Iwa Interactive is a Canadian digital game design company.

We aim to bring a gaming renaissance while sticking to ethical design principles and maintaining artistic integrity.


Quick Facts

📍Location > Ontario, Canada 🍁

🌱Founded > January 7th, 2020 🌎

🏛️Incorporated > IWA INTERACTIVE INC. | August 1st, 2025📜

🧠Founder > Nathan Glass AKA Mister Iwa🧔🏻

💿Published Titles > Kazakh ‘Jack (2021, Steam, Itch) 🌲

🖥️Title(s) in Progress > SPHEROCIOUS 🦥, Purrfect Fit 🐈

🚫Exploitative Corporate Strategies

🚫Pay-to-Win (P2W)

🚫Loot Boxes

🚫Artificial Time Gates

🚫FOMO Events

🚫Microtransactions

🚫Ad Paywalls

🚫Shoddy Asset Flips

🚫Streamer Bait

🚫Chasing Fads & “Slop” Genres

🚫”Profits Over Quality” Models

Company Tenets

✅Games Fully Complete at Launch

✅Pay Once, Play Forever

✅Fully Optional DLC

✅Progression Earned Through Play

✅Basic Achievements/Trophies

✅Large Expansion Packs, Game World Cash

✅Focused, Immersive Gameplay

✅Handcrafted, Original IPs

✅Purpose & Substance

✅Cohesive Storylines

✅Fun Before Funds


So, what does “IWA” mean?

For our purposes, the name can function as an acronym in more than one language:

Infinite World Ambitions

or

Ibuki (息吹) Wakusei (惑星) Asobō (遊ぼう)

[loosely translated: “Let’s Play on the Living Planet”]