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Top 25 Indie game development companies based in France
RevenueBase identified 267 indie game development companies headquartered in France as of September 2026 and tracks 3,639 professional contacts across them, including 1,278 with verified work emails and 152 with mobile numbers. Paris is the largest hub.
This list covers indie game development companies 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.
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The 25 largest indie game development companies based in France
Ranked by team size| # | Company | RevenueBase Smart Search | Contacts | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Partial evidence | 367 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, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 2 | Strong evidence | 250 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, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 3 | Strong evidence | 130 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, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 4 | Partial evidence | 118 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, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 5 | Indirect evidence | 115 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, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 6 | Partial evidence | 114 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, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 7 | Strong evidence | 82 contacts → | |||
“Video Games Distribution & Business Development Expert, operating on PC, Cloud, Consoles and Mobile since 2012.” Source: company website · checked Sep 7, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 8 | Indirect evidence | 74 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, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 9 | Strong evidence | 70 contacts → | |||
“Shiro Games is an independent game development studio based in Bordeaux, France.” Source: company website · checked Sep 7, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 10 | Partial evidence | 57 contacts → | |||
“DigixArt is the video game studio behind Road 96, Lost in Harmony and 11-11: Memories Retold.” Source: company website · checked Sep 7, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 11 | Strong evidence | 44 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, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 12 | Strong evidence | 42 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, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 13 | Partial evidence | 41 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, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 14 | Partial evidence | 30 contacts → | |||
“Ishtar Games is a videogame developer based in France.” Source: company website · checked Sep 7, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 15 | Partial evidence | 27 contacts → | |||
“The Game Bakers is an independent video game studio founded by Emeric Thoa and Audrey Leprince.” Source: company website · checked Sep 7, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 16 | Strong evidence | 25 contacts → | |||
“We're an indie game developer and publisher from France.” Source: company website · checked Sep 7, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 17 | Indirect evidence | 24 contacts → | |||
Source: company website · checked Sep 7, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 18 | Strong evidence | 23 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, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 19 | Strong evidence | 22 contacts → | |||
“Passtech is a game development studio based in Villeurbanne, France.” Source: company website · checked Sep 7, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 20 | Partial evidence | 22 contacts → | |||
“Homo Ludens is an independent game studio built on the simple idea of respecting all actors in the video game industry, players or professionals.” Source: company website · checked Sep 7, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 21 | Strong evidence | 21 contacts → | |||
“Black Sheep Studio is an independent game development studio based in Paris, France.” Source: company website · checked Sep 7, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 22 | Strong evidence | 20 contacts → | |||
“Warpfrog is an independent game development studio fully dedicated to virtual reality.” Source: company website · checked Sep 7, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 23 | Partial evidence | 19 contacts → | |||
“RyseUp Studios is a game studio founded in Lyon, France in 2014.” Source: company website · checked Sep 7, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 24 | Partial evidence | 18 contacts → | |||
“Pirates & Knights making games.” Source: company website · checked Sep 7, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 25 | Strong evidence | 17 contacts → | |||
“Motion Twin is an indie worker's cooperative game studio based in France.” Source: company website · checked Sep 7, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
RevenueBase Smart Search
RevenueBase Smart Search assesses information from a company’s LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website, and other publicly available sources. It uses that information to rate how closely the company relates to this list’s category: indie game development companies. Every row carries its rating and the description the rating was read from, so each one can be checked rather than taken on trust.
- Strong evidence
- The company's own public description of its business names indie game development companies.
- Partial evidence
- Its own public description names part of indie game development companies, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
- Indirect evidence
- The description shown does not name indie game development companies. The match rests on the rest of the company's public profile rather than the one sentence quoted here, so this is the rating to check first.
RevenueBase Smart Search is how these lists are built: RevenueBase's data engine and AI assemble the companies that match a category defined in a user's own words, so a list can be about what companies actually do rather than about whichever industry code they were filed under.
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Indie game development companies based in France at a glance
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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 development companies, 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 development companies”. 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 development companies), 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 development companies, 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, 1,278 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.
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Indie game development companies by metro
- Indie game development companies in Paris70
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 development companies, 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 development companies are there based in France?
RevenueBase identified 267 indie game development companies 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?
Don't NOD, headquartered in Paris, tops this list with the largest team on record.
Which city has the most indie game development companies?
Paris leads with 70 headquartered companies, followed by Montpellier (20) and Lyon (18).
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 1,278 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 267 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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