Led by Steve Escalante and Lance James, the company has raised millions of dollars and is helping to fill the gap and provide funding for indie game developers. It's not an easy task, considering 17,000 small games debut in a given year and game studios have been disappearing by the dozens. But with decades of experience, Escalante said in an interview with GamesBeat that his company can provide expert guidance and serve as scrappy outlaws who can fight injustice on behalf of indie game developers — hence the name Digital Bandidos.
One of the company's latest projects is Let Them Come: Onslaught, a survivors-like horror experience where everything from alien hordes to dynamic weather is out to get you. It is being developed by Denver, Colorado-based Tuatara Games. It is being unveiled at The Mix Kinda Funny Spring Showcase at GDC 2025.
The game will be published by Digital Bandidos across PlayStation, Xbox, Nintendo Switch, and PC later this year. Let Them Come: Onslaught strands players on an alien world overrun by horrors with only one way out — nuke it from orbit! Every choice of weapon and upgrade impacts your chances of survival. Fight against overwhelming odds until the timer hits zero and the nuke drops, leveling the battlefield in spectacular fashion.
"It's great to be partnered with the talented team at Digital Bandidos, who I've had the pleasure of working with before on a previous title in the Let Them Come franchise," said Klemen Lozar, Game Director at Tuatar.