Noodlecake pushes into Latin America with new Harpooner publishing deal
Streamplay Studio (ASX: SP8), through its wholly owned subsidiary Noodlecake Studios, has signed a new publishing agreement for Harpooner, a title being developed by Brazilian indie studio Mango Salad Games. The deal expands Noodlecake’s footprint into Latin America, marking a new developer market for the publisher.
Harpooner is an action-driven incremental fishing game currently in development for PC, targeting a Steam release in Q1 2027, subject to development progress and final scheduling.
The agreement adds a shorter-cycle project to Noodlecake’s forward slate, broadening the pipeline with a comparatively focused title while opening access to Brazil’s emerging indie development scene.
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Deal highlights at a glance
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Publishing agreement signed with Brazilian indie studio Mango Salad Games
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Title: Harpooner, an action-driven incremental fishing game for PC
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Expands Noodlecake’s footprint into Latin America
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Structured under Noodlecake’s established recoupment-first publishing model
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Targeting a PC/Steam release in Q1 2027, subject to development progress and final scheduling
What Harpooner brings to the slate
Harpooner is set following an extraterrestrial meteor crash, where players use progressively upgraded equipment to hunt increasingly unusual alien fish. The design combines active gameplay with incremental progression systems, offering a focused concept aimed at PC audiences.
Noodlecake first connected with the Mango Salad team at gamescom latam 2026 in Brazil, where Harpooner featured as part of the regional indie development showcase. Following subsequent discussions, Noodlecake entered the agreement to provide publishing and development support, with the scope later expanded to introduce additional gameplay depth and content ahead of commercial release.
Strategically, Harpooner represents a shorter-cycle project that complements Noodlecake’s larger premium PC and console publishing titles. These include the recently announced Tiebreakers (ASX: 4 June 2026) and Project DS (ASX: 16 June 2026), both involving larger-scale development programmes. The addition broadens the portfolio across genres, development stages and release timelines, helping to smooth the overall release cadence.
The Tiebreakers publishing deal, signed with French developer Tiecorp Studio, targets a worldwide mobile, PC and console release in Q4 2027 and attracted more than 175,000 views within the first 24 hours of its reveal, signalling early audience traction for the title.
Ryan Holowaty, CEO of Noodlecake
“Meeting the Mango Salad team at gamescom latam gave us the chance to see Harpooner early, and it grabbed us straight away. It has a strong hook and focused scope, and we’re excited to work with the team while also building our developer network into Latin America.”
How Noodlecake’s recoupment-first model works
The agreement is structured under Noodlecake’s established publishing framework. Under this recoupment-first structure, Noodlecake provides agreed development and publishing support, then recoups its investment and associated costs before transitioning to ongoing revenue participation with Mango Salad Games.
For investors, this structure helps de-risk Noodlecake’s investment by reducing upfront capital exposure while retaining exposure to the title’s longer-term commercial performance. The table below outlines how the model’s core features translate into potential investor benefits.
Winter Burrow, a prior Noodlecake release, crossed A$5.7 million in cumulative gross revenue across Steam, Xbox and Nintendo Switch before expanding to mobile, offering a concrete reference point for how the recoupment model can perform once a title reaches commercial release.
| Model Feature | Investor Benefit |
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| Recoups investment before profit share | Reduces upfront capital exposure |
| Ongoing revenue participation after recoupment | Retains long-term upside |
| Shorter development cycle | Faster path to commercial release versus multi-year titles |
| New Latin American developer network | Access to emerging indie talent pool |
What comes next for Streamplay investors
Harpooner is currently listed on Steam for a Q1 2027 release, subject to development progress and final release scheduling. Investors should track this timeline as the key near-term milestone for the title.
The Company believes the agreement has the capability to deliver material revenue, citing Mango Salad’s talent as a developer and the prospect of expanding into a new market. However, revenue outcomes cannot be reliably estimated at this stage. Any outcome will depend on factors including development progress, release timing, platform performance, pricing, user uptake and any future platform or distribution arrangements, with any material financial contribution reflected in Streamplay’s ordinary financial reporting as applicable.
For context on scale, Noodlecake has over 60 published titles and more than 270 million downloads worldwide, operating across North America, Australia, MEA and the Pacific Islands. The growing pipeline of Harpooner, Tiebreakers and Project DS points to a broadening publishing strategy that spans multiple genres, timelines and platforms.
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