Grip Digital
Product brand
UnclaimedGrip Digital, also known as Grip Games, is a Prague-based Czech video-game developer and publisher with a particular focus on console games.
Last updated August 31, 2026
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Overview
Grip Digital, commonly associated with the Grip Games name, is a Czech video-game development and publishing studio based in Prague. The company works on the creation and publication of video games, with its principal emphasis on console platforms. Its documented activities place it within the independent and internationally oriented European game-development sector rather than among large vertically integrated publishers. The studio was established by Jakub Mikyska and Jan Cabuk. In its early period, Grip Digital concentrated on Sony's PlayStation Portable platform before expanding its development activity to the PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Vita. This progression reflects a shift from handheld-focused work toward a broader console portfolio. The studio also drew employees from other game businesses, including 2K Czech and Disney Mobile, giving it links to established Czech and international development operations. A significant part of Grip Digital's documented history concerns cooperation with Teotl Studios. Grip Digital worked on an extended version of Teotl's puzzle-platform game Unmechanical. The collaboration subsequently continued when the two studios began working together on The Solus Project, a science-fiction survival and exploration title. These projects illustrate Grip Digital's role not only as a standalone developer and publisher but also as a production partner for other studios. Publicly available reference material provides limited information about Grip Digital's corporate ownership, leadership after its founding, financial performance, office network, release chronology, and current operating status. Accordingly, this dossier identifies the studio's Prague base, founders, console orientation, and documented collaborations while leaving unsupported corporate and financial details blank.
History
Grip Digital is a video-game developer and publisher from Prague, Czech Republic, also known by the Grip Games name. The studio was founded by Jakub Mikyska and Jan Cabuk. Available reference material does not specify the company's founding year, initial capitalization, or early corporate structure, but it records an initial concentration on Sony's PlayStation Portable platform. The company's platform focus later broadened. Grip Digital moved from PlayStation Portable development into work for PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Vita. This transition placed the studio across both handheld and home-console segments of Sony's platform ecosystem. The studio's staffing also reflected connections with the wider game-development industry: employees were recruited from studios including 2K Czech and Disney Mobile. The available account does not identify the individual employees or provide a detailed chronology for these hires. Grip Digital's best-documented creative relationships involve Teotl Studios, the Czech developer behind Unmechanical. Grip Digital developed an extended version of Unmechanical, contributing to a collaboration that continued beyond that project. Teotl Studios subsequently retained the relationship, and the two studios began working together on The Solus Project. This cooperation is important to Grip Digital's documented identity because it demonstrates a co-development and publishing role alongside its own development activities. The studio's public profile is therefore defined by three related characteristics: Czech independent game production, console-oriented development, and collaboration with other game studios. The reference material does not provide a complete catalog, release dates, sales figures, employee count, ownership history, executive succession, or reliable information about the company's present operational status. Those areas remain unresolved rather than being inferred from the studio's historical projects.
Studio established in Prague
[1]Grip Digital was established by Jakub Mikyska and Jan Cabuk in the Czech Republic. The available source does not give a founding year.
Expansion beyond PlayStation Portable
[1]After initially focusing on PlayStation Portable development, the studio expanded its work to PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Vita.
Unmechanical extended edition collaboration
[1]Grip Digital worked with Teotl Studios on an extended version of Unmechanical, establishing a collaboration that later continued on another project.
Cooperation on The Solus Project
[1]Grip Digital and Teotl Studios continued their relationship by working together on The Solus Project.
Products and positioning
An independent Czech game developer and publisher oriented toward console platforms and collaborative production.
Video game
Unmechanical: Extended
An extended version of Unmechanical developed by Grip Digital in cooperation with Teotl Studios. The project is a documented example of Grip Digital's work as a development partner and its involvement in adapting or expanding an existing game.
Video game
The Solus Project
A science-fiction survival and exploration game developed through continued cooperation between Grip Digital and Teotl Studios. The project followed the studios' work on the extended version of Unmechanical and represents a further co-development relationship.
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