Samson developer Liquid Swords reportedly bankrupt weeks after console launch

Liquid Swords, the Swedish studio behind action game Samson: A Tyndalston Story, has reportedly been put into bankruptcy weeks after bringing its debut to consoles.

The bankruptcy order was thought to have been issued on 12 October, Eurogamer reported on 18 October 2026. The studio employed almost 30 people at the time.

Those developers had reportedly gone without pay for months before the filing. Nearly 30 staff will now receive state support following the bankruptcy, according to early Swedish reporting on the case carried by Insider Gaming.

A bankruptcy trustee is now looking for a buyer for the studio. A trustee is an independent official appointed to settle the debts of a failed business and sell what remains. No sale has been announced.

Swedish business outlet Breakit first reported the bankruptcy. The news was then picked up by games press, including Video Games Chronicle, Kotaku and Rock Paper Shotgun, all reporting filings or bankruptcy orders between 16 and 18 October.

Liquid Swords was set up in 2020 by Christofer Sundberg. Sundberg co-founded Avalanche Studios, the Stockholm studio known for Just Cause, a long-running series of open-world action games about chaos and destruction.

Samson: A Tyndalston Story was Liquid Swords' first game. The company acted as both developer and publisher. That means it both made the game and handled its release and sale to players.

The game was released on PC on 8 April, followed by PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S on 21 September. The console launch came less than a month before the reported bankruptcy order.

For players, the timing is stark. A new game on the shelf. A studio already gone.

Small teams can face high staff and production costs long before sales return that money. Liquid Swords has not issued a public statement on the bankruptcy or on what happens next for Samson.