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Immersive story-driven games written, designed and directed by one creator - 8 original titles and counting, with new builds shipping every month.

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8original titles
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Early Access 18+ Bondage Cafe

Bondage Cafe

A multiplayer BDSM social experience. Step into the Bondage Cafe as a Domme or Sub, interact with other players, and explore your role in an ever-growing virtual dungeon.

Released 18+ Chains of Bondage

Chains of Bondage

Chains of Bondage is a BDSM-themed post-apocalyptic survival sim where you build a dungeon, train submissive followers, and explore a dangerous world. Manage resources, slaves and survive the day after tomorrow!

Released 18+ Ultimate Bondage Simulator

Ultimate Bondage Simulator

Ultimate Bondage Simulator is an adult-themed escape game where you struggle to break free from restraints in a BDSM-inspired facility. Explore, interact, and survive in a thrilling, kinky world.

Early Access Echoes of Midnight

Echoes of Midnight

Bound. Dressed. Displayed. A serial killer's ritual has begun — and you're the centerpiece. Use silence as your weapon, solve the killer's twisted puzzle, and escape before midnight. Play solo, survive together in co-op, or become the hunter in versus mode.

Released Dungeon Empire

Dungeon Empire

Idle clicker meets fetish-inspired brothel. Five chambers, sixteen voiced staff, candlelit ambition and a Ritual that consumes everything.

Released Duskveil

Duskveil

A dark fantasy deckbuilder where your collection is permanent. Lead the Order’s heroines down the Shrouded Road, buy and forge cards between runs, climb endless Veils, and prove yourself in campaign gauntlets and Arena duels.

Released Moonlight Mayhem

Moonlight Mayhem

A moonlit auto-battler roguelite. Pick a chibi heroine, dodge the horde, draft upgrades, and survive the Vampire Countess.

Early Access Formula Manager

Formula Manager

Take a team from the kart paddock to the Grand Prix grid. Design the car and its livery, sign drivers and sponsors, build a headquarters from the ground up, and make the calls on the pit wall while every race plays out live in 3D.

Gabriella - developer and creative director
Gabriella - developer & creative director
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One creator.
Every detail.

I'm Gabriella - I design every mechanic, write every storyline, and direct every scene. Dark Tether is a one-woman studio where the games and the lifestyle behind them are part of the same work.

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