Romero Games makes FPS games. Across our team, we have shipped over 100 shooters in total, all in development roles, including the creation of six genre-defining IPs. We lean on a wealth of experience and love for FPS as a genre. It’s in our DNA, and our DNA is in FPS.

We are a mature, independent game studio of over 100 developers founded in 2014 by award-winning game developers Brenda and John Romero. Our current project is an all-new FPS with an original, new IP working with a major publisher.

Romero Games has a long history of inclusivity and respect. This is reflected in our team, our leadership, our culture, our benefits, and our development partners. Many on the team have worked together for nearly a decade, and some have worked together for twice that. We genuinely like working with one another, and look forward to welcoming you.

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World-class games.

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Romero Games is exclusively focused on developing FPS games. Our team brings decades of experience to the table with significant leadership roles on games like DOOM, Quake, the Far Cry series, Helldivers II, Call of Duty MW and MW II, Cyberpunk 2077, Fortnite, the Gears of War series, Ghost Recon Breakpoint, and many others

We’ve been fortunate to craft genres and create great games, and we have learned powerful lessons from those that didn’t hit the mark, all of which makes us better developers. Our team has shipped over 200 titles individually and won as many awards, including multiple game-of-the-year awards and even a BAFTA Special Award. We are exceptionally passionate about games.

Interested in working with us? Check out our open roles below.

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ART

OUR CULTURE

Commitment

  • With John’s Yaqui/cross-border heritage and the team’s commitment to equality, it is no surprise that inclusivity is at the heart of everything Romero Games does.

  • Our team and our products are built on a foundation of respect for diversity, and a focus on accessibility with the intentional goal of making all players feel welcome.

  • Together, as we expand the game, we will build the most inclusive, diverse, accessible, kickass FPS the world has ever seen!

Benefits

  • Ownership. Everyone in the company benefits from ownership in the company. Every full-time Romero Games employee is given a stake.

  • Vacation: Time off for vacation. Four weeks vacation per year + 10 national holidays.

  • Hybrid Working. Flexible working hours, including work-from-home and remote work.

  • Bonus Weeks: Bonus week off in your 5th year and 10th year.

  • Sabbaticals: At 5+ years, should you choose to take unpaid time for a personal project, we will cover 20% of your pay provided that it is in your area of interest.

  • Premium Health. Premium health benefits, plus extended healthcare coverage.

  • Fertility Leave: For employees undergoing IVF treatment, surrogacy or other forms of fertility treatment, two days per cycle for recovery or travel.

  • Relocation assistance. Flexible start dates, relocation reimbursement and assistance in finding housing. 

  • Life-Friendly Policies: We understand that work is one of the things that you do and that life happens. We have a long and consistent pattern of life-friendly management, whether taking your kids to creche, assisting your parents with an appointment, or taking your pet to the vet.

  • Compassionate Leave / Bereavement. We support employees by offering paid time off during bereavement for immediate family. This includes loss of pregnancy, including the loss of surrogate pregnancy.

  • Parental Leave and Support. Family-focused benefits include paid maternity and paternity leave and flexible work hours. Most people here are parents. We get it.

  • Social Events. Regular social events such as pub nights (including online pub nights), holiday parties, barbecues and conferences, with accommodation and travel covered by us. 

  • Expert Speakers. Monthly insider expert seminars with renowned creators such as John Carmack, Rhianna Pratchett (Tomb Raider), Warren Spector (Deus Ex), David Brevik (Diablo), Harvey Smith (Dishonored), Josh Sawyer (Pillars of Eternity), and more.

  • Bike to Work Programme: Within Ireland, using the Bike-to-Work government initiative, employees obtain a brand new bike and safety equipment worth up to €1,250 for a regular bike, and up to €1,500 for an electric bike. The scheme covers your new bike and gear, saving 52% of the retail price of bike and equipment. https://www.biketowork.ie/

Values

  • Be different. We want to be the company that we wish we’d always worked for, one that understands that happy, fulfilled people make good games, and that happiness comes from our homes, our lives and our work.

  • Be diverse and inclusive. We welcome and celebrate the full range of lived experience and believe it makes our games and our teams better. Games are their players, and their developers should reflect them.

  • Be creative. We look for the concepts that have yet to be uncovered and outposts that have not been explored. We craft unique visual identities with compelling gameplay. 

  • Be innovative. We challenge boundaries by being diverse, inclusive, and accessible in our games and our teams, and looking for ideas in places that others overlook.

  • Be excited: We have fun developing games together, and we believe that same sense of fun and wonder finds its way into the experiences we make for players. 

  • Be respectful. Our culture is one of mutual respect. We’ve worked together for a long time and the key to our longevity as a team and a company is the respect we have for one another.

  • Be gamers. Everyone in Romero Games is exceedingly talented. We could excel at anything. Yet, every last one of us is here because we wanted to make games more than anything else.

Frequently Asked

Questions

  • We can confirm that it’s new, that it’s a shooter and that we’re making it with a major publisher. Otherwise, it’s way too early to share any other information on it. We’re grateful for your interest, though.

  • We’re always looking for new talent from around the world. If you’d like to join our team, you can send us your resume here. We support onsight, hybrid and remote work models so that you can do your best work where it’s best for you. We look forward to hearing from you!

  • We have a long history of inclusivity, diversity and respect, and this is reflected in our team, our leadership, our culture and benefits, and our development partners. Most of the team have worked together for nearly a decade, and some have worked together for twice that. We genuinely like working with one another, spending time together and sharing ideas and insights from various perspectives.

  • We do. Co-op placement is extremely competitive and all candidates are required to take a code, art or design test. Programming applicants must be capable of programming in LUA, Unreal Engine 5 blueprints, C or C++. Design applicants must have played Dungeons & Dragons, be competent writers and have a thorough understanding of spreadsheets. Co-op applicants are encouraged to apply early.

  • We do. TY positions are few and dozens of people apply for them every year. Applicants are required to submit an essay that details what they hope to get from the TY position in a game company specifically. Only applicants who are interested in a position within the game industry are considered.

  • We do. All internship positions are full. However, if you consider yourself an exceptional candidate, contact us.

  • We do! You can reach us at info@romerogames.com, or alternatively fill out the form below. We’ll get back to you as soon as possible.

  • No. You need to show demonstrated proof of ability. If you spent all your time coding while others went to college, that’s fine. It’s what John Romero did, too.

  • We do, from time to time. Sign up for our mailing list. To be notified when the opportunity arises.

  • We do, you can browse our shop at romero.com. 

  • Yes, and we’d love to have you join the conversation! You can find all our social media links in the website’s footer. 

  • Absolutely! Our yearly deathjam event brings together the best of the best Quake players. The event is a celebration of skill, strategy and retro FPS gaming. You can find out more information [HERE LINK]

  • We currently have two newsletters, one for jobs and the other for jobs. You can sign up to either by subscribing here

  • As a game development studio, we’re not really set up for public tours. Most of the stuff we’re working on is under non-disclosure agreements. However, if you want to say a quick hello to someone here, you’re welcome to contact us, and we’ll see what we can do.