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Top 25 Indie game publishers based in Canada
RevenueBase identified 314 indie game publishers headquartered in Canada as of September 2026 and tracks 2,875 professional contacts across them, including 884 with verified work emails. Montreal is the largest hub.
This list covers indie game publishers headquartered in Canada, 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.
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The 25 largest indie game publishers based in Canada
Ranked by team size| # | Company | Contacts | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 473 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Founded in 2007, Eidos‑Montréal is game developer and publisher best known for breathing new life into established intellectual properties, whether owned, licensed, or developed…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 2 | 111 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Since our founding in 2002, we have continually innovated in the video game industry, exploring solutions ranging from web platforms to immersive content.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 3 | 110 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Hypixel Studios is a fully independent, self-funded, entirely remote team of 60+ developers from around the world, building Hytale, a block-based adventure sandbox built to be…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 4 | 87 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Hello!” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 5 | 83 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Hinterland is a forward-looking independent game developer, publisher, and cross-platform entertainment company creating IP that engages millions of global fans in the joy of…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 6 | 50 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Thunder Lotus is a maker of beautifully powerful video games.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 7 | 42 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “n.): late 13c.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 8 | 39 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “DON’T NOD Montréal is the Canadian studio of the independent publisher and developer DON’T NOD.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 9 | 38 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Shifty Eye Studios, based in Calgary, Canada, is a collaborative effort between some of the most passionate veterans in the gaming industry.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 10 | 37 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Flyos Games is a Montreal based game studio.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 11 | 34 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “In the early months of 2014, two friends got together to discuss the creation of a new game studio.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 12 | 34 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Triple Boris is an indie video game studio.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 13 | 33 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Au début de l’année 2022, nous avons formé un collectif créatif, animé par la conviction que les jeux vidéo peuvent être une force d’imagination réjouissante et positive pour des…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 14 | 31 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Nine Dots aims at developing games that will drive the industry forward.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 15 | 31 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “An independent video game development studio based in Montréal, Québec, Canada.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 16 | 27 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 17 | 25 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “CAPY is an award-winning independent game studio based out of Toronto, Canada.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 18 | 24 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “A Vancouver-based independent game studio, Brace Yourself Games has rolled up some of the most experienced and talented independent game developers from around the globe.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 19 | 24 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Goose Byte was founded in the Mile-End neighbourhood of Montreal, Canada in 2021 and became fully independent in 2023.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 20 | 22 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “At Alpha Channel we are creators, and because of that, our ideas are our greatest resource.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 21 | 21 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Artisan Studios was founded in 2016 by a small team of video game veterans in Paris, France.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 22 | 21 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Awaceb est un studio de jeux vidéo fondé un 2016 à Bordeaux (France) par deux amis d'enfance originaires de Nouvelle Calédonie.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 23 | 19 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Noodlecake Studios is a small indie game studio based in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 24 | 18 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Founded by industry veterans, Komi Games is an independent developer and publisher of games for PC and consoles.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 25 | 18 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Spearhead Games is a Montreal-based independent studio.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 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 publishers. 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 publishers.
- Partial evidence
- Its own public description names part of indie game publishers, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
- Indirect evidence
- The description shown does not name indie game publishers. 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 publishers based in Canada at a glance
As of Sep 20, 2026Companies by employee count
Email recency for this list is measured worldwide rather than for Canada, so it is reported there. Company counts and contact totals on this page are exact for Canada, over 314 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 indie game publishers, 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 Canada whose own description of what they do matches “indie game publishers”. 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 publishers), 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 publishers, and records with no verified work email. Companies headquartered outside Canada 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, 884 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
- Wrong category, wrong headquarters, or a company that has closed? Use “Report an issue” on any row. Reports go to the RevenueBase Data Team and feed back into the company graph.
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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 indie game publishers, 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 publishers are there based in Canada?
RevenueBase identified 314 indie game publishers headquartered in Canada 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?
Eidos-Montréal, headquartered in Montreal, tops this list with the largest team on record.
Which city has the most indie game publishers?
Montreal leads with 71 headquartered companies, followed by Toronto (59) and Vancouver (35).
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 884 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 314 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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