Guido Di Carlo | Localization Final Boss

The 2026 Pégases Awards Ceremony was last night, and three LocQuest localized games were featured nominees.

Wednesdays: Indie Game of the Year, Nominated; Beyond the Video Game, Won; Best Narrative Design, Nominated; Best Accessibility, Won. A Better World: Beyond the Video Game, Nominated. Drop Duchy: Best First Game, Nominated; Best Game Design, Nominated.

Ethical localization wins again! 🏆

Last night, THREE LocQuest localized games were nominees at the 2026 @pegasesjeuvideo.bsky.social Awards Ceremony.

Congratulations to all of the winners and nominees. We couldn’t be more honored to have worked on these games. 🛡️

A new party game from developer pataya has just hit Steam, with the help of LocQuest ethical localization.

Introducing Judofuri: you only need one button to compete in this fruity party game! Press it, squeeze it & mash it in a series of silly mini-games for up to 9 players and claim your spot as the juiciest fruit of ‘em all! LocQuest localized the game into 6 languages: Japanese, Korean, Brazilian Portuguese, Turkish, Simplified Chinese, and Traditional Chinese.

A quote from pataya: “It was a pleasure working with LocQuest! The team’s experience and their questions made the investment worth it. The LQA phase was particularly comforting and ensured a great final result, and the regular communication was really helpful for me to follow where we were in each step.”

The names and roles of all the localization managers, translators, and LQA specialists involved in localizing the game.

When life gives you lemons,
it’s time to party! 🍋🎉

LocQuest worked with indie dev @pataya.bsky.social to make sure Judofuri’s localization didn’t go pear-shaped, working on 6 languages. 🍐

The cherry on top? Judofuri is available now on Steam 🍒

You know, it's actually perfect. "Locro" is a staple of Argentinian traditional cuisine, and one of my favorite dishes. So yeah, I'm definitely a locromancer.

I have to say you guys also did a terrific job at supporting us! Thanks so much <3

LocQuest did an amazing job and @guidogameloc.bsky.social very kindly stuck with us in the trenches during some of the more challenging / strange requests and issues we ran into!

Call us Loc Necromancers, the way we brought TEP* back from the land of the dead.
*That's Translation, bilingual Editing, monolingual Proofreading. And, of course, LQA.

Indie dev Florent "Salty" Martinais has launched the demo for What Surrounds Us? with help from LocQuest localization.

What surrounds us? 🤔 Come find out and restore balance to an abstract and colorful ecosystem where every individual matters. LocQuest localized What Surrounds Us? into 4 languages: German, English, Spanish (Spain), and Portuguese (Brazil)

A quote from Florent “Salty” Martinais: “It was really nice working with LocQuest. My game doesn’t require much localization, but my Steam store page definitely did, and that’s also a service they provide! They helped answer my questions about a topic I knew nothing about and were great advisors. Working with real humans who are responsive, fast, and easy to communicate with in this AI-driven era is a real added value.”

The names and roles of all the localization managers, translators, and LQA specialists involved in localizing the game.

This is one cozy, colorful, adventure 🎨

What surrounds us? 🤔
Come find out and restore balance to an abstract and colorful ecosystem where every individual matters.

LocQuest worked with indie dev @salty-gamedev.bsky.social to localize What Surrounds Us? into 4 languages.

Demo is out now! ⚙️

Sunnyside Games have launched a new demo for their game Nocturnal 2, with the help of LocQuest.

In Nocturnal 2, ignite your sword and explore the dark depths and towering heights of a forgotten island that consumed itself long ago. LocQuest localized the game into 8 languages: German, Spanish (Spain), Italian, Japanese, Korean. Portuguese (Brazil), Russian, and Chinese (Simplified).

A quote from Gabriel Sonderegger, Founder of Sunnyside Games: “LocQuest have been the strongest localisation partner we have worked with to date. We particularly appreciated the clarity and transparency of their process, and we were also very impressed by the quality and precision of the questions raised by their team regarding the interpretation of the source material. Their attention to nuance and commitment to preserving the original meaning in each translated text were outstanding.”

The names and roles of all the localization managers, translators, and LQA specialists involved in localizing the game.

Metroidvania fans, rejoice 🎉

The sequel to the beautifully-set, award-winning, fire-fighting, side-scrolling platformer Nocturnal is nearly here.
(Localized by LocQuest in 8 languages) 🔥

Shoutout to Sunnyside Games for this fun one!

Demo out now on Steam, full game releasing soon! 🔜

We’re going to International Festival des Jeux – Cannes! We’d love to meet up with creators, distributors & publishers, marketers, and translators in both digital AND board games/tabletop!

This month we’re headed to Festival International des Jeux Cannes to immerse ourselves in the latest in the industry. 🇫🇷

While we’re there, we’d love to meet up with:
👾 Creators
👾 Distributors & publishers
👾 Marketers
👾 and translators

If you’re there, drop us a DM! 📩

A new demo is out from the team at Enchanted Works: Nomori. LocQuest has taken care of the localization.

Nomori is a mind-bending adventure game where you control time and space to journey through a whimsical spirit world. Take shortcuts through portals, rotate your perspective, and control the flow of time to solve puzzles that are out of this world. LocQuest localized the game into German, Spanish (Spain), French, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese (Brazil), Chinese (Simplified), and Chinese (Traditional)

A quote from Marnix Licht, Co-founder and CEO: “We really enjoyed working with LocQuest. Their team was incredibly approachable, and the collaboration felt smooth and supportive throughout. Besides amazing localization they provided us with great feedback and questions regarding our games narrative which helped improve our dialogue. It genuinely felt like they were invested in our project’s success, and their responsiveness and willingness to help made a real difference.”

The names and roles of all the localization managers, translators, and LQA specialists involved in localizing the game.

✅ Puzzle
✅ Time & space
✅ Cute as hell
✅ And the demo is out now!

Nomori is a mind-bending adventure game where you control time and space to journey through a whimsical spirit world.

LocQuest paired up with @enchantedworks.nl to localize the demo into 10 languages.

Get it now! ✨

Safe In Our World Charity Bundle (2026) | Steam Game Bundle | Fanatical Fanatical is proud to present the Safe In Our World Charity...

@fanatical.com have dropped an amazing bundle benefitting @safeinourworld.org, a charity for mental health awareness in gaming.

And it includes 3 LocQuest creds:
⭐️ Minami Lane
⭐️ Wordatro!
⭐️ Frog Detective

Ethical gaming and ethical localization. For everyone 🛡️
www.fanatical.com/en/bundle/sa...

A screenshot from On-Together: Virtual Co-Working, with a bunch of localizers from LocQuest standing in front of a chalkboard that says “LocQuest Complete”

Another screenshot from On-Together: Virtual Co-Working, with a bunch of localizers from LocQuest sitting at desks and working peacefully together

Hope this is what @on-together.bsky.social and @futurefriendsgames.com had in mind when they launched 😅

Here’s a handful of our talented localizers, taking a class picture together 📸
(Very important work)

Remote work is far from lonely.
And we're happy that we can give our folks a space to hang 🤗

Solo-dev Gagonfe has launched their newest project, Rocket Rats, with the help of LocQuest for localization.

Rocket Rats is a survivors-like game where you defeat cheese-based astral bodies in space – as a rat! LocQuest localized the game into German, Spanish (Spain), Japanese, Korean, Polish, and Russian.

A quote from Gagonfe, developer: “You guys are so fucking cool! It's awesome to know you approach your work lighthearted and in a fun way. I was honestly tired from people reaching out to me offering their localization services and mentioning AI as a big selling point like "we use AI to bring quality to our work”

The names and roles of all the localization managers, translators, and LQA specialists involved in localizing the game.

🚀🐀 It’s a rat race!

This one sure had us cheesin’. 😊

LocQuest worked with solo dev Gagonfe to localize Rocket Rats into 6 languages.

We’ve been smelling some rats in gaming recently. Luckily, there are still devs out there that care about fair, ethical localization. 🛡️

Solo-dev Anaïs Salla has launched Nom Nom: Cozy Forest Café, with LocQuest taking care of the localization.

Nom Nom: Cozy Forest Café is now LIVE, localized into three languages by the folks here at LocQuest. LocQuest localized the game into French, Japanese, and Simplified Chinese.

A quote from Anaïs Salla, developer of Nom Nom: Cozy Forest Café: “After seeing LocQuest's localization work on games I played and enjoyed, I knew I wanted to work with them. They were very easy to work with and did a wonderful job on my game. I highly recommend LocQuest and hope to collaborate with them on future projects.”

The names and roles of all the localization managers, translators, and LQA specialists involved in localizing the game.

🚨 Flagged for overwhelming cuteness.

Nom Nom: Cozy Forest Café is a cozy and relaxing decoration and rhythm game where you manage a café and befriend cute animals.

LocQuest partnered with solo dev @anaiis.bsky.social for an ethical localization that is ✨so✨ kawaii.

☕️ Available now on Steam!

Developer Doot launches Kabuto Park’s localization with LocQuest

Enjoy summer in Kabuto Park! Catch the cutest bugs, train them and win the Summer Beetle Battles Championship in this tiny bug collection game! Upgrade your equipment to find rarer, stronger and shinier little friends. LocQuest localized the game into German, Spanish (Spain), Spanish (LatAM), French, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese (Brazil), Simplified Chinese, and Traditional Chinese. Plus 3 additional Steam page languages: Italian, Dutch, and Russian.

A quote from Doot, the developer: “I love working with LocQuest for multiple reasons: I get good feedback from players, having only one point of contact for all localization + LQA is really great as an indie, and I know from people who work for them that they credit and pay well!”

The names and roles of all the localization managers and translators involved in localizing the game.

🐞🪲🐛
Sorry, we were just starting our collection.

Time for Kabuto Park! Catch the cutest bugs, train them and win the Summer Beetle Battles Championship in this tiny bug collection game!

LocQuest once again teamed up with @dodoot.bsky.social to handle localization for 9 languages.

The 2025 LocQuest Collaborators, a list of names of all the localisation professionals involved in the games that LocQuest worked on last year.

A continuation of the list of professionals LocQuest worked with.

A continuation of the list of professionals LocQuest worked with.

Remembering José Pedro Nicolau Soares Rodrigues, who sadly passed last year.

⭐️ Our 2025 Collaborators of the Year ⭐️

THANK YOU to the talented professionals we get to work with on a day-to-day basis, who live and breathe these games and believe in the human aspect of localization just as much as we do.

Here’s to many more exciting projects in 2026 🥂

Damn, that sounds... awfully expectable. I'm curious to hear a bit more about that process. Is there a way I can contact you for a quick exchange, Anne? My DMs are open as well. Thanks 🙏

Graphic featuring the DLCs that LocQuest worked on in 2025, including: Drop Duchy: The North, Drop Duchy: The Tribe, Halls of Torment: The Boglands, Is This Seat Taken? (8 languages added), and Tavern Talk: Tempest Tantrum

⭐️ THE DLCS OF 2025 ⭐️

So much cool extra content deserved its own post!

Continuously supporting our clients, keeping things consistent, adding that all-important human touch, and watching as their games grow is always so much fun for us. ✨

Our LocQuest 2025 Games of the Year

Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Trilogy, Drop Duchy, Mado Monogatori: FIa and the Wondrous Academy, Is This Seat Taken?, Runeborn, Wednesdays

Hold the Mine, Decks of the Damned, Gloomy Eyes, Xion Leak, Repel the Rifts, Kulebra and the Souls of Limbo

Kokoro Kitchen, Later, Wordatro, A Better World, Neongarten, Idle Colony

🏆 LOCQUEST 2025 GAMES OF THE YEAR 🏆

We’re looking back on 2025 and the amazing games that we helped release this year.

Our small agency localized over 18 games last year. Each one with its own unique needs, and done ethically – by humans, for humans.

Tons more releases expected for 2026!

Idea Factory International launch a new game with the help of LocQuest: Mado Monogatari: Fia and the Wondrous Academy

In Mado Monogatari: Fia and the Wondrous Academy, Fia, an aspiring Great Mage, leaves her hometown and arrives at the Ancient Magic Academy like her grandmother once did. LocQuest localized the game into French.

A quote from Justina Lange, Localization Coordinator at Idea Factory International: “LocQuest was very easy to work with and always receptive to any requests we had! I always appreciated their willingness to ask questions in order to fully understand the text.”

The names and roles of all the localization managers and translators involved in localizing the game.

Feeling the nostalgia. 👵

Mado Monogatari: Fia and the Wondrous Academy follows an aspiring Great Mage and her journey through the Ancient Magic Academy 🧙🏻‍♀️

@ifi.games and LocQuest concocted the perfect combination of style and substance, bringing Fia’s journey to life in French. 🪄

Capcom have launching an exciting update to their hit triology Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney with the help of LocQuest.

Become Phoenix Wright and experience the thrill of battle as you fight to save your innocent clients in a court of law. Play all 14 episodes, spanning the first three games, in one gorgeous collection. LocQuest translated over 780,000 words to bring the game to life in Latin American Spanish!

Screenshots from the game with the Latin American Spanish translation, including the classic, ¡Objeción!

The names and roles of all the localization managers and translators involved in localizing the game.

¡Objeción! ☝️

Last week, @capcomusa.com released the Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney trilogy in LatAm Spanish.

The culprit?
LocQuest ⛓️
That's Wright!

It may please the court to know that this project was over 780,000 words! 😱

Grab it now on Nintendo Switch, PS4. Xbox One, and Steam ⚖️

It was an honor to be able to work on such an impactful game like Wednesdays. 🩵

And for World Children's Day, @thepixelhunt.bsky.social has made the game free for a limited time. Play it now in Spanish (Spain), Portuguese (Portugual), German, English, or French.

Available on Steam and Itch. ⬇️

RefinedBearGames and Goblinz Publishing launch a new demo with the help of LocQuest: Repel the Rifts

Repel The Rifts is a roguelite tower defense game where you lead a commander through an alien world, uncovering new terrain each wave, drafting powerful upgrades, and constructing defenses to hold back the chaos. LocQuest localized the game into 5 languages (French, German, Spanish (Spain), Japanese, Korean)

A quote from developer RefinedBearGames: “LocQuest came in big. With only a week to spare before Steam Next Fest, they helped localize the entire game. They were professional and incredibly helpful, making the process super smooth.”

The names and roles of all the localization managers and translators involved in localizing the game.

Ethical localization isn't an alien concept. 👽

Repel The Rifts is a roguelite tower defense game from @refinedbeargames.bsky.social and
@goblinzstudio.com where you lead a commander through an alien world to hold back chaos. 🛸

LocQuest set phasers to stun in five different languages on this one!

Goblinz and iDream Interactive launch a new title with the help of LocQuest: Runeborn

Runeborn is a dark fantasy roguelike that merges deckbuilding with a slot-machine-like mechanic. LocQuest localised the game into 4 languages (French, German, Spanish, and Korean)

The names and roles of all the localisation managers, translators, editors, and LQA specialists involved in localising the game.

#DarkFantasy? ☑️
#Roguelike? ☑️
#Deckbuilding? ☑️
🔥 Runeborn 🔥

LocQuest has brought Runeborn to life in French, German, Spanish (Spain), and Korean.

Thanks to @goblinzstudio.com, iDream Interactive, and the talented translators and LQA specialists who worked their magic on this one. 🧌

A las órdenes :)

Screnshoot from the credits section of Cast and Chill crediting everyone involved but the translators. The background is a pixelated image of a lake with some mountains full of trees. It reads: Credits Artist and animator Lara Durham Thee song music composer Ryan Ike Background game music Licensed from Space Banjo Lead sound designer Tobias Trstenjak Localization Localize Direct Fonts Lanapixel font, copyright 2020-2023 eishiya Zpix font by Jason Feng Silkscreen font by Jason Kottke.

In #CastandChill, by @wombatbrawler.com, translators are NOT in the credits, only the agency, Localize Direct, is.

The game is available in 12 languages.
#TranslatorsinTheCredits.

The wait is over, Wordatro is finally out! 🔥

The game is now fully available in Italian, German, Dutch, and Brazilian Portuguese. Unleash your skills!

The LocQuest team also contributed to the game interface localization Russian, and marketing content in Finnish and Norwegian.

Enjoy! 🎉

Steam Fest is on, featuring 2 games with our work!

💀🧛Decks of the Damned: Darkness rises again, now in 9 languages! Dev'd by @thoriangames.bsky.social and published by @goblinzstudio.com 🫀

🌱⛵️Collector's Cove: Relax on a cozy journey across 7 languages! Dev'd and published by Voodoo Duck 🫶

¡Orgullo latino! 🇦🇷 🇧🇴 🇨🇱 🇨🇴 🇨🇷 🇨🇺 🇩🇴 🇪🇨 🇸🇻 🇬🇹 🇭🇳 🇲🇽 🇳🇮 🇵🇦 🇵🇾 🇵🇪 🇵🇷 🇺🇾 🇻🇪
We're thrilled to announce our Latam Spanish localization for Kulebra and the Souls of Limbo is now live! 🐍
We hope you enjoy this Latam-flavoured gem developed by @gallagames.bsky.social and published by @fellowtraveller.games 🫶
#gameloc

🏍️ Neptunia Riders VS Dogoos is shifting into high gear, now in French & Spanish! 🏍️

We had the joy of localizing this high-speed, Neptunia-packed racing adventure, ensuring the humor, action, and energy translate over the fast lane into 🇫🇷French and 🇪🇸Spanish (Spain).