əbsˈɛʃən sˈɜːvd æz ðə deɪbjˈuː tˈaɪɾəl ʌv juːnˈiːk dɪvˈɛləpmənt swˈiːdən, ɐ dɪvˈɛləpmənt kˈʌmpəni kənsˈɪstɪŋ ʌv ætˈɑːɹɹi ˌɛstˈiː dˈɛməsənɚz, kəmpˈoʊzɚz ænd ˈɑːɹɾɪsts fˈaʊndᵻd ɪn nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd nˈaɪnti tˈuː baɪ pˈiːɾɚ zˈɛɾɚbˌɜːɡ ænd mˈaɪkəl bɹˈʌnstɹɜːm, bˈoʊθ ʌvwˈɪtʃ bɪɡˈæn ɹˈaɪɾɪŋ ɡˈeɪmz fɚðɪ ætˈɑːɹɹi stˈiː ænd fˈaʊnd ðɪ aɪdˈiə ʌv ˈɜːnɪŋ mˈʌni fɹʌm ðɛɹ hˈɑːbi æz ɐpˈiːlɪŋ.
Obsession served as the debut title of Unique Development Sweden, a development company consisting of Atari ST demosceners, composers and artists founded in 1992 by Peter Zetterberg and Michael Brunnström, both of which began writing games for the Atari STe and found the idea of earning money from their hobby as appealing.