Iceflake Studios was co-founded by Lasse Liljedahl and Tapani Valkonen on in Tampere, Finland. Prior to their founding, they developed a game modification for
Battlefield 1942 called . They initially developed small
mobile games varying from
golf and
pool, to a
puzzle game named
Pirate Treasure, and a
platforming game named
Panzer Jumper. Their first non-mobile game,
Ice Lakes, was released on
Steam in 2016.
Surviving the Aftermath Surviving the Aftermath was Iceflake Studios' first game to receive a
metacritic score, receiving mixed reviews. Paradox Interactive, the game's publisher, posted a teaser for the game on October 7, 2019. It was announced to be in early access on October 19, 2019 at
PDXCON, and was publicly released on November 16, 2021. In March 2023 Paradox announced
Rebirth, the third
DLC expansion pack for Surviving the Aftermath.
Paradox acquisition On July 17, 2020, Paradox announced they would be acquiring Iceflake Studios, making it their ninth internal studio. Charlotta Nilsson, the
COO of Paradox at the time, said "The collaborative efforts... with Iceflake have given us all the confidence that this is a natural fit. Surviving the Aftermath fits the Paradox portfolio perfectly" within the announcement of the acquisition. ==Cities: Skylines II transfer==