TropeboundGames

Independent game studio · Texas

The tropes you read again and again, now games you play.

Tropebound Games makes fantasy, dark fantasy and romantasy games. Each one starts with a moment you already love and builds a world, a board and a deck around it, with the spice level marked on the cover.

  • Enemies to lovers
  • Fated mates
  • Morally grey
  • Found family

Chapter One

The shelf we write from

You choose books by the trope on the tag. So do we.

  • In Oathclaimed: Enemies to lovers
  • In Oathclaimed: Fated mates
  • In Oathclaimed: Slow burn
  • In Oathclaimed: Forced proximity
  • In Oathclaimed: Only one bed
  • In Oathclaimed: Touch her and die
  • In Oathclaimed: Who did this to you
  • In Oathclaimed: He falls first
  • In Oathclaimed: Bodyguard romance
  • In Oathclaimed: Masquerade ball
  • In Oathclaimed: Forbidden love
  • Grumpy and sunshine
  • In Oathclaimed: Morally grey
  • In Oathclaimed: Captor and captive
  • In Oathclaimed: The villain gets the girl
  • In Oathclaimed: Sacrificial bride
  • In Oathclaimed: Fae bargain
  • In Oathclaimed: Court intrigue
  • In Oathclaimed: Monster lover
  • Found family
  • Chosen one
  • The lost heir
  • Forbidden magic
  • Your favorite?

Marks a trope you'll find in Oathclaimed today. The rest are where we're headed next.

Chapter Two

Our games

Romantasy board & card game · iPhone and web

Oathclaimed

A Game of Thorn & Flame For date night, after dark. All the spice, at your pace.

Masked strangers at the Moonlit Court. A dark lord's tribute. A queen who answers to no one. Oathclaimed is an interactive narrative board game like you've never played before. Choose who you are, cross three realms to the Bonding Altar, and play a love story written for your pairing. 430+ living cards, nine pairings, and a tale for every couple.

  • Enemies to lovers
  • Slow burn
  • Touch her and die
  • Morally grey
  • Captor and captive
Mature readers18+ Mature romance · Dark fantasy themes Heatyou set the pace
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Book Two · In development

Untitled, and being written

A new world with its own board, its own realm and its own tropes. Join the studio list and we'll write when it's ready.

Chapter Three

What drives us

You know the moments. The rivalry that isn't. The vow that binds. The villain with one soft spot. We think they deserve more than a page. They deserve a world you can walk through and a story that bends to your choices.

So we build games the way the books are built: characters first, then the world, then the slow turn of the story. Some are gentle. Some go to darker places, the way the romantasy you love does, and we label those clearly.

More about the studio

Chapter Four

How we make games

  • Story first

    Characters, chapters and endings come before anything else. The game is the book you get to play.

  • You set the pace

    Like any good slow burn, our stories take their time. The spice goes as far as you want it to, and no further.

  • One payment

    Unlock a game once. No subscriptions, no timers, no tricks.

  • Your play stays yours

    What happens in play stays on your device. We keep only what we need for your license and receipts.