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This is a listing of largest video game publishers and developers ranked by reported revenue. Sony Interactive Entertainment is the world's largest video game company, followed by Tencent and Microsoft Gaming.[1][2]

Among the 50 largest video game companies, 12 are based in the United States, ten in Japan, six each in South Korea and China, four in France, three in Sweden, two each in the United Kingdom and Singapore, and one each in Israel, Poland, Ireland, Canada, and Italy, respectively.

Warner Bros. Games, Annapurna Interactive and Valve Corporation are not included in this list. Warner Bros. Games is a subsidiary of a larger company, and Annapurna Interactive and Valve Corporation are private companies, and there is no available data or estimate pertaining to their revenues. Before Microsoft Gaming acquired Activision Blizzard in 2023, they reported a revenue of $8.8 billion, which would make them the 6th biggest publisher on this list.[3]

Publishers

Rank Publisher HQ Country Revenue Ref.
1 Sony Interactive Entertainment  United States[a] Increase $26.9 billion [4]
2 Tencent Interactive Entertainment  China Decrease $25.5 billion [5]
3 Microsoft Gaming  United States Increase $25.1 billion [6]
4 Nintendo  Japan Decrease $13.9 billion [7]
5 NetEase Games  China Increase $11.5 billion [8]
6 Electronic Arts  United States Increase $7.4 billion [9]
7 Epic Games  United States Increase $5.8 billion [10]
8 Take-Two Interactive  United States Increase $5.3 billion [11]
9 miHoYo  China Increase $3.8 billion [12]
10 Embracer Group  Sweden Increase $3.5 billion [13]
11 Roblox Corporation  United States Increase $2.8 billion [14]
12 Playtika  Israel Decrease $2.57 billion [15]
13 Square Enix  Japan Decrease $2.5 billion [16]
14 Nexon  Japan[b] Increase $2.48 billion [17]
15 37Games  China Increase $2.3 billion [18]
16 Oculus Studios  United States Decrease $2.16 billion [19]
17 Bandai Namco Entertainment  Japan Increase $2.1 billion [20]
18 Konami Digital Entertainment  Japan Increase $2.07 billion [21]
19 Netmarble  South Korea Increase $2.0 billion [22]
20 NCSoft  South Korea Increase $1.99 billion [23]
21 Sega  Japan Increase $1.98 billion [24]
22 Ubisoft  France Decrease $1.8 billion [25]
23 Krafton  South Korea Increase $1.43 billion [26]
24 Perfect World  China Increase $1.15 billion [27]
25 Garena  Singapore Increase $1.14 billion [28]
26 NetDragon Websoft  China Increase $1.11 billion [29]
27 Wizards of the Coast  United States Increase $1.0 billion [30]
28 Scopely  United States Increase $1.0 billion [31]
29 Capcom  Japan Increase $730 million [32]
30 Kakao Games  South Korea Decrease $725 million [33]
31 Keywords Studios  Ireland Increase $691 million [34]
32 Niantic  United States Decrease $655 million [35]
33 Koei Tecmo  Japan Decrease $590 million [36]
34 Gameloft  France Decrease $338 million [37]
35 CD Project Red  Poland Increase $311 million [38]
36 Playstudios  United States Increase $310 million [39]
37 Thunderful Group  Sweden Decrease $274 million [40]
38 Pearl Abyss  South Korea Increase $260 million [41]
39 Neowiz Games  South Korea Increase $250 million [42]
40 Paradox Interactive  Sweden Increase $248 million [43]
41 Marvelous  Japan Increase $190 million [44]
42 Focus Entertainment  France Decrease $187 million [45]
43 Behaviour Interactive  Canada Increase $163 million [46]
44 Nacon  France Increase $155 million [47]
45 FromSoftware  Japan Increase $152 million [48]
46 Team17  United Kingdom Increase $151 million [49]
47 Digital Bros  Italy Increase $146 million [50]
48 Devolver Digital  United States Increase $135 million [51]
49 Frontier Developments  United Kingdom Decrease $132 million [52]
50 Virtuos  Singapore Increase $90 million [33]

Largest video game companies by country

Number of companies in the top 50 by revenue
Rank Country Number
1  United States 12
2  Japan 10
3  South Korea 6
 China
4  France 4
5  Sweden 3
6  United Kingdom 2
 Singapore
7  Italy 1
 Poland
 Canada
 Israel
 Ireland

Notes

  1. ^ Sony Interactive Entertainment (SIE) is the US-based multinational gaming subsidiary of the Japanese conglomerate Sony. Majority of SIE's operations and studios are located in the United States.
  2. ^ Nexon is a South Korean company headquartered in Japan and listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.

See also

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