{"rewrite":{"id":"r_fe6bf064159d1e57b4791e9e","clusterId":"c_82e0b54895b516b28b4e705d","slug":"red-brick-house-raises-10-billion-won-as-korea-s-indie-focused-publisher","model":"deepseek-v4-1-flash","headline":"Red Brick House Raises 10 Billion Won as Korea's Indie-Focused Publisher","summary":"Red Brick House, founded in June 2026 by three former NeoWiz staffers, is a Korean publisher that focuses on indie games. One month after founding, with no game released and no contract signed, it raised 10 billion won (about 1.16 billion yen) from investors who do not seek an exit. Its first title, the co-op extraction action RPG Void Diver: Escape from the Abyss, moved from planned Early Access to an official release in January 2027.","whyItMatters":"The company is testing whether a publisher can build its business on small sales targets, developer-held IP, and funding that forgoes an exit, in a market where government support for making games outpaces the support for selling them.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eThe three founders led discovery and publishing for titles such as Skul: The Hero Slayer and SANABI at NeoWiz before leaving to start their own company in June 2026. The publisher assigns brand managers to each title; all but one came from outside the game industry. It asks job applicants for their Steam play history, sets its success line at 200,000 to 300,000 copies sold because that is what a team needs to make its next game, and in principle leaves the IP with the development company.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt Tokyo Game Show 2026, its first title Void Diver: Escape from the Abyss was shown at the indie game corner, and the stage event announced that the planned Early Access had been withdrawn in favor of a release in January 2027. Co-CEOs Kim Hyukjin and Hong Jeecheol and business development director Angela Lee Minjeong spoke with 4Gamer at the event.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"Red Brick House raised 10 billion won before releasing a single game. Its investors do not seek an exit, which means the fund is betting on output, not on a flip.","twitterPost":"Red Brick House raised 10 billion won with no game out and no contract signed. Investors who skip an exit are betting on output, not a flip.","threadsPost":"Red Brick House raised 10 billion won before releasing anything. Its investors do not seek an exit, a structure that fits a publisher whose first title is still in development. Void Diver: Escape from the Abyss slipped from Early Access to a full release.","newsletterBlurb":"Red Brick House, started in June 2026 by three former NeoWiz staffers, focuses on publishing indie games from Korea and raised 10 billion won about a month after founding. It funds itself only with investors who do not seek an exit, leaves IP with developers, and sets its success line at 200,000 to 300,000 copies. Its first title, Void Diver: Escape from the Abyss, will release in January 2027 instead of through Early Access.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"4Gamer.net\",\"url\":\"https://www.4gamer.net/games/000/G100047/20260926004/\",\"title\":\"[Interview] \\\"If you're making interesting indie games, we will find you.\\\" The philosophy of Red Brick House, Korea's first indie game-focused publisher, founded by three former NeoWiz employees\"}]","lintFlagsJson":null,"lintHits":0,"costUsd":0,"inputTokens":4720,"outputTokens":725,"status":"published","repairAttempts":0,"nextRepairAt":null,"factsAttemptedAt":1791116074,"createdAt":"2026-10-04T12:12:29.000Z","publishedAt":"2026-10-04T12:13:24.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-04T12:13:24.000Z"},"cluster":{"id":"c_82e0b54895b516b28b4e705d","canonicalTitle":"［インタビュー］「面白いインディーゲームを作っていれば，我々が必ず見つけ出す」。NeoWiz出身の3人が設立した，韓国初のインディーゲーム専門パブリッシャ「Red Brick House」の思想","representativeArticleId":"a_d020c1c74bc97ac1631ff107","sourceCount":1,"writtenSourceCount":1,"writeAttempts":0,"isSolo":true,"entitiesJson":"{\"anime_titles\":[],\"manga_titles\":[],\"work_titles\":[],\"studios\":[\"Red Brick House\",\"NeoWiz\"],\"people\":[],\"type\":\"business\",\"domain\":\"games\",\"is_roundup\":false}","contentType":"news","status":"published","firstSeenAt":"2026-09-30T22:30:00.000Z","lastSeenAt":"2026-09-30T22:30:00.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-04T12:13:21.000Z"},"attribution":[{"source":"4Gamer.net","url":"https://www.4gamer.net/games/000/G100047/20260926004/","title":"［インタビュー］「面白いインディーゲームを作っていれば，我々が必ず見つけ出す」。NeoWiz出身の3人が設立した，韓国初のインディーゲーム専門パブリッシャ「Red Brick House」の思想"}],"entities":{"anime_titles":[],"manga_titles":[],"work_titles":[],"studios":["Red Brick House","NeoWiz"],"people":[],"type":"business","domain":"games","is_roundup":false},"keyFacts":null}