Obsidian is a smaller legacy studio that, despite the growing costs of game developer, has managed to outdo even the largest AAA companies.

Obsidian Entertainment is not a huge game studio at all. In fact, as of January 2025, after the release of their much-anticipated RPG, Avowed, the studio employed only 300 people, a number that is ...

Avowed developer Obsidian Entertainment has a goal to be around ... while also ensuring that it has a manageable number of employees. Additionally, Obsidian isn't aiming to deliver games that ...

Since 2018, Obsidian has grown to nearly 300 employees, which is still pretty lean in the triple-A space. "When we came on with XGS and Xbox , we were about 170, 180 people," Urquhart told IGN.