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Top 25 Video game development studios based in the United Kingdom

RevenueBase identified 730 video game development studios headquartered in the United Kingdom as of September 2026 and tracks 15,852 professional contacts across them, including 6,468 with verified work emails. London is the largest hub.

This list covers video game development 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 22, 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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The 25 largest video game development studios based in the United Kingdom

Ranked by team size
Top 25 of 730 video game development studios based in the United Kingdom, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 22, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to video game development 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
1Strong evidenceLondon, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 22, 20261,001-5,0001,208 contacts →

Strong evidence

“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: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
2Strong evidenceManchester, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 22, 20261,001-5,000834 contacts →

Strong evidence

“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: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
3Partial evidenceLeamington Spa, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 22, 2026201-500543 contacts →

Partial evidence

“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: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
4Partial evidenceSheffield, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 22, 20261,001-5,000542 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Since 2003, Sumo Digital has been creating award winning games across all genres and platforms.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
5Strong evidenceStratford, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 22, 2026201-500491 contacts →

Strong evidence

“Sports Interactive is one of London’s leading game studios – one team creating the world’s most immersive sporting realities, from our home at Here East.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
6Partial evidenceMiddlesbrough, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 22, 2026201-500390 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Double Eleven is one of the top three independent games publishers and developers headquartered in the UK.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
7Partial evidenceRadford Semele, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 22, 2026201-500379 contacts →

Partial evidence

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

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
8Indirect evidenceChiswick, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 22, 20261,001-5,000335 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“We are a unit of individuals, passionate about entertaining the world with creative, innovative experiences while being part of a vibrant gaming community.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
9Strong evidencePortsmouth, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 22, 202651-200298 contacts →

Strong 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 22, 2026
10Partial evidenceKnutsford, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 22, 2026501-1,000283 contacts →

Partial evidence

“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: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
11Strong evidenceTwycross, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 22, 202651-200250 contacts →

Strong evidence

“Rare is a legendary development studio dedicated to creating the kind of games the world doesn’t have.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
12Strong evidenceBrighton, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 22, 2026201-500247 contacts →

Strong evidence

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

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
13Strong evidenceNottingham, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 22, 202651-200231 contacts →

Strong evidence

“The Multiplayer Group (MPG) is a trusted games studio specialising in co-development and full-development for global partners.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
14Partial evidenceMerseyside, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 22, 202651-200230 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Founded in 2011 by colleagues who had a passion for one thing… making great games.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
15Partial evidenceFarnborough, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 22, 2026201-500221 contacts →

Partial evidence

“nDreams is the world’s biggest and most experienced #VR game developer and publisher.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
16Partial evidenceBrighton, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 22, 2026201-500198 contacts →

Partial evidence

“A Keywords Studio.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
17Strong evidenceNottingham, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 22, 202651-200181 contacts →

Strong 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 22, 2026
18Partial evidenceWakefield, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 22, 2026201-500176 contacts →

Partial evidence

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

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
19Partial evidenceChatham, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 22, 202651-200173 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Bringing you news and career opportunities from Dovetail Games, the award-winning developer and publisher of Train Sim World and Fishing Sim World.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
20Indirect evidenceLondon, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 22, 2026201-500161 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“INLINGO was founded in 2012.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
21Strong evidenceLeamington Spa, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 22, 202651-200146 contacts →

Strong evidence

“Lighthouse is a game development studio at the cutting edge of driving game development, and we’re building something special.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
22Partial evidenceLiverpool, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 22, 202651-200142 contacts →

Partial evidence

“A PlayStation Studio.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
23Partial evidenceLeamington Spa, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 22, 202611-50140 contacts →

Partial evidence

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

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
24Indirect evidenceLondon, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 22, 2026201-500138 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Our goal is to wow people with creativity and technology.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
25Indirect evidenceCambridge, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 22, 202651-200133 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Ninja Theory Ltd.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026

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

As of Sep 22, 2026
40.8%Verified-email coverage
21.7Average contacts per company
1-10Median size (employees)
28.2%Largest-city concentration · London
Sep 22, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10
486
11-50
148
51-200
64
201-500
20
501-1,000
3
1,001-5,000
7
10001+
1

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

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 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 “video game development 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 video game development 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 video game development 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, 6,468 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 22, 2026. Lists refresh periodically as the graph is re-checked.
Corrections
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Video game development studios by metro

  • Video game development studios in London206

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 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 video game development studios are there based in the United Kingdom?

RevenueBase identified 730 video game development 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?

SIDE, headquartered in London, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which city has the most video game development studios?

London leads with 206 headquartered companies, followed by Bristol (20) and Manchester (20).

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 6,468 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 730 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 22, 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.