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
  • Expansive Worlds
  • Systemic Reaction
• Bear Twigs
• Blackfox Studios AB
• 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. Ex-Goodbye Kansas Game Invest AB (2016-2020).)
    • A Creative Endeavor
    • Fall Damage Studio
    • Frame Break
    • Green Tile Digital
    • Kavalri Games
    • Neon Giant
    • Palindrome Interactive
    • Plucky Bytes
    • 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 (Holding group)
  • Toadman Interactive AB (Also co-devs)
• Experiment 101
• Faravid Interactive
• Far Out Games
• 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
• 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
• Liquid Swords (Setup by Avalanche Studios co-founder)
• Lutra Interactive
• MachineGames
• Massive Entertainment
• Might and Delight
• MindArk
• Mirage Game Studios
• Mojang
• Nifflas
• Nodbrim Interactive AB (Former publisher)
• Overflow Games
• Paradox Development Studio
• Philisophic Games
• Pixleon Games
• Planeshift Interactive
• Plausible Concept AB
• Powersnake
• Pugstorm Game Studios
• Really Interactive
• Redbeet Interactive
• Redikod
• Resolution Games
• Ringtail Games
• River End Games
• SetShape Studio
• Silkworm Games
• SimBin Studios
• Simogo
• Skygoblin
• Solid Core
• SolidIcon
• Southend Interactive
• Starbreeze AB (Holding group. Starbreeze Studios merged into O3 Games in 2001. Group renamed Starbreeze in 2002.)
  • Starbreeze Studios
    • Overkill Software
• 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
• Windup Games
• Wishfully Studios
• Wonderscope AB
• Yarnot Games
• Zoink
• Zordix AB
  • Dimfrost Studio

Misc games

• Gellyberry Studios (Online games)
• Stillfront Group (Holding group. Mobile & online games.)
  • Coldwood Interactive
  • Power Challenge AB

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.)
• 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.)^[2]
• 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.)^[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]
• 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

• Ashes & Diamonds Entertainment AB (Marketing & video game consultancy)
• Aurora Punks
• Coffee Stain Publishing (Publishing division of Coffee Stain Studios AB)
• Killmonday Games AB
• Mighty Diamonds (Video game consultancy)
• PAN Vision AB (Ex-PAN Interactive from 1998 till 2001. Publisher & distributor.) (SV wiki, FI wiki)
• Paradox Interactive
• Raw Fury
• Snapbreak Games AB (Games. Mostly mobile.)
• 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)
• 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
• Brimstone Games AB (HQ)
• 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)
• Landell Games AB
• Midjiwan AB
• Morgondag (Games, tools, web)
• North Modding Company AB
• Perfect Random
• Pixel Ferrets
• Pounce Light AB
• RednapGames
• RobTop Games AB (Mobile games)
• Rymdfall AB
• Sharkmob (Online games)
• Snowprint Studios AB (Online games)
• Something We Made
• Striped Panda Studios
• Swarm Creations AB
• Turborilla AB (HQ. Mobile focused.)
• 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.)^[5]
• 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.)^{[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

• Video games in Sweden
• List of video game companies
• Lists of video games
• Video game developer
• Video game publisher

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)

Notes and References

1. https://web.archive.org/web/20170211102350/http://www.imaginationstudios.com/ Imagination Studios's archived website
2. https://web.archive.org/web/20140105203707/http://www.colossai.com/ Colossai Studios AB's archived website
3. https://web.archive.org/web/20000617111746/http://www.hajtech.se/ Hajtech Produktioner's archived website
4. https://web.archive.org/web/20041202102841/http://www.meqon.com/ Meqon Research AB's archived website
5. 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.
6. https://www.mobygames.com/person/582095/henrik-tornqvist/companies/ Henrik Törnqvist's companies list at MobyGames
7. 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.
8. 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.
9. 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.