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Top 25 Narrative design studios based in the United Kingdom

RevenueBase identified 190 narrative design studios headquartered in the United Kingdom as of September 2026 and tracks 1,623 professional contacts across them, including 682 with verified work emails. London is the largest hub.

This list covers narrative design studios 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 20, 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.

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190Companies
1,623Contacts tracked
682Verified emails
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The 25 largest narrative design studios based in the United Kingdom

Ranked by team size
Top 25 of 190 narrative design studios based in the United Kingdom, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 20, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to narrative design studios: 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 evidencePortsmouth, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 20, 202651-200298 contacts →

Partial evidence

“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…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
2Partial evidenceNottingham, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 20, 202651-200181 contacts →

Partial evidence

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

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
3Partial evidenceLondon, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 20, 202651-200124 contacts →

Partial evidence

Design.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
4Strong evidenceBrixton, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 20, 202651-200124 contacts →

Strong evidence

“We are an international architecture and interior design studio with a reputation for using storytelling to produce beautifully crafted design.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
5Indirect evidenceManchester, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 20, 202651-200100 contacts →

Indirect evidence

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

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
6Indirect evidenceLondon, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 20, 202651-20038 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Fire Without Smoke is a creative storytelling agency dedicated solely to the games industry.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
7Strong evidenceLondon, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 20, 202611-5036 contacts →

Strong evidence

“We're Maze Theory -a studio dedicated to pushing the boundaries of player imagination through narrative discovery, artistic excellence & physical gameplay mechanics.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
8Partial evidenceBrighton And Hove, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 20, 202611-5031 contacts →

Partial evidence

“We are a game development studio, committed to creating immersive worlds that captivate players.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
9Partial evidenceLondon, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 20, 202611-5028 contacts →

Partial evidence

“The Ink Factory is an independent studio with global reach, founded by Stephen and Simon Cornwell.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
10Indirect evidenceHaverhill, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 20, 202611-5018 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“SKC want to tell stories in ways that bring the audience into the world we are creating.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
11Indirect evidenceLondon, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 20, 202611-5015 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“NO GHOST are a collection of artists and programmers who share a passion for telling stories in new mediums.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
12Partial evidenceDerry, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 20, 202611-5013 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Dog Ears is an award-winning creative studio who believe in the power of stories on paper, devices, and screens of all sizes.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
13Indirect evidenceLondon, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 20, 20261-1012 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Founded with a single goal to create unforgettable story-driven games, lowiro brings together skills from all over the world to craft what we are truly passionate about.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
14Strong evidenceBuilding A4, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 20, 20261-1012 contacts →

Strong evidence

“Adẹ̀kọ́ & Co is an independent, multi-disciplinary design studio that specialises in storytelling, often through space and materiality, founded and led by Tolu Adeko, Creative…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
15Partial evidenceCardiff, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 20, 20261-1010 contacts →

Partial evidence

“We're Cloth Cat Games, an award winning development studio making games and interactive experiences for a variety of platforms.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
16Indirect evidenceBrighton, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 20, 202651-2009 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Proud creators of Dear Esther, Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs, and Everybody's Gone to the Rapture.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
17Strong evidenceWinchester, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 20, 20261-109 contacts →

Strong evidence

“Named after the good-humoured relationship shared from the founding team, Statler & Waldorf studio create strong, well thought through design and content.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
18Partial evidenceLondon, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 20, 202611-509 contacts →

Partial evidence

“We are a storytelling studio for those with a story to tell.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
19Strong evidenceEdinburgh, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 20, 20261-108 contacts →

Strong evidence

“Ink is a creative studio that specialises in creating compelling graphic narratives for architectural, interior and landscape projects.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
20Indirect evidenceOxford, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 20, 20261-107 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Great stories, told well, change minds.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
21Strong evidenceLondon, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 20, 20261-107 contacts →

Strong evidence

“5HT is a multi-disciplinary creative design studio.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
22Strong evidenceBristol, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 20, 202611-507 contacts →

Strong evidence

“Lusion is a digital design studio specializing in storytelling web experiences, branding, and 3D motion design.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
23Strong evidenceCrediton, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 20, 20261-107 contacts →

Strong evidence

“Smile More Productions is a UK-based Narrative Design co-development studio.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
24Indirect evidenceHolywood, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 20, 202611-506 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Italic Pig is a kickass indie game and animation development company based loosely in Northern Ireland.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
25Partial evidenceBrighton, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 20, 20261-106 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Bringing Narrative to Life, One Pixel at a Time Linx is a narrative agency and production company for the video games industry.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026

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Narrative design studios based in the United Kingdom at a glance

As of Sep 20, 2026
42.0%Verified-email coverage
8.5Average contacts per company
1-10Median size (employees)
49.5%Largest-city concentration · London
Sep 20, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10
157
11-50
23
51-200
10

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 190 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 narrative design studios, 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 “narrative design studios”. 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 narrative design studios), 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 narrative design studios, 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, 682 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
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Narrative design studios by metro

  • Narrative design studios in London94

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 narrative design studios, 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 narrative design studios are there based in the United Kingdom?

RevenueBase identified 190 narrative design studios 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?

Climax Studios, headquartered in Portsmouth, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which city has the most narrative design studios?

London leads with 94 headquartered companies, followed by Brighton (6) and Manchester (5).

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 682 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 190 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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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 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.