Galien Games

Galien Games is a small independent game studio in Chicago.

We make warm, thoughtful games for phones.

BaoLife app icon: a smiling pixel-art character with brown hair and a striped shirt

BaoLife

A cozy, realistic life sim for iPhone. Your character lives a whole life in real time, from first steps to old age, and keeps living while your phone is in your pocket.

Coming soon to iPhone.

About

Galien Games LLC was founded in 2026 by Craig Vander Galien, a Chicago software developer with 16 years of experience building for the web. Craig also runs DrillerDB, software for the water well drilling industry.

Contact

Email craig@galiengames.com.