Top 25 game development companies of Ukraine

Gamedev.DOU.ua site published the results of another study of the Ukrainian game development market. Game companies that develop their own products – mobile, AA, and AAA projects, as well as outsourced studios and game dev startups of IT companies – entered the new Top 25 game dev companies of Ukraine.

The largest Ukrainian game company is Playrix, which has Russian origins and still employs developers from the aggressor country. In Ukraine, Playrix has offices in Kyiv and Kharkiv. The total number of employees in Ukraine is 1,273 specialists.

A few more companies on the list had connections with the aggressor country, but most of them stopped operating on the territory of Russia.

Top-25 game development companies of Ukraine:

1. Playrix (Kyiv, Kharkiv) – 1,273 specialists
2. Room 8 Group (Kyiv, Lviv) – 1057
3. Plarium (Kharkiv, Kyiv, Lviv, Odesa) – 903
4. Ubisoft (Kyiv, Odesa) – 827
5. Gameloft (Kharkiv, Lviv) – 641
6. Wargaming (Kyiv) – 434
7. Pingle Game Studio (Dnipro, Kyiv, Kharkiv, Lviv) – 421
8. G5 Entertainment AB (Kharkiv) – 390
9. Kevuru Games (no office, remote work) – 350
10. WhaleApp LTD (Kyiv, Dnipro, Vinnytsia) – 261
11. N-iX Game & VR Studio (Lviv, Kyiv, Ivano-Frankivsk) – 251
12. Bini Games (no office, remote work) – 231
13. Five Systems Development (Vinnytsia) – 220
14. Stepico Games (Lviv) – 214
15. Frag Lab (Kyiv) – 207
16. iLogos Game Studios (no office, remote work) – 207
17. Innovecs Games (Kyiv) – 200
18. Volmi – A Virtuos Studio (Kyiv) – 172
19. Fractured Byte (Kyiv, Dnipro) – 170
20. GSC Game World (Kyiv) – 130
21. AB Games (Kyiv, Rivne) – 127
22. QS Games (no office, remote work) – 121
23. Ulysses Graphics (Kyiv) – 107
24. Smart Project (Dnipro) – 80
25. Gunzilla Games (Kyiv) – 80

4A Games and AAA Game Art Studio, which did not provide data on the number of employees, as well as Frogwares, which currently has 78 employees, dropped out of the top 25.

Most likely, most of the names in this list will not tell you anything, because most Ukrainian game companies are outsourced companies or studios that develop mobile games.

A total of 9,074 workers work in the Top-25 Ukrainian gaming companies, 7,386 of whom are technical specialists.

In 2023, the Top-25 companies have 1,300 game development specialists less than in 2022. Some moved abroad, some went to the front. 13 companies from the top 25 have negative growth dynamics. 11 of them are product. Ubisoft lost more than others – immediately minus 348 employees. On the contrary, outsourcing companies are growing and hiring specialists.

The full interactive version of the study can be found on the website Gamedev.DOU.ua.