While players can look forward to Double Fine Productions' Keeper, the Xbox studio is also working on other games, and they are all new IP.
During the Xbox Day 1 at Gamescom 2025 stream on Wednesday, Double Fine Productions studio head Tim Schafer showed up to talk about Keeper, the studio's next title and the first new game since it launched Psychonauts 2 in 2021.
"Well, I'm here to announce right now...that we are making other games too," Schafer says with a chuckle. "We have multiple games going on at the studio, and the thing I will say is that they're all brand new. They're all brand new IP, we did Psychonauts 2 and that's keeping us fine for sequels for a while."
Elsewhere in the stream, Schafer noted that Keeper is the result of director Lee Petty's vision. Petty is an experienced veteran at Double Fine who worked as the art director on Brutal Legend and Broken Age, as well as contributing to the art of other titles.
Keeper was first announced during the Xbox Games Showcase earlier this year, where it was revealed that it was slated to launch in October. The game revolves around a sentient lighthouse that explores a strange world while accompanied by a bird.
Schafer added that a lot of Petty's inspiration came from going on long hikes during the pandemic, observing how nature kept on going despite everything affecting humanity.
"He's also a weird guy who has a lot of interesting tastes, he grew up on The Dark Crystal and Cronenberg films and surrealist painters," Schafer explains. "And so, [he] put those things together to make something that was chill like nature but a little weird, and I think you'll see that in the game."
