Games by Bithell Games
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Review Tron: Catalyst (Switch) - A Repetitive & Forgettable Time On The Grid
Needs more time to compile
No matter how much I learn about the workings of computers, it will always be Tron in there. Little programs, running around on the Grid, trying to keep the whole system from falling apart. So, Tron: Catalyst felt right up my street. It does a great job of visually replicating that digital world and there is a great idea...
Review TRON: Identity (Switch) - A Tight Visual Novel That Fans Of The Films Will Love
Griddy with anticipation
The world of Tron is filled with intrigue, opposing forces, and not-so-subtle hints at the influence humans have on the programs living within their computers. While the two films followed humans who made their way to The Grid, TRON: Identity is a visual novel that offers a look at how programs interact when there aren’t...
Review Thomas Was Alone (Switch) - An Ageing Indie Hit That Still Has Something To Say
Be there or be one of several different rectangles
More than 10 years after its inception as a Flash game, Thomas Was Alone is now so much more than the puzzley, story-driven platformer it appears to be. It is an artefact of an interesting time in the progress of indie games; a time when lo-fi, hi-concept darlings made Twitter swoon week-to-week...
Review John Wick Hex (Switch) - Stylish Turn-Based Action With Too Many Rough Edges
Hex Bomb
John Wick Hex is a rather clever turn-based action/strategy effort that sees you step into the blood-caked boots of Keanu Reeves' stylish and unstoppable killing machine – a man who's always ready, willing and more than able to punch, kick, shoot and fling his gun at the heads of as many bad guys as it takes to do the bidding of the High...
Review Subsurface Circular (Switch eShop)
Illustrious train riding
A little less conversation, a little more action, please. Lyrics don’t get more popular than that, and yet it’s this Elvis Presley quote that Subsurface Circular flies directly in the face of. From the mind behind Thomas Was Alone, Mike Bithell’s latest outing is all about the spoken interaction, and it makes for one...
Latest Bithell Games News
Friday8th Aug 2025
News Tron: Catalyst & John Wick Hex Dev 'Bithell Games' Makes "Majority" Of Staff Redundant
"Today we are less"
Bithell Games, the developer behind John Wick Hex, TRON: Identity, and TRON: Catalyst, is sadly making "eleven jobs" at the studio redundant. Studio founder Mike Bithell shared a message on Bluesky earlier today stating that his studio — which he founded in 2013 following the release and critical success behind Thomas Was...
Tuesday15th Jul 2025
PSA You Only Have A Few Days To Buy This Bithell Games Title Before It's Gone
"Yeah, I'm thinking I'm being delisted"
Publisher Big Fan Games has announced that John Wick Hex, the tie-in title from Bithell Games, will be delisted from all platforms on 17th July 2025. This means you have mere days left at the time of writing to pick it up before it's gone – maybe for good. Ahh, the joys of digital gaming, right? No specific...
Monday14th Oct 2024
News Fire Up The Light Cycle, 'TRON: Catalyst' Speeds Onto Switch Next Year
Good Griddance
Developer Bithell Games and publisher Big Fan (a subsidiary of Devolver Digital) have announced TRON: Catalyst, a new isometric action game speeding onto Switch in 2025. Unlike last year's great visual novel TRON: Identity (also from Bithell Games, we might add), Catalyst is all about the action. You play as Exo, a powerful program...
Thursday9th Feb 2023
News Derezz And Detect In Bithell Games' TRON: Identity, Out On Switch In April
Clu us in
Remember when TRON was just a cult hit Disney movie from the '80s? We probably have Kingdom Hearts II and TRON: Legacy to thank for its revival (we know there's been lots of small TRON projects over the years, though). Now, we're getting a brand new game set in the TRON universe on 11th April in the form of TRON: Identity. Previously...
Sunday9th Dec 2018
The galaxy has been watching
The May 2018 PC release Quarantine Circular has just been made available on the Switch eShop following an announcement by the game's creator Mike Bithell during the 'Kinda Funny Video Game Showcase' on Twitch. Bithell Games was previously responsible for Thomas Was Alone and Subsurface Circular. Quarantine Circular is a...
Thursday24th May 2018
News Mike Bithell's Quarantine Circular Could Get A Switch Port, But Only If It Sells Well On PC
A perfect circle
Back in March, we were treated to Subsurface Circular, a narrative-driven story from British developer Bithell Games. Well, it turns out Mike Bithell and co have already produced a second 'short' in the form of Quarantine Circular, another story-focused experience that's just launched on PC. Of course, with any release comes the...
