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A Sharp
A Sharp is the Seattle studio behind King of Dragon Pass and the maker of Thousand Hells: The Underworld Heists, published by Kitfox Games.
Arrowhead Game Studios
Arrowhead Game Studios is the Stockholm developer of Helldivers 2, published by Sony Interactive Entertainment in February 2024.
Bethesda Game Studios
The studio credited on The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim and four Game of the Year winners, with offices in Rockville, Montreal, Austin and Dallas.
BioWare
BioWare is a role-playing game studio in Edmonton, Alberta, owned by Electronic Arts and the developer of Mass Effect Legendary Edition.
Blizzard Entertainment
Blizzard built Warcraft, Diablo, StarCraft and Overwatch, and now answers to Microsoft. What the studio is, and what it has actually announced.
Bluepoint Games
Bluepoint rebuilt other studios' classics, from Shadow of the Colossus to Demon's Souls. What the Austin studio shipped, and how it ended.
Bungie
American studio founded in 1991 in Chicago, headquartered in Bellevue, Washington, and developer of Destiny 2 and Marathon.
Capcom
Japanese game company founded in 1983 and headquartered in Osaka, developer and publisher of Resident Evil, Monster Hunter and Dragon's Dogma.
CD Projekt Red
How a Warsaw software importer became CD PROJEKT RED: its founding, its stock listing, its two franchises, and the sales figures the company publishes itself.
Chan Gaming
Hong Kong mobile game developer credited on State of Desire, the prison management game listed on the App Store and Google Play.
Colossal Order
Independent studio founded in 2009 in Tampere, Finland, and the developer of Cities: Skylines; it ended its publishing partnership with Paradox in 2025.
Competition Company
Munich-registered company that publishes the racing simulation RENNSPORT on PC, PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S.
Creative Assembly
The British strategy studio behind Total War and Alien: Isolation — its 1987 founding, its Sega owner, and the state of WARHAMMER III.
Criterion Games
The Guildford studio behind Burnout and Need for Speed: its 1996 start, the 2004 EA buyout, and why it now builds Battlefield instead.
Digital Extremes
Digital Extremes is a Canadian studio in London, Ontario, founded in 1993 by James Schmalz and the developer of the free-to-play game Warframe.
Double Eleven
British studio founded in 2009 in the Northeast of England, co-developer of Minecraft Dungeons II with Mojang Studios.
Embark Studios
Game studio based in Stockholm and the developer and publisher of ARC Raiders, a multiplayer extraction adventure released on October 30, 2025.
Epic Games
Epic Games has run Fortnite, built Unreal Engine and launched a store since 1991. What Tim Sweeney's Cary company is and what it actually makes.
Fast Travel Games
Fast Travel Games is a Stockholm studio founded in 2016 that develops and publishes games for virtual reality headsets.
Feral Interactive
A London studio that started by bringing games to the Mac in 1996, Feral Interactive now adapts and publishes titles for Linux, mobile, Switch and Windows.
Firaxis Games
Strategy studio founded in 1996 by Sid Meier, part of Take-Two Interactive since 2006 and developer of Sid Meier's Civilization VI.
FromSoftware
A profile of the Tokyo studio founded in 1986: how it moved from business software to King's Field, Dark Souls and Elden Ring, and who owns it today.
Funcom
Funcom has made online games since 1993, from Anarchy Online and Conan Exiles to Dune: Awakening. The Norwegian studio now answers to Tencent.
Ghost Ship Games
Danish studio in Copenhagen, founded in spring 2016, that developed the four-player co-op shooter Deep Rock Galactic.
Golf Scope Inc.
The Austin, Texas company that operates GOLF+, credited as the developer of the VR golf game on its Meta Quest store listing.
Grinding Gear Games
Grinding Gear Games is an Auckland studio founded in November 2006 that develops and publishes Path of Exile.
Grizzly Games
Grizzly Games is the small studio behind Thronefall, a minimalist strategy game about building a kingdom by day and defending it by night.
Hello Games
Hello Games is an independent studio and publisher in Guildford and Cambridge, UK, and the developer of No Man's Sky.
Hypixel Studios
Hypixel Studios is the independent studio behind Hytale, founded in 2018 and bought back from Riot Games by its founders in 2025.
Innersloth
Independent game studio founded in 2015 by Forest Willard and Marcus Bromander, and the developer and publisher of Among Us.
Insomniac Games
Insomniac Games is a Sony Interactive Entertainment studio in Burbank, California, and the developer of Marvel's Wolverine for PlayStation 5.
Intelligent Systems
The Kyoto studio behind Fire Emblem: a Nintendo partner since the 1980s, and the developer of Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave on Switch 2.
Iron Galaxy Studios
Iron Galaxy Studios has spent nearly two decades porting and co-developing other studios' games, including the PC release of Spyro Reignited Trilogy.
Iron Gate Studio
Iron Gate is a game development studio in Skovde, Sweden, founded in 2018, and the developer of the viking survival game Valheim.
Irrational Games
Studio that developed BioShock, acquired by Take-Two Interactive in January 2006 and later rebranded as Ghost Story Games.
Jagex
Cambridge developer and publisher of the RuneScape games, founded in 2000 by Andrew Gower and behind RuneScape: Dragonwilds.
Kitfox Games
Kitfox Games is a Montreal studio that both makes and publishes games, from Boyfriend Dungeon to Thousand Hells. Here is how it works.
Kojima Productions
Japanese game studio established as an independent studio in December 2015, based in Shinagawa, Tokyo, and developer of Death Stranding.
Konami
Japanese entertainment group founded in 1969 and headquartered in Tokyo, and the developer and publisher behind the Castlevania series.
Kunos Simulazioni
The Italian studio behind Assetto Corsa: founded in 2005 inside a racetrack, now part of Digital Bros and building sim racing from EVO to Rally.
Larian Studios
A Belgian studio founded in Ghent in 1996, known for the Divinity series and Baldur's Gate 3 — and for publishing its own games.
Ludeon Studios
Independent studio founded by Tynan Sylvester, and the developer and publisher of the colony sim RimWorld.
Maddy Makes Games
Independent studio behind Celeste, released on January 25, 2018, and listed on Steam as the game's developer and publisher.
Mega Crit
Independent studio founded by Anthony Giovannetti and Casey Yano, developer and publisher of the roguelike deckbuilder Slay the Spire.
Mobius Digital
Mobius Digital is an independent studio in downtown Los Angeles, founded by Masi Oka, and the developer of Outer Wilds.
Mojang Studios
A plain look at the Swedish studio that built Minecraft: its 2009 start, the 2014 Microsoft deal, its spin-off games and where it sits today.
Motion Twin
French worker cooperative game studio founded in 2001 that developed and published the action-platformer Dead Cells.
Nadeo
Nadeo is the Paris studio behind Trackmania, a free game that hands players the track editor. Here is what it makes and who owns it.
Naughty Dog
A profile of the Santa Monica studio behind Crash Bandicoot, Uncharted and The Last of Us, using only the sales figures Sony has actually confirmed.
Nintendo
A plain look at the Kyoto company behind Mario and Zelda: when it started, what it sells, and how many consoles it has shipped.
Obsidian Entertainment
Obsidian Entertainment is the Irvine, California role-playing game studio that developed Fallout: New Vegas and is now part of Xbox Game Studios.
One More Level
One More Level is the Krakow studio behind Ghostrunner and Ghostrunner 2, now building the first-person soulslike Valor Mortis for consoles and PC.
OSM Games
OSM Games is a small studio in Vilnius behind Shil, a two-colour puzzle game where perspective is the weapon. What the team has shipped, and what comes next.
Othergate
Othergate was founded in 2021 by former Oculus developers and built Dungeons of Eternity, one of VR's most durable co-op dungeon crawlers. Here is the studio.
Paradox Development Studio
Stockholm-based game development studio that is part of Paradox Interactive and developed the grand strategy game Crusader Kings III.
PlatinumGames
PlatinumGames is an action game developer in Osaka, Japan, and the studio that developed NieR:Automata for publisher Square Enix.
Playground Games
Playground Games has spent fifteen years building open-world driving games. How the studio grew around Forza Horizon, and what changed under Microsoft.
Pocketeers
Pocketeers was a small British studio that built the Game Boy Advance and Nintendo DS versions of Need for Speed: Underground 2 for Electronic Arts.
Pocketpair
Pocketpair is a Tokyo-based studio founded in April 2015 that develops and publishes Palworld.
Polyphony Digital
Polyphony Digital is Sony's racing studio, created in 1998 from the team behind the first Gran Turismo. Its signature is simulation built from real data.
poncle
poncle is a London-based game studio founded by Luca Galante that develops and publishes the time-survival game Vampire Survivors.
Psyonix
San Diego studio founded in 2001, developer and publisher of Rocket League, and part of Epic Games since June 2019.
Rare
British studio founded in 1985, owned by Microsoft since 2002 and part of Xbox Game Studios, developer of Sea of Thieves.
Re-Logic
Re-Logic is an independent game development and publishing company headed by Andrew "Redigit" Spinks and known for the 2D sandbox game Terraria.
Remedy Entertainment
Finnish studio founded in 1995 and headquartered in Espoo, developer and publisher of CONTROL Resonant, announced for September 24, 2026.
Respawn Entertainment
American game studio founded in 2010, based in Los Angeles, developer of Apex Legends and part of Electronic Arts since 2017.
Riot Games
Riot Games has run on a few live titles since 2006. A plain look at its founders, its free-to-play model, its parent company and its Emmy-winning animation.
Rockstar Games
Rockstar Games is Take-Two's biggest publishing label and a worldwide studio network. Here is what its own corporate pages and SEC filings actually say.
Rockstar North
Rockstar North is the Edinburgh studio of Rockstar Games that developed Grand Theft Auto V, released worldwide in September 2013.
Rogue Factor
Rogue Factor is a Montreal studio that developed Hell is Us, an action-adventure game published by Nacon in September 2025.
Santa Monica Studio
Santa Monica Studio is the Sony Interactive Entertainment studio behind God of War, established in 1999 and home to more than 250 developers.
Stoke Games
Stoke Games is an independent studio of Riot and Blizzard veterans, and its free-to-play tank shooter Tyr is already in Steam Early Access. Here is the team.
Sucker Punch Productions
Sucker Punch Productions is the Bellevue, Washington studio that developed Ghost of Tsushima and has been part of Sony since 2011.
Supergiant Games
Supergiant Games is an independent studio in San Francisco that develops and publishes its own games, including Hades.
Tathvamasi Studios
Tathvamasi Studios is a small indie team in Bangalore behind the rhythm platformer Suri: The Seventh Note. Its debut, its music, and its launch.
Team Cherry
Team Cherry is a small independent studio in Adelaide, South Australia, and the developer of Hollow Knight.
Teyon
Polish studio founded in Krakow in 2006 and co-developer of the racing simulation RENNSPORT with Competition Company.
The Pokémon Company
The Pokémon Company is the Tokyo company that manages the Pokémon brand and publishes apps including Pokémon TCG Pocket.
Toys for Bob
Toys for Bob has built toys and remakes since 1989. Its work on Spyro Reignited Trilogy turned a dormant PlayStation mascot into a modern family favourite.
Ubisoft Montreal
Ubisoft's Montreal studio, founded in 1997 as the company's first Canadian studio and the developer of Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege.
Untitled Studio
Independent studio based in Serbia and the developer of Blacksmith Master, which entered Early Access on May 15, 2025 with publisher Hooded Horse.
Valve
Valve makes games, runs Steam and now sells its own hardware. Here is what the company states about itself, and what its 2026 releases actually are.
Warhorse Studios
Warhorse Studios is a Czech team that built a medieval role-playing game on historical research. Kingdom Come: Deliverance II is its biggest release to date.
Witch Beam
Witch Beam is an independent game studio in Brisbane, Australia, founded in 2013 and the developer of the puzzle game Unpacking.
Wube Software
Studio behind the factory-building simulation Factorio, with an office in Prague and a UK-registered company entity.
ZA/UM
Independent game developer and publisher founded in 2015 and based in the UK, associated with the role-playing game Disco Elysium.
ZeniMax Online Studios
ZeniMax Online Studios was created in 2007 to turn The Elder Scrolls into an online game. It runs The Elder Scrolls Online, now under Xbox.
505 Games
505 Games is Digital Bros' publishing arm, behind Control and Assetto Corsa. What the Milan-linked label is, where it sells and what it publishes.
Activision
Activision pioneered third-party publishing in 1979, ships Call of Duty today, and now sits inside Microsoft's gaming arm. What it is and what it puts out.
Deep Silver
Deep Silver publishes Metro, Dead Island, Saints Row and Kingdom Come, and answers to Plaion. What the label is, and what it has actually shipped.
Lyrical Games
Lyrical Games is a young Los Angeles publisher funding indie and AA projects, including Valor Mortis. What it is, who backs it, and what it has signed.
SEGA
SEGA has been making games since 1960, keeps Sonic running, and publishes strategy hits like Total War. What the Tokyo company is and what it puts out.
2K
2K is a game publishing label of Take-Two Interactive, headquartered in Novato, California, which published the shooter BioShock.
Annapurna Interactive
Annapurna Interactive is the game publishing division of Annapurna Pictures, established in 2016 and publisher of Outer Wilds.
Bandai Namco Entertainment
Bandai Namco Entertainment is the Tokyo-based game publishing company of the Bandai Namco group, and publishes Elden Ring outside Japan.
Bethesda Softworks
The publishing division founded in 1986 inside ZeniMax Media, credited as the publisher of Fallout: New Vegas on the games store pages.
Coffee Stain Publishing
Coffee Stain Publishing is the publishing label of Swedish group Coffee Stain, publisher of Valheim and Deep Rock Galactic.
ConcernedApe
ConcernedApe is the studio name of American developer Eric Barone, who developed and self-publishes the country-life role-playing game Stardew Valley.
Electronic Arts
Electronic Arts is a publisher in Redwood City, California, founded in 1982, which published Apex Legends and Mass Effect Legendary Edition.
GOLF+
The VR golf brand published by Golf Scope Inc. and billed on its own pages as the official virtual reality golf game of the PGA TOUR.
Greg Zeschuk
Greg Zeschuk is a retired physician who co-founded BioWare in 1995, later served as a vice president of Electronic Arts, and left in 2012.
Hidetaka Miyazaki
FromSoftware's company profile lists Hidetaka Miyazaki as Representative Director and President; he directed Demon's Souls, Dark Souls and Bloodborne.
Hooded Horse
Hooded Horse is a Dallas-based publisher of strategy, simulation and role-playing games, including Blacksmith Master.
Humble Games
Indie publishing label that published Unpacking, whose back catalogue moved to Balor Games in March 2026.
Ken Levine
American game developer who co-founded Irrational Games and is the president and creative director of Ghost Story Games.
Luca Galante
Creator of Vampire Survivors and founder of poncle, the London studio that develops and publishes the game.
Lucas Pope
Independent game developer and publisher behind the first-person mystery game Return of the Obra Dinn, released on October 18, 2018.
Maddy Thorson
Game designer and programmer credited as a creator of Celeste, founder of the Maddy Makes Games label and later a member of EXOK.
Markus Persson
Swedish game developer who created Minecraft and founded Mojang, the studio Microsoft agreed to acquire for $2.5 billion in 2014.
Mythwright
UK independent publisher established in 2024 that acquired the Thronefall IP from Grizzly Games in December 2025.
Nacon
Nacon is a French game publisher and gaming accessories maker formed in 2019 from the Bigben group, publisher of Hell is Us.
Naotoshi Zin
Naotoshi Zin is listed as Advisor at FromSoftware and appeared as its Representative Director and President in the studio's own press releases.
Paradox Interactive
Paradox Interactive is a Stockholm publisher of strategy and management games, including Cities: Skylines and Crusader Kings III.
Sony Interactive Entertainment
Sony Interactive Entertainment is the Sony Group subsidiary behind PlayStation and publisher of God of War and Helldivers 2.
Square Enix
Square Enix is the Tokyo-based Japanese game publisher and holding group behind franchises including Final Fantasy, and publisher of NieR: Automata.
Swen Vincke
Founder of Larian Studios, the Belgian developer of the Divinity series and Baldur's Gate 3.
Tynan Sylvester
Game designer, founder of Ludeon Studios and creator of RimWorld, and author of the 2013 book Designing Games.
Ubisoft
French game publisher founded in 1986 by the Guillemot brothers, publisher of Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege.
Xbox Game Studios
Xbox Game Studios is Microsoft's first-party game organisation, publisher of Sea of Thieves and Minecraft Dungeons II.
Yves Guillemot
Co-founder of Ubisoft, and the publisher's chairman and chief executive officer, one of the five Guillemot brothers who founded the company in 1986.