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This is a partial list of independent video game developers that are not owned by a publisher. Independent developers retain operational control over their companies, pipelines, and organizations and often may work with proprietary engines or other proprietary software. These teams may range in size from single individuals to major companies with hundreds of employees.

Independent developers may choose to work with one or more game publishers or to self-publish their titles.

This list is not complete. Only notable developers or developers with notable games are listed here, and only some of their games are listed. There are hundreds, perhaps thousands of independent game development studios which either self-publish their titles, or enter into licensing or co-development agreements with publishers.

Company	City	State/Province	Country	Notable games
2D Boy	San Francisco	California	United States	World of Goo
3G Studios	Reno	Nevada	United States	The Dating Game Brave Arms Zombeat The Deep Skate or Die Jillian Michaels' Fitness Ultimatum 2009 Rock Band (w/Harmonix)
4D Rulers Software				Gore: Ultimate Soldier Secret Service 2 Patriots: A Nation Under Fire
ACE Team	Santiago		Chile	Zeno Clash
Aldorlea Games			France	Laxius Force Laxius Force 2 Laxius Force 3 3 Stars of Destiny Millennium Millennium 2 Millennium 3 Millennium 4 Asguaard Dreamscape
Alec Holowka	Winnipeg	Manitoba	Canada	Crayon Physics Deluxe I'm O.K – A Murder Simulator Aquaria (video game)
Amanita Design			Czech Republic	Machinarium Samorost 2 Samorost
Amaranth Games				Aveyond Grimm's Hatchery Yummy Drink Factory Aveyond 2
Ambrosia Software	Rochester	New York	United States	Escape Velocity series
Artix Entertainment	Land O'Lakes	Florida	United States	Adventurequest Archknight Dragonfable Mechquest Adventurequest Worlds Hero Smash
Babaroga	Chicago	Illinois	United States	Spore Origins Zombies!!!
Basilisk Games	Indianapolis	Indiana	United States	Eschalon series
The Behemoth	San Diego	California	United States	Alien Hominid Castle Crashers BattleBlock Theater
Benjamin Rivers	Toronto	Ontario	Canada	Drunken Rampage The Ascent SNOW
Big Finish Games	Salt Lake City	Utah	United States	Three Cards to Midnight
Bit Blot				Aquaria
Blitz Games Studios	Warwickshire		United Kingdom	Powerup Forever Droplitz Invincible Tiger: The Legend of Han Tao Encleverment Experiment
Blossomsoft				Eternal Eden
Blue Fang Games	Waltham	Massachusetts	United States	Zoo Tycoon series
Bohemia Interactive Studio	Prague		Czech Republic	Operation Flashpoint: Cold War Crisis ArmA: Armed Assault
Boomzap Entertainment	Singapore		[[Singapore	Awakening: The Dreamless Castle Jewels of Cleopatra
Bplus				Plättchen Twist 'n' Paint
Broken Rules	Vienna		Austria	And Yet It Moves
Capybara Games	Toronto	Ontario	Canada	Critter Crunch Might & Magic: Clash of Heroes
Caravel Games				Deadly Rooms of Death
Castle Thorn Software LLC	Hamilton	Montana	United States	StarQuest Online
Chedburn Networks Limited	Bristol		United Kingdom	Torn (online game)
Christopher Howard Wolf	Rocky Point	North Carolina	United States	DragonSpires Hell Rising I'm O.K – A Murder Simulator
Chronic Logic	Santa Cruz	California	United States	Bridge Builder Gish
Cing	Fukuoka		Japan	Another Code: Two Memories Hotel Dusk: Room 215 Another Code: R - A Journey into Lost Memories Little King's Story
Citérémis	Sherbrooke	Québec	Canada	Aztaka
ClockStone Software	Innsbruck		Austria	Avencast: Rise of the Mage
cly5m				Seiklus
ColdWood Interactive	Umeå		Sweden	The Fight: Lights Out
Crytek Black Sea (formerly Black Sea Studios)	Sofia		Bulgaria	Knights of Honor WorldShift
Dark Water Studios	Derry City	Northern Ireland	United Kingdom	Dogfighter
Daniel Benmergui	Buenos Aires		Argentina	Today I Die I Wish I Were The Moon Storyteller
Dejobaan Games		Massachusetts	United States	AaaaaAAaaaAAAaaAAAAaAAAAA!!! – A Reckless Disregard for Gravity The Wonderful End of the World
Derek Smart (3000AD.com)	Fort Lauderdale	Florida	United States	Battlecruiser 3000AD Universal Combat
Derek Yu	Pasadena	California	United States	I'm O.K – A Murder Simulator Aquaria (video game) Spelunky Eternal Daughter
Digital Eel	Seattle	Washington	United States	Data Jammers: FastForward Brainpipe: A Plunge to Unhumanity Soup du Jour Weird Worlds: Return to Infinite Space Dr. Blob's Organism Digital Eel's Big Box of Blox Strange Adventures In Infinite Space Plasmaworm
Dovogame			United States	Business Tycoon Online
Edmund McMillen	Santa Cruz	California	United States	Gish Super Meat Boy Aether Spewer Cunt The Binding of Isaac
Enthrean Guardian			Indonesia	Eternal Grace
Elite Gudz	New York	New York	United States	Techno Kitten Adventure
Ensorcelled Games			France	Sylia
Elixir Studios			United Kingdom	Republic: The Revolution Evil Genius
Erik Svedang			Sweden	Blueberry Garden
Ethereal Darkness Interactive	Northampton	Massachusetts	United States	Morning's Wrath The Lost City of Malathedra STATIC - Investigator Training
Eurocom	Derby		United Kingdom	Sphinx and the Cursed Mummy Batman Begins Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End Vancouver 2010: The Official Videogame of the Winter Olympic Games GoldenEye 007 (2010 video game)
Evony, LLC	Guangzhou		China	Evony: Age I
Exotypos			Russia	X Motor Racing
Facepunch Studios	Walsall		United Kindgom	Garry's Mod
Ferry Halim	Fresno	California	United States	Orisinal Games
Firefly Studios	London		United Kingdom	Stronghold Stronghold 2 Space Colony Stronghold 3 Dungeon Hero
Flashbang Studios				Off-Road Velociraptor Safari
Freebird Games	Markham	Ontario	Canada	To the Moon
Flying Lab Software	Seattle	Washington	United States	Rails Across America Pirates of the Burning Sea
Frogwares	Kiev		Ukraine	Journey to the Center of the Earth Sherlock Holmes: Secret of the Silver Earring Sherlock Holmes: The Awakened Dracula: Origin
Frontier Developments	Cambridge	England	United Kingdom	Frontier: Elite II LostWinds LostWinds: Winter of the Melodias
Frictional Games	Helsingborg		Sweden	Penumbra series Amnesia: The Dark Descent
GameLab				Diner Dash
Gaijin Games	Santa Cruz	California	United States	Bit.Trip Beat Bit.Trip Core Bit.Trip Void Bit.Trip Runner
GarageGames	Eugene	Oregon	United States	Marble Blast Ultra Zap!
Gogii Games	Moncton	New Brunswick	Canada	Princess Isabella: A Witch's Curse Escape the Museum
Grey Alien Games	Vancouver	British Columbia	Canada	Fairway Solitaire
Grasshopper Manufacture	Tokyo		Japan	Flower, Sun, and Rain killer7 Contact No More Heroes
Guild_Software	Milwaukee	Wisconsin	United States	Vendetta_Online
Haemimont Games	Sofia		Bulgaria	Tropico 3 Tzar: Burden of the Crown
Hanako Games			United Kingdom	Cute Knight Fatal Hearts
Hemisphere Games			United States	Osmos
Himalaya Studios	Chandler	Arizona	United States	Al Emmo and the Lost Dutchman's Mine
Introversion Software			United Kingdom	Uplink Darwinia DEFCON Subversion
Insomniac Games	Burbank	California	United States	Ratchet & Clank series Resistance series Spyro series (1998–2000)
Iron Tower Studio				Age of Decadence
Irrgheist			Germany	H-Craft Championship
Jagex	Cambridge	England	United Kingdom	RuneScape
Jason Rohrer	Potsdam	New York	United States	Passage Gravitation Between
Jonas Kyratzes	Wiesbaden		Germany	The Museum of Broken Memories The Strange and Somewhat Sinister Tale of the House at Desert Bridge
Jonatan "Cactus" Söderström	Gothenburg		Sweden	Clean Asia!
Jph Wacheski				LockOn Valence Quiescence
KatGames	Zaragoza		Spain	Mortimer and the Enchanted Castle Zulu Gems
Klei Entertainment	Vancouver	British Columbia	Canada	Eets Shank
Kloonigames			Finland	Crayon Physics Deluxe
Laminar Research	Columbia	South Carolina	United States	X-Plane
Level-5	Fukuoka		Japan	Professor Layton series Jeanne d'Arc White Knight Chronicles Dragon Quest VIII: Journey of the Cursed King Ni no Kuni
Little Green Men Games				Starpoint Gemini Fruit Farm
Llamasoft			United Kingdom	Space Giraffe Gridrunner Revolution
Longbow Digital Arts	Toronto	Ontario	Canada	DX-Ball 2, Rival Ball and other action games. Tread Marks
M-Inverse	Hong Kong		China	Project SolidLandlord 2008 Sport Life Skating Penguin
Mad Genius Software	Vancouver	British Columbia	Canada	Gunmetal
Mangled Eye Studios	Cleveland	Ohio	United States	Dark Salvation
Mojang AB	Stockholm		Sweden	Minecraft
Metanet Software	Toronto	Ontario	Canada	N, N+, Robotology and Office Yeti
mif2000			Russia	Hamlet (video game)
Mind Control Software				Oasis
Moonpod				Starscape Mr. Robot
Mousechief				The Witch's Yarn Dangerous High School Girls in Trouble!
New Star Games			United Kingdom	New Star Soccer Super Laser Racer New Star GP
Nifflas	Umeå		Sweden	Knytt Knytt Stories Within a Deep Forest
Nival Interactive	Moscow		Russia	Blitzkrieg Silent Storm
Number None, Inc.		California	United States	Braid The Witness
The Odd Gentlemen		California	United States	The Misadventures of P.B. Winterbottom
OmniSystems	Kent		United Kingdom	Eufloria
OTS Software		Missouri	United States	AlienXcape Boat (video game)
Parallax Studio	Nixa	Missouri	United States	Darkstar: The Interactive Movie
Pieces Interactive	Skövde		Sweden	Puzzlegeddon
PixelJAM Games				Dino Run
Playdead	Copenhagen		Denmark	Limbo
Playtechtonics, Inc	Austin	Texas	United States	Starport: Galactic Empires
Pocketwatch Games	San Diego	California	United States	Wildlife Tycoon: Venture Africa Venture Arctic Monaco
Positech Games			United Kingdom	Democracy Gratuitous Space Battles
Private Moon Studios			Hungary	AGON series Yoomurjak's Ring
Pronto Games				The Destiny of Zorro
Prorattafactor				The Adventures of El Ballo
Provox games				Space Force: Rogue Universe Spaceforce: Captains
Psyonix Studios				Supersonic Acrobatic Rocket-Powered Battle-Cars ARC Squadron
Punch Entertainment				Reign of Swords EGO City Music Tycoon
Q-Games	Kyoto		Japan	Star Fox Command PixelJunk Monsters PixelJunk Eden PixelJunk Shooter
Queasy Games	Toronto	Ontario	Canada	Gate 88 Everyday Shooter
realtech VR	Montreal	Quebec	Canada	No Gravity: The Plague of Mind Iron Fist Boxing
Reflexive Entertainment	Lake Forest	California	United States	Lionheart: Legacy of the Crusader Wik and the Fable of Souls Ricochet Lost Worlds
Relentless Software	Brighton		United Kingdom	Buzz! Blue Toad Murder Files
Renegade Kid	Austin	Texas	United States	Dementium: The Ward Moon Dementium II
Ronimo Games	Utrecht		Netherlands	de Blob Swords & Soldiers
Rovio Mobile	Espoo		Finland	Angry Birds
S2 Games	Rohnert Park	California	United States	Savage: The Battle for Newerth Savage 2: A Tortured Soul Heroes of Newerth
Saber Interactive	Millburn	New Jersey	United States	Will Rock TimeShift
Sandlot Games				Cake Mania
Santa Cruz Games	Santa Cruz	California	United States	Tomb Raider: Underworld Godzilla Unleashed: Double Smash
Secret Exit			Finland	Zen Bound
Seed Studios	Porto		Portugal	Under Siege (2011 video game), Toy Shop, Aquatic Tales, Sudoku for Kids
Silver Creek Entertainment	Grants Pass	Oregon	United States	Soltrio Solitaire
Ska Studios	Marcy	New York	United States	Zombie Smashers Series Survival Crisis Z Yuki's Vacation The Dishwasher: Dead Samurai
Snowstep Development	Düsseldorf		Germany	Turtle Bay
Soldak Entertainment	Dallas	Texas	United States	Depths of Peril Kivi's Underworld Din's Curse
Source Studio	St. John's	Newfoundland and Labrador	Canada	ProtoGalaxy
Spiderweb Software	Seattle	Washington	United States	Exile series Avernum series Geneforge series Nethergate
Storm Impact	Glenview	Illinois	United States	TaskMaker MacSki Tomb of TaskMaker
Studio Pixel				Cave Story Ikachan
Subatomic Studios	Boston	Massachusetts	United States	Fieldrunners
SuperVillain Studios	Santa Ana	California	United States	Dungeon Siege: Throne of Agony Order Up!
Swedish Game Development	Malmö		Sweden	Alice Greenfingers Bricks of Atlantis Bricks of Egypt
Tale of Tales	Ghent		Belgium	The Endless Forest The Graveyard The Path Fatale
TaleWorlds	Ankara		Turkey	Mount&Blade Mount&Blade: Warband Mount&Blade: With Fire & Sword
Team Shanghai Alice			Japan	Touhou Project Immaterial and Missing Power
TeamTNT				Reclamation Daedalus: Alien Defense
thatgamecompany	Los Angeles	California	United States	flOw Cloud Flower
TheorySpark				President Forever 2008 + Primaries
Three Rings Design	San Francisco	California	United States	Yohoho! Puzzle Pirates Bang! Howdy Whirled
Torpex Games	Bellevue	Washington	United States	Schizoid
Trendy Entertainment	Gainesville	Florida	United States	Dungeon Defenders
Tribetoy			United States	Chu's Dynasty
Twisted Pixel	Austin	Texas	United States	The Maw 'Splosion Man
Tyler Glaiel	San Diego	California	United States	Aether Closure
Unreal Software	Koblenz		Germany	Stranded Stranded II CS2D Carnage Contest Minigolf Madness
Ville Mönkkönen			Finland	Notrium Wazzal II
Wolfire Games	Berkeley	California	United States	Black Shades Lugaru: The Rabbit's Foot Overgrowth
Zachary Barth	Seattle	Washington	United States	Infiniminer SpaceChem
Zoetrope Interactive	Istanbul		Turkey	Darkness Within Darkness Within: The Dark Lineage
Zoonami	Cambridge	England	United Kingdom	Zendoku Bonsai Barber
ZootFly	Ljubljana		Slovenia	First Battalion

See also

• Indie game
• Fangame
• Dojin soft
• Casual game