List of video game developers

This is a list of notable video game companies that have made games for either computers (like PC or Mac), video game consoles, handheld or mobile devices, and includes companies that currently exist as well as now-defunct companies.

See the list of video games for other lists relating to video games, and defunct video game companies for a more specific list of companies that no longer exist. Many of the developers publish their own games.

List

The following list has 27 segments in total, ranging from A to Z, and a numerical section.

0-9 - A - B - C - D - E - F - G - H - I - J - K - L - M - N - O - P - Q - R - S - T - U - V - W - X - Y - Z

Legend

Active independently

Active as subsidiary

Defunct and no longer active

0-9

Developer	City	Autonomous area	Country	Est.	Notable games	Notes
0verflow	Tokyo		Japan	1997	School Days Summer Days Cross Days	Visual Novel Developer/Publisher
1st Playable Productions	Troy	New York	US	2005
2K Czech	Brno		Czech Republic	1997	Mafia Mafia II	Former subsidiary of 2K Games; previously known as Illusion Softworks; closed in 2017 after merged into Hangar 13
2K Games	Novato	California	US	2005		Developer/publisher/distributor/marketer; owned by Take-Two Interactive
2K Sports	Novato	California	US	2005	NBA 2K series NHL 2K series WWE 2K series	Developer/publisher and subsidiary of 2K Games
2XL Games	Phoenix	Arizona	US	2006
343 Industries	Redmond	Washington	US	2009	Halo 4	Subsidiary of Microsoft Studios, took over development for the Halo franchise from Bungie
38 Studios	Providence	Rhode Island	US	2006	Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning	Defunct in 2012
3D Realms	Garland	Texas	US	1987	Duke Nukem
3G Studios	Reno	Nevada	US	2002	The Dating Game Skate or Die Rock Band (with Harmonix)	Started as Battleborne Entertainment in 2002 and became 3G Studios in 2006; developer of console, mobile and social games
42 Entertainment	Pasadena	California	US	1993
4A Games	Kiev		Ukraine	2005	Metro series
5pb. Inc.	Shibuya, Tokyo		Japan	2005
5th Cell	Bellevue	Washington	US	2003
989 Studios	Foster City	California	US	1995

A

Developer	City	Autonomous area	Country	Est.	Notable games	Notes
Acclaim Entertainment	Glen Cove	New York	US	1987	Turok	Developer/Publisher; declared Bankruptcy August 2004
Accolade	San José	California	US	1984	HardBall! series Star Control series Test Drive series	Former publisher and developer. Acquired by Atari, SA née Infogrames in 1999, name retired.
Access Games	Osaka		Japan	2002	Deadly Premonition
Access Software	Salt Lake City	Utah	US	1982	Under a Killing Moon The Pandora Directive	Acquired by Microsoft
ACE Team	Santiago de Chile		Chile	2007
Aces Studio	Redmond	Washington	US		Microsoft Flight Simulator	Acquired by Microsoft
Acheron Design	Melbourne		Australia	2004
Action Forms	Kiev		Ukraine	1995
Active Gaming Media	Osaka		Japan	2006		Game localization, debugging/testing, international indie game distribution, publishing
Activision	Santa Monica	California	US	1979	Call of Duty series Crash Bandicoot series Spyro the Dragon series Tony Hawk's Pro Skater series Guitar Hero series Skylanders series	Also video game publisher; acquired several other developers; merged with Vivendi to form Activision Blizzard in 2008
Adventure Soft	Birmingham		England	1992		Developer/publisher
Akella	Moscow		Russia	1995	Age of Sail II Age of Pirates series Sea Dogs
Aki Corporation	Tokyo		Japan	1995
Alfa System	Kumamoto City		Japan	1988
Amazon Game Studios	Seattle	Washington	US	2012		Subsidiary of Amazon.com
Ancient	Hino		Japan	1990
Anino Games	Manila		Philippines	2001	Despicable Me: Minion Mania
Ankama Games	Roubaix		France	2001	Wakfu Dofus
Appy Entertainment	Carlsbad	California	United States	2008
AQ Interactive	Tokyo		Japan	2005		Defunct in 2011
Arc System Works	Yokohama		Japan	1988	Guilty Gear series BlazBlue series	Developer/publisher
Arcane Kids	Los Angeles	California	United States	2010	Bubsy 3D: Bubsy Visits the James Turrell Retrospective	Sonic Dreams Collection
Arkane Studios	Lyon		France	1999	Arx Fatalis Dishonored series	Subsidiary of ZeniMax Media
Arkedo Studio	Paris		France	2006
ArenaNet	Bellevue	Washington	US	2000	Guild Wars Guild Wars 2	Subsidiary of NCsoft
Arika	Tokyo		Japan	1995
Art Co., Ltd	Tokyo		Japan	1995
Artdink	Tsukishima		Japan	1986
ArtePiazza	Tokyo		Japan	1989
Artificial Studios	Gainesville	Florida	US	2001		Also game engine developer
Artoon	Yokohama		Japan	1999		Subsidiary of AQ Interactive; defunct in 2010
Arzest	Yokohama		Japan	2010
Ascaron	Gütersloh		Germany	1989	Sacred series	Developer/publisher
Asobo Studio	Bordeaux		France	2002
Atlus	Tokyo		Japan	1986	Megami Tensei franchise Megami Tensei Megami Tensei II Shin Megami Tensei series Persona series Etrian Odyssey series Trauma Center series	Developer/publisher; acquired by Sega in 2013
Atomic Planet Entertainment	Middlesbrough		England	2000		Defunct in 2009
Attic Entertainment Software	Albstadt		Germany	1990		Developer/publisher; defunct in 2001
Avalanche Software	Salt Lake City		US	1995	Disney Infinity series	Subsidiary of Disney Interactive Studios; defunct in 2016 Relaunched by Warner Bros. in 2017.
Avalanche Studios	Stockholm		Sweden	2003	Just Cause series
Aventurine SA	Athens		Greece	2002	Darkfall

B

Developer	City	Autonomous area	Country	Est.	Notable games	Notes
Babaroga	Chicago	Illinois	US	2001
Backbone Entertainment	Emeryville	California	US	1992
Bandai Namco Studios	Tokyo		Japan	2012	Pac-Man franchise Tekken franchise Tekken series Tekken Tag Tournament series Soul Calibur series Tales series Katamari series Ace Combat series God Eater series .hack series	Subsidiary of Bandai Namco Entertainment; functions as the core video game development studio of Bandai Namco Games
Banpresto	Tokyo		Japan	1977	Super Robot Wars	Subsidiary of Namco Bandai Holdings
Bauhaus Entertainment	Tokyo		Japan	2006
Beenox	Quebec City	Quebec	Canada	2000	Spider-Man game series	Subsidiary of Activision on May 25, 2005
Behaviour Interactive	Montreal	Quebec	Canada	1992
Bethesda Game Studios	Rockville	Maryland	US	2001	The Elder Scrolls series Fallout series	In-house development team of Bethesda Softworks LLC
Big Huge Games	Timonium	Maryland	US	2000	Rise of Nations Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning DomiNations
BioWare	Edmonton	Alberta	Canada	1995	Baldur's Gate series Mass Effect series Dragon Age series Neverwinter Nights	Subsidiary of Electronic Arts
The Bitmap Brothers	London		England	1987
Bits Studios	London		England	1991		Acquired by PlayWize in 2008
Bizarre Creations	Liverpool		England	1994	Project Gotham Racing series Geometry Wars series	Defunct in 2011
Black Forest Games	Offenburg		Germany	2012	Giana Sisters: Twisted Dreams	Subsidiary of THQ Nordic
Black Isle Studios		Orange County, California	US	1996	Fallout 2 Planescape: Torment Icewind Dale	Subsidiary of Interplay Entertainment
Black Rock Studio	Brighton		England	1998		Defunct in 2011
Black Wing Foundation	Dnipro		Ukraine	2006	Stalin vs. Martians Speed Kills
Blitz Games Studios	Leamington Spa		England	1990
Blizzard Entertainment	Irvine	California	US	1991	Diablo series StarCraft series Warcraft franchise Warcraft series World of Warcraft Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft Heroes of the Storm Overwatch	Developer/publisher; acquired by Vivendi and became part of Vivendi Games group in 1998; merged into Activision Blizzard in 2008
Blue Byte	Düsseldorf		Germany	1988	The Settlers	Subsidiary of Ubisoft
Blue Fang Games	Waltham	Massachusetts	US	1998	Zoo Tycoon series	Shut down in 2011
Blue Tongue Entertainment	Melbourne	Victoria	Australia	1995	Jurassic Park: Operation Genesis de Blob	Shut down in 2011; subsidiary of THQ
Bohemia Interactive	Prague		Czech Republic	1999	Operation Flashpoint: Cold War Crisis Arma series Take On Helicopters Carrier Command: Gaea Mission
Boss Fight Entertainment	McKinney	Texas	US	2013
Boss Key Productions	Raleigh	North Carolina	US	2014	LawBreakers	Founded by Cliff Bleszinski and Arjan Brussee
BreakAway Games	Hunt Valley	Maryland	US	1998
Brøderbund	Eugene	Oregon	US	1980		Defunct in 1998
Brownie Brown	Tokyo		Japan	2000	Mother 3	Subsidiary of Nintendo
Bugbear Entertainment	Helsinki		Finland	2000	FlatOut series
Buka Entertainment	Moscow		Russia	1994		Publisher; subsidiary of 1C Company
Bullfrog Productions	Guildford		England	1987	Theme Park Magic Carpet Syndicate Dungeon Keeper series	Acquired by Electronic Arts in 1995 and closed in 2001
Bungie	Bellevue	Washington	US	1991	Halo series Marathon Oni Myth Pathways into Darkness Minotaur: The Labyrinths of Crete Operation: Desert Storm Destiny series	Formerly a subsidiary of Microsoft Game Studios

C

Developer	City	Autonomous area	Country	Est.	Notable games	Notes
Capcom	Osaka		Japan	1979	Mega Man franchise Mega Man series Mega Man X series Mega Man Legends series Ghost 'n Goblins series Final Fight series Street Fighter franchise Resident Evil franchise Devil May Cry franchise Monster Hunter franchise Ace Attorney franchise	Developer/publisher
Capcom Vancouver	Burnaby	British Columbia	Canada	2005	Dead Rising series	Founded as Blue Castle Games; acquired by Capcom in 2010. In 2017 Capcom Vancouver Spun-Off From Microsoft (Ending Partnership). Becoming Independent Company Again (Dead Rising To Capcom)
Carbine Studios	Aliso Viejo	California	US	2005	WildStar	Subsidiary of NCSOFT
Cauldron	Bratislava		Slovakia	1996	Chaser
Cave	Shinjuku		Japan	1994
Cavia	Tokyo		Japan	2000	Drakengard series Nier
CCP Games	Reykjavík		Iceland	1997	Eve Online	Developer/publisher
CD Projekt Red	Warsaw		Poland	2002	The Witcher series	Game development studio of CD Projekt
Certain Affinity	Austin	Texas	US	2006	Halo series	Co-developed the Halo series
Chair Entertainment	Salt Lake City	Utah	US	2005	Undertow Shadow Complex Infinity Blade series	Subsidiary of Epic Games
Chunsoft	Shinjuku		Japan	1984	Mystery Dungeon	Merged with Spike to become Spike Chunsoft in 2012
Cing	Fukuoka		Japan	1999
Clap Hanz	Yokohama		Japan	1998	Everybody's Golf series Everybody's Tennis series
Climax Entertainment	Tokyo		Japan	1990
Climax Studios	Portsmouth		England	1988
Cloud Imperium Games	Santa Monica and Austin	California and Texas	US	2012
Clover Studio	Osaka		Japan	2004	Viewtiful Joe series Okami	Subsidiary of Capcom; became defunct in 2007
Coded Illusions	Rotterdam		Netherlands	2005
Codemasters	Southam		England	1985	F1 series Colin McRae Rally series Operation Flashpoint series Grid series	Developer/publisher
Coktel Vision	Paris		France	1985		Former publisher
Colossal Order	Tampere		Finland	2009	Cities in Motion Cities: Skylines	Developer for Paradox Interactive
Compile Heart	Tokyo		Japan	2006	Hyperdimension Neptunia series Record of Agarest War	Developer/publisher; subsidiary of Idea Factory
Compulsion Games	Montreal	Quebec	Canada	2009	Contrast We Happy Few	Developer
Core Design	Derby		England	1988	Tomb Raider series	Subsidiary of Eidos Interactive; closed down in 2006
Crafts & Meister	Osaka		Japan	2004
Creat Studios	Canton	Massachusetts	US	1990
Creative Assembly	Horsham		England	1987	Total War series Alien: Isolation	Subsidiary of Sega since 2005
Criterion Games	Guildford		England	1993	Burnout series	Subsidiary of Electronic Arts
Croteam	Zagreb		Croatia	1993	Serious Sam series The Talos Principle
Cryo Interactive	Paris		France	1992		Bankrupt in 2002
Cryptic Studios	Los Gatos	California	US	2000	City of Heroes Champions Online Star Trek Online	Subsidiary of Perfect World
Crystal Dynamics	Redwood City	California	US	1992	Legacy Of Kain series Tomb Raider series (second era)	Subsidiary of Square Enix
Crytek	Frankfurt		Germany	1999	Far Cry Crysis series Ryse: Son of Rome
Crytek UK	Nottingham		England	1999	TimeSplitters series	Founded as Free Radical Design; acquired by Crytek in 2009; defunct in 2014
Cyan Worlds	Mead	Washington	US	1987	Myst series
Cyanide	Nanterre		France	2000	Pro Cycling Manager series
Cyberdreams	Liverpool		England	2007		Developer/publisher; successor of Ultrasoft
CyberConnect2	Fukuoka		Japan	1996	.hack series Naruto: Ultimate Ninja series
Cyberlore Studios	Northampton	Massachusetts	US	1992		Developer of computer games
CyberStep	Tokyo		Japan	2000	Cosmic Break Onigiri	Developer and publisher of global online games

D

Developer	City	Autonomous area	Country	Est.	Notable games	Notes
Dambuster Studios	Nottingham		England	2014	Homefront: The Revolution
Day 1 Studios	Chicago	Illinois	US	2001		Merged with WarGaming
Deadline Games	Copenhagen		Denmark	1996	Total Overdose Watchmen: The End Is Nigh Faith and a .45
Deck13	Frankfurt		Germany	2001	Ankh series
Demiurge Studios	Cambridge	Massachusetts	US	2002
devCAT Studios	Seoul		South Korea		Mabinogi Vindictus	Subsidiary of Nexon
Dhruva Interactive	Bangalore		India	1997
Die Gute Fabrik	Copenhagen		Denmark	2006	Where is my Heart? Joust Sportsfriends
Digital Extremes	London	Ontario	Canada	1993	Warframe	Founded by James Schmalz, co-creator of Unreal series.
Digital Illusions CE (EA DICE)	Stockholm		Sweden	1992	Battlefield series Mirror's Edge	Acquired by Electronic Arts in 2004
DICE Los Angeles	Los Angeles	California	US	1995	Medal of Honor series Command & Conquer series	Founded as DreamWorks Interactive L.L.C., later EA Los Angeles, and lastly Danger Close Games
Digital Reality	Budapest		Hungary	1991		Developer/publisher
Dimps	Osaka		Japan	2000
Disney Interactive Studios	Glendale	California	US	1988		Publisher and subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company; closed in 2016
Double Fine Productions	San Francisco	California	US	2000	Psychonauts Broken Age
Double Helix Games	Irvine	California	US	2007	Silent Hill: Homecoming Killer Instinct
Dynamix	Eugene	Oregon	US	1984	Red Baron Front Page Sports series Betrayal at Krondor Tribes series	Closed in 2001

E

Developer	City	Autonomous area	Country	Est.	Notable games	Notes
Egosoft	Würselen		Germany	1988	X series
Electronic Arts	Redwood City	California	US	1982	FIFA series Need For Speed series	Developer/publisher
Elemental Games	Vladivostok		Russia	1999	Space Rangers	Defunct in 2015
Engine Software	Doetinchem		Netherlands	1995		Also middleware developer
Ensemble Studios	Dallas	Texas	US	1995	Age of Empires series Age of Mythology Halo Wars	Former subsidiary of Microsoft Studios
Epic Games	Cary	North Carolina	US	1991	Unreal series Gears of War series Shadow Complex Infinity Blade series Fortnite
Epic Games Poland	Warsaw		Poland	2002	Bulletstorm	Founded as People can Fly, acquired and became a subsidiary of Epic Games in 2012
Epicenter Studios	Sherman Oaks	California	US	2007
Epyx	San Francisco	California	US	1978		Developer/publisher, defunct 1993
Etranges Libellules	Lyon		France	1994
Eugen Systems	Paris		France	2000	Act of War Wargame
Eurocom	Derby		England	1988
Evolution Studios	Runcorn		England	1999	World Rally Championship series MotorStorm series	Division of SIE Worldwide Studios and subsidiary of Sony Computer Entertainment; defunct in 2016
Eyedentity Games	Seoul		South Korea	2007	Dragon Nest	Subsidiary of Shanda

F

Developer	City	Autonomous area	Country	Est.	Notable games	Notes
F4	Paris		France	2002
Facepunch Studios	Walsall		England	2009	Garry's Mod Rust
FarSight Studios	Big Bear Lake	California	US	1989
Fatshark	Stockholm		Sweden	2008	War of the Roses
feelplus	Tokyo		Japan	1992
Firaxis Games	Sparks	Maryland	US	1996	Civilization series (part 3 and later) XCOM (Reboot) series	Subsidiary of 2K Games
Firefly Studios	London		England	1999	Stronghold series
First Star Software	Chappaqua	New York	US	1982		Publisher, developer and licensor
Flagship Studios	San Francisco	California	US	2003	Hellgate:London Mythos	Closed down in 2008
Flying Wild Hog	Warsaw		Poland	2009	Hard Reset Shadow Warrior
Foundation 9 Entertainment	Emeryville	California	US	1992
Fox Interactive	Los Angeles	California	US	1994
Frictional Games	Helsingborg		Sweden	2001	Penumbra series Amnesia: The Dark Descent SOMA
Frogwares	Kiev		Ukraine	2000	Adventures of Sherlock Holmes series
FromSoftware	Tokyo		Japan	1986	Souls series Demon's Souls Dark Souls series Bloodborne
Frontier Developments	Cambridge		England	1994	Elite series Thrillville LostWinds Kinectimals RollerCoaster Tycoon 3 Planet Coaster
Frozenbyte	Helsinki		Finland	2001	Shadowgrounds series Trine series
FUN Labs	Bucharest		Romania	1999	MIB: Alien Crisis Cabela's series
Funcom	Oslo		Norway	1993	The Longest Journey series Anarchy Online Age of Conan The Secret World	Developer/publisher
Futuremark	Espoo		Finland	1997	Shattered Horizon	Also benchmark developer

G

Developer	City	Autonomous area	Country	Est.	Notable games	Notes
Gaijin Entertainment	Moscow		Russia	2002	War Thunder IL-2 Sturmovik: Birds of Prey
Game Arts	Tokyo		Japan	1985		Subsidiary of GungHo Online Entertainment
Game Freak	Setagaya-ku		Japan	1989	Pokémon series
GameHouse	Seattle	Washington	US	1998		Casual game developer, publisher and portal
Gameloft	Paris		France	1999	Modern Combat: Domination Order & Chaos Online Assassin's Creed (for mobile) Asphalt	Developer/publisher of mobile games
Gearbox Software	Plano	Texas	US	1999	Brothers In Arms series Borderlands series Half-Life: Opposing Force
Geewa	Prague		Czech Republic	2005
Genki	Shinjuku		Japan	1990
Glu Mobile	San Francisco	California	US	Developer of mobile games
Gogii Games	Moncton	New Brunswick	Canada	2006		Developer/publisher
Good-Feel	Kobe		Japan	2005	Yoshi's Woolly World
Grasshopper Manufacture	Suginami		Japan	1998	Killer7 No More Heroes series Lollipop Chainsaw Killer Is Dead	Founded by Suda51, a subsidiary of GungHo Online Entertainment
Gravity	Seoul		South Korea	2000	Ragnarok Online
Gremlin Interactive	Sheffield		England	1984	Zool and Premier Manager	Taken over by Infogrames in 1999 studio closed in 2003
Grezzo	Shibuya		Japan	2006	The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask 3D The Legend of Zelda: Tri Force Heroes Ever Oasis	Second-party developer of Nintendo
Griptonite Games	Kirkland	Washington	US	1994
GSC Game World	Kiev		Ukraine	1995	S.T.A.L.K.E.R	Defunct in 2011, reopened in 2014
Guerrilla Cambridge	Cambridge	Cambridgeshire	United Kingdom	1997 (as SCE Cambridge Studio), 2013	MediEvil series	Branch of Guerrilla Games and division of SIE Worldwide Studios
Guerrilla Games	Amsterdam		Netherlands	2000	Killzone series Horizon Zero Dawn	Division of SIE Worldwide Studios since 2004
GungHo Online Entertainment	Tokyo		Japan	1998
Gust Corporation	Nagano		Japan	1993	Atelier series	Became a subsidiary of Koei Tecmo in 2014

H

Developer	City	Autonomous area	Country	Est.	Notable games	Notes
Haemimont Games	Sofia		Bulgaria	1997	Tropico 5
HAL Laboratory	Chiyoda		Japan	1980	Kirby series Earthbound/Mother series	First-party developer and subsidiary of Nintendo
Halfbrick	Brisbane	Queensland	Australia	2001	Fruit Ninja Jetpack Joyride	Mobile game developer
Hanaho	Cerritos	California	US	1992
Hangar 13	Novato	California	US	2014	Mafia III	Subsidiary of 2K Games
Harebrained Schemes	Seattle	Washington	US	2011	Shadowrun Returns Shadowrun: Dragonfall Shadowrun: Hong Kong
Harmonix Music Systems	Cambridge	Massachusetts	US	1995	Guitar Hero series Rock Band series Dance Central series	Subsidiary of Viacom
Hasbro Interactive	Pawtucket	Rhode Island	US	1995		Publisher; defunct in 2001
HB Studios	Lunenburg	Nova Scotia	Canada	2000
HeroCraft	Kaliningrad		Russia	2001
High Moon Studios	San Diego	California	US	2005	Transformers: War for Cybertron series Deadpool	Subsidiary of Activision
High Voltage Software	Hoffman Estates	Illinois	US	1993	The Conduit series
Hoplon Infotainment	Florianópolis	Santa Catarina	Brazil	2004
Hothead Games	Vancouver	British Columbia	Canada	2006	DeathSpank Swarm	Developer/publisher
Housemarque	Helsinki		Finland	1995	Super Stardust
Hudson Soft	Tokyo		Japan	1973	Bomberman series Adventure Island series	Developer/publisher; acquired and dissolved by Konami
Human Head Studios	Madison	Wisconsin	US	1997	Rune Prey
Humongous Entertainment	Bothell	Washington	US	1992	Fatty Bear's Birthday Surprise Putt-Putt series Freddi Fish series Pajama Sam series Spy Fox series	Acquired by Tommo and relaunched in 2013
Hyperion Entertainment	Brussels		Belgium	1999

I

Developer	City	Autonomous area	Country	Est.	Notable games	Notes
id Software	Mesquite	Texas	US	1991	Wolfenstein series Doom series Quake series	Acquired by ZeniMax Media in June 24, 2009
Idea Factory	Shibuya-ku, Tokyo		Japan	1994
Idol Minds	Westminster	Colorado	US	1997	Cool Boarders series Pain Neopets: Darkest Faerie Rally Cross	Developer
Imageepoch	Tokyo		Japan	2005
Infinity Ward	Woodland Hills	California	US	2002	Call of Duty series	Acquired by Activision in 2003.
Infocom	Cambridge	Massachusetts	US	1979	Zork series Planetfall series The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Leather Goddesses of Phobos	Closed in 1989.
Infogrames	Paris		France	1983		Publisher
Incredible Technologies	Arlington Heights	Illinois	US	1985		arcade game designer, arcade game manufacturer
indieszero	Musashino		Japan	1997
Innerloop Studios	Oslo		Norway	1996
Insomniac Games	Burbank	California	US	1994	Spyro the Dragon series Ratchet & Clank series Resistance series Sunset Overdrive
Intelligent Systems	Tokyo		Japan	1986	Fire Emblem franchise Advance Wars series Paper Mario series	First-party developer and Subsidiary of Nintendo
Interceptor Entertainment	Herning		Denmark	2010	Rise of the Triad Duke Nukem 3D: Reloaded
Interplay Entertainment	Beverly Hills	California	US	1983	Earthworm Jim series ClayFighter series Wasteland Fallout series	Developer/publisher
Introversion Software	London		England	2002	Darwinia DEFCON
IO Interactive	Copenhagen		Denmark	1998	Hitman series Kane & Lynch series	Subsidiary of Square Enix until 2017 when they dropped IO, they then became independent
Ion Storm	Dallas	Texas	US	1996	Daikatana Anachronox	Shut down in 2001; subsidiary of Eidos Interactive
Ion Storm Austin	Austin	Texas	US	1997	Deus Ex Thief: Deadly Shadows	Shut down in 2005; subsidiary of Eidos Interactive
Irem	Hakusan		Japan	1974	R-Type series
Iron Galaxy Studios	Chicago	Illinois	US	2008	Divekick Borderlands 2 (PSVita)
Irrational Games	Quincy	Massachusetts	US	1996	System Shock 2 Freedom Force series BioShock series	Subsidiary of 2K Games

J

Developer	City	Autonomous area	Country	Est.	Notable games	Notes
Jadestone Group	Stockholm		Sweden	2000		Online game developer, mobile game developer
Jagex	Cambridge		England	2001	RuneScape	Online game developer
Jaleco	Tokyo		Japan	1974
Javaground	Irvine	Massachusetts	US	2001		Mobile game developer
JoWood Entertainment AG	Rottenmann		Austria	1995	Gothic series Painkiller series The Guild series SpellForce series	Defunct 2011
Juice Games	Warrington		England	2003
Jupiter	Kyoto		Japan	1996
JV Games	Las Vegas	Nevada	US	1999

K

Developer	City	Autonomous area	Country	Est.	Notable games	Notes
Kairosoft	Tokyo		Japan	1996
Kalypso Media	Worms		Germany	2006	Tropico series	Developer/publisher
Kaos Studios	New York City	New York	US	2006	Frontlines: Fuel of War Homefront	Subsidiary of THQ
Keen Software House	Prague		Czech Republic	2010	Space Engineers
Kiloo Games	Aarhus		Denmark	2000	Subway Surfers Frisbee Forever	Mobile game developer
King Digital Entertainment	Stockholm		Sweden	2003	Candy Crush Saga	Mobile game developer
Koei	Ashikaga		Japan	1978	Dynasty Warriors series Samurai Warriors series	Developer/publisher; subsidiary of Koei Tecmo; renamed Tecmo Koei Games in 2009 and Koei Tecmo Games in 2014; brand name still in use
KOG Studios	Seoul		South Korea	2000	Elsword
Konami	Tokyo Midtown Minato		Japan	1969	Gradius series Contra series Metal Gear series Castlevania series Pro Evolution Soccer series Silent Hill series	Developer/publisher
Kongzhong	Beijing		China	2002
Krome Studios	Brisbane	Queensland	Australia	1999		Defunct
Krome Studios Melbourne	Melbourne	Victoria	Australia	1988		Defunct
Kuju Entertainment	Shalford		England	1998
Kush Games	Camarillo	California	US	1998
Kuma Reality Games	New York City	New York	US	2003

L

Developer	City	Autonomous area	Country	Est.	Notable games	Notes
Larian Studios	Oudenaarde		Belgium	1996	Divinity series
Legacy Interactive	Los Angeles	California	US	1998		Publisher
Legend Entertainment	Chantilly	Virginia	US	1989	Spellcasting series Superhero League of Hoboken The Wheel of Time Unreal II	Closed in 2004.
Legendo Entertainment	Gothenburg		Sweden	2004		Developer/publisher
LEGO Group	Billund		Denmark	1932	LEGO Universe
Level-5	Fukuoka		Japan	1998	Dark Cloud series Rogue Galaxy Professor Layton series Inazuma Eleven series Ni No Kuni series Yo-Kai Watch series	Developer/publisher
Lionhead Studios	Guildford		England	1997	Black & White series Fable series	Closed by Microsoft Studios in 2016
Liquid Entertainment	Pasadena	California	US	1999	Battle Realms
Little Green Men Games	Zagreb		Croatia	2006	Starpoint Gemini
LK Avalon			Poland	1989	Hans Kloss Schizm: Mysterious Journey
Llamasoft	Reading		England	1982
Linden Lab	San Francisco	California	US	1999
Looking Glass Studios	Cambridge	Massachusetts	US	1990	Ultima Underworld series System Shock series Thief series
LucasArts	San Francisco	California	US	1982	Maniac Mansion Sam & Max Hit the Road Day of the Tentacle Monkey Island series The Dig Full Throttle Grim Fandango Star Wars: The Force Unleashed series Star Wars: Battlefront series	Publisher and former developer; closed as developer of April 3, 2013 by Disney
Luma Arcade	Johannesburg		South Africa	2006
Luxoflux	Santa Monica	California	US	1998

M

Developer	City	Autonomous area	Country	Est.	Notable games	Notes
MachineGames	Uppsala		Sweden	2009	Wolfenstein: The New Order	Acquired by ZeniMax Media
Magenta Software	Liverpool		England	1994
Majesco Entertainment	Edison	New Jersey	US	1986		Defunct December 8, 2016
Marvelous Entertainment	Shibuya		Japan	1997	Senran Kagura series	Developer/publisher
Massive Entertainment	Malmö		Sweden	1997	Ground Control World In Conflict Tom Clancy's The Division	Founded in 1997; former subsidiary of Activision and acquired by Ubisoft in 2008
Masthead Studios	Sofia		Bulgaria	2005	Earthrise
Maxis Software	Emeryville	California	US	1987	The Sims series SimCity series	Became a subsidiary of Electronic Arts in 1997
Mean Hamster Software	Deer Park	Washington	US	1985
Media Molecule	Guildford		England	2006	LittleBigPlanet series Tereaway	Division of SIE Worldwide Studios
Mediatonic	London		England	2005	Amateur Surgeon Robot Unicorn Attack
MegaZebra	Munich		Germany	2009
Mercury Steam	Madrid		Spain	2002
Metropolis Software	Warsaw		Poland	1992	Teenagent Gorky 17 Infernal	Studio was bought by CD Projekt in 2008 and closed in 2009.
MicroProse Software	Hunt Valley	Maryland	US	1982	Silent Service Gunship Pirates! Railroad Tycoon Civilization series
Microsoft Studios	Redmond	Washington	US	2002	Age of Empires series Crackdown series Fable series Forza Motorsport series Gears of War series Halo series Microsoft Flight Simulator series Zoo Tycoon series	First-party developer, publisher, and console manufacturer; established as Microsoft Game Studios
Midway Games	Chicago	Illinois	US	1988	Mortal Kombat series	As of 2012, Midway is a corporation existing under Delaware law subject to a Chapter 11 bankruptcy liquidation plan
Milestone	Suginami		Japan	2003
Milestone S.r.l.	Milan		Italy	1996
Mistwalker	Tokyo		Japan	2004	Blue Dragon
Mitchell Corporation	Tokyo		Japan	1960
Mojang AB	Stockholm		Sweden	2009	Minecraft Scrolls Cobalt	Former Indie developer and publisher; acquired by Microsoft on September 15, 2014
Monolith Productions	Kirkland	Washington	US	1994	F.E.A.R. series Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor Middle-earth: Shadow of War	Subsidiary of Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment
Monolith Soft	Tokyo		Japan	1999	Xeno series	First-party developer and subsidiary of Nintendo
Mythic Entertainment	Fairfax	Virginia	US	1995	Dark Age of Camelot	Acquired by Electronic Arts in 2006 and closed in 2014

N

Developer	City	Autonomous area	Country	Est.	Notable games	Notes
Nadeo	Paris		France	2000	TrackMania
Nanobit	Zagreb		Croatia	2008
Natsume	Shinjuku		Japan	1987	Harvest Moon series
Naughty Dog	Santa Monica	California	US	1986	Crash Bandicoot series Jak and Daxter series Uncharted series The Last of Us	Division of SIE Worldwide Studios since 2001
NCsoft	Seoul		South Korea	1997	Aion Lineage series Blade & Soul	Online game developer
NDOORS Corporation	Seoul		South Korea	1999	Atlantica Online	Developer/publisher; subsidiary of Nexon
Neowiz	Seoul		South Korea	1997
Nerve Software	Richardson	Texas	US	1999
NetDevil	Louisville	Colorado	US	1997
Netdragon	Fuzhou		China	1999	Disney Fantasy Online
Netease	Guangzhou		China	1997	Fantasy Westward Journey	Developer, publisher, and online services company
NetherRealm Studios	Chicago	Illinois	US	2010	Mortal Kombat series Injustice: Gods Among Us Injustice 2	Successor to Midway Games; Subsidiary of Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment
Neversoft	Woodland Hills	California	US	1994	Guitar Hero series Tony Hawk series Gun	Acquired by Activision in 1999; merged into Infinity Ward in 2014
Nevosoft	St. Petersburg		Russia	2002
Nexon	Seoul		South Korea	1994	MapleStory Mabinogi Vindictus Atlantica Online
Next Level Games	Vancouver	British Columbia	Canada	2002	Super Mario Strikers
NGD Studios	Buenos Aires		Argentina	2002	Regnum Online Master of Orion: Conquer the Stars
Nibris	Kraków		Poland	2000
Nihon Falcom	Tokyo		Japan	1981	Ys series Dragon Slayer series The Legend of Heroes series Xanadu series Zwei!! Brandish Vantage Master Gurumin: A Monstrous Adventure	Developer/publisher
Nikita Online	St. Petersburg		Russia	1991
Ninjabee	Orem	Utah	USA	2005
Ninja Theory	Cambridge		England	2000	Heavenly Sword Enslaved: Odyssey to the West DmC: Devil May Cry Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice
Nintendo	Kyoto		Japan	1889	Super Mario series The Legend of Zelda franchise Metroid franchise Donkey Kong franchise Pikmin series Animal Crossing series Pokémon franchise F-Zero series Star Fox series Kirby franchise Mother series Super Smash Bros. series Splatoon series	First-party developer/publisher/console manufacturer
Nippon Ichi Software	Gifu Prefecture		Japan	1991	Rhapsody: A Musical Adventure La Pucelle: Tactics Disgaea series Phantom Brave GrimGrimoire Hotaru no Nikki
Nival	St. Petersburg		Russia	1996	Etherlords
Nordeus	Belgrade		Serbia	2009	Top Eleven Football Manager	Developer/publisher
Novalogic	Agoura Hills	California	US	1985		Publisher
Novarama	Barcelona		Spain	2003	Invizimals series
n-Space	Orlando	Florida	USA	1994	Heroes of Ruin Port for various video games, include Call of Duty series

O

Developer	City	Autonomous area	Country	Est.	Notable games	Notes
Obsidian Entertainment	Irvine	California	USA	2004	Fallout New Vegas Neverwinter Nights 2 Dungeon Siege III South Park: The Stick of Truth
Oddworld Inhabitants	San Luis Obispo	California	USA	1994	Oddworld series
Omega Force	Ashikaga		Japan	1997	Dynasty Warriors series Samurai Warriors series Warriors Orochi series	Division of Koei Tecmo
Origin Systems	Austin	Texas	US	1983	Ultima series Ultima Online Wing Commander series	Acquired by Electronic Arts in 1992 and closed in 2004
Outrage Entertainment	Ann Arbor	Michigan	US	1996	Descent 3	Closed in 2004
Overkill Software	Stockholm		Sweden	2009	Payday series	Acquired by Starbreeze Studios in 2012
Oxygen Studios	Croydon		England	2006

P

Developer	City	Autonomous area	Country	Est.	Notable games	Notes
Page 44 Studios	San Francisco	California	USA	1998	Freekstyle High School Musical 3: Senior Year Dance Madden NFL 11 iOS uDraw Pictionary World of Goo iOS	Subsidiary of Zynga; closed in 2011.
Pangea Software		Texas	USA	1987
Project Sora	Tokyo		Japan	2009	Kid Icarus: Uprising	Subsidiary of Nintendo; became defunct in 2012
Papaya Studio	Irvine	California	USA	1999
Project Soul	Tokyo		Japan	1996	Soul series	Division of Bandai Namco Studios
Panther Games Pty Ltd	Canberra		Australia	1985	Fire-Brigade Command Ops: Battles from the Bulge
Paradox Development Studio	Stockholm		Sweden	1995	Europa Universalis series Hearts of Iron series Crusader Kings series	Subsidiary of Paradox Interactive
Parallax Software	Ann Arbor	Michigan	USA	1993	Descent series	Split into Volition and Outrage Entertainment
Pandemic Studios	Los Angeles	California	USA	1998	Star Wars: Battlefront Destroy All Humans! series Full Spectrum Warrior Mercenaries: Playground of Destruction The Saboteur	Acquired by Electronic Arts in 2007 and closed in 2009.
Pendulo Studios	Madrid		Spain	1993	Runaway series
Penguin Software	Geneva	Illinois	USA	1978
Perfect World	Beijing		China	2004	Perfect World series	Developer/publisher
Petroglyph	Las Vegas	Nevada	USA	2003	Star Wars: Empire at War Universe at War: Earth Assault Grey Goo
Phantagram	Seoul		South Korea	1994
Phenomic Game Development	Ingelheim am Rhein		Germany	1997	SpellForce series BattleForge Lord of Ultima Command and Conquer: Tiberium Alliances	Acquired by Electronic Arts in 2006
Piranha Bytes	Essen		Germany	1997	Gothic series (parts 1-3) Risen series
Pi Studios	Houston	Texas	USA	2002
Pivotal Games	Bath		England	2000	Conflict series The Great Escape
Pixel Press	St. Louis	Missouri	United States	2013
Playdom	San Francisco	California	USA	2009		Facebook, Myspace game developer Subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company
Playfish	London		England	2007		Facebook, Myspace game developer Subsidiary of Electronic Arts
PlayFirst	San Francisco		USA	2004		Casual game developer, publisher and portal
Playground Games	Royal Leamington Spa		England	2009	Forza Horizon series
PlatinumGames	Osaka		Japan	2006	MadWorld Bayonetta series Vanquish Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance The Wonderful 101 Star Fox Zero Nier: Automata	Successor to Clover Studio, and founded by Shinji Mikami, Atsushi Inaba, and Hideki Kamiya.
Polyphony Digital	Tokyo		Japan	1998	Gran Turismo series	Division of SIE Worldwide Studios
PopCap Games	Seattle	Washington	USA	2000	Bejeweled series Plants vs. Zombies series Peggle series Zuma	Casual game developer, publisher and portal; subsidiary of Electronic Arts since 2011
Press Play	Copenhagen		Denmark	2006	Max & the Magic Marker Max: The Curse of Brotherhood	Subsidiary of Microsoft Studios
Punch Entertainment	Palo Alto	California	USA	2005		Casual games, social games, developer and publisher
Pyro Studios	Madrid		Spain	1996	Commandos series

Q

Developer	City	Autonomous area	Country	Est.	Notable games	Notes
Q Entertainment	Tokyo		Japan	2003
Q-Games	Nakagyō-ku		Japan	2001	Star Fox Command PixelJunk series
Quantic Dream	Paris		France	1997	Fahrenheit Heavy Rain Beyond: Two Souls Detroit: Become Human

R

Developer	City	Autonomous area	Country	Est.	Notable games	Notes
Radical Entertainment	Vancouver		Canada	1991	Prototype series	Shut down by Activision; exists as support team
Rage Software	Liverpool		England	1992
Rainbow Studios	Phoenix	Arizona	USA	1996	MX vs. ATV series	Acquired by THQ, later closed by THQ
Rare	Twycross		England	1985	Battletoads series Donkey Kong Country series Killer Instinct series Banjo-Kazooie series Donkey Kong 64 GoldenEye 007 Conker's Bad Fur Day Perfect Dark series	Successor to Ultimate Play the Game; second-party developer for Nintendo; turned; Acquired by Microsoft Studios in 2002 as a first-party developer
Raven Software	Middleton	Wisconsin	USA	1990	Heretic Hexen Singularity Call of Duty series Star Wars Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast Soldier of Fortune II: Double Helix	Acquired by Activision in 1997
Red Entertainment	Tokyo		Japan	1976 (as the Red Company), 2000 (as Red Entertainment)	Sakura Wars series
Reality Pump Studios	Kraków		Poland	1995
Realtime Associates	Los Angeles	California	US	1986
Realtime Worlds	Dundee		Scotland	2002	Crackdown
Rebellion Developments	Oxford		England	1992	Aliens vs. Predator series Sniper Elite series
RedLynx	Helsinki		Finland	2000	Trials series	Subsidiary of Ubisoft
Red Thread Games	Oslo		Norway	2012	Dreamfall Chapters: The Longest Journey
Red Storm Entertainment	Cary	North Carolina	US	1996	Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six	Acquired by Ubisoft
Redtribe	Melbourne	Victoria	Australia	2003
Reflections Interactive	Newcastle upon Tyne		England	1984	Driver series Destruction Derby series	Acquired by Ubisoft
Reflexive Entertainment	Lake Forest	California	US	1997		Developer and distributor
Relic Entertainment	Vancouver	British Columbia	Canada	1997	Company of Heroes series Warhammer 40000: Dawn of War series Homeworld series	Subsidiary of Sega
Remedy Entertainment	Espoo		Finland	1995	Max Payne series Alan Wake series
Respawn Entertainment	Sherman Oaks, Los Angeles	California	US	2010	Titanfall	Acquired by Electronic Arts in 2017.
Reto-Moto	Copenhagen		Denmark	2008	Heroes & Generals
Retro Studios	Austin	Texas	US	1998	Metroid Prime series Donkey Kong Country series	Subsidiary of Nintendo
Revolution Software	York		England	1990	Broken Sword series Beneath a Steel Sky
Riot Games	Santa Monica	California	US	2006	League of Legends	Subsidiary of Tencent
Rising Star Games	Luton		England	2004
Robot Entertainment	Plano	Texas	US	2009	Orcs Must Die! series Hero Academy Age of Empires Online
Rockstar Games Rockstar India Rockstar Leeds Rockstar Lincoln Rockstar London Rockstar New England Rockstar North Rockstar San Diego Rockstar Toronto	New York City Bangalore Leeds Lincoln London Ballardvale Edinburgh Carlsbad Oakville	New York Karnataka Massachusetts California Ontario	US India England England England US Scotland US Canada	1998 2016 2004 2002 2005 2008 2002 2002 1999	Grand Theft Auto franchise Manhunt series Midnight Club series Red Dead series	Developer/publisher; owned by Take-Two Interactive
Rocksteady Studios	London		England	2005	Batman: Arkham series	Subsidiary of Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment
Robinson Technologies	Hiroshima		Japan		Dink Smallwood
Rovio Entertainment	Espoo		Finland	2003	Angry Birds franchise	Publisher, developer and distributor
Ruffian Games	Dundee		Scotland	2008	Crackdown 2
Runic Games	Seattle	Washington	USA	2008	Torchlight	Subsidiary of Perfect World
Running With Scissors	Tucson	Arizona	USA	1997	Postal series

S

Developer	City	Autonomous area	Country	Est.	Notable games	Notes
Sand Grain Studios	Bucharest		Romania	2002
Schell Games	Pittsburgh	Pennsylvania	United States	2002	I Expect You To Die	Developer and publisher
SCS Software	Prague		Czech Republic	1997	18 Wheels of Steel series Euro Truck Simulator series
Sega	Ota, San Francisco	California	Japan, USA	1960	Sonic the Hedgehog series Golden Axe series Streets of Rage series Puyo Puyo series Virtua Fighter series Shenmue series The House of the Dead series Phantasy Star series Sakura Wars series Yakuza series Valkyria franchise Valkyria Chronicles series	Third-party (Formerly first-party) developer, publisher, former console manufacturer
Sensible Software	Cambridge		England	1986	Sensible Soccer series Cannon Fodder series Mega Lo Mania Wizball Wizkid Microprose Soccer Shoot-'Em-Up Construction Kit Parallax Sensible Golf	Developer, studio closed and company acquired by Codemasters in 1999
Serious Games Interactive	Copenhagen		Denmark	2005	Global Conflict: Palestine	Serious game developer
Sega AM2	Ota		Japan	1985	Virtua Fighter series Shenmue series	Division of Sega, founded by Yu Suzuki
SIE Bend Studio	Bend	Oregon	USA	1993 (Founded as Blank, Berlyn and Co., later Eidetic)	Syphon Filter series	Founded by Blank, Berlyn and Co. and Eidetic, acquired by Sony Interactive Entertainment as apart of SIE Worldwide Studios in 2000.
SIE Foster City Studio	Foster City	California	USA	1998		Division of SIE Worldwide Studios
SIE Japan Studio	Tokyo		Japan	1993	Ape Escape series Ico Shadow of the Colossus Siren series Patapon series Loco Roco series Gravity Rush series The Last Guardian	Division of SIE Worldwide Studios
SIE London Studio	London		United Kingdom	2002		Division of SIE Worldwide Studios
SIE San Diego Studio	San Diego	California	USA	2001		Division of SIE Worldwide Studios
SIE Santa Monica Studio	Los Angeles	California	USA	1999	God of War series	Division of SIE Worldwide Studios
SCE Studio Liverpool	Liverpool		England	1984	Wipeout series Formula One series Colony Wars series	Former Division of SIE Worldwide Studios; shut down by Sony on August 22, 2012
SIE Worldwide Studios	Tokyo, Fukuoka, Santa Monica, Los Angeles, San Diego, Bend, Amsterdam, London, Guildford, Cambridge	California, Washington, Oregon	Japan, United States, Netherlands, United Kingdom	2005		A group of first-party development studios and subsidiaries owned by Sony Interactive Entertainment
Shanda	Shanghai		China	1999	The World of Legend series
Sherman3D	Petaling Jaya		Malaysia	2003	Alpha Kimori
Sierra Entertainment	Oakhurst	California	USA	1979	Mystery House King's Quest series Space Quest series Police Quest series Leisure Suit Larry series Quest for Glory series Gabriel Knight series	Subsidiary of Activision. Internal development ceased in 1999.
Silicon Knights	St. Catharines	Ontario	Canada	1992	Blood Omen: Legacy of Kain Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem Too Human
Silicon Studio	Tokyo		Japan	2000
Simtex	Austin	Texas	USA	1988	Master of Orion series Master of Magic
Sledgehammer Games	Foster City	California	USA	2009	Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare co-developer of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3	Subsidiary of Activision
Snail Games	Suzhou		China	2000	Voyage Century Online
SNK	Osaka		Japan	2001	Fatal Fury series The King of Fighters series Metal Slug series Samurai Showdown series The Last Blade series World Heroes series	Game hardware and software developer
Sobee Studios	Istanbul		Turkey	2000	I Can Football Süpercan
Snowblind Studios	Seattle	Washington	USA	1997		Subsidiary of Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment; defunct in 2012
Software 2000	Eutin		Germany	1987		Publisher
Sonic Team	Tokyo		Japan	1988	Sonic The Hedgehog series	Subsidiary of Sega
Sony Interactive Entertainment	Tokyo, San Diego, London	California	Japan, USA, England	1987, 1994, 1995		First-party developer, publisher and console manufacturer
Sora Ltd.	Tokyo		Japan	2005	Kid Icarus: Uprising Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS and Wii U
Spectrum HoloByte	Alameda	California	USA	1983		Publisher
Spellbound Entertainment	Offenburg		Germany	1994
Spike	Tokyo		Japan	1991		Merged with Chunsoft to become Spike Chunsoft in 2012
Spike Chunsoft	Tokyo		Japan	2012	Zero Escape series Danganronpa franchise	The result of a merger between Spike and Chunsoft and is owned by Dwango
Spil Games	Hilversum		Netherlands	2001
Splash Damage	London		England	2001	Enemy Territory: Quake Wars Brink
Sproing Interactive Media	Vienna		Austria	2001		Independent developer of console and free-to-play games
Square Enix	Tokyo		Japan	1975	Final Fantasy series Kingdom Hearts series Dragon Quest series Chrono Trigger Drakengard series Nier Nier: Automota	Developer/publisher; previously known as Square Co. and Enix
Stainless Games	Newport		England	1993
Stainless Steel Studios	Cambridge	Massachusetts	USA	1998
Starbreeze Studios	Uppsala		Sweden	1998	Enclave Riddick Syndicate Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons
Stardock	Plymouth	Michigan	USA	1991		Developer/publisher
Sting Entertainment	Tokyo		Japan	1989
Strategic Simulations	Sunnyvale	California	USA	1979	Gold Box series Panzer General series
Strawdog Studios	Derby		England	2003
Straylight Studios	Dunedin		New Zealand	2004
Streamline Studios	Kuala Lumpur		Malaysia	2001
Sucker Punch Productions	Bellevue	Washington	USA	1997	Rocket: Robot on Wheels Sly Cooper series Infamous series	Division of SIE Worldwide Studios since 2011
Sumo Digital	Sheffield		England	2003		Serious game developer acquired by Foundation 9 Entertainment
Sunflowers Interactive Entertainment Software	Heusenstamm		Germany	1993		Acquired by Ubisoft
Supercell	Helsinki		Finland	2010	Clash of Clans Hay Day Boom Beach Clash Royale
SuperVillain Studios	Orange County	California	USA	2004
Survios	Los Angeles	California	USA	2013
Swingin' Ape Studios	Aliso Viejo	California	USA	2000		Acquired by Blizzard Entertainment
StormRegion	Budapest		Hungary	2001	S.W.I.N.E. Codename: Panzers series	Acquired by 10tacle Studios AG in 2007 and then defunct in 2008

T

Developer	City	Autonomous area	Country	Est.	Notable games	Notes
Taito	Tokyo		Japan	1953	Space Invaders Bubble Bobble series	Developer/publisher; acquired by Square Enix
Tango Gameworks	Tokyo		Japan	2010	The Evil Within	Subsidiary of ZeniMax Media
Tag Games	Dundee		Scotland	2006
TaleWorlds	Ankara		Turkey	2005	Mount & Blade series
Tamsoft	Asakusa		Japan	1992	Senran Kagura series
Tantrumedia	Wirral		England	2003
Tantalus Media	Melbourne	Victoria	Australia	1994
Tate Interactive			Poland	2002		The company ran under the title X-Ray Interactive from 2000 until 2002 and they were established as Tate Interactive in 2003.
Team17	Ossett		England	1990	Alien Breed series Worms series
Team Bondi	Sydney	New South Wales	Australia	2003	L.A. Noire	Closed in 2011
Team Ico	Tokyo		Japan	1997	Ico Shadow of the Colossus	Division of SIE Japan Studio
Team Ninja	Tokyo		Japan	1995	Ninja Gaiden series Dead or Alive series Nioh	Division of Koei Tecmo (Formerly Tecmo)
Techland	Ostrów Wielkopolski		Poland	1991	Chrome series Call Of Juarez series Dead Island series Dying Light	Developer/publisher
Telltale Games	San Rafael	California	USA	2004	Sam & Max episodic series The Walking Dead series The Wolf Among Us Tales from the Borderlands Game of Thrones Minecraft: Story Mode
Tencent	Shenzhen		China	1998		Developer, publisher, online services company
Tequila Works	Madrid		Spain	2009	Deadlight
Terminal Reality	Lewisville	Texas	USA	1994
Teyon	Kraków		Poland	2006
The9	Shanghai		China	1999
The Chinese Room	Brighton		England	2007	Amnesia: A Machine For Pigs
THQ	Agoura Hills	California	US	1989		Developer/publisher; defunct in 2013
THQ Nordic	Vienna Karlstad		Austria Sweden	2011		Developer/publisher
Three Rings Design	San Francisco	California	US	2001
TimeGate Studios	Sugar Land	Texas	USA	1998
Toaplan			Japan	1984	Snow Bros.	Developer of arcade games; went bankrupt and closed in 1994
ToeJam & Earl Productions			US	1989 (as Johnson Voorsanger Productions)	ToeJam & Earl series	Founded by Mark Voorsanger and Greg Johnson; became defunct in 2003
TopWare Interactive	Karlsruhe		Germany	1995		Publisher
Torpex Games	Bellevue	Washington	USA	2005
Torus Games	Bayswater	Victoria	Australia	1994	Scooby-Doo! First Frights Scooby-Doo! and the Spooky Swamp Shrek Smash n' Crash Racing Monster Jam
Tose	Kyoto		Japan	1979
Toys for Bob	Novato	California	USA	1989	Skylanders series	Subsidiary of Activision
Trapdoor	Montreal	Quebec	Canada	2010
Transmission Games	Melbourne	Victoria	Australia	1996	Heroes of the Pacific Heroes Over Europe	Closed in 2009
Traveller's Tales	Knutsford		England	1990	Lego series	Subsidiary of Warner Bros. Interactive
Treyarch	Santa Monica	California	USA	1996	Call of Duty series	Acquired by Activision in 2001.
Treasure	Tokyo		Japan	1992	Gunstar Heroes Dynamite Headdy Guardian Heroes Alien Soldier Bangai-O Ikaruga Sin and Punishment Sin & Punishment: Star Successor Gaist Crusher
tri-Ace	Tokyo		Japan	1995	Star Ocean series Valkyrie Profile series	Acquired by Nepro Japan
Tripwire Interactive	Roswell	Georgia	USA	2005	Killing Floor series Red Orchestra: Ostfront 41-45
Triumph Studios	Delft		Netherlands	1997	Age of Wonders series Overlord series
Turn 10 Studios	Redmond	Washington	USA	2001	Forza Motorsport series	Subsidiary of Microsoft Studios
Turtle Rock Studios	Lake Forest	California	USA	2002	Left 4 Dead series Evolve
Two Tribes	Amersfoort		Netherlands	2000	Toki Tori
Typhoon Games	Hong Kong SAR		China	2001

U

Developer	City	Autonomous area	Country	Est.	Notable games	Notes
Ubisoft	Montreuil-sous-Bois		France	1986	Rayman series Assassin's Creed series Just Dance series Prince of Persia series Far Cry series ZombiU Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon series Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six series Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell series	Developer/publisher
Ultimate Play the Game	Ashby-de-la-Zouch		England	1982	Jetpac Lunar Jetman Atic Atac Sabreman series Alien 8	Predecessor to Rare; Defunct in 1988
Unique Development Studios	Norrköping and Gothenburg		Sweden	1993
United Front Games	Vancouver	British Columbia	Canada	2006	ModNation Racers Sleeping Dogs LittleBigPlanet Karting	Defunct in 2016
Universomo	Tampere		Finland	2002		Defunct in 2010

V

Developer	City	Autonomous area	Country	Est.	Notable games	Notes
Valve Corporation	Kirkland	Washington	USA	1996	Half-Life series Portal series Left 4 Dead series Team Fortress 2 Dota 2 Counter-Strike series	Developer, publisher and distributor
Vanillaware	Chūō-ku, Osaka		Japan	2002	Odin Sphere GrimGrimoire Muramasa: The Demon Blade Dragon's Crown
Venan Entertainment	Cromwell	Connecticut	USA	2002
Vicarious Visions	Albany (Menands)	New York	USA	1990	Guitar Hero series Tony Hawk series Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy	Acquired by Activision in 2004.
Vigil Games	Austin	Texas	USA	2005	Darksiders series	Subsidiary of THQ; defunct in 2013
Virtual Heroes, Inc.	Raleigh	North Carolina	USA	2004	Moonbase Alpha
Visceral Games	Redwood City	California	USA	1998	Dead Space series	Formerly known as EA Redwood Shores, former subsidiary of Electronic Arts, closed in 2017.
Visual Concepts		California	USA	1988	NFL 2K NBA 2K series MLB 2K series	Subsidiary of 2K Sports
Viwawa	Singapore		Singapore	2007
Volition	Champaign	Illinois	USA	1996	Saints Row series Red Faction series	Subsidiary of Deep Silver
Vostok Games	Kiev		Ukraine	2012	Survarium	Vostok Games was founded in March 2012 by former employees of GSC Game World, following that firm's closing
VoxelStorm	Manchester		United Kingdom	2012	AdvertCity

W

Developer	City	Autonomous area	Country	Est.	Notable games	Notes
Wahoo Studios	Orem	Utah	USA	2001
Wanako Games	Santiago de Chile		Chile	2002		Subsidiary of Behaviour Interactive
Warhorse Studios	Prague		Czech Republic	2011	Kingdom Come: Deliverance
Wargaming	Nicosia Minsk		Cyprus Belarus	1998	World of Tanks	Developer/publisher
Wargaming Saint Petersburg	Saint Petersburg		Russia	1991	World of Warships	Subsidiary of Wargaming
WB Games	Chicago	Illinois	US	1988	Batman: Arkham series Lego series F.E.A.R. series Mortal Kombat series The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	Developer/publisher
Webfoot Technologies	Chicago	Illinois	US	1993	Dragon Ball Z: The Legacy of Goku You Don't Know Jack! series Deadly Rooms of Death	Creators of many Dragon Ball Z games for Atari; specializes in Nintendo platforms
Westwood Studios	Las Vegas	Nevada	US	1985	Eye of the Beholder Dune II The Legend of Kyrandia series Lands of Lore series Command & Conquer series	Acquired by Electronic Arts in 1998 and closed in 2003.
Westone Bit Entertainment	Tokyo		Japan	1986	Wonder Boy series Monster World series	Bankrupt and became defunct in 2014
Wideload Games	Chicago	Illinois	USA	2003		Subsidiary of Disney Interactive Studios
Wildfire Studios	Brisbane	Queensland	Australia	1995
Wizet	Seoul		South Korea	1999	MapleStory
Wolfire Games	Berkeley	California	USA	2003
World Forge	Voronezh		Russia	2004

X

Developer	City	Country	Est.	Notable games	Notes
XPEC Entertainment	Taipei	Taiwan	2000	Bounty Hounds	Developer/publisher

Y

Developer	City	Autonomous area	Country	Est.	Notable games	Notes
Yager Development	Berlin		Germany	1999	Spec Ops: The Line
Yuke's	Osaka		Japan	1993	WWE SmackDown! vs Raw

Z

Developer	City	Autonomous area	Country	Est.	Notable games	Notes
ZeniMax Online Studios	Hunt Valley	Maryland	USA	2007	The Elder Scrolls Online	Subsidiary of ZeniMax Media Inc
Zipper Interactive	Redmond	Washington	USA	1995		Shut down in 2012 by Sony Computer Entertainment
Zombie Studios	Seattle	Washington	USA	1994	Spec Ops: Rangers Lead the Way Blacklight: Retribution
ZootFly	Ljubljana		Slovenia	2002
Zylom	Eindhoven		Netherlands	2001		Casual game developer, game publisher Subsidiary of RealNetworks
Zynga	San Francisco	California	USA	2007	FarmVille	Social network game developer.

See also

• List of indie game developers