Video games in Norway

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The total value of the Norwegian games industry was US$328 million in 2018.[1] The Norwegian games industry managed a turnover of $42 million (NOK 330 million) in 2014.[2] As of 2015, there are 140 companies in the whole sector, with 565 people employed.[2]

  • 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)
  • High North Studios AS
  • Hyper Games (Also co-devs, edutainment & porting)
  • 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.)[3][4]
  • 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.)[5][6]

Video game publishers from Norway

  • Snow Cannon Games (Still active on Android)

Publisher and developer firms

  • Agelvik Games AS[7]
  • BokehDev[8]
  • 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
  • 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

Popular games

References

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