Vetkoek Studios

Country: South Africa

Founded: 2022

Team Size: 6-10

Platforms: Mobile, PC, Roblox

Status: Active

Website: https://vetkoekstudios.co.za/

Overview

Vetkoek Studios is an independent game development and animation studio based in Johannesburg, South Africa. Founded in 2022, the studio focuses on creating games and interactive experiences inspired by South African culture, with a stated aim of bringing African experiences into games through accessible and entertaining gameplay.

Its best-known title is Taxi Ranked, a mobile driving game built around South Africa's taxi culture. Players drive taxis through a stylised version of Mzansi, picking up passengers, navigating traffic, avoiding police and exploring a small South African open world. The game has surpassed 500,000 downloads on Google Play.

The studio also develops smaller experimental projects and browser games, including Power Play, Uprooted and Hip Hop Jozi, while its upcoming projects include Gnome Game and a game based on the South African TV series Spinners.

Games

Taxi Ranked
Spinners: The Game
Gnome Game
Power Play
Uprooted
Hip Hop Jozi
Anti-Poacher Xtreme
Aquabots

Key People

Eric Gardiner - CEO and co-founder
Mamello Raboroko - Co-founder and game designer/Unity developer

Eric Gardiner and Mamello Raboroko are the two main developers behind Vetkoek's Spinners project.