Founded in August 2008 by Ken Schachter, the company developed Warp and co-published Polytron Corporation's Fez, both released in 2012.

Trapdoor was established in August 2008 by Ken Schachter, formerly the chief technology officer for American Apparel and later the studio manager of Gameloft Montreal.

[3] In November 2010, Electronic Arts' EA Partners announced a publishing deal with Trapdoor for the game Warp.

[5] Trapdoor announced in March 2011 that it would co-publish the Polytron Corporation-developed game Fez, which was released in April 2012 for Xbox 360.

[6][7] A third title, codenamed Heist, entered production in early 2012 but was cancelled six months into development.