List of video game companies of Sweden

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

Contents

Notable developers

Misc games

  • Chief Rebel AB (Online games)
  • Cortopia Studios (Also Cortopia AB. VR/AR. Former publisher.)
  • Gellyberry Studios (Online games)
  • Really Interactive (VR/AR. Also co-dev: VR/AR, core & mobile games.)
  • Stillfront Group (Holding group. Mobile & online 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).) [2]
  • Two Feathers Studio HB (Sound & music production)

Defunct developers

  • Amuze (Founded 1996. Defunct 2005.)
  • Bitsquid AB (Founded 2009. Acquired by Autodesk in mid 2014. Website down 2015. Ceased work in 2018. Middleware engine.)
  • Bonnier Multimedia AB (Founded 1993. Defunct 2002.)
  • Colossai Studios AB (Founded 2005. Website down early 2014.) [3]
  • ComputerHouse GBG AB (Founded 1996. Defunct 2001.)
  • Daydream Software (Swedish dev. Founded 1994. Defunct 2004. Different to later Spanish dev 'Daydream Software SLL'.)
  • GRIN (Founded 1997. Defunct 2009.)
  • Hajtech Produktioner (Founded 1997. Defunct 2004.) [4]
  • Lockpick Entertainment (Founded 2004. Defunct 2011. Online game & co-development.)
  • Meqon Research AB (Founded 2002. Acquired by AGEIA Technologies in 2005. Physics engine middleware.) [5]
  • Paradox Arctic (Founded 2014. Closed 2023. Part of Paradox Interactive. Co-dev & porting.)
  • Paradox North AB (Founded 2013. Ceased 2016. Part of Paradox Interactive. Also co-dev.)
  • Paradox South AB (Founded 2012. Closed 2016. Co-dev division of Paradox Interactive.)
  • Pixeldiet Entertainment AB (Founded 2011. Inactive after 2020. Co-development.)
  • 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.)
  • Villa Gorilla AB (Founded 2013. Defunct 2018.)

Notable publishers

Publisher & developer firms

  • 5 Fortress (Online games)
  • Allvis STHLM AB
  • Angry Demon Studio
  • Apoapsis Game Laboratories AB (Also Apog Labs. Ex-Apoapsis Studios in 2017-2021.)
  • Apskeppet AB (From founder of older dev, Free Lunch Design AB)
  • Athletic Design AB (Online games)
  • Axolot Games
  • Black Voyage Games AB (HQ)
  • Brimstone Games AB (HQ)
  • Composition GS
  • Crackshell AB (Firm's games)
  • Diax Arts (Ex-Diax Game AB)
  • Doublecap Games
  • Early Morning Studio
  • El Huervo AB
  • Embark Studios (Online games)
  • Fast Travel Games AB (VR)
  • Flamebait Games
  • Gamatron AB
  • Gaming Corps AB (Mostly mobile & iGaming content)
  • Haenir Studio
  • Hörberg Productions
  • Jumpgate AB (Ex-Three Gates AB in 2011-2021)
  • Kikimora Games
  • King (Mobile & casual games)
  • Landell Games AB
  • Landfall Games AB
  • Midjiwan AB
  • Morgondag (Games, tools, web)
  • North Modding Company AB
  • Perfect Random
  • Pixel Ferrets
  • Pounce Light AB
  • Pretty Fly Games AB (Ex-CasualGames.nu; Casual Games FK AB in 2013-2021)
  • RednapGames
  • RobTop Games AB (Mobile games)
  • Rymdfall AB
  • semiwork (Also Semiwork Studios AB)
  • Sharkmob (Online games)
  • Snowprint Studios AB (Online games)
  • Something We Made
  • Striped Panda Studios
  • Swarm Creations AB
  • The Gang Sweden AB (HQ. Core & ad games.)
  • Turborilla AB (HQ. Mobile focused.)
  • VoDoo Studios
  • Wicket Gaming AB (Mobile & F2P sports games)
  • Woodhill Interactive
  • Xekvera
  • Y/CJ/Y (Simple name: YCJY Games)

Defunct publishers

  • E-game AB (Founded 1998. Inactive after 2001. Publisher & dev.) [6]
  • Echo Entertainment (Founded 2018. Defunct late 2023. Publisher & dev.) [7]
  • Free Lunch Design AB (Founded 1998. Bought by Muskedunder Interactive AB in 2008. Inactive after 2012. Now part of Apskeppet.)
  • 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.) [8] [9]
  • Software of Sweden (Founded 1986. Inactive after 1998. Publisher & dev.) [10]
  • The Working Parts HB (Founded 2011. Inactive after 2020. Publisher & dev.)
  • TimeTrap AB (Founded 2008. Inactive after 2011. Website down after 2017. Publisher & dev.) [11]

See also

Notes

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

References

  1. ↑ "Chronocle's Indie Cup bio". Indie Cup. GTP Media. Retrieved February 11, 2025.
  2. ↑ Imagination Studios's archived website
  3. ↑ Colossai Studios AB's archived website
  4. ↑ Hajtech Produktioner's archived website
  5. ↑ Meqon Research AB's archived website [usurped]
  6. ↑ "E-game AB's official website". www.e-game.com. Archived from the original on July 3, 2001. Retrieved 28 November 2023.
  7. ↑ "Echo Entertainment's Steam forum update". Steam client . Archived from the original on February 17, 2025. Retrieved February 17, 2025.
  8. ↑ Henrik Törnqvist's companies list at MobyGames
  9. ↑ Keren Coghill. "QuaddGod's Patreon post on Valheim's team". Patreon . Archived from the original on November 27, 2023. Retrieved 28 November 2023.
  10. ↑ "Software of Sweden's official website". www.obsti.se. Archived from the original on February 25, 1998. Retrieved 25 December 2022.
  11. ↑ Erik Möller (August 6, 2011). "TimeTrap AB's official website". www.timetrap.se. Archived from the original on November 11, 2017. Retrieved July 5, 2024.
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