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Top 25 Video game development companies based in the United Kingdom
RevenueBase identified 546 video game development companies headquartered in the United Kingdom as of September 2026 and tracks 13,986 professional contacts across them, including 5,867 with verified work emails and 1,161 with mobile numbers. London is the largest hub.
This list covers video game development companies 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.
The 25 largest video game development companies based in the United Kingdom
Ranked by team size| # | Company | RevenueBase Smart Search | Contacts | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Strong evidence | 1,208 contacts → | |||
“Side (formerly PTW) is a global video game development and services partner, offering technical and creative solutions to many of the largest developers and publishers around the…” Source: company website · checked Sep 7, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 2 | Partial evidence | 834 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, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 3 | Indirect evidence | 558 contacts → | |||
“Recently named "The fastest growing company in Europe" by the Financial Times, Tripledot is one of the largest mobile gaming companies in the world, entertaining over hundreds of…” Source: company website · checked Sep 7, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 4 | Partial evidence | 543 contacts → | |||
“Playground Games was established in 2010, bringing together some of the most experienced and talented developers from the UK industry, with the vision to create genre-defining…” Source: company website · checked Sep 7, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 5 | Partial evidence | 542 contacts → | |||
“Since 2003, Sumo Digital has been creating award winning games across all genres and platforms.” Source: company website · checked Sep 7, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 6 | Partial evidence | 390 contacts → | |||
“Double Eleven is one of the top three independent games publishers and developers headquartered in the UK.” Source: company website · checked Sep 7, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 7 | Partial evidence | 379 contacts → | |||
“Making the most fun games for the world's players.” Source: company website · checked Sep 7, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 8 | Indirect evidence | 335 contacts → | |||
“We are a unit of individuals, passionate about entertaining the world with creative, innovative experiences while being part of a vibrant gaming community.” Source: company website · checked Sep 7, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 9 | Strong evidence | 298 contacts → | |||
“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: company website · checked Sep 7, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 10 | Partial evidence | 283 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, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 11 | Strong evidence | 247 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, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 12 | Strong evidence | 231 contacts → | |||
“The Multiplayer Group (MPG) is a trusted games studio specialising in co-development and full-development for global partners.” Source: company website · checked Sep 7, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 13 | Partial evidence | 230 contacts → | |||
“Founded in 2011 by colleagues who had a passion for one thing… making great games.” Source: company website · checked Sep 7, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 14 | Partial evidence | 221 contacts → | |||
“nDreams is the world’s biggest and most experienced #VR game developer and publisher.” Source: company website · checked Sep 7, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 15 | Indirect evidence | 198 contacts → | |||
“A Keywords Studio.” Source: company website · checked Sep 7, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 16 | Partial evidence | 181 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, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 17 | Partial evidence | 176 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, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 18 | Strong evidence | 146 contacts → | |||
“Lighthouse is a game development studio at the cutting edge of driving game development, and we’re building something special.” Source: company website · checked Sep 7, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 19 | Indirect evidence | 142 contacts → | |||
“A PlayStation Studio.” Source: company website · checked Sep 7, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 20 | Indirect evidence | 140 contacts → | |||
“This is a developer-first studio, an environment where talented individuals are nurtured, inspired and flourish.” Source: company website · checked Sep 7, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 21 | Indirect evidence | 133 contacts → | |||
“Ninja Theory Ltd.” Source: company website · checked Sep 7, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 22 | Strong evidence | 117 contacts → | |||
“Third Kind Games is a full-service co-development and full-development studio based in the UK.” Source: company website · checked Sep 7, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 23 | Partial evidence | 116 contacts → | |||
“Pixel Toys is a global developer and publisher of market leading digital games and entertainment, founded by industry veterans with a proven pedigree of delivering highly-rated…” Source: company website · checked Sep 7, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 24 | Partial evidence | 113 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, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 25 | Partial evidence | 111 contacts → | |||
“Criterion Games is an award-winning studio and Battlefield Studios developer at Electronic Arts.” 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: video 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 video game development companies.
- Partial evidence
- Its own public description names part of video 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 video 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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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 video 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 the United Kingdom whose own description of what they do matches “video 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 video 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 video game development companies, 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, 5,867 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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Video game development companies by metro
- Video game development companies in London144
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 video 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 video game development companies are there based in the United Kingdom?
RevenueBase identified 546 video game development companies 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?
SIDE, headquartered in London, tops this list with the largest team on record.
Which city has the most video game development companies?
London leads with 144 headquartered companies, followed by Dundee (15) and Nottingham (15).
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 5,867 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 546 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.
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