Indie game studio · Irvine, CA

We make games
players keep coming back to.

Smart Raven Studio is the team behind Rune Dice, a tactical dice deckbuilder published by Kwalee. Before that: 50M+ mobile installs and 6M+ web players.

Our games in numbers

From hyper-casual hits to premium games

110K+
Rune Dice players
on Steam since May 2026
80%
positive reviews
“Very Positive” on Steam, 1,300+ reviews
50M+
mobile installs
App Store & Google Play
6M+
web players
12 games on CrazyGames
Our latest game
RUNE DICE
Tactical deckbuilding in bite-sized sessions.

Launch dice across enchanted battlefields where physics meets magic. Matching dice fuse into stronger ones and set off chain reactions. Pick one of 8 hero classes, build synergies between dice, relics and runes, and take down bosses that rewrite the rules of combat.

Released May 19, 2026Published by Kwalee16 languagesNew: Skirmish & Boss Rush
Also on PlayStation 5 · Xbox Series X|S · Nintendo Switch
Rune Dice battleRune Dice shopRune Dice hero selectionRune Dice location select
Rune Dice on YouTube

Creators can’t stop flinging dice

640+creator videos
2.7M+views
320+channels
18languages
“When a roguelike embraces full physics, every shot feels like a mini game of tactical billiards.”
Northernlion · 1.4M subscribersimpression from the video
“The chain reactions in this game trigger a dopamine rush that Peglin could only dream of.”
Idle cub · 195K subscribersimpression from the video
“Hands down the best and most entertaining dice game of the year thanks to its unique mechanics.”
MaxPalaro · 2.8M subscribersimpression from the video
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Quotes are short English impressions summarised from each video (translated where needed), not word-for-word.

How we got here

Every game taught us something

2021
Monster Wars 3D
10M+ downloads
Mobile, with Homa Games · App Store · Google Play
2022
Monster Egg
40M+ downloads
Mobile, with Homa Games · App Store · Google Play
2023-24
12 web games
6M+ players on CrazyGames
2026
Rune Dice
Rune Dice
Premium roguelike
Steam, published by Kwalee
100+ mechanics prototyped

We test ideas fast and honestly. Most prototypes never ship, and that's the point: only the mechanics players actually love make it into a game.

Oleksii Tkachuk, founder of Smart Raven Studio
Meet the founder

Oleksii Tkachuk

Founder & CEO

“I started Smart Raven in Ukraine with a simple rule: build fast, test honestly, and keep only what players love. That rule took us from mobile hits with Homa Games to a dozen web games and, in 2026, to Rune Dice, our first premium game, published by Kwalee.

Today Smart Raven is based in Irvine, California, and works with a small senior team of independent specialists. If you're a publisher, partner or player, I'd love to hear from you.”

The team
A small senior remote team of independent specialists: programming & game design, pixel art, music and sound. The same people who built Rune Dice.
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