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Midsummer Studios

Life simulation game where players write their own stories

Raised to date

$2M

of $3M offered across 1 Form D filing

Still open
$1M
Investors
3
Last filed
Mar 23, 2026

About

Midsummer Studios is an independent video game developer based in Hunt Valley, Maryland, north of Baltimore. It was founded in 2024 by Firaxis Games veterans Jake Solomon (creative director of XCOM and Marvel's Midnight Suns) and Will Miller, together with Nelsie Birch, and later joined by former Maxis director Grant Rodiek. The studio is building Burbank, a next-generation life simulation game in which players generate and share their own stories, positioned against The Sims. It launched with $6 million in seed funding led by Transcend Fund and has raised further rounds since.

A life sim built by the designers behind XCOM, Civilization and The Sims, centered on player-authored stories that are shared with a community rather than on a single scripted narrative.

Funding

  • OtherFiled Mar 23, 2026Form D
    $2M/ $3M

Product

Burbank

PC video game (life simulation)

A next-generation life simulation game, described by the studio as a simulation that lets players write their own story and share it with the world, and framed around the drama of modern life. It is in development and has been shown publicly in preview screenshots.

  • Player-authored stories generated through play
  • Sharing of those stories with a wider player community
  • Focus on the drama and humor of modern everyday life

Built for

Players of life simulation and narrative sandbox games, the audience currently served largely by The Sims

People on file