DOU has published the first rating of service game development companies in Ukraine. It takes into account the number of specialists, the geography of clients, and the types of services that studios provide for global titles.
DOU has published the first rating of service game development companies in Ukraine. It takes into account the number of specialists, the geography of clients, and the types of services that studios provide for global titles.
The largest player in the service market is Room 8 Group, which is ahead of its competitors in terms of team size. In the national game development ranking, the company is second only to product giants Playrix and Plarium. This is stated in the DOU study.
Pingle Game Studio and Volmi took second and third place in the service segment, respectively. Overall, the top 10 included studios that serve foreign markets, have teams in Ukraine or abroad, but pay taxes within the country.
Analysts noted that the share of technical specialists in these companies is on average 74%. The highest figure was recorded at Ulysses Graphics, the lowest at Stepico. Data from Program-Ace and Pushka Studios were not published.
All companies in the ranking have customers in North America. Western Europe is served by nine out of ten. The least covered regions are Australia and Southern Europe.
Kyiv is the main development center. Most of the teams that participated in the creation of such titles as Hogwarts Legacy, Call of Duty: MW III, Fortnite work here. Lviv is in second place, followed by Dnipro.
Most studios focus on game development and art production. Room 8 Group also specializes in cinematics, Pingle specializes in sound design, and N-iX works with VR and cloud solutions.
Service game development in Ukraine continues to develop despite the war. Studios retain their teams, adapt to challenges, and execute world-class projects, often keeping production within the country.
We previously reported how the European Game Developers Federation (EGDF), which represents over 2,500 game studios, published an appeal due to the change in US policy towards Ukraine. It emphasizes that the EU should add the gaming industry to its sphere of support for Ukrainians.
