Harebrained Schemes, LLC is an American video game developer based in Seattle, Washington.

[8][9] The studio returned to Kickstarter to fund Shadowrun: Hong Kong in early 2015.

[6] Work on Shadowrun: Hong Kong had already begun using the studio's own funds by the time that the Kickstarter campaign was launched; the money raised through Kickstarter instead went towards expanding the amount of content that they would be able to put into the game.

[6] The studio set a funding goal of $100,000, which it reached in two hours;[10] the campaign would go on to raise $1.2 million.

[12] In addition to its Shadowrun titles, Harebrained Schemes also funded the development of the board game Golem Arcana through Kickstarter.

[23][24] In October 2023, Paradox Interactive announced that The Lamplighters League was a commercial disappointment and that significant layoffs had taken place at Harebrained Schemes prior to the completion of the game.

[25] Following the tepid performance of The Lamplighters League, Harebrained Schemes and Paradox Interactive announced that they had reached a mutual agreement to go their separate ways, which allowed Harebrained Schemes to regain their independence from January 1, 2024 onwards.