Robert Boyd (game developer)
Robert Boyd is an indie game developer from Lake Arrowhead, California, best known for co-founding Zeboyd Games with William Stiernberg. After Stiernberg left in 2023, Boyd continued to run the studio. Zeboyd specializes in short, retro-style 16-bit RPGs with a comedic edge that often parodies Lovecraftian horror.
The studio’s early releases were Epiphany In Spaaace! and Molly the Were-Zompire for Xbox Live Indie Games in 2009, later remastered for Windows as Molly the Werezompire in 2023. This was followed by Breath of Death VII: The Beginning (2010) and Cthulhu Saves the World (2010), both turn-based RPGs with witty writing and unique mechanics. Breath of Death VII sold well, and Cthulhu Saves the World received a PC/Xbox 360 enhanced edition funded by Kickstarter.
Zeboyd also contributed to the Penny Arcade Adventures: On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness 3 (2012) and 4 (2013). In 2017 they released Cosmic Star Heroine, their original sci-fi RPG, which was later brought to PlayStation 4, PS Vita, Windows, and Nintendo Switch.
More recent titles include Cthulhu Saves Christmas (2019), a humorous prequel where Cthulhu teams up with Santa’s granddaughter, and This Way Madness Lies (2022), a Shakespeare-themed magical girl RPG for Windows. Across their work, Zeboyd Games is praised for writing, gameplay, and value, and Boyd has become known for advocating low prices in indie gaming.
This page was last edited on 2 February 2026, at 11:21 (CET).