Games
Original games for curious players.
Strange things, made in Finland.
Owlkeep is an independent Finnish media house creating games, books, music, digital products, websites and other curious things.
What we do
We publish, create and prototype across many forms.
Books
Weird fiction, zines and illustrated works.
Digital
Tools, apps and interactive stuff.
Web
Sites, microsites and online oddities.
Experiments
Prototypes, tests and beautiful failures.
Featured works
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Games
Snägäri Pinball
A classic 2D pinball game set in the afterparty world of Finland’s legendary snack kiosks – the snägäris. Fast, brutal, and lovingly old-school. In Finland, the real decisions are made at 3:30 a.m. in front of a flickering snack kiosk window. Snägäri Pinball turns that late-night queue into a classic 2D pinball table packed with bad […]
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Books
100+ Answers to (not so serious) Questions about Ducks
Are you ready for a truly unique reading experience? This book blends humor, wordplay, and a love of ducks and artificial intelligence into a delightful and entertaining package. The human author and AI team up to bring you a variety of funny and imaginative topics, all with a delightful duck-themed twist. You’ll be entertained by […]
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Digital
Working in Finland – Finnish Culture and Workplaces
Starting work in another country involves more than learning rules. Everyday situations—short messages, quiet coffee breaks, informal managers, early deadlines and limited supervision—can be easy to misread. This self-guided kit helps international employees interpret common Finnish workplace expectations, ask clearer questions and learn how their own workplace operates. It explains cultural tendencies without treating every […]
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Web
Runokirja.com
Runokirja.com is a Finnish site for poems, greetings and meaningful words for different moments in life. It brings together poems, congratulations, card texts, condolences, speeches and quotations for occasions such as birthdays, weddings, graduations, holidays and remembrance. The site also includes a tool for creating a personalised poem based on the occasion, tone and recipient, […]
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Experiments
Tools by Janne Honkonen
Tools by Janne Honkonen is a growing collection of small web experiments, practical utilities and deliberately odd little helpers. The collection ranges from filmmaking tools — such as a fullscreen flicker, green-screen and blue-screen simulator – to niche calculators like the Earth Hour energy-savings tool. They are built around a simple idea: sometimes a very […]
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Our manifesto
Make strange. Stay kind.
We believe culture should be playful, personal and a little bit weird. We build things that surprise us first. If it makes someone smile, think, or feel less alone — that’s a win.
Currently cooking
- Social web game concept
- Story-heavy adventure game
- New website concept
- Infopackages at Gumroad
- Updates to Pinball
- Finnish poem book
- More Finnish chaos
