The company formerly developed Unity-based games[1] (and previously Flash-based) for Web browsers, but now publishes and develops games across multiple platforms including mobile, Nintendo Switch, and PS4, with a few releases on Steam.

Nitrome was started on 10 August 2004 by Matthew Annal and Heather Stancliffe, two graphic designers, intending to create games for mobile phones.

Instead, the company began taking on commissions for Internet-based flash games.

[2] The temporary website for their upcoming project was first launched on 3 April 2005,[3] with a preview video of Chick Flick, their intended first game.

[5] In 2022, Nitrome partnered with Limited Run Games to distributed Gunbrick: Reloaded (a remastered version of their flash game Gunbrick) on physical Nintendo Switch cartridges.

[12] Matthew Annal said that Nitrome were "trialling" and that they "don't intend to use it in every game".

MochiCoins, however, were discontinued by Mochi Media, preventing Nitrome from using them in any more of their games.

Bow Contest were updated so their extra content would instead be paid with (free to obtain) in-game currency.