Video games in Norway
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]
In 2020, Tencent, one of the world's biggest video and online gaming companies acquired the Norwegian video game developer Funcom for $148 million.[3]
Video game developers from Norway
[edit]- 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
[edit]- 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.)[4][5]
- 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.)
Video game publishers from Norway
[edit]- Snow Cannon Games (Still active on Android)
Publisher and developer firms
[edit]- 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
[edit]- Playfish (Founded 2007. Closed or merged into Electronic Arts in 2013. London HQ. Norwegian, Chinese & US studios. Publisher & dev.)
Popular games
[edit]- Among the Sleep
- Daniel "Dani" Sooman's games:
- Flåklypa franchise
- Manual Samuel
- Owlboy
- Skald: Against the Black Priory
- Snufkin: Melody of Moominvalley
- Teslagrad
- The Longest Journey series
- The Secret World (Original version)
References
[edit]- ^ Markets, Research and (April 9, 2019). "Norway Animation, VFX & Games Industry Strategies, Trends & Opportunities Report 2019". GlobeNewswire News Room (Press release).
- ^ a b Guest writer (5 June 2015). "With studio numbers up 75%, the Norwegian game scene is booming but it's not without its challenges". pocketgamer.biz.
- ^ "Tencent to grow gaming empire with $148M acquisition of Conan publisher Funcom in Norway". 22 January 2020.
- ^ "Corvid Studio's Twitter feed". Twitter. November 3, 2022. Archived from the original on 28 April 2025. Retrieved April 29, 2025.
- ^ "Corvid Studio's official site". www.corvid.no. Archived from the original on May 21, 2019. Retrieved April 29, 2025.
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