Kolibri Games GmbH (formerly Fluffy Fairy Games) 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.Growing German studio Kolibri hits 100m downloads Ubisoft acquired a 75% majority share of Kolibri Games in February 2020 with a company valuation of €160 Million.
History The company was founded as Fluffy Fairy Games in a student apartment, without any external financing.List: #17 Kolibri Games
In July 2016, the company released Idle Miner Tycoon, a mining simulation with idle mechanics, after eight weeks of development.Keep on shipping: How Fluffy Fairy Games updated its game 50 times in a year
In January 2018, the company moved to Berlin.Keep on shipping: How Fluffy Fairy Games updated its game 50 times in a year
In April 2018, the company released Idle Factory Tycoon on iOS and Android.Out now on iOS: Idle Factory Tycoon! The idle game that simulates a factory empire has since been downloaded over 10 million times.Fluffy Fairy's Idle Factory Tycoon surpasses four million downloads in two weeks
In October 2018, Fluffy Fairy Games changed its name to Kolibri Games.Idle Miner Tycoon dev Fluffy Fairy renames to Kolibri Games
Ubisoft acquired a 75% share of Kolibri in February 2020, as the company desired to expand into the "idle" mobile game venue.
Games Year Title 2016 Idle Miner Tycoon 2018 Idle Factory Tycoon 2020 Idle Farm Tycoon 2020 Idle Pirate Tycoon 2020 Idle Restaurant Tycoon 2021 Idle Firefighter Tycoon 2021 Idle School Tycoon 2021 Idle Mail Tycoon 2022 Idle Taxi Tycoon 2022 Idle Bank Tycoon
Acknowledgments In 2018, LinkedIn added Kolibri Games to the 2018 list of Top 25 startups in Germany. Red Herring placed the company among the Top 100 EuropeFluffy Fairy Games and TreasureHunt named Europe's hottest games start-ups in Red Herring Top 100 and Top 100 Global 2018.Ubisoft acquires free-to-play mobile dev Kolibri Games Kolibri Games has been awarded the first place in the Deloitte Technology Fast 50 Award in the "Rising Stars" category in 2018 and won again in 2020. Kolibri Games also made sixth place in the "Financial Times 1000: Europe’s Fastest Growing Companies" List in 2021
In 2020, Kolibri Games CEOs Janosch Sadowski and Daniel Stammler have been awarded as Young Entrepreneurs of the Year at Investor Allstars.Kolibri Games CEOs Awarded as Young Entrepreneurs of the Year at Investor Allstars 2020
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