--- title: Lyrical Games signs publishing deal with The Chinese Room description: Independent publisher Lyrical Games has signed a full financing and publishing deal with The Chinese Room, the studio behind Still Wakes the Deep and Vampire:... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/lyrical-games-signs-publishing-deal-with-the-chinese-room-oiwhxipda twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Lyrical Games signs publishing deal with The Chinese Room | daily.dev og:description: Independent publisher Lyrical Games has signed a full financing and publishing deal with The Chinese Room, the studio behind Still Wakes the Deep and Vampire:... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/lyrical-games-signs-publishing-deal-with-the-chinese-room-oiwhxipda og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/oiWHxIpDA.png og:image:alt: Lyrical Games signs publishing deal with The Chinese Room og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Lyrical Games signs publishing deal with The Chinese Room **[Game Developer](https://daily.dev/sources/gamedeveloper)** · 4 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Independent publisher Lyrical Games has signed a full financing and publishing deal with The Chinese Room, the studio behind Still Wakes the Deep and Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2. The deal provides full funding, production support, and go-to-market planning while preserving the developer's creative autonomy and IP ownership — an increasingly rare arrangement in today's industry. Lyrical Games CEO Blake Rochkind describes the company's mission as filling the 'lost middle' in game financing, targeting double-A titles budgeted under $10 million and priced between $40–$50, citing Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 as a quality benchmark. Rochkind also emphasizes developer-friendly partnerships as a core business differentiator, arguing that publishers with poor reputations attract lower-quality projects. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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