Sandlot Games was a developer and publisher of casual and family-friendly games based in Bothell, Washington, United States. It was founded in 2002 by Daniel Bernstein.
The Sandlot Games portfolio consisted of franchises like Cake Mania, Westward, Kuros, Super Granny, Slyder, and Tradewinds. Although most of its products were downloadable PC games, it offered other titles for PlayStation 2, Mac, iPhone, iPod, Wii, Nintendo DS, Palm OS and PSP.
In August 2011, Sandlot Games was acquired by Digital Chocolate as a fully owned subsidiary. In 2014, Digital Chocolate sold its games to RockYou, which in turn went bankrupt in 2019.
Distribution channels
On January 7, 2009, Intenium, Germany's leading distributor of casual games, announced that it entered into a distribution partnership with Sandlot Games. A total of 12 titles from Sandlot Games launched to several European regions.
In July 2009, Sandlot Games entered into a distribution partnership with Steam, Valve's digital distribution platform. Its games were part of Steam's foray into a family games category.
Awards
"Best Casual Game of the Year 2006: Cake Mania" by Logler.com. "Best of 2008: Best Use of Accelerometer - Snail Mail" by IGN "Most Successful Developer/Publisher 2006" (2nd Place) by Logler.com. "Longest Run in Top 10 2006: Cake Mania" by Logler.com. "Casual Game of the Year 2006: Cake Mania" by Yahoo! Games.
Games
Since its inception in 2002, Sandlot Games developed and published the following games:
Ballhalla
Ballistik
Barnyard Invasion
Boonka
Cake Mania
Cake Mania: Back to the Bakery
Cake Mania 2
Cake Mania 3
Cake Mania: Main Street
Cake Mania: Lights, Camera, Action! Cake Mania: To the Max! Cake Mania 7: New Generation (Cancelled in 2011) Dr Blob's Organism Eye for Design Fashion Forward Glyph Glyph 2 Heartwild Solitaire Incrediball Kuros Monster Mash Orbital (Discontinued) Pirate Island Snail Mail Super Granny Granny in Paradise Super Granny Winter Wonderland Super Granny 3 Super Granny 4 Super Granny 5 Super Granny 6 Slyder Super Slyder Slyder Adventures Sphera Tradewinds Classic Tradewinds 2 Tradewinds Caravans Tradewinds Legends Tradewinds Legends Unlikely Heroes Tradewinds Odyssey Westward Westward II Westward III Westward IV Westward Kingdoms Word Monaco
References
External links
Sandlot Games official website
Macintosh software companies
Companies based in Seattle
Video game companies established in 2002
Video game companies of the United States
Video game development companies
Video game publishers
2002 establishments in Washington (state) Monolith Productions