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Zurich, Switzerland - February 9, 2026 | Metaroot and Old Cake Factory are pleased to announce that, following a successful demo with almost 100,000 players, Goblin Sushi launched into Early Access on Steam (PC), iOS and Android.
Open your own sushi restaurant and feed your fellow goblins the finest and most expensive sushi any goblin can find in the cave!
The following new features have been added since the demo:
Cursed Upgrades with Devil Goblin
Shop Goblin (where you can buy upgrades)
Metaprogression Perks
Leaderboard
Proteinshake -> new Mixer recipe
Restaurant star rating
New bossbaby
Glossar update
Difficulty levels
Many new upgrades!!!
About Goblin Sushi
A goblin as a sushi chef? Why not! But hurry up rent is due in minutes! Upgrade the restaurant, the menu and your ingredients to feed your fellow goblins the best and most expensive sushi any goblin can find in the cave!
Zurich, Switzerland - January 16, 2026 | Metaroot and Old Cake Factory are pleased to announce that, following a successful demo with almost 100,000 players, Goblin Sushi will officially launch into Early Access on Steam (PC), iOS and Android on February 9, 2026. Open your own sushi restaurant and feed your fellow goblins the finest and most expensive sushi any goblin can find in the cave!
Goblin Sushi:
A goblin as a sushi chef? Why not! But hurry up rent is due in minutes! Upgrade the restaurant, the menu and your ingredients to feed your fellow goblins the best and most expensive sushi any goblin can find in the cave!
Zurich, Switzerland - December 18, 2025 | Metaroot and Timon Herzog are pleased to announce that The Farmer Was Replaced, a programming game featuring a Python-like language, is now also available on Steam for macOS, following a highly successful release with over half a million sales.
Following the hugely successful release of version 1.0 of The Farmer Was Replaced, which has sold over 500,000 copies and received over 96% positive reviews, the game is now also available on macOS.
In recent weeks, we have received hundreds of messages via various channels saying that the community wants a Mac version. Players have even written to us via private emails and messages. We are delighted to be able to respond to these messages by making the Mac build available today.
About The Farmer Was Replaced:
Program and optimize a drone to automate a farm and watch it do the work for you. Collect resources to unlock better technology and become the most efficient farmer in the world. Improve your problem solving and coding skills.
Timon Herzog found his passion for making games when he was a teenager. In his free time he made many games in various genres and even released a small factory builder on Steam. Since he particularly liked the technical aspect of making games he went on to study computer science, where he got inspired to make a small programming game about farming. The game wasn't intended as a commercial project, but after it received great feedback, Timon decided to release it on Steam.
About Metaroot:
Metaroot is a small publisher and marketing agency based in Zurich, Switzerland. The company has published the programming game “The Farmer Was Replaced”, the Tetris-like city puzzler “River Towns”, the steampunk auto-shooter “Airships: Lost Flotilla”, and the nature simulation game “Of Life and Land.”
Zurich, Switzerland - September 11, 2025 | Metaroot and Timon Herzog are pleased to announce that, following a highly successful Early Access, The Farmer Was Replaced, a programming game featuring a Python-like language, will officially launch as version 1.0 on Steam on October 10, 2025.
The major 1.0 update introduces the ability to farm with multiple programmed drones simultaneously. The tech tree and progression system now work in a more exponential way, allowing for larger farms. Additionally, the sound and music have been completely overhauled, and The Farmer Was Replaced has been translated into 11 languages.
About The Farmer Was Replaced:
Program and optimize a drone to automate a farm and watch it do the work for you. Collect resources to unlock better technology and become the most efficient farmer in the world. Improve your problem solving and coding skills.
Timon Herzog found his passion for making games when he was a teenager. In his free time he made many games in various genres and even released a small factory builder on Steam. Since he particularly liked the technical aspect of making games he went on to study computer science, where he got inspired to make a small programming game about farming. The game wasn't intended as a commercial project, but after it received great feedback, Timon decided to release it on Steam.
About Metaroot:
Metaroot is a small publisher and marketing agency based in Zurich, Switzerland. The company has published the programming game “The Farmer Was Replaced”, the Tetris-like city puzzler “River Towns”, the steampunk auto-shooter “Airships: Lost Flotilla”, and the nature simulation game “Of Life and Land.”
Zurich, Switzerland - September 1st, 2025 | Metaroot and rockingprojects are pleased to announce that AUTARKIS, the puzzle colony builder in which you play against time, is now fully released on Steam, with a 10% launch discount.
Build colonies and portals. Protect your settlers from catastrophes. Find the lost components. Mine resources. Escape with a rocket. Save us all!
rockingprojects is a project by passionate indie developers, based in eastern Germany near Berlin. Our goal is to embrace the technical and visual challenges of modern game development and bring our ideas to life professionally.
About Metaroot:
Metaroot is a small publisher and marketing agency based in Zurich, Switzerland. Metaroot has published the programming game "The Farmer Was Replaced", the Tetris like city puzzler "River Towns" and the nature simulation game "Of Life and Land".
Zurich, Switzerland - February 24, 2025 – Stray Fawn Publishing and Metaroot have announced that River Towns, developed by Frogsong Studios, will be released on Steam on the 24th of March. Solve puzzles by placing buildings and creating vibrant cities. Each district has its own style and shapes, making every level a new challenge. Help to restore and rebuild our River Towns.
In River Towns, you place differently shaped buildings and make them fit into a limited area. Combine unique districts into a vibrant living city and help restore our River Towns. Each of the three districts has its own set of shapes which are shuffled randomly. This makes every game you play a new and unique puzzle to solve. The different district's unique and vibrant architecture combines into beautiful little towns along the river. As the town grows, more townspeople move in and bring life back into this old and broken world.
Temples and monoliths as well as more familiar ports float in the skies, changing the game rules in parts of the map. Disadvantage your enemies and boost your abilities with careful positioning.
Frogsong Studios, is a small indie studio based in Malmö, Sweden. Since 2014 they have been developing and self-published their own games while making bread through consultant work. They have worked as consultants on various game titles like Goat Simulator, Satisfactory, Little Nightmares 1 & 2, The Stretchers, Stickfight: The Game and more.
About Stray Fawn Publishing
A small publishing team based in Zurich, Switzerland focused on publishing strategy and simulation games such as "The Wandering Village", "Flotsam" and "Dungeon Clawler".
About Metaroot
Metaroot is a small publisher and marketing agency based in Zurich, Switzerland. Metaroot has published the nature simulation city builder "Of Life and Land" and the steampunk autoshooter "Airships: Lost Flotilla".
Zurich, Switzerland - January 23, 2025 – David Stark and Metaroot have announced that the steampunk autoshooter Airships: Lost Flotilla is now available on Steam for $5.99 (Launch price with 20% discount at $4.79) in full release for Windows, Linux, and Steam Deck.
A steampunk autoshooter where you fight your way through waves of enemies on your way to a safe harbour. Destroy your foes, harvest wreckage, and upgrade your ship. Airships: Lost Flotilla has a detailed in-game manual with stats and lore, and a labyrinth of interlinked pages and fragmentary codes for the player to explore.
David Stark is an indie game developer from Zurich, where he lives with his partners and two orange cats. He's known for Airships: Conquer the Skies, a cult steampunk real-time strategy game. Apart from making games, he co-founded and co-organises Swiss Game Hub, an incubator for Swiss game developers. In his copious free time, he reads history books and makes pottery.
About Metaroot
Metaroot is a small publisher and marketing agency based in Zurich, Switzerland. Metaroot has published the nature simulation city builder "Of Life and Land" and will publish the brotatolike "Airships: Lost Flotilla" and the city builder roguelike "AUTARKIS".
Zurich, Switzerland - December 10, 2024 | Stray Fawn Studio and Metaroot have revealed the cozy city puzzler River Towns developed by Frogsong Studios. As part of the reveal, a Kickstarter and a demo were launched.
Solve puzzles by placing buildings and creating vibrant cities in River Towns. Each district has its own style and shapes, making every level a new challenge. Help to restore and rebuild our River Towns.
In River Towns, you place differently shaped buildings and make them fit into a limited area. Combine unique districts into a vibrant living city and help restore our River Towns. Each of the three districts has its own set of shapes which are shuffled randomly. This makes every game you play a new and unique puzzle to solve. The different district's unique and vibrant architecture combines into beautiful little towns along the river. As the town grows, more townspeople move in and bring life back into this old and broken world.
Frogsong Studios, is a small indie studio based in Malmö, Sweden. Since 2014 they have been developing and self-published their own games while making bread through consultant work. They have worked as consultants on various game titles like Goat Simulator, Satisfactory, Little Nightmares 1 & 2, The Stretchers, Stickfight: The Game and more.
About Stray Fawn Studio
Stray Fawn Studio is a twelve person indie game studio based in Zurich, Switzerland. The company focuses on developing their own projects which are often situated in the simulation and strategy genre. In 2023 Stray Fawn expanded into indie game publishing and is now supporting other developers on their journey.
About Metaroot
Metaroot is a small publisher and marketing agency based in Zurich, Switzerland. Metaroot has published the nature simulation city builder "Of Life and Land".
Zurich, Switzerland - May 9, 2024 – David Stark and Metaroot have revealed the brotatolike Airships: Lost Flotilla. A demo is now available on
Steam
for Windows and Linux. Fight your way through waves of enemies on your way to
a safe harbour. Destroy your foes, harvest wreckage, and upgrade your ship.
Engage enemies with different attack patterns and abilities. Fight massive
boss monsters that require cunning and firepower to defeat.
Pick the slow but powerful Battleship, the nimble Copter, or the Science
Vessel with its railgun and energy shield. Build a strategy around their
strengths and weaknesses. Don’t feel the need to ever stop? The Megaplane will
suit you. Want to build a mighty fleet? Start with the Flagship.
Improve your ship with training for your crew, more armor plating, or senior
officers. Pick a doctrine to gain its advantages: terrify your enemies, dodge
incoming attacks, make your money through trade. Find powerful combinations
that lay waste to your enemies.
Unlock captains for your ship that give you powerful advantages and
disadvantages and change the rules of your game.
Temples and monoliths as well as more familiar ports float in the skies,
changing the game rules in parts of the map. Disadvantage your enemies and
boost your abilities with careful positioning.
About David Stark
David Stark is an indie game developer from Zurich, where he lives with
his partners and two orange cats. He's known for Airships: Conquer the
Skies, a cult steampunk real-time strategy game. Apart from making games,
he co-founded and co-organises Swiss Game Hub, an incubator for Swiss game
developers. In his copious free time, he reads history books and makes
pottery.
About Metaroot
Metaroot is a small publisher and marketing agency based in Zurich,
Switzerland. Metaroot has published the nature simulation city builder "Of
Life and Land" and will publish the brotatolike "Airships: Lost Flotilla"
and the city builder roguelike "AUTARKIS".
