Day Off Interactive

Happy birthday to us! 🎂🎉 Day Off is officially two, so we asked the team to submit cake designs. Our winner? This brilliant expectations vs. reality bake. 🏆 The other entries included two unrelated cakes and one watercolour illustration. We have no idea what happened, but we’re delighted. 😂

Shout out to the pigeons at @panicstationshq.bsky.social for the announcement of their second game, Very Safe Dino Park! 🦖 A multi-player dinosaur park simulator for chaos with up to 4 friends. Get it on your wishlist!! 🎮

Welcome Janey! 👋 Our new QA Manager joins us from TikTok, bringing a fresh perspective to the team. We're excited to support her move into the games industry after a lifetime spent gaming. 🎮 Her fave games include Teamfight Tactics and Apex Legends!

Here’s 4 games our team are currently playing, how many can you name? 🎮 We'll post the answers in the replies soon! 👀

Meet Laura, our Ireland-based Sound Designer 🎼☘️ Often found standing in cupboards and playgrounds making strange noises at weird hours. 👀 She’s a fan of things with wings as proven by her tattoos! 🐦 Laura also tours Ireland with her music and enjoys drawing underrated animals for fun! ✨

It’s Marketing Director, Jayne’s fourth year mentoring with @limitbreak.co.uk! Reach out if you’d like her advice. 🎮💜 Big respect to everyone helping support marginalised groups break into games industry roles whether as a mentor, sponsor or volunteer. ⚔️

We’re a fully remote team, but every now and then we assemble IRL. Main agenda: pointing at things! Secondary agenda: proving it happened! 📸

Secret game, not so secret Discord channel. 🤷 What can you expect in there? Vague vibes, possible testing invites and at least one cat picture. 🐈 Enjoy! discord.gg/dayoffintera...

Say hello to Sara, joining us as Producer on our unannounced game. 👋🎮 Sara brings over 10 years of experience with her credits including Tom Clancy's The Division 2, Somerville and 007 First Light.

Big congrats to @happyvolcano.com on the launch of Modulus!! 🎮✨ If you enjoy factory automation, strategic thinking and open-ended puzzle solving, this could be your next gaming pick. Demo out now, with 10% off the full game too. Woo! store.steampowered.com/app/2779120/...

Design Director, Marta is heading to Kraków’s Digital Dragons this May 🇵🇱🎮 She’ll be speaking on design documents in a session titled “Quickly, Before We Realise it Makes No Sense” 😄 There’s also a fair chance of ants and archery trivia making an appearance 🐜🏹 More here: tickets.digitaldragons.pl

Limit Break, the award winning mentorship program for marginalised people working in the UK games industry returns! 💖 Part of a marginalised group in games looking for a mentor? 💖 Want to help level up the next gen of game devs? Apply to be a mentor &/or mentee now! ⤵️ limitbreak.co.uk/apply

Shout out to our solo dev friend, @rovegame.bsky.social! If you like cute and chaotic tower defence games, pick up Crypt Keeper for under a Fiver until 26th March. 💀 🎮 Can’t decide yet? Check out the free demo. Go, go, GO! store.steampowered.com/app/3514820/...

Game devs gonna game! 🎮 We asked the team about their all time favourite games, here’s just some of them. 🤔 How many can you recognise? Which have you played? Answers on a postcard, or in the replies below!!

Catch Day Off’s Creative Director, Karoliina on a panel at Leaderboard 2.0 at Tampere University, Finland this month!! 🇫🇮🎮 The free event discusses leadership challenges in games and other creative industries via Tampere Game Hub. 💡Learn more here: tampere.games/en/event/tgh...

Want to help us figure out some stuff? 🎮 We’re looking for participants for our upcoming User Research quest and future play testers!! 🤔Curious? Apply here: forms.gle/ej1gos94uBzX...

One for the wishlist!! 💖 The Regreening from Positive Impact Games is a cozy simulation game about upcycling, planting, and befriending gentle spirits in a soilpunk fairytale world. 🌱🌳 Totally our cup of tea!! What do you think?? store.steampowered.com/app/3419080/...

Our Production Director, Des will be sharing insights at @gamerepublic.bsky.social’s Trends & Opportunities event in Manchester next week. 🇬🇧🎮 As for our upcoming game? We’ll spill the details soon, maybe, possibly. 😉 gamerepublic.net/featured-eve...

“Great games come from people who collaborate, and well-being comes from belonging and trusting and being trusted.“ - Creative Director, Karoliina speaks to WOMENIZE! 🤫 We’re not saying anything else, except that we’re incredibly proud of the team we’ve built! www.womenize.net/2025/12/17/k...

A warm welcome to Marta Fijak, our new Design Director! 🌞 A sharp eye for design, a steady hand with a bow PLUS credits on games we love including: Frostpunk, Timberborn and Dying Light: The Beast!! It’s safe to say we’re all very excited. 🎮

INDIE DEVS! 🎮 Check out this amazing opportunity with @indiegamebusiness.bsky.social! Practise your pitches, network and maybe win some cash prizes, all from the comfort of your own home!! 💸

Last month we sent Des to Ireland to drink Guinness, take selfies with Karl and to host a panel for @imirt.bsky.social. 🍻 It was a grand old time! No, we don’t know why Karl pulled that face, sorry. 🤷

City building…but make it mice!! 🏙️🐭 Big cheers to the team at @minakatadynamics.bsky.social on their charming new game, Whiskerwood, published by @hoodedhorse.bsky.social. Demo and sale live now! Go protect those tiny villagers! 🐭 store.steampowered.com/app/2489330/...

Meet Florian, CEO of @mobiuscode.com, one of our incredible co-development partners helping us bring our first game to life. 🎮✨ We’ll lift the curtain on the project soon…but for now, a little more mystery!! 👀

From grand strategy to cozy sims, our team’s taste in games says A LOT. 🎮 ☀️ Think you can name them all? Answers, coming soon. 👀

We sent Laura and Karl to NEXUS Games Conference in Dublin. Mission: point at a sign. ✅ Bonus mission: meet awesome folks from across the games industry. ✅ Both completed. See you next time?

Our game’s still under wraps, but sandwiches? Fair game. 🥪🔍 Here’s Des, Head of Production, comparing the two like it’s totally normal.

Yes, we have been doing some motion capture with Cyborn and it’s been a ton of fun. That’s it, that’s the post. 😎

Ack ack ack! Irish studio @outliersocial.bsky.social just launched Mars Attracts and we’re hooked!!! 🛸👽 Park simulation with the iconic Mars Attacks IP, what’s not to love?! Congrats to the team, now go check out the demo!

The Gang Takes Photos at Gamescom. 📷 🥨🇩🇪 Yes, we were there!! #gamescom2025

Creative Director, Karoliina is known for her work as Lead Designer on Cities: Skylines, now she’s leading our upcoming title. 🎮 Follow along as we slowly share more of our story…

Day Off Interactive is a new Ireland-based studio "focused on strategy and simulation" games www.gamesindustry.biz/day-off-inte...

We can't tell you more about our game right now, but we can tell you to go check out @eyesofhellfire.bsky.social, developed by Gambrinous and published by @blumhousegames.com! Excited to see another strong entry in the Irish game scene 🇮🇪

It’s almost time for Day Off’s first gamescom! 🌞 Meet Creative Director, Karoliina and Studio Director, Ethan for a whisper about our upcoming game. We’ll be chatting to investors, publishers and possible partners to help us bring our games to life. 👀 Keep following. #gamescom2025

Former Cities: Skylines and Life is Strange leads establish new Dublin studio

Oh look, our first bit of press coverage. Thank you @vixx.bsky.social and @gibiz.bsky.social 👀🎊