List of video game developers

This is a list of notable video game companies that have made games for either computers (like PC or Mac), video game consoles, handheld or mobile devices, and includes companies that currently exist as well as now-defunct companies.

See the list of video games for other lists relating to video games, and defunct video game companies for a more specific list of companies that no longer exist. Many of the developers publish their own games.

List of video game developers

List of notable developers

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Developer	City	Administrative division	Country	Est.	Notable games, series or franchises	Notes
0verflow	Tokyo		Japan	1997	School Days Summer Days Cross Days	Visual Novel brand (both developer and publisher)
11 bit studios	Warsaw	Masovian Voivodeship	Poland	2010	This War of Mine Frostpunk	Indie developer/publisher
1C Company	Moscow		Russia	1991	King's Bounty: Warriors of the North	The company still exists, but Snowball Studios [ru], the game development subsidiary, was dissolved in 2012 and former employees of the studios formed Snowbird Game Studios, and 1C Entertainment, the game publishing, localization, and development subsidiary, was acquired by Tencent and was renamed Fulqrum Games in 2022.
1-Up Studio	Tokyo		Japan	2000	Mother 3	Subsidiary of Nintendo. Formed by former employees of Square
2K Czech	Brno		Czech Republic	1997	Mafia Mafia II	Former subsidiary of 2K; previously known as Illusion Softworks; closed in 2017 after merged into Hangar 13
2K	Novato	California	United States	2005		Developer/publisher/distributor/marketer; owned by Take-Two Interactive
343 Industries	Redmond	Washington	United States	2009	Halo series	Subsidiary of Microsoft Studios, took over development for the Halo franchise from Bungie
38 Studios	Providence	Rhode Island	United States	2006	Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning	Defunct in 2012; their assets were acquired by THQ Nordic
3D Realms	Garland	Texas	United States	1987	Duke Nukem series	Acquired by Saber Interactive in 2021
42 Entertainment	Pasadena	California	United States	1993	I Love Bees
4A Games	Kyiv Sliema		Ukraine Malta	2005 2014	Metro series	They moved its headquarters from Ukraine to Malta; acquired by Embracer Group in 2020^[1]
5th Cell	Bellevue	Washington	United States	2003	Scribblenauts series
87KGames	Warrington	England	United Kingdom	2024	Don't Be Scared Of The Dead
989 Studios	Foster City	California	United States	1995	Twisted Metal III–4 Jet Moto 2124	Division of Sony Computer Entertainment America
Acclaim Entertainment	Glen Cove	New York	United States	1987		Developer/Publisher; declared Bankruptcy August 2004
Acclaim Studios Austin	Santa Clara	California	United States	1991	Turok series All-Star Baseball series South Park series	Acquired by Acclaim Entertainment in 1995
Accolade	San Jose	California	United States	1984	HardBall! series Star Control series Test Drive II–III	Former publisher and developer. Acquired by Atari, SA née Infogrames in 1999, name retired.
Access Games	Osaka		Japan	2002	Deadly Premonition	Subsidiary of Digital Media Lab [ja]
Access Software	Salt Lake City	Utah	United States	1982	Under a Killing Moon The Pandora Directive Top Spin series	Acquired by Microsoft
ACE Team	Santiago de Chile		Chile	2007	Zeno Clash series
Aces Game Studio	Redmond	Washington	United States	1988	Microsoft Flight Simulator	Acquired by Microsoft
Acquire	Chiyoda, Tokyo		Japan	1994	Tenchu series Way of the Samurai series Shinobido series Akiba series No Heroes Allowed! series Octopath Traveler	Developer/publisher; acquired by GungHo Online Entertainment in 2011 and then acquired by Kadokawa Corporation in 2024
Action Forms	Kyiv		Ukraine	1995	Carnivores series	Their main employees moved to Tatem Games
Active Gaming Media	Osaka		Japan	2006		Game localization, debugging/testing, international indie game distribution, publishing
Activision	Santa Monica	California	United States	1979	Call of Duty series MechWarrior 2	Also video game publisher; acquired several other developers; merged with Vivendi Games to form Activision Blizzard in 2008
Adventure Soft	Birmingham	England	United Kingdom	1992	Simon the Sorcerer series	The development company is now defunct but the publishing company, Adventure Soft Publishing, is still active.
Akella	Moscow		Russia	1995	Age of Sail II Age of Pirates series Sea Dogs	Defunct in 2012
Alfa System	Kumamoto City		Japan	1988	Tales of the World series Oreshika series	Acquired by Meteorise in 2021
AlphaDream	Tokyo		Japan	2000	Mario & Luigi series	Defunct in 2019
Amazon Game Studios	Seattle	Washington	United States	2012	New World	Subsidiary of Amazon.com
Animation Magic	Gaithersburg	Maryland	United States	1991	Link: The Faces of Evil Zelda: The Wand of Gamelon	Acquired by Davidson & Associates, a subsidiary of Cendant Software (latterly Vivendi Games), in 1997; closed in 2001
Amazon Game Studios, Orange County (formerly Double Helix Games)	Irvine	California	United States	2007	Silent Hill: Homecoming Killer Instinct Front Mission Evolved	acquired by Amazon and incorporated in Amazon Game Studios
Ambrella	Tokyo		Japan	1996	Hey You, Pikachu! Pokémon Rumble series	Acquired and merged by Creatures in 2020
Ancient	Hino		Japan	1990
Anino	Manila		Philippines	2001	Despicable Me: Minion Mania
Ankama Games	Roubaix		France	2001	Wakfu Dofus
Appy Entertainment	Carlsbad	California	United States	2008
Appxplore (iCandy)	Kuala Lumpur		Malaysia	2011	Alien Hive Snaky Cat	70% of the company is owned by iCandy Interactive
AQ Interactive	Tokyo		Japan	2005		Merged into Marvelous Entertainment in 2011
Aquria	Yokohama	Kanagawa	Japan	2002	Sword Art Online series