A Disco Elysium successor hopeful just got a bunch of investment money

Dark Math Games recently secured a seven-figure investment towards developing one of several projects considered spiritual successors to Disco Elysium.
The undisclosed sum, GamesIndustry.biz reported on Thursday, was provided by MM Grupp, an Estonian firm that was also a majority investor in Disco Elysium developer ZA/UM.
Founded in 2024, Dark Math Games is currently working on XXX Nightshift, a “true detective role-playing game” set during a holiday weekend at a ski resort in Antarctica. Kaur Kender, the executive producer on Disco Elysium who encouraged designer and writer Robert Kurvitz to turn the setting of his novel Sacred and Terrible Air into a video game, is apparently part of the dev team, according to CEO Mikhel Oja. Kender’s sibling Heiti, a playtester on Disco Elysium, is named as a Dark Math Games director alongside Oja in official company filings.
“We’re thrilled to include an experienced investor that understands and appreciates art as well as the video game industry specifically,” Kender said. “MM Grupp’s backing will bring stability and long-term vision. We have done something great together in the past and are positive that we’ll do it again.”