The United Soft Media Verlag GmbH was founded in 1994 as a software publishing company. Today, the digital publisher releases numerous games for various platforms in addition to software titles, audiobooks, and radio plays (USM Audio). These include digital board game adaptations such as "CATAN Universe", "The Legends of Andor", or "EXIT", as well as adventures from series like "The Three ???" USM is a subsidiary of Franckh-Kosmos Verlags-GmbH & Co. KG.