targeting\"><br \/>\n<span class=\"message\">To see this content please enable targeting cookies.<\/span><br \/>\n<button class=\"optanon-show-settings link\"><br \/>\nManage cookie settings<\/button><\/span> <\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption>Titanium Court &#8211; Official Launch Trailer<a class=\"video\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=_L7VRc68tio\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Watch on YouTube<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gamefile.news\/p\/titanium-court-sales-ea-workforce\">Game File&#8217;s 20th May post<\/a> shed more light on Titanium Court&#8217;s success &#8211; limited to PC so far &#8211; and what it means for both designer AP Thomson and publisher Fellow Traveller. After winning the grand prize <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gamedeveloper.com\/business\/titanium-court-wins-seumas-mcnally-grand-prize-at-28th-annual-igf-awards\">at the 28th annual IGF awards<\/a>, it&#8217;s achieved its main objective according to AP Thomson: &#8220;25K is more than any of my previous releases have sold, so in that way it absolutely exceeded my expectations!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"injection_placeholder\" data-position=\"1\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>In fact, Titanium Court might give him more than enough space to cook his next game in peace: &#8220;My goal with commercial releases has always been to sell enough to allow me to make my next game at my own pace, and Titanium Court&#8217;s success looks like it&#8217;s going to give me a significant amount of runway to that end.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Fellow Traveller founder Chris Wright also told Game File&#8217;s Stephen Totilo they&#8217;re expecting Titanium Court to be &#8220;profitable enough for us over time to fund another 2-3 bets of a similar size&#8221;. Looking at the publisher&#8217;s recent winning streak, I&#8217;d recommend keeping tabs on what comes next.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"preferred-source\" data-component=\"preferred-source\">\nLove Eurogamer.net? Make us a <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\">Preferred Source on Google<\/a> and catch more of our coverage in your feeds.  <\/div>\n<\/article>\n<div class=\"article_body\" data-component=\"article-content\">\n<div class=\"article_body_content article-styling\">\n<p>Many indie games <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/far-far-west-sells-one-million-copies\">are finding success<\/a> as larger publishers and studios try to navigate a difficult market, but <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/titanium-court\">Titanium Court<\/a> stands out as a particularly special and unique one. After a relatively quiet launch a month ago, it&#8217;s now sold over 25k copies.<\/p>\n<p>Publisher Fellow Traveller &#8211; known for releasing indie darlings like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/citizen-sleeper-review-a-gentle-cerebral-game-of-belonging-and-survival\">Citizen Sleeper<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/1000xresist-review\">1000xResist<\/a> &#8211; announced the success of <a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/did:plc:pkduxbnimuyo5ja5j6u2fqqj\">AP Thomson<\/a>&#8216;s latest game <a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/fellowtraveller.games\/post\/3mlqoqwmxtl2w\">via social media<\/a>, roughly three weeks after its launch. For bigger indies, 25k copies might not be a lot, but for Thomson&#8217;s off-beat and experimental title, it&#8217;s a huge win.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div class=\"primis_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"primis_video\">\n<p><span class=\"embed_placeholder\" data-type=\"targeting\"><br \/>\n<span class=\"message\">To see this content please enable targeting cookies.<\/span><br \/>\n<button class=\"optanon-show-settings link\"><br \/>\nManage cookie settings<\/button><\/span> <\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption>Titanium Court &#8211; Official Launch Trailer<a class=\"video\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=_L7VRc68tio\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Watch on YouTube<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gamefile.news\/p\/titanium-court-sales-ea-workforce\">Game File&#8217;s 20th May post<\/a> shed more light on Titanium Court&#8217;s success &#8211; limited to PC so far &#8211; and what it means for both designer AP Thomson and publisher Fellow Traveller. After winning the grand prize <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gamedeveloper.com\/business\/titanium-court-wins-seumas-mcnally-grand-prize-at-28th-annual-igf-awards\">at the 28th annual IGF awards<\/a>, it&#8217;s achieved its main objective according to AP Thomson: &#8220;25K is more than any of my previous releases have sold, so in that way it absolutely exceeded my expectations!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"injection_placeholder\" data-position=\"1\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>In fact, Titanium Court might give him more than enough space to cook his next game in peace: &#8220;My goal with commercial releases has always been to sell enough to allow me to make my next game at my own pace, and Titanium Court&#8217;s success looks like it&#8217;s going to give me a significant amount of runway to that end.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Fellow Traveller founder Chris Wright also told Game File&#8217;s Stephen Totilo they&#8217;re expecting Titanium Court to be &#8220;profitable enough for us over time to fund another 2-3 bets of a similar size&#8221;. Looking at the publisher&#8217;s recent winning streak, I&#8217;d recommend keeping tabs on what comes next.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Home News Titanium Court Surreal narrative match-3 game Titanium Court has sold over 25,000 copies, giving designer AP Thomson enough time to peacefully work on his next game Effectively courted. 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