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Top 25 Indie game development studios based in the United Kingdom

RevenueBase identified 730 company matches for indie game development studios associated with the United Kingdom as of September 2026 and tracks 9,119 professional contacts across them, including 3,845 with verified work emails. London is the largest hub.

This list covers company matches for indie game development studios associated with the United Kingdom, found by RevenueBase SmartSearch using the meaning of business descriptions in its company graph at Exact. Ranked by professionals tracked, largest first. Rows show recorded descriptions where available, Exact search membership and the snapshot date. Data refreshed September 20, 2026.

Published by RevenueBase, a B2B data infrastructure company. This list was built with RevenueBase SmartSearch, 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.

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The 25 largest indie game development studios based in the United Kingdom

Ranked by team size
Top 25 of 730 company matches for indie game development studios based in the United Kingdom, ordered by professional contacts tracked in RevenueBase, largest first. Recorded Sep 20, 2026. The RevenueBase SmartSearch column shows Exact match membership in this saved search. Click a contact count to view that company's people. Totals use company locations recorded by RevenueBase; the displayed preview is a smaller selection.
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1Exact matchManchester, United KingdomHQ recorded Sep 20, 20261,001-5,000834 contacts →

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“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…”

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2Exact matchRadford Semele, United KingdomHQ recorded Sep 20, 2026201-500379 contacts →

Exact match

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

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3Exact matchPortsmouth, United KingdomHQ recorded Sep 20, 202651-200298 contacts →

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“At Climax Studios, A Keywords Studio, we specialise in co-development, delivering cutting edge solutions for some of the world's biggest and most innovative video game titles…”

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4Exact matchKnutsford, United KingdomHQ recorded Sep 20, 2026501-1,000283 contacts →

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“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.”

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5Exact matchBrighton, United KingdomHQ recorded Sep 20, 2026201-500247 contacts →

Exact match

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

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6Exact matchGuildford, United KingdomHQ recorded Sep 20, 2026201-500217 contacts →

Exact match

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

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7Exact matchBrighton, United KingdomHQ recorded Sep 20, 2026201-500198 contacts →

Exact match

“A Keywords Studio.”

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8Exact matchNottingham, United KingdomHQ recorded Sep 20, 202651-200181 contacts →

Exact match

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

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9Exact matchWakefield, United KingdomHQ recorded Sep 20, 2026201-500176 contacts →

Exact match

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

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10Exact matchLeamington Spa, United KingdomHQ recorded Sep 20, 202611-50140 contacts →

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

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11Exact matchCambridge, United KingdomHQ recorded Sep 20, 202651-200133 contacts →

Exact match

“Ninja Theory Ltd.”

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12Exact matchLeamington Spa, United KingdomHQ recorded Sep 20, 202651-200117 contacts →

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“Third Kind Games is a full-service co-development and full-development studio based in the UK.”

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13Exact matchBrighton, United KingdomHQ recorded Sep 20, 202651-200113 contacts →

Exact match

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

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14Exact matchGuildford, United KingdomHQ recorded Sep 20, 202651-200111 contacts →

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

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15Exact matchBirmingham, United KingdomHQ recorded Sep 20, 202611-50110 contacts →

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

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16Exact matchManchester, United KingdomHQ recorded Sep 20, 202651-200100 contacts →

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

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17Exact matchBristol, United KingdomHQ recorded Sep 20, 202651-20099 contacts →

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

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18Exact matchGuildford, United KingdomHQ recorded Sep 20, 202651-20088 contacts →

Exact match

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

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19Exact matchGuildford, United KingdomHQ recorded Sep 20, 202651-20081 contacts →

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

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20Exact matchDundee, United KingdomHQ recorded Sep 20, 202651-20079 contacts →

Exact match

“Our aim is to "make games better", that means spending every day making things more streamlined, defining and refining processes, learning new skills and nurturing existing ones.”

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21Exact matchSunderland, United KingdomHQ recorded Sep 20, 202651-20075 contacts →

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“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…”

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22Exact matchLeeds, United KingdomHQ recorded Sep 20, 202651-20073 contacts →

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

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23Exact matchWarrington, United KingdomHQ recorded Sep 20, 202651-20073 contacts →

Exact match

“An exciting new videogame developer founded by industry veterans and specialists in crafting amazing games using 3rd party IP.”

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24Exact matchLondon, United KingdomHQ recorded Sep 20, 202651-20068 contacts →

Exact match

“Playstack is on a mission to reinvent games publishing.”

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25Exact matchGuildford, United KingdomHQ recorded Sep 20, 202651-20067 contacts →

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

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Indie game development studios based in the United Kingdom at a glance

As of Sep 20, 2026
42.2%Verified-email coverage
12.5Average contacts per company
1-10Median size (employees)
25.8%Largest-city concentration · London
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Companies by employee count

1-10
548
11-50
129
51-200
40
201-500
9
501-1,000
1
1,001-5,000
3

Email recency for this list is measured worldwide rather than for United Kingdom, so it is reported there. Company counts and contact totals on this page are exact for United Kingdom, over 730 companies.

How this list was built

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Source
The RevenueBase company graph: 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts resolved from primary sources, queried with RevenueBase SmartSearch, the natural-language company search available to every RevenueBase user.
What qualifies
Company records associated with the United Kingdom whose business descriptions match “indie game development studios” by meaning at the Exact setting. Descriptions are compiled in the RevenueBase company graph from public websites, profiles and company information where available; they are not guaranteed quotations from the company's website.
RevenueBase SmartSearch
Describe a niche company in your own words to find businesses by meaning. Exact, Similar, Related and Broad control the breadth of RevenueBase SmartSearch. This saved list uses Exact. Each row's Exact match badge shows inclusion in that search, not an individual score or a service-quality judgment.
Public preview
The public preview omits records without a verified work email. Where headquarters information is recorded, preview rows are also filtered to this page’s location. Dataset totals and geographic summaries describe the full matched records before these preview filters.
Match quality
RevenueBase's August 25, 2026 study assessed 4,198 description/company pairs across matching settings. The publisher reports 86% good or better at Exact. This evaluates the method across queries; it does not audit this individual list. Recorded company descriptions, where available, help you judge each match yourself. Read the full methodology: how the lists are built and what the study measures.
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 displayed company carries at least one verified work email. RevenueBase tracks 3,845 professional contacts with verified work emails across the full matched dataset. 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.
Record context
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Frequently asked

What is RevenueBase SmartSearch?

RevenueBase SmartSearch finds niche companies by the meaning of their business descriptions in the RevenueBase company graph. Exact, Similar, Related and Broad control how closely companies must fit your description. This list uses Exact for “indie game development studios”; each Exact match badge shows search membership, not an individual similarity or quality score.

How many indie game development studios are there based in the United Kingdom?

RevenueBase identified 730 company matches for indie game development studios associated with the United Kingdom as of September 2026, using the meaning of business descriptions at Exact. This is the recorded matched set in the RevenueBase company graph.

What is the largest company on this list?

Cloud Imperium Games tops the displayed preview by professional contacts tracked in RevenueBase. Recorded headquarters appear in the company rows.

Which city has the most indie game development studios?

London leads with 188 company records, followed by Manchester (27) and Brighton (25).

How do I get contact information for these companies?

A free RevenueBase account lets you run this exact search and work limited free results with 500 credits to start. Upgrading provides access to the 3,845 professional contacts with verified work emails tracked across these 730 companies; direct dials are available where recorded.

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 SmartSearch, 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.