Bohemia Interactive
Czechia
EU
Bohemia Interactive is a Czech game developer and publisher headquartered in Prague. It was founded in May 1999 by Marek Španěl, Ondřej Španěl and Slavomír Pavlíček and remains a privately held company....
European Video Game Publishers & Studios
CD Projekt
Poland
EU
CD Projekt is a Polish video game company headquartered in Warsaw. It was founded in May 1994 by Marcin Iwiński and Michał Kiciński, first as a distributor and translator of foreign games,...
Embracer Group
Sweden
EU
Embracer Group is a Swedish games and entertainment group with its head office in Karlstad, Sweden. The group grew through many acquisitions of studios and publishers and is listed on Nasdaq Stockholm...
Larian Studios
Belgium
EU
Larian Studios is a Belgian game developer and publisher headquartered in Ghent. Swen Vincke founded it in 1996. It is best known for the role-playing series Divinity and for Baldur's Gate 3...
Paradox Interactive
Sweden
EU
Paradox Interactive is a Swedish video game publisher headquartered in Stockholm. It was founded in 1999 and became independent from the group Paradox Entertainment in 2004. The company is listed on Nasdaq...
Remedy Entertainment
Finland
EU
Remedy Entertainment is a Finnish game developer and publisher based in Espoo. It was founded on 18 August 1995 and is listed on Nasdaq Helsinki. The studio is known for narrative action...
Rovio
Finland
EU
Non-European Parent Company
Rovio Entertainment is a Finnish game developer based in Espoo and the creator of Angry Birds. It was founded on 8 January 2003 by students of the Helsinki University of Technology, Niklas...
Supercell
Finland
EU
Non-European Parent Company
Supercell is a Finnish mobile game company based in Helsinki. It was founded on 14 May 2010 and is behind Hay Day, Clash of Clans, Boom Beach, Clash Royale, Brawl Stars, Squad...
Ubisoft
France
EU
Ubisoft is a French video game publisher and developer headquartered in Saint-Mandé near Paris. It was founded on 28 March 1986 by the five Guillemot brothers and is listed on Euronext Paris....
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Submit SuggestionEuropean video game publishers and studios on this page include Ubisoft from France, CD Projekt from Poland, Paradox Interactive and Embracer Group from Sweden, Remedy Entertainment, Supercell and Rovio from Finland, Bohemia Interactive from Czechia and Larian Studios from Belgium. Europe has a long games tradition, with strong clusters in the Nordic countries, France, Poland and the United Kingdom.
European game companies at a glance
| Product | Country | Focus |
|---|---|---|
| Ubisoft | France | Assassin's Creed, Far Cry, Rainbow Six, Just Dance; listed on Euronext Paris |
| CD Projekt | Poland | The Witcher and Cyberpunk 2077; listed on the Warsaw Stock Exchange |
| Paradox Interactive | Sweden | Grand strategy such as Crusader Kings and Europa Universalis; Cities: Skylines |
| Embracer Group | Sweden | Games and entertainment group with many studios and labels |
| Remedy Entertainment | Finland | Narrative action games: Max Payne, Alan Wake, Control |
| Bohemia Interactive | Czechia | Military simulation: Arma and DayZ |
| Larian Studios | Belgium | Role-playing games: Divinity and Baldur's Gate 3 |
| Supercell | Finland | Mobile games: Clash of Clans, Brawl Stars; majority owned by Tencent |
| Rovio | Finland | Angry Birds; owned by Sega (Japan) |
Companies by type of game
- Large role-playing and open-world games: CD Projekt, Larian Studios and Ubisoft.
- Strategy and simulation: Paradox Interactive for grand strategy and Bohemia Interactive for military simulation.
- Narrative action: Remedy Entertainment.
- Mobile games: Supercell and Rovio.
- Groups with many labels: Embracer Group.
Ownership notes
Two companies on this page are marked as having a non-European parent: Supercell, of which the Chinese group Tencent acquired about 81.4 percent in 2016, and Rovio, which the Japanese company Sega bought in 2023. Tencent also holds minority stakes in Ubisoft (9.99 percent, plus a 26.32 percent economic interest in its subsidiary Vantage Studios), Paradox Interactive (about 10 percent), Bohemia Interactive and Larian Studios. These are not majorities, so those companies remain listed without a flag. The headquarters of all nine companies are in Europe.
What Europe does not offer
No European company builds game consoles at the scale of Sony, Microsoft or Nintendo, and the biggest PC store, Steam, comes from the United States. Europe has independent stores with a different approach, which the category PC game stores lists, and the page on European alternatives to Steam compares them.