 After the release of Serious Sam 3 in 2011, Devolver decided to shift its focus from larger development cycles to the emerging indie gaming scene.Using the Serious Sam series as a test bed for indie development and relations, Devolver worked with developer Vlambeer to release in October 2011.Since then, Devolver has gone on to release Hotline Miami with developer Dennaton Games, selling over 2,000,000 copies on Steam (software) alone as of October, 2016.