Built for Small & Mid-Sized Teams

PC/Steam-First Publishing · Greater China & Asia
SapStaR launch and growth route A single route travels from an origin to a central publishing node, then branches to six shared route endpoints.

Don't Just Launch. Grow.

01 / Explore

We help small and mid-sized teams launch, operate, and scale PC/Steam-first premium, GaaS, and F2P games across Greater China and Asia.

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02 / Selected Games

Games built to go further.

Featured portfolio Two games built for the long term. One publishing mindset: lasting growth beyond launch.

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MOBA · Survival · Multiplayer

Eternal Return

Free-to-Play Battle Royale Live Service

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Strategy Card Game · Multiplayer

KARDS

Free-to-Play WWII CCG Strategy

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More from the portfolio

04 additional titles

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Auto Battler · Head-to-Head

Wretch: Divine Ascent

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4X Strategy · Multi-Platform

The Battle of Polytopia

Dongwu: Odyssey key artwork 05 / Portfolio

Strategy RPG · Challenging Combat

Dongwu: Odyssey

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Action RPG · Mobile

Grimvalor

03 / What We Do

Best Games Deserve More.

Live-service publishing designed for long-term growth.

Full Lifecycle Greater China & Asia
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Long-Term Live Operations

Long-Term Value Across Greater China & Asia.

Launch, operate, and scale live-service games across Greater China and Asia.

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Multi-Platform Publishing

PC/Steam First. Multi-Platform Ready.

PC/Steam-first publishing for premium, GaaS, and F2P games, with support for mobile and other platforms.

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Partner Focus

Small & Mid-Sized Development Teams.

Built for small and mid-sized development teams looking to grow their games over the long term.

Full-Lifecycle Publishing

Launch · Operate · Scale

Launch Market Entry
Operate Live Operations
Scale Long-Term Value

04 / Our Story

Built by Publishers. Built for Long-Term Growth.

From China · For Global Teams

SapStaR (SSR) was founded in summer 2023 by five China-based publishing veterans with experience across PC, console, and mobile games. Together, the team brings decades of experience gained at Tencent, NetEase, ByteDance, and Perfect World. Guided by a games-as-a-service (GaaS) mindset, we provide full-lifecycle publishing for small and mid-sized development teams worldwide, along with live operations support across Greater China and Asia.

01 / ESTABLISHED 2023 Founded
02 / TEAM 05 Publishing Veterans
03 / EXPERIENCE 10+ Years in the Games Industry

Experience At

Tencent · NetEase · ByteDance · Perfect World

05 / Our Team

Five Veterans. One Publishing Team.

Premium · GaaS · Live Operations

Five publishing veterans with experience across premium games, GaaS, live operations, and partnerships.

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Cisson

CEO

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Gonzalo

Head of Premium & GaaS Publishing

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Blake

Co-Head of LiveOps & GaaS Publishing

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Alan

Co-Head of LiveOps & GaaS Publishing

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Hao

COO

Founders’ Prior Experience

Before SapStaR.

Five careers. One shared foundation.

Selected titles our five founders worked on or supported before establishing SapStaR in 2023.

Prior individual experience SapStaR founded · 2023 Not SapStaR publishing credits
  1. Ring Fit Adventure
  2. Mario Kart 8 Deluxe
  3. Monster Hunter: World
  4. Oxygen Not Included
  5. Shining Nikki
  6. V Rising
  7. Icarus
  8. A Guidebook of Babel
  9. Xuan-Yuan Sword VII
  10. NARAKA: BLADEPOINT
  11. Super Mario Odyssey
  12. My Time at Portia
  13. Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice
  14. Subnautica
  15. Unruly Heroes
  16. Super Mario Party
  17. Mario Tennis Aces
  18. Neon Abyss
  19. Little Witch in the Woods
  20. Human: Fall Flat

Attribution note

Shown as prior individual experience, not as SapStaR publishing credits. All titles and trademarks belong to their respective owners.

06 / Start a Conversation

Bring Us Your Game. Let's Build What's Next.

Building a premium, GaaS, or F2P game for PC/Steam, mobile, or multiple platforms? Let’s explore how SapStaR can help you launch, operate, and grow it across Greater China and Asia.

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