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Top 25 Indie game developers based in France

RevenueBase identified 335 indie game developers headquartered in France as of September 2026 and tracks 16,556 professional contacts across them, including 5,538 with verified work emails and 966 with mobile numbers. Paris is the largest hub.

This list covers indie game developers headquartered in France, 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 7, 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 7, 2026 86% judged on-target in blind review
335Companies
16,556Contacts tracked
5,538Verified emails
966Mobile numbers
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The 25 largest indie game developers based in France

Ranked by team size
Top 25 of 335 indie game developers based in France, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 7, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to indie game developers: 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
1Indirect evidenceSaint-mandé, FranceHQ checked Sep 7, 202610001+11,724 contacts →

“Ubisoft is a global leader in gaming with teams across the world crafting original and memorable gaming experiences featuring brands such as Assassin’s Creed®, Brawlhalla®, For…”

Source: company website · checked Sep 7, 2026
2Partial evidenceRoubaix, FranceHQ checked Sep 7, 2026201-500466 contacts →

“At Ankama, we are all about Transmedia and games!”

Source: company website · checked Sep 7, 2026
3Strong evidenceParis, FranceHQ checked Sep 7, 202651-200367 contacts →

“We are an independent video game developer and publisher based in Paris and Montreal, creating powerful and immersive narrative experiences.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 7, 2026
4Partial evidenceLyon, FranceHQ checked Sep 7, 202651-200250 contacts →

“Founded in Arkane® Studios has grown to become one of the most renowned and critically acclaimed development teams in the video game industry.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 7, 2026
5Indirect evidenceAnnecy, FranceHQ checked Sep 7, 2026201-500226 contacts →

“Created in 1996, Ubisoft Annecy is the third Ubisoft French Studio.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 7, 2026
6Strong evidenceParis, FranceHQ checked Sep 7, 202651-200130 contacts →

“We are a French indie video game studio founded in 2015, bringing together a multidisciplinary team of over 100 professionals.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 7, 2026
7Partial evidenceParis, FranceHQ checked Sep 7, 202611-50118 contacts →

“Over the last few years, we have been creating some legendary titles of the video game industry with passion.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 7, 2026
8Indirect evidenceVilleurbanne, FranceHQ checked Sep 7, 202611-50115 contacts →

“ARTEFACTS STUDIO créé en 2003 et basée à Lyon est un studio indépendant de développement de jeu vidéo avec une quinzaine de jeux à son actif, sur PC, Mac, consoles et plateformes…”

Source: company website · checked Sep 7, 2026
9Partial evidenceNice, FranceHQ checked Sep 7, 202651-200114 contacts →

“Wolcen Studio is a European game studio, uniting over 100 talented professionals across the globe to create groundbreaking gaming experiences.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 7, 2026
10Partial evidenceMontpellier, FranceHQ checked Sep 7, 202651-20082 contacts →

“Video Games Distribution & Business Development Expert, operating on PC, Cloud, Consoles and Mobile since 2012.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 7, 2026
11Indirect evidenceBordeaux, FranceHQ checked Sep 7, 202651-20074 contacts →

“Evil Empire came into being in 2019, founded by four partners, including two former Motion Twin employees, with the ambition of evolving the Dead Cells universe.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 7, 2026
12Partial evidenceBordeaux, FranceHQ checked Sep 7, 202651-20070 contacts →

“Shiro Games is an independent game development studio based in Bordeaux, France.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 7, 2026
13Partial evidenceMontpellier, FranceHQ checked Sep 7, 202611-5057 contacts →

“DigixArt is the video game studio behind Road 96, Lost in Harmony and 11-11: Memories Retold.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 7, 2026
14Strong evidenceParis, FranceHQ checked Sep 7, 202611-5055 contacts →

“Ikigai is a new kind of indie studio: veterans from the video game industry met some of the world's greatest scientists at Sorbonne Université, France's #1 university… and they…”

Source: company website · checked Sep 7, 2026
15Strong evidenceParis, FranceHQ checked Sep 7, 2026501-1,00044 contacts →

“Founded in 1996, PULLUP Entertainment is an independent group uniting over 600 international talents across studios and publishing teams focused on AA and indie games.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 7, 2026
16Strong evidenceParis, FranceHQ checked Sep 7, 202611-5042 contacts →

“Based in France, Playdigious is a publisher with in-house porting capacity working on high-quality indie games on mobile.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 7, 2026
17Partial evidenceMontpellier, FranceHQ checked Sep 7, 202611-5041 contacts →

“Founded in 2020 in France, Sandfall Interactive is a video game studio developing premium 3D games for PC and new gen consoles.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 7, 2026
18Strong evidenceParis, FranceHQ checked Sep 7, 202611-5040 contacts →

“Our studio was founded by experienced developers driven by a passion for competitive and cooperative multiplayer games.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 7, 2026
19Indirect evidenceMontpellier, FranceHQ checked Sep 7, 202611-5039 contacts →

“Magic Design Studios has been founded in 2015.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 7, 2026
20Strong evidenceTourcoing, FranceHQ checked Sep 7, 202611-5030 contacts →

“Ishtar Games is a videogame developer based in France.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 7, 2026
21Partial evidenceMontpellier, FranceHQ checked Sep 7, 202611-5027 contacts →

“The Game Bakers is an independent video game studio founded by Emeric Thoa and Audrey Leprince.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 7, 2026
22Partial evidenceParis, FranceHQ checked Sep 7, 20261-1026 contacts →

“Founded in 2010, Game Atelier is an independent game studio based in Paris, France.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 7, 2026
23Strong evidenceThionville, FranceHQ checked Sep 7, 202611-5025 contacts →

“We're an indie game developer and publisher from France.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 7, 2026
24Indirect evidenceAngoulême, FranceHQ checked Sep 7, 202611-5024 contacts →
Source: company website · checked Sep 7, 2026
25Strong evidenceLa Rochelle, FranceHQ checked Sep 7, 202611-5023 contacts →

Indie Video Game Studio Led by experts : XP 20 + Years Console-focused development studio La Rochelle, France Great games are made by good people.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 7, 2026

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Indie game developers based in France at a glance

As of Sep 7, 2026
33.5%Verified-email coverage
5.8%Mobile-number coverage
49.4Average contacts per company
1-10Median size (employees)
25.7%Largest-city concentration · Paris
Sep 7, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10
265
11-50
54
51-200
11
201-500
3
501-1,000
1
10001+
1

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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 indie game developers, 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 France whose own description of what they do matches “indie game developers”. 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 indie game developers), 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 indie game developers, and records with no verified work email. Companies headquartered outside France 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, 5,538 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 7, 2026. Lists refresh periodically as the graph is re-checked.
Corrections
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Indie game developers by metro

  • Indie game developers in Paris86
  • Indie game developers in Lyon27

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 indie game developers, 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 indie game developers are there based in France?

RevenueBase identified 335 indie game developers headquartered in France 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?

Ubisoft, headquartered in Saint-Mande, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which city has the most indie game developers?

Paris leads with 86 headquartered companies, followed by Lyon (27) and Montpellier (24).

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 5,538 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 335 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 7, 2026.

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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.