Video games in Lithuania

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A number of video game companies are based in Lithuania.

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<i>RollerCoaster Tycoon</i> Video game series

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Game Insight is a Lithuanian video game developer and publisher of free-to-play mobile games and social-network games, headquartered in Vilnius, Lithuania. The company was founded in 2009 in Moscow. Game Insight is known for its free-to-play games for iOS, Android, Windows Store, such as Paradise Island, Airport City, The Tribez. Game Insight developed the first hidden object game for Facebook, Mystery Manor. Game Insight's portfolio includes more than 45 free-to-play games, including mobile games for Google Play, App Store, Windows Store, Amazon AppStore, and games for social networks, such as Facebook, localized in 10 languages and played in 218 countries of the world. The Company employs more than 500 people worldwide.

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Nordcurrent</span> Lithuanian video game developer and publisher

Nordcurrent is a video game development and publishing company headquartered in Vilnius, Lithuania. It has three development studios in Vilnius, Odesa, Dnipro (Ukraine). Nordcurrent develops and publishes casual and freemium games for smartphones, tablets and PC/Mac.

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<i>RollerCoaster Tycoon Classic</i> 2016 video game

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Kolibri Games GmbH is a German mobile games company based in Berlin, Germany. It was founded in 2016 by Daniel Stammler, Janosch Sadowski, Tim Reiter, Oliver Löffler and Sebastian Karasek as Fluffy Fairy Games. The company develops idle games for mobile devices and gained international recognition with their game Idle Miner Tycoon that has been downloaded over 100 million times. Ubisoft acquired a 75% majority share of Kolibri Games in February 2020 with a company valuation of €160 Million.

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