List of video game companies of Sweden explained
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
- LootLocker (Backend tools)
- Pixadome Games
- Wimasima
- Avalanche Studios
- 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
- Embracer Freemode
- Bitwave Games (Ex-Retroid Interactive AB in 2014-2022)
- Clear River Games (publisher)
- Game Outlet Europe (distributor)
Misc games
- Gellyberry Studios (Online 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).)[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.)
- TimeTrap AB (Founded 2008. Inactive after 2011. Website down after 2017. Publisher & dev.)[9]
See also
External links
Notes and References
- https://web.archive.org/web/20170211102350/http://www.imaginationstudios.com/ Imagination Studios's archived website
- https://web.archive.org/web/20140105203707/http://www.colossai.com/ Colossai Studios AB's archived website
- https://web.archive.org/web/20000617111746/http://www.hajtech.se/ Hajtech Produktioner's archived website
- https://web.archive.org/web/20041202102841/http://www.meqon.com/ Meqon Research AB's archived website
- Web site: E-game AB's official website . www.e-game.com . 28 November 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20010703010154/http://www.e-game.com:80/ . July 3, 2001 . dead.
- https://www.mobygames.com/person/582095/henrik-tornqvist/companies/ Henrik Törnqvist's companies list at MobyGames
- Web site: QuaddGod's Patreon post on Valheim's team . . 28 November 2023 . Keren Coghill . https://web.archive.org/web/20231127213400/https://www.patreon.com/posts/team-s-behind-49407732 . November 27, 2023 . live.
- Web site: Software of Sweden's official website . www.obsti.se . 25 December 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/19980225000000/http://www.obsti.se/sos/ . February 25, 1998 . dead.
- Web site: TimeTrap AB's official website . www.timetrap.se . Erik Möller . August 6, 2011 . July 5, 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20171111101620/http://www.timetrap.se/ . November 11, 2017 . dead.