Fangamer
About Us
Fangamer is a video game merchandise company based in—and shipping from—Tucson, Arizona. We got started in 2008 with one goal: To celebrate our favorite games with the kind of merchandise we want to own.
Well, actually we started with a different goal: To somehow make a living creating Web 1.0 fan pages for our favorite games. But when that didn’t work, we pivoted to designing, shipping, and sometimes even producing merchandise, and we’ve mostly done that ever since, with some very weird side projects along the way.
History
Fangamer was founded in 2007 by a group of friends who grew up running an EarthBound fan site called Starmen.Net.
We launched the Fangamer Store in August 2008 with four products: two shirts, a pin set, and a mug.
In 2009 we completed the MOTHER 3 Handbook, and we finally moved out of a spare bedroom and into a proper office.
In 2010 we began working with small, independent groups like 2 Player Productions and Far From Subtle. We also secured our first booth at PAX East.
In 2011 we expanded our partnerships with independent game developers and other small gaming companies while also expanding our workforce.
In 2012 we moved to a larger office space and started fulfilling projects like the Double Fine Adventure and our own Retrowear Kickstarter.
In 2013 we created partner stores for fan music master Mustin, the indie game FTL, our friends at Venus Patrol, and CAPY.
In 2014 we licensed Papers, Please, Octodad, and Shovel Knight and successfully funded our You Are Now EarthBound Kickstarter project.
In 2015 we ran a record-breaking Kickstarter project for Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night and hosted our very own convention: Camp Fangamer.
In 2016 we launched our first UNDERTALE and Stardew Valley lines and our EarthBound Handbook, held our second Camp Fangamer, and purchased a building!
In 2017 we took our first steps as video game publishers with our physical editions of UNDERTALE.
In 2018 we launched our first Games Done Quick lineup, developed the Flip Grip, and hosted our third Camp Fangamer to celebrate our tenth anniversary.
In 2019 we secured licenses for several more huge games we love, published more physical games, and renovated yet another building to be our new home.
In 2020 we moved into our new office building, published physical editions of Stardew Valley, and began working with MAGFest.
In 2021 we hosted an event that we called UNDERTALE 6th Anniversary So We Play DELTARUNE Chapter 1 For Some Reason.
In 2022 we hosted the Spamton Sweepstakes and launched our lineup of Hades merchandise.
In 2023 we published physical versions of TUNIC and Celeste. We also completed our YANEB Kickstarter project by releasing the EarthBound, USA documentary.