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Top 10 Game visual effects studios based in South Africa

RevenueBase identified 26 game visual effects studios headquartered in South Africa as of September 2026 and tracks 194 professional contacts across them, including 57 with verified work emails. Cape Town is the largest hub.

This list covers game visual effects studios headquartered in South Africa, matched on what each company actually does as described in its own words. Ranked by team size, largest first. Every row shows the company's own description, its RevenueBase Smart Search rating, and when it was last checked. Data refreshed September 20, 2026.

Published by RevenueBase, a B2B data infrastructure company. This list was built with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search RevenueBase customers use to build their own targeted lists and unlock verified emails and direct dials at the companies on them. How these lists are built and judged.

How to read this list HQ checked on every row RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row Refreshed Sep 20, 2026 86% judged on-target in blind review
26Companies
194Contacts tracked
57Verified emails
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The 10 largest game visual effects studios based in South Africa

Ranked by team size
Top 10 of 26 game visual effects studios based in South Africa, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 20, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to game visual effects studios: strong evidence (its own description names it), partial (names part of it), indirect (matched on the rest of its profile rather than the description shown). Click a contact count to view that company's people.
#CompanyRevenueBase Smart SearchHeadquartersEmployeesContacts
1Partial evidenceJohannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 20, 202611-5051 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Luma is an internationally acclaimed animation studio based in Johannesburg, South Africa.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
2Strong evidenceJohannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 20, 202611-5042 contacts →

Strong evidence

“Chocolate Tribe is a high-end visual effects and animation studio based in sunny Johannesburg, South Africa.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
3Strong evidenceCape Town, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 20, 202651-20011 contacts →

Strong evidence

“BlackGinger is a talent driven animation and visual effects studio based in cape town, south africa, servicing commercial, series and film clients locally and internationally.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
4Strong evidenceCape Town, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 20, 20261-1010 contacts →

Strong evidence

“Motif brings together a highly experienced team of directors, producers and visual effects artists who are committed to delivering live-action, animation and CG motion graphics…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
5Indirect evidenceJohannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 20, 202611-509 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“We’re your production team’s secret weapon: delivering invisible VFX fast, on budget, and without the stress, so your project premieres on time and looks flawless.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
6Indirect evidenceCape Town, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 20, 20261-106 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“We are specialists in capturing the building blocks for unrivalled photorealistic virtual world creation.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
7Indirect evidenceCape Town, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 20, 20261-105 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“We specialize in invisible VFX for Film and Television.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
8Indirect evidenceCape Town, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 20, 20261-102 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“We provide a range of services from 2D and 3D asset creation to 3D animation and VFX.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
9Partial evidenceJohannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 20, 20261-102 contacts →

Partial evidence

“At Beyond Horizons Studios, we are pioneers of immersive multimedia experiences, crafting captivating narratives that redefine the boundaries of creativity.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
10Strong evidencePretoria, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 20, 20261-101 contacts →

Strong evidence

“A Cinematic 3D & VFX Studio Specialising in Impossible Product Shots, Film & Commercial Visual Effects

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026

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Game visual effects studios based in South Africa at a glance

As of Sep 20, 2026
29.4%Verified-email coverage
7.5Average contacts per company
1-10Median size (employees)
34.6%Largest-city concentration · Cape Town
Sep 20, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

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Email recency for this list is measured worldwide rather than for South Africa, so it is reported there. Company counts and contact totals on this page are exact for South Africa, over 26 companies.

How this list was built

Company categories are rarely black and white. RevenueBase reads each company's own description of its business to decide whether it belongs among game visual effects studios, so some rows will be adjacent to the category rather than pure plays. The description and RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row are there so you can check each match yourself.

Source
The RevenueBase company graph: 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts resolved from primary sources, queried with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search available to every RevenueBase user.
What qualifies
Companies headquartered in South Africa whose own description of what they do matches “game visual effects studios”. Matching reads each company's description, not its industry code or its name.
RevenueBase Smart Search
RevenueBase Smart Search is how this list is assembled and how each row is rated. RevenueBase's data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to a category defined in a user's own words. Each row is rated strong evidence (its own description names game visual effects studios), partial evidence (it names part of the category) or indirect evidence (the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile). The description supporting each rating is quoted on the row.
What we exclude
Companies whose own description does not clearly place them among game visual effects studios, and records with no verified work email. Companies headquartered outside South Africa are excluded even when they keep an office there.
Match quality
In blind human judging of this matching method, 86% of matched companies were on target. Expect roughly 1 in 7 rows to be adjacent to the category rather than a pure play. Every row shows the company's own description and its RevenueBase Smart Search rating so you can judge each match yourself. Read the full methodology: how the lists are built, how the judging worked, and what the figure means.
Ranking
Team size, largest first: companies are ordered by the number of professionals RevenueBase tracks at each one. Employee ranges shown are reported bands, for context.
Verification
Every listed company carries at least one verified work email, 57 across the full list. Contacts re-verify on a rolling cadence, and each contact's own verification date is shown inside RevenueBase.
Refresh
This page's figures were pulled from the company graph on September 20, 2026. Lists refresh periodically as the graph is re-checked.
Corrections
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Frequently asked

What is RevenueBase Smart Search?

RevenueBase Smart Search is how RevenueBase decides which companies belong on this list and how strongly each one fits. Its data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to the category the list is about. Each row is rated strong evidence when the company's own description names game visual effects studios, partial evidence when it names part of the category, and indirect evidence when the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile.

How many game visual effects studios are there based in South Africa?

RevenueBase identified 26 game visual effects studios headquartered in South Africa as of September 2026, matched on each company's own description of what it does rather than its industry code.

What is the largest company on this list?

Luma Animation, headquartered in Johannesburg, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which city has the most game visual effects studios?

Cape Town leads with 9 headquartered companies, followed by Johannesburg (8) and Pretoria (3).

How do I get contact information for these companies?

A free RevenueBase account lets you run this exact search and work the top results, verified emails and direct dials included. Upgrading unlocks all 57 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 26 companies.

How current is this list?

The list refreshes periodically as the company graph is re-checked. This page's figures were pulled on September 20, 2026.

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About this data

RevenueBase is a B2B data infrastructure company. Its company graph covers 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts, with emails verified on a rolling cadence rather than scraped once and left to decay. These company lists are generated directly from that graph with RevenueBase Smart Search, the same natural-language company search every RevenueBase user has: describe a market in plain words, get the companies that match, and add verified emails and direct dials for the people at them. It is the same data that powers RevenueBase's B2B data products, and a free account includes 500 credits to start. How these lists are built and judged.