About

Kaizen Game Works is a UK-based independent game studio formed in 2018 by two veterans of the UK games industry. Drawing on their experience working on BAFTA-winning AAA narrative games and wildly popular high end mobile games, Kaizen Game Works wants to change the rules around game narratives and how players experience them. With a focus on player agency and story interaction, Kaizen want to allow players to craft their own tales and express themselves within games.

OUR TEAM

Phil Crabtree wearing a hat and sunglasses in front of a pagoda

Phil Crabtree

Technical Director & Co-founder

Oli Clarke Smith in front of a view over Japan

Oli Clarke Smith

Game Director & Co-founder

Pinky in a construction hat

Rachel Noy

Art Director

While Kaizen Game Works is based in the UK, we work with many collaborators across the world. We operate on a desire for everyone working on our games to put their own voice into the game and make something that represents them through deep collaboration.

Our current collaborations include:

  • Ikumi Nakamura
  • Harry Denholm

  • Roppyaku Tsurumi

  • Lukas Gazo

  • Pav Plaha

  • Neonhive

  • Mai Mattori
  • Alpha Chrome Yayo
  • Reimo Nohara
  • Annie Zhang
  • Gaby Wilde
  • IOI
  • Inko Ai Takita
  • Ryo Koike
  • Adam Esat
  • Emily Flynn
  • Kowloon Nights
  • Black Screen Records

Our History