| Video game developer | |
| Industry | Video games | 
| Founded | 1997 | 
| Founder | Toby Gard, Paul Douglas | 
| Defunct | 2004 | 
| Headquarters | Bristol, United Kingdom | 
| Products | Galleon (video game) | 
Confounding Factor was a British video games company founded in 1997 by Toby Gard and Paul Douglas, both of Core Design, and based in Bristol, UK. The company only released a single title during its lifetime, called Galleon, which went on sale in 2004 for the Microsoft Xbox console. The company disbanded soon after with Gard taking up a position with UK video game publisher Eidos.