A Virus Named TOM is a puzzle game for Windows macOS Linux and PlayStation Vita though it was planned for Xbox Live Arcade and PlayStation Network. It was developed by the independent American game developer Misfits Attic and the PC versions were released worldwide on August 1 2012. The PlayStation Vita version was released on April 5 2016 as a part of the Instant Game Collection titles for PlayStation Plus. Planning and development of A Virus Named TOM took place over several years. A playable demo of the game was sent to Indiecade in June 2010 and an alpha build was submitted to Independent Games Festival in November 2010. The game garnered press attention in August 2011 after being demoed at Game Developers Conference Europe. By February 2012 the game had entered beta and was available for pre-order. The game was finally released on Steam and Desura on August 1 2012.