The total value of the Norwegian games industry was US$328 million in 2018. The Norwegian games industry managed a turnover of $42 million (NOK 330 million) in 2014. As of 2015, there are 140 companies in the whole sector, with 565 people employed.
Video game developers from Norway
4 Gladiators Studio Agens Games (Also apps & mobile games) Arctic Hazard AS (Also co-dev) Billionworlds AS Funcom Hamar Game Collective (Founded by Sarepta Studio, Krillbite Studio, and Moondrop) Krillbite Studio Sarepta Studio High North Studios AS Hyper Games (Also co-devs, edutainment & porting) Lugn Games AS Megapop Games (Also mobile) Misc Games AS Proletary Games Ravn Studio AS (Former publisher) Red Thread Games Riddlebit Software (Also Riddlebit AS) Rock Pocket Games AS (Also co-dev: games, AR/VR. Former publisher.) Scape-IT AS Snowcastle Games Turbo Tape Games
Defunct video game developers from Norway
Antagonist AS (Founded 2014. Inactive 2017? Staff moved to Audvyr Studio & Corvid Studio.) Artplant (Online games. Most employees from Russia then UK. Probably inactive after 2019?) Blink Studios (Founded 2011. Defunct 2015. Not the same as 2 other US studios.) Capricornus Computer Game Productions AS (Founded 1999. Defunct after 2002.) Corvid Studio (Design & audio. Founded 2017. Closed 2023.) Moondrop AS (Co-founder of Hamar GC. Founded 2009. Probably inactive after 2019.) Offence Software (Founded 1991. Inactive after 1993. Amiga game dev.) Pineleaf AS (Founded 2016. Defunct 2022.) Trollpants Game Studio (Founded 2014. Defunct 2016.) Twilight Zone Software (Founded 1996. Inactive after 1997.) Wilhelmsen Studios AS (Founded 2011. Replaced 2024 by Finnish-based Lyra Creative Oy. Mobile games.)
Video game publishers from Norway
Bifrost Entertainment AS (Also investor) Snow Cannon Games (Still active on Android)
Publisher and developer firms
3Dads Studios AS Agelvik Games AS Arik Games BokehDev Bromantic Games Caprino Video Games AS (Aka. CVG AS. Distribution & licensing subsidiary of Capricornus AS then Caprino Studios for Flåklypa franchise.) (See NO wiki) Corebreak Interactive D-Pad Studio AS Dirtybit AS (Mobile games) Frostisen Studio AS Lovheim Studios Machineboy AS Old Man Games DA Perfectly Paranormal AS (Games & animations) Rain Games AS (See NO wiki) Rubarb Studio (Aka. Rubarb AS. Ex-Apt Games in 2019-2021. Co founded by former CEO of Antagonist AS & Corvid Studio.) Slid Studio Studio Gauntlet Surrealist AS Teknopilot AS (Publisher & dev. Games, transmedia, audio, VR, edutainment, films, TV.)
Defunct video game publishers from Norway
Playfish (Founded 2007. Closed or merged into Electronic Arts in 2013. London HQ. Norwegian, Chinese & US studios. Publisher & dev.)
Popular games
Among the Sleep Daniel "Dani" Sooman's games: Crab Game (2021) Muck (2021) Flåklypa franchise Manual Samuel Owlboy Skald: Against the Black Priory Snufkin: Melody of Moominvalley Teslagrad The Longest Journey series Dreamfall Chapters The Secret World (Original version)
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