About Fatshark
Fatshark is a Swedish video game studio known for the Warhammer: Vermintide franchise. It has also contributed to several AAA titles and launched Warhammer 40,000: Darktide. The studio focuses on creating first-person co-op games.
Responsibilities
•Establish robust narrative foundations for the team
•Communicate which areas are narratively important and explain why they matter to the game and team
•Help the team understand and convey narrative priorities
•Drive the game's narrative while accounting for production realities and constraints
•Develop narrative within the constraints and nature of a game like Darktide
•Build reactive narrative worlds rather than purely linear, written-story structures
•Find creative solutions that move development forward and prevent narrative needs from blocking production discussions
•Apply a design-oriented approach to storytelling that supports and elevates gameplay
Requirements
•Prior experience in a narrative role in game development, with a strong grasp of interactive, non-linear storytelling
•Strong narrative craft and collaboration skills in a game production context
•Genuine interest in the Warhammer 40,000 universe
•Able to work fully on-site at the Stockholm office
Nice to have
•A background in tabletop RPGs (TTRPGs)
•Game design experience that broadens the skill set without becoming the core identity
•Experience with live service games
Benefits
•Regulated flex time and paid overtime
•Occupational pension
•Health benefits and health check-ups
•Bonus program
•Relocation package for international talent
•Playful, friendly, and inclusive workplace
•Personal growth opportunities through varied projects, experienced co-workers, and recurring hack weeks/days
•Parties, social events, and team-building activities
•Dog-friendly office in central Stockholm
•Four days per week in the office; one optional work-from-home day
•Onboarding is fully office-based
•Start ASAP
