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Top 25 Indie game developers based in the United Kingdom

RevenueBase identified 645 indie game developers headquartered in the United Kingdom as of September 2026 and tracks 14,490 professional contacts across them, including 3,327 with verified work emails and 949 with mobile numbers. London is the largest hub.

This list covers indie game developers headquartered in the United Kingdom, 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
645Companies
14,490Contacts tracked
3,327Verified emails
949Mobile numbers
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The 25 largest indie game developers based in the United Kingdom

Ranked by team size
Top 25 of 645 indie game developers based in the United Kingdom, 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
1Partial evidenceManchester, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 7, 20261,001-5,000834 contacts →

“Cloud Imperium Games is a new kind of independent studio dedicated to delivering experiences outside the established publisher system, founded by Chris Roberts, creator of the…”

Source: company website · checked Sep 7, 2026
2Partial evidenceRadford Semele, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 7, 2026201-500379 contacts →

“Making the most fun games for the world's players.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 7, 2026
3Partial evidenceKnutsford, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 7, 2026501-1,000283 contacts →

“TT Games is in the business of delighting children and grown-ups alike, with our fun and playful takes on world-famous IPs, as part of the LEGO videogame series.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 7, 2026
4Partial evidenceBrighton, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 7, 2026201-500247 contacts →

“Hangar 13 is an internal 2K development studio that creates influential video game experiences across all major platforms.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 7, 2026
5Partial evidenceMerseyside, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 7, 202651-200230 contacts →

“Founded in 2011 by colleagues who had a passion for one thing… making great games.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 7, 2026
6Partial evidenceGuildford, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 7, 2026201-500217 contacts →

“Founded in 2008, we are a BAFTA-winning game studio, developing innovative storytelling games.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 7, 2026
7Strong evidenceNottingham, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 7, 202651-200181 contacts →

“Dambuster Studios is based in Nottingham (United Kingdom) and is a game developer with a successful heritage going back over 20 years.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 7, 2026
8Strong evidenceWakefield, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 7, 2026201-500176 contacts →

“Founded in 1990, Team17 is an award-winning leading international games label and developer headquartered in the UK.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 7, 2026
9Indirect evidenceLiverpool, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 7, 202651-200142 contacts →

“A PlayStation Studio.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 7, 2026
10Partial evidenceLeamington Spa, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 7, 202611-50140 contacts →

“This is a developer-first studio, an environment where talented individuals are nurtured, inspired and flourish.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 7, 2026
11Indirect evidenceCambridge, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 7, 202651-200133 contacts →

“Ninja Theory Ltd.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 7, 2026
12Partial evidenceBrighton, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 7, 202651-200113 contacts →

“Studio Gobo is renowned for working on acclaimed and award winning games and with the very best publishers and game creators.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 7, 2026
13Strong evidenceGuildford, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 7, 202651-200111 contacts →

“Criterion Games is an award-winning studio and Battlefield Studios developer at Electronic Arts.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 7, 2026
14Strong evidenceBirmingham, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 7, 202611-50110 contacts →

“We’re Facepunch, an independent game developer in Birmingham, UK.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 7, 2026
15Strong evidenceManchester, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 7, 202651-200100 contacts →

“Founded in 2022, Expression is a fully remote game developer for console and PC.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 7, 2026
16Partial evidenceBristol, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 7, 202651-20099 contacts →

“Auroch Digital is a game development studio founded in 2010 and based in Bristol, UK.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 7, 2026
17Partial evidenceGuildford, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 7, 202651-20088 contacts →

“Media Molecule is a video game development studio based in Guildford in the UK, and a proud member of the PlayStation Studios.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 7, 2026
18Indirect evidenceGuildford, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 7, 202651-20081 contacts →

“Glowmade is a vibrant team with big hearts and bigger ideas.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 7, 2026
19Strong evidenceLondon, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 7, 202651-20080 contacts →

“Feral is a leading publisher and developer of games for Windows, macOS, Linux, iOS, Android, Meta Quest and Nintendo We're a publishing company set up in 1996 with a mission to…”

Source: company website · checked Sep 7, 2026
20Strong evidenceSunderland, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 7, 202651-20075 contacts →

“Driven by a passion for creating unique and innovative video game experiences, Coatsink was founded in 2011 and has developed titles for all current-gen consoles, major VR…”

Source: company website · checked Sep 7, 2026
21Indirect evidenceLondon, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 7, 202611-5075 contacts →
Source: company website · checked Sep 7, 2026
22Partial evidenceLeeds, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 7, 202651-20073 contacts →

“Founded in 2012 by Simon Iwaniszak, Red Kite Games is now part of the Sumo Digital family of studios.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 7, 2026
23Partial evidenceGuildford, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 7, 202651-20067 contacts →

“We're Fuse Games, a passionate, collaborative game studio working on our first title.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 7, 2026
24Partial evidenceMiddlesbrough, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 7, 202651-20057 contacts →

“Back in 2017 game makers Bruce Slater and Freddie Babord were ready to do something new.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 7, 2026
25Strong evidenceHackney Wick, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 7, 202651-20051 contacts →

“Indy games developer founded by Rocksteady founders Jamie Walker and Sefton Hill.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 7, 2026

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Indie game developers based in the United Kingdom at a glance

As of Sep 7, 2026
23.0%Verified-email coverage
6.5%Mobile-number coverage
22.5Average contacts per company
1-10Median size (employees)
27.6%Largest-city concentration · London
Sep 7, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10
486
11-50
111
51-200
36
201-500
8
501-1,000
1
1,001-5,000
2

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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 the United Kingdom 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 United Kingdom 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, 3,327 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 London178

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 the United Kingdom?

RevenueBase identified 645 indie game developers headquartered in the United Kingdom 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?

Cloud Imperium Games, headquartered in Manchester, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which city has the most indie game developers?

London leads with 178 headquartered companies, followed by Manchester (22) and Brighton (21).

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 3,327 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 645 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.