List of video game companies of Sweden

This is a list of video game companies originating from Sweden.

Notable developers

  • 10 Chambers AB
  • Aftnareld
  • AmberWing
  • Armchair Developers
  • Arrowhead Game Studios
  • Atod
  • Aurora Punks (collective)
    • Limit Break Studio [a]
    • LootLocker (Backend tools)
    • Pixadome Games
    • Wimasima
  • Avalanche Studios
    • Expansive Worlds
    • Systemic Reaction
  • Bear Twigs
  • Blamorama Games AB
  • Caspian Interactive
  • Clifftop Games AB
  • Cockroach Inc.
  • Cresthelm Studios
  • Deadtoast Entertainment
  • Dennaton Games
  • Devm Games
  • Doomlord Interactive AB
  • DoubleMoose Games
  • EA DICE
  • Ember Paw Games
  • Embracer Group
    • Amplifier Game Invest (Some of its devs are Swedish)
      • A Creative Endeavor
      • Fall Damage Studio
      • Frame Break
      • Green Tile Digital
      • Kavalri Games
      • Neon Giant
      • Palindrome Interactive
      • Plucky Bytes
      • River End Games
      • Tarsier Studios
    • Coffee Stain Holding
      • Box Dragon
      • Coffee Stain Studios (4 branches)
      • Easy Trigger
      • Lavapotion
    • Embracer Freemode
      • Bitwave Games (Ex-Retroid Interactive AB in 2014-2022)
      • Clear River Games (publisher)
      • Game Outlet Europe (distributor)
  • Enad Global 7
    • Toadman Interactive (Also co-devs)
  • Experiment 101
  • Faravid Interactive
  • Fast Travel Games
  • Fatshark
  • FeWes Games
  • Fredaikis AB (Also co-dev: games, web, software, security)
  • Friendly Fire Games
  • Frojo Apps
  • Frictional Games
  • Ghost Games
  • Grenaa Games
  • GRIN
  • Hadoque
  • Hazelight Studios
  • Hello There AB (Former publisher)
  • HolmCom
  • Illwinter Game Design
  • Image & Form
  • Iron Gate Studio
  • Jadestone Group
  • Jumpgate AB (Publishing group. Ex-Three Gates AB in 2011-2021)
    • Tableflip Entertainment (Also co-dev)
  • Keepsake Games AB (Has former Hazelight/Coffee Stain/Mojang/DICE people)
  • Landfall Games
  • Legendo Entertainment (Ex-Iridon Interactive)
  • Let It Roll AB
  • Lutra Interactive
  • MachineGames
  • Massive Entertainment
  • Might and Delight
  • MindArk
  • Mirage Game Studios
  • Mojang
  • Nifflas
  • Overflow Games
  • Paradox Development Studio
  • Philisophic Games
  • Pixleon Games
  • Planeshift Interactive
  • Pugstorm Game Studios
  • Redbeet Interactive
  • Redikod
  • Resolution Games
  • Ringtail Games
  • SetShape Studio
  • Silkworm Games
  • SimBin Studios
  • Simogo
  • Skygoblin
  • Solid Core
  • SolidIcon
  • Southend Interactive
  • Starbreeze Studios
  • Star Stable Entertainment
  • Stunlock Studios
  • Sutur Studio
  • Team Psykskallar
  • The Bearded Ladies Consulting
  • The Outsiders
  • Thunderful Development AB
    • The Station (Also Station Interactive AB)
  • Toppluva AB
  • Triassic Games AB (Offices in Sweden, Germany & Poland)
  • Tuxedo Labs
  • Tymedust Games
  • VRESKI
  • Wishfully Studios
  • Wonderscope AB
  • Yarnot Games
  • Zoink
  • Zordix AB
    • Dimfrost Studio

Misc games

Co-development

  • Goodbye Kansas Studios AB (Cutscenes, mo-cap, custom 3d animation. Former: voice recording. Ex-Northern Light Studios (2004? till 2009); Imagination Studios AB (2009-2017).)[1]

Defunct developers

  • Amuze (Founded 1996. Defunct 2005.)
  • Bonnier Multimedia AB (Founded 1993. Defunct 2002.)
  • Colossai Studios AB (Founded 2005. Website down early 2014.)[2]
  • ComputerHouse GBG AB (Founded 1996. Defunct 2001.)
  • Daydream Software (Swedish dev. Founded 1994. Defunct 2004. Different to later Spanish dev 'Daydream Software SLL'.)
  • Hajtech Produktioner (Founded 1997. Defunct 2004.)[3]
  • Lockpick Entertainment (Founded 2004. Defunct 2011. Online game & co-development.)
  • Meqon Research AB (Founded 2002. Acquired by AGEIA Technologies in 2005. Physics engine middleware.)[4]
  • Refraction Games (Founded 1998. Merged with DICE in 2000.)
  • Termite Games (Ex-Insomnia Software in 1997 to 2000. Acquired by Dutch publisher, Project 3 Interactive in 2002. Defunct 2006.)
  • Unique Development Studios AB (Founded 1993. Defunct 2004. Games.)

Notable publishers

  • Ashes & Diamonds Entertainment AB (Marketing & video game consultancy)
  • Aurora Punks
  • Killmonday Games AB
  • Mighty Diamonds (Video game consultancy)
  • PAN Vision AB (Ex-PAN Interactive from 1998 till 2001. Publisher & distributor.)
  • Paradox Interactive
  • Raw Fury
  • Starbreeze Publishing AB (Separate publishing arm of Starbreeze Studios AB)
  • Thunderful Publishing AB
    • Bergsala (Distributor for Nintendo supplies. Former publisher.)
  • WINGS Interactive (Trading name of Vingar Interaktiva AB. Publisher & funding.)

Publisher & developer firms

  • 5 Fortress (Online games)
  • Angry Demon Studio
  • Apoapsis Game Laboratories AB (Also Apog Labs. Ex-Apoapsis Studios in 2017-2021.)
  • Athletic Design AB (Online games)
  • Axolot Games
  • Diax Arts (Ex-Diax Game AB)
  • Doublecap Games
  • Early Morning Studio
  • Echo Entertainment
  • El Huervo AB
  • Embark Studios (Online games)
  • Flamebait Games
  • Gamatron AB
  • Gaming Corps AB (Mostly mobile & iGaming content)
  • Haenir Studio
  • Hörberg Productions
  • Jumpgate AB (Ex-Three Gates AB in 2011-2021)
  • King (Mobile & casual games)
  • Midjiwan AB
  • Morgondag (Games, tools, web)
  • Perfect Random
  • Pixel Ferrets
  • RednapGames
  • Rymdfall AB
  • Sharkmob (Online games)
  • Snowprint Studios AB (Online games)
  • Something We Made
  • Swarm Creations AB
  • Wicket Gaming AB (Mobile & F2P sports games)
  • Woodhill Interactive
  • Xekvera
  • Y/CJ/Y

Defunct publishers

  • E-game AB (Founded 1998. Inactive after 2001. Publisher & dev.)[5]
  • Isbit Games AB (Founded 2014. Inactive after 2020. Publisher, dev & co-dev.)
  • Pieces Interactive (Founded 2007. Closed 2024. Publisher & dev.)
  • Shortfuse Games AB (Founded 2007. Acquired by Pieces Interactive in 2012. Publisher & dev.)[6][7]
  • Software of Sweden (Founded 1986. Inactive after 1998. Publisher & dev.)[8]
  • The Working Parts HB (Founded 2011. Inactive after 2020. Publisher & dev.)

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Limit Break Studio has no relation to an US game studio.

References

  1. ^ Imagination Studios's archived website
  2. ^ Colossai Studios AB's archived website
  3. ^ Hajtech Produktioner's archived website
  4. ^ Meqon Research AB's archived website
  5. ^ "E-game AB's official website". www.e-game.com. Archived from the original on July 3, 2001. Retrieved 28 November 2023.
  6. ^ Henrik Törnqvist's companies list at MobyGames
  7. ^ Keren Coghill. "QuaddGod's Patreon post on Valheim's team". Patreon. Archived from the original on November 27, 2023. Retrieved 28 November 2023.
  8. ^ "Software of Sweden's official website". www.obsti.se. Archived from the original on February 25, 1998. Retrieved 25 December 2022.

External links

  • Swedish game developers Goodgame website (archived)
  • Positive turnover for Swedish game developers MCV
  • Swedish Games Industry Formed As Unified Trade Body Gamasutra
  • Dataspelsbranschen - Swedish Games Industry Swedish games industry trade organisation
  • East Sweden Game (Community, workplace and business incubator for developers of computer games and digital experiences. Registry of ~50 individual companies & 20+ member companies. Games in development page has companies' names.)
  • Game Developers Index page (By Swedish Games Industry. Webpage has annual Swedish game devs index reports starting from 2008 onward. 667 companies in 2021 report!)
    • European Games Developer Federation (Additional links to recent index reports as seen in above website)