Private company

17-BIT

Logo: Raj Joshi, Senior Producer & Studio Director for 17-BIT, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons3

Independent video game developer

17-Bit is an independent video game developer. The company was founded as Haunted Temple Studios in 2009 by Jake Kazdal, formerly an artist with Sega, to make games with a 16-bit era aesthetic.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

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17-Bit is an independent video game developer. The company was founded as Haunted Temple Studios in 2009 by Jake Kazdal, formerly an artist with Sega, to make games with a 16-bit era aesthetic.2

Products and brands

  • Skulls of the Shogun

Listed on Wikidata.1

Timeline

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