Circleback Games

Makers of Curation - Award winning indie game.

Hi we're Circle Back Games, the team behind Curation - A sandbox management sim which puts you in charge of building and managing your own museum!

Build, customise, and expand your dream museum into a place of science and history, wonder and mystery!

Demo Available Now!

Awards & Milestones

April 2025

Curation @ GDLX

Game Dev Local

February 2025

Curation Demo on Steam

Circleback Games

2024

Creative Assembly Best Student Game / Curation

TIGA

2024

Curation @ EGX 2024

University of Portsmouth

2024

Curation on Steam

Circleback Games

2024

Curation @ Barclays Game Frenzy

University of Portsmouth

Services

3D Modelling

We have a selection of great artists who are proficient in designing and modelling high quality assets for games under specific guidelines.

Game Development

Above all, we are an independent games company with a close team, looking to create fun and detailed games that can be enjoyed by all.

Programming

We have a group of dedicated programmers that strive to create future-proof code that is easy to manage and performant.

Testimonials

As big fans of museums and all things historical, the team at Creative Assembly were delighted to see the Portsmouth University team win the Creative Assembly Best Student Game Award at the TIGA UK Games Education Awards 2024 with Curation! The award honours games that represent creativity, excellence, and innovation in art, sound, code and gameplay design, so it's a massive achievement for the entire team and speaks to the quality of their game.

We're excited for the Steam launch and can't wait to play!

Creative Assembly

Video Game Company

Working with the Curation team was nothing but a positive experience, their motivation and diligence was consistently inspiring, and they were constantly able to anticipate the needs of the project, making for a smooth early development process. I highly recommend working with them if you get the opportunity!

Luke Hale

Head of Production Services, Frontier Developments

TIGA awarded Curation from the University of Portsmouth the accolade of the Creative Assembly Best Student Game 2024. Congratulations to the students at Portsmouth on winning this preeminent TIGA Award. Curation is a splendid sandbox, museum builder. Players fill the museum with weird, wacky and wonderful artifacts to attract customers and generate a profit. Congratulations to the team behind Curation - the best student game of 2024.

Dr Richard Wilson OBE

TIGA CEO

Circleback Games first title, Curation, was originally developed as part of the team's final year games development degree - metaphorically; you know that team you always wanted to be on at school or college who where blindingly amazing while also being great to be around? This is them.

Curation is the result of a group of really switched on developers at the start of their careers getting together and making a really slick, challenging but feasibly scoped project where finding the fun has been a key consideration from day one.

If you've enjoyed other 'tycoon' style games, Curation should scratch that itch. Did I mention the game was awarded the TIGA Game Awards - Creative Assembly Best Student Game in 2024? Only slightly worried that you can put former visitors on display in your museum - can I come out of this box now please... hello?