About
Upstairs Studio is an independent game development studio founded by Salman Hoseini, a game developer with experience across multiple studios, teams, and production environments.
His work spans open-world games, multiplayer systems, gameplay mechanics, UI, game systems, and backend development — giving him a broad understanding of how games are built from both a creative and technical perspective.
What began as an interest in writing gradually evolved into a deeper focus on programming and game development, bringing together narrative thinking, technical problem-solving, and a love for creating worlds, tools, and systems that help games come to life.
Salman Hoseini
Founder, Upstairs Studio
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PROJECTS
Explore the games, tools, and Unity assets developed by Upstairs Studio — from fast-paced mobile projects to practical gameplay systems designed to support other developers.
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Testimonials
A powerhouse of a programmer. Salman and I worked on a prototype for a video game several years ago. The work he did in UNITY was efficient, narrative design-driven and very clever. He created a fully-functional level in a very short time and we iterated in a fun and passionate way in order to create a strong building block for a game. His knowledge of programming and love of game design/storytelling make him a unique talent with huge potential.
Alain Mercieca, Lead Writer at Ubisoft Montréal
He delivered high quality code at all stages of the development of our multiplayer PC/Console game. He was also proactive when it came to making technical/technological decisions. He has made games as a solo developer so he knows all aspects of Unity and therefore was able to work on gameplay, UI, VFXs etc.
Guillaume Danel, Senior Game Programmer
I worked with Salman on several team-based application development projects. He is so fast and clever in designing and analyzing complex applications. The thing that I always appreciated is that he knows how to work in groups and be synchronized to others.
Emad Heydari, Cryptography Research Scientist
