
The Chinese Room is a British video game developer based in Brighton that is best known for exploration games. The company originated as a mod team for Half-Life 2, based at the University of Portsmouth in 2007, and is named after John Searle's Chinese room thought experiment. It was a subsidiary of Sumo Digital from 2018 to 2025.
- Founded
- 2007
- Country
- United Kingdom
Released2025
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