One operator, on purpose
Every Ironhowl title is built for Stake and released there first. Choosing one distribution partner rather than twelve means design decisions get made against a real audience instead of a lowest common denominator.
06Partners
Built for Stake. Built properly.
Ironhowl develops exclusively for Stake. One operator, a short catalogue, and a feedback loop that runs straight back to the people who made the game — which is the whole reason the work is any good.
DistributionStake
Released1
In production1
Content100% in-house
We do not publish spin volumes, player counts or retention figures. Those are the operator's numbers to share, not ours to advertise — and a studio quoting them usually got them from a deck.
01The partnership
Depth beats reach.
A studio spread across a dozen operators optimises for the average of all of them. We would rather know one audience properly, watch what a release actually does, and put that back into the next build.
Built against real feedback
Release data, player behaviour and complaints come back to the people who made the thing, not through three layers of account management. That loop is the single biggest reason our second game does not look like our first.
Weeks, not quarters
A title goes from mechanic to certified build in two to four weeks, because the pipeline runs in parallel and nothing sits in a queue waiting for a department. Short cycles are how we can afford to throw work away when it is not different enough.
Certified, jurisdiction-aware
Independent lab testing, RNG verification and jurisdictional sign-off are part of the build schedule, not a scramble at the end. Bet-level templates and buy-confirmation rules are applied at publish.
02What you are actually licensing
Original content
Art, animation, mathematics and audio are produced in-house. Nothing is licensed from a marketplace, nothing is shared between titles, and every symbol on screen is ours to indemnify.
- In-house art and animation, vector sources retained
- Original score and effects per title
- Published RTP, max win, volatility and hit frequency
Engagement that isn't extraction
Our mechanics are built around anticipation rather than surprise, and our own promotions never reward volume. Players who understand a game stay with it longer than players who were startled by it.
- Telegraph-first feature design
- No wager races, loss-backs or deposit-linked offers
- Verified community wall driven by submitted bet IDs
Technical fit
Built on the Stake Engine SDKs — stateless bets, deterministic books and lookup tables, a Svelte and PixiJS client that holds frame rate on the phones people actually own.
- Stateless round resolution, no server-side continuation
- Deterministic math books with published simulation runs
- Sub-second load on mid-range mobile
03On the shelf
04Questions
Are the games exclusive to Stake?+
Yes, today. Every released Ironhowl title is live on Stake and nowhere else. That is a commercial choice rather than a technical constraint — the engine layer is not coupled to any one operator.
Do you take on other operators?+
We speak to a small number each year, and we would rather say no than dilute what we owe our existing partner. If you run an operator and want the catalogue, write to us and a person will answer.
Can you build a title to brief?+
Occasionally, if the brief is a mechanic rather than a theme. We do not take reskin work, and we will not build a game we would not put our own name on.
What does certification cover?+
Independent lab testing and RNG verification, with jurisdictional scope agreed per deal. Compliance is tracked from the first sprint — every title carries a live compliance document, not a checklist filled in at the end.
How long does a title take?+
Two to four weeks from mechanic to certified build. The pipeline runs in parallel rather than in sequence — math simulates overnight while art and audio are still being made — and the studio is small enough that nothing waits in a queue. Short does not mean rushed: nothing ships until it is different from everything else we have made.
How quickly can you turn something around?+
Faster than the certification calendar usually allows. If you have a slot in a release schedule, tell us the date and we will tell you honestly whether it is real.
Interested in the catalogue?
Distribution, certification scope, jurisdictions and commercial terms are handled directly by the studio. Write to us and a person will answer — usually within two working days.