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.
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What Iron Gate is
Iron Gate is a small game development studio from Sweden. Its own about page states that the studio was founded in 2018 by Richard Svensson and Henrik Tornqvist, described there as industry veterans who previously worked on titles such as Magicka 2 and the Titan Quest series. The studio's office is in Skovde, in the Swedish province of Vastergotland, and the about page says the team consists of sixteen people working both remotely and from that office.
The company's website is irongate.se, and the studio name also appears as Iron Gate AB on store listings. The about page frames the studio as small and unhurried, notes that no positions were open at the company when the page was read, and points readers to the studio's own social channels and to Valheim's for updates. No parent company or group ownership is named on the studio's own pages. The studio's site is otherwise limited to game information, press assets and social links.
Valheim
Valheim is the game our database lists under Iron Gate. The studio's about page calls it Iron Gate's first title and a viking adventure game, and states that it launched into Early Access in February 2021 and has since sold over 12 million copies worldwide. The same page says the studio is continuing to develop the game towards a full release, and it ties the game's setting to the Nordic forests near the studio's office.
Steam lists Valheim under developer Iron Gate AB and publisher Coffee Stain Publishing, with a release date of 9 September 2026. The store page describes the game as a collaborative exploration and survival title for one to ten players, set in a procedurally generated world inspired by Norse mythology, with crafting, building and regional boss fights known in the game as the Forsaken.
The store listing carries further detail: 53 Steam achievements, builds for Windows, macOS and SteamOS with Linux, and 14 supported languages plus community-maintained translations that the developers note are handled by players. Its feature list covers base building with structural integrity, a food system tied to combat, and sailing between biomes in search of new materials and recipes.
How the studio works
Iron Gate's public material is deliberately limited. The about page covers the founders, the location, the team size and the studio's first game, and the careers section states whether positions are open. There is no detailed company history, no investor page and no founding story beyond the two named founders and their previous work. The studio keeps a separate official site for the game at valheimgame.com, which the studio's own pages direct readers towards.
Because the studio's own pages are the only official source for its corporate details, this profile reports only what they state. The team figure of sixteen people and the sales figure of over 12 million copies both come from the studio's about page and should be read as the studio's own numbers at the time that page was read, not as independently audited results. No third-party figures are used anywhere in this profile.
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Questions people ask
Who founded Iron Gate?
Iron Gate's about page states the studio was founded in 2018 by Richard Svensson and Henrik Tornqvist, who previously worked on titles including Magicka 2 and the Titan Quest series.
Who publishes Valheim?
Valheim is published by Coffee Stain Publishing, as listed on the game's Steam store page, while Iron Gate AB is listed as the developer.
Where is Iron Gate based?
Iron Gate's office is in Skovde, in the Swedish province of Vastergotland, according to the studio's about page.