List Of Indie Game Developers

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This is a list of developers of indie games, which includes video game developers who are not owned by nor do they receive significant financial backing from a video game publisher. Independent developers, which can be single individuals, small groups, or large organizations, retain operational control over their organizations and processes. Some self-publish their own games while others work with publishers.


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There are thousands of independent game development studios which either self-publish their titles, or enter into licensing or co-development agreements with publishers. This list is not intended to be exhaustive with respect to developers or their games, and includes only notable developers and their most notable game examples.

Developer City Autonomous area Country Notable games Notes
17-Bit Kyoto Japan
  • Skulls of the Shogun
  • Galak-Z
 Founded as Haunted Temple Studios in 2009
ACE Team Santiago Santiago Chile
  • Zeno Clash
  • Rock of Ages
Akupara Games Los Angeles California United States
  • Whispering Willows
  • The Metronomicon
  • Draw a Stickman: Epic 2
  • The Darkside Detective (franchise)
  • Rain World
  • Manifold Garden
  • Mutazione
 Includes developer and porting credited titles
Alec Holowka Winnipeg Manitoba Canada
  • Crayon Physics Deluxe
  • I'm O.K – A Murder Simulator
  • Aquaria
  • Night in the Woods
Alientrap Saskatoon Saskatchewan Canada
  • Capsized
  • Apotheon
Amanita Design[1] Brno Czech Republic
  • Samorost series
  • Machinarium
  • Botanicula
Ambrosia Software Rochester New York United States Escape Velocity series
AmnesiaGames Santiago de Chile Chile
Ankama Games Roubaix France Dofus Denton Designs
Anna Anthropy Oakland California United States
  • Dys4ia
  • Mighty Jill Off
Arcane Kids Los Angeles California United States
  • Zineth
  • Bubsy 3D: Bubsy Visits the James Turrell Retrospective
  • Perfect Stride
  • Sonic Dreams Collection
Arcen Games Durham North Carolina United States
  • AI War series
  • A Valley Without Wind series
  • The Last Federation
Arrowhead Game Studios Stockholm Sweden
  • Magicka
  • Helldivers
Artix Entertainment Land o' Lakes Florida United States
  • AdventureQuest
  • DragonFable
  • MechQuest
  • AdventureQuest Worlds
  • WarpForce
  • EpicDuel
  • HeroSmash
Atelier 801 Lille Hauts-de-France France Transformice
Aventurine SA Athens Greece Darkfall Online
Babaroga Chicago Illinois United States
  • Spore Origins
  • Zombies!!!
Basilisk Games Indianapolis Indiana United States Eschalon series
Bennett Foddy New York United States
  • QWOP
  • Getting Over It with Bennett Foddy
The Behemoth[1] San Diego California United States
  • Alien Hominid
  • Castle Crashers
  • BattleBlock Theater
  • Pit People
Benjamin Rivers Toronto Ontario Canada
Big Finish Games Salt Lake City Utah United States Three Cards to Midnight
Blitz Games Studios Warwickshire United Kingdom (England )
  • Powerup Forever
  • Droplitz
  • Invincible Tiger
Blue Fang Games Waltham Massachusetts United States Zoo Tycoon series
Bohemia Interactive Studio Prague Czech Republic
  • Operation Flashpoint
  • ArmA: Armed Assault
  • Take On Mars
  • DayZ
Boomzap Entertainment Singapore Singapore
Capybara Games[1][2] Toronto Ontario Canada
  • Superbrothers: Sword & Sworcery EP
  • Critter Crunch
  • Might & Magic: Clash of Heroes
  • Super Time Force
CBE Software Brno Czech Republic
  • J.U.L.I.A.
  • J.U.L.I.A. Among the Stars
CCP Games Reykjavík Iceland Eve Online
Choice Provisions Santa Cruz California United States Bit.Trip series Formerly Gaijin Games
Christine Love Toronto Ontario Canada
  • Digital
  • don't take it personally, babe, it just ain't your story
  • Analogue
Chromatic Games Gainesville Florida United States Dungeon Defenders
Christopher Howard Wolf Rocky Point North Carolina United States
  • DragonSpires
  • I'm O.K – A Murder Simulator
Cinemax Prague Czech Republic
  • Numen
  • Gumboy
  • Inquisitor
Colossal Order Tampere Finland Cities
Comcept Tokyo and Osaka Japan Mighty No. 9 Founded by Keiji Inafune
Compulsion Games Montreal Quebec Canada
  • Contrast
  • We Happy Few
ConcernedApe Seattle United States Stardew Valley Developer and publisher
Craneballs Studio Ostrava Czech Republic Planet Nomads
Croteam Zagreb Croatia
  • Football Glory
  • Serious Sam series
  • The Talos Principle
Crytek Black Sea Sofia Bulgaria
  • Knights of Honor
  • WorldShift
 Formerly Black Sea Studios
Curve Digital London England United Kingdom
  • Fluidity series
  • Stealth Inc. series
Cypronia Michalovce Slovakia State of War Formerly Cypron Studios
Daedalic Entertainment Hamburg Germany
  • Edna & Harvey series
  • The Whispered World
  • Deponia series
  • The Dark Eye series
  • The Night of the Rabbit
Daisuke Amaya Japan
  • Cave Story
  • Kero Blaster
Datcroft Games London England United Kingdom Fragoria
Daniel Benmergui[2] Buenos Aires Argentina
  • Today I Die
  • I Wish I Were The Moon
  • Storyteller
Daniel Remar Sweden Iji
Davilex Games[2] Houten Utrecht Netherlands A2 Racer
Dejobaan Games[1] Boston Massachusetts United States
  • AaaaaAAaaaAAAaaAAAAaAAAAA!!! – A Reckless Disregard for Gravity
  • The Wonderful End of the World
Denis Galanin Russia
  • Hamlet or the Last Game without MMORPG Features, Shaders and Product Placement
  • The Franz Kafka Videogame
Dennaton Games Sweden
  • Hotline Miami
  • Hotline Miami 2
Derek Smart Fort Lauderdale Florida United States
  • Battlecruiser 3000AD
  • Universal Combat
Derek Yu[2] Pasadena California United States
  • I'm O.K – A Murder Simulator
  • Aquaria
  • Spelunky
  • Spelunky 2
  • Eternal Daughter
Digital Eel Seattle Washington (state) United States
  • Weird Worlds: Return to Infinite Space
  • Strange Adventures In Infinite Space
Digital Happiness Bandung West Java Indonesia Dreadout
Dreadlocks Ltd Prague Czech Republic
  • Rune Legend
  • Dex
DrinkBox Studios Toronto Ontario Canada
  • Tales From Space: Mutant Blobs Attack
  • Guacamelee!
  • Severed
Dr. Panda[3] Chengdu China Formerly TribePlay
Edmund McMillen[2] Santa Cruz California United States
  • Gish
  • Super Meat Boy
  • Aether
  • Spewer
  • The Binding of Isaac
  • The Binding of Isaac
Elixir Studios London England United Kingdom
  • Republic
  • Evil Genius
Eurocom Derby England United Kingdom
  • Sphinx and the Cursed Mummy
  • Batman Begins
  • Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
  • Vancouver 2010: The Official Videogame of the Winter Olympic Games
  • GoldenEye 007
Evony, LLC Guangzhou China Evony: Age I
Extremely OK Games Vancouver British Columbia Canada
  • TowerFall
  • Celeste
  • Earthblade
 Formerly Maddy Makes Games
Facepunch Studios Walsall England United Kingdom
  • Garry's Mod
  • Rust
Firefly Studios London England United Kingdom
  • Stronghold
  • Stronghold 2
  • Space Colony
  • Stronghold 3
  • Dungeon Hero
  • Civ City: Rome
  • Stronghold Kingdoms
Flying Wild Hog Warsaw Poland
  • Hard Reset
  • Shadow Warrior series
Freebird Games Markham Ontario Canada To the Moon
Frictional Games Helsingborg Sweden
  • Penumbra series
  • Amnesia
  • Amnesia
  • SOMA
Frima Quebec City Quebec Canada
  • Chariot
  • Zombie Tycoon
Frogwares Kyiv Ukraine
  • Journey to the Center of the Earth
  • Sherlock Holmes: Secret of the Silver Earring
  • Sherlock Holmes
  • Dracula
Frontier Developments Cambridge United Kingdom (England )
  • Frontier
  • LostWinds
  • LostWinds: Winter of the Melodias
The Fullbright Company[2] Portland, Oregon Oregon United States Gone Home
Games Distillery Bratislava Bratislava Region Slovakia Aqua
GarageGames Eugene Oregon United States Marble Blast Ultra
Giant Sparrow Santa Monica California United States
  • The Unfinished Swan
  • What Remains of Edith Finch
Giant Squid Santa Monica California United States
  • Abzû
  • The Pathless
Gogii Games Moncton New Brunswick Canada
Greenheart Games Brisbane Queensland Australia Game Dev Tycoon
Grip Digital Prague Czech Republic
  • Atomic Ninjas
  • The Solus Project
Guild Software Milwaukee Wisconsin United States Vendetta Online
Haemimont Games Sofia Bulgaria
  • Tropico 3
  • Tzar: Burden of the Crown
Halfbrick Studios Brisbane Queensland Australia
  • Fruit Ninja
  • Jetpack Joyride
Hanako Games United Kingdom
  • Cute Knight
  • Fatal Hearts
hap inc. Tokyo Japan
  • Hide & Dance!
  • Mom Hid My Game! series
Hazelight Studios Stockholm Sweden
  • A Way Out
  • It Takes Two
Heart Machine Culver City California United States Hyper Light Drifter
Hello Games[1] Guildford England United Kingdom
  • Joe Danger series
  • No Man's Sky
  • The Last Campfire
Hexage Mníšek pod Brdy Czech Republic
  • Reaper
  • Redcon
Hidden Path Entertainment Bellevue Washington (state) United States
  • Defense Grid
  • Defense Grid 2
Himalaya Studios Chandler Arizona United States Al Emmo and the Lost Dutchman's Mine
House House Melbourne Victoria Australia Untitled Goose Game
Ice-Pick Lodge Moscow Russia
  • Pathologic
  • The Void
Image & Form Gothenburg Sweden SteamWorld series
Inti Creates Ichikawa Chiba Japan
  • Mega Man Zero series
  • Mega Man ZX series
  • Gal Gun series
  • Azure Striker Gunvolt series
  • Blaster Master Zero
 Developer and publisher, formed by ex-Capcom staff
Introversion Software United Kingdom
  • Uplink
  • Darwinia
  • DEFCON
  • Subversion (cancelled)
  • Multiwinia
  • Prison Architect
Invictus Games Debrecen Hungary Project Torque
Jagex Cambridge England United Kingdom
  • RuneScape
  • Ace of Spades
Jason Rohrer[1] Potsdam New York United States
  • Passage
  • Gravitation
  • Between
Jonatan "Cactus" Söderström[1] Gothenburg Sweden Clean Asia!
Jph Wacheski Ottawa Ontario Canada
Keen Software House Prague Czech Republic
  • Miner Wars 2081
  • Space Engineers
Kiro'o Games Yaounde Cameroon Aurion
Kitfox Games Montreal Quebec Canada
  • Shattered Planet
  • The Shrouded Isle
  • Boyfriend Dungeon
  • Pupperazzi
 Developer and publisher
Kloonigames[1] Finland Crayon Physics Deluxe
Kunos Simulazioni Vallelunga Circuit Latium Italy
  • Assetto Corsa
  • Ferrari Virtual Academy
  • netKar Pro
Laminar Research Columbia South Carolina United States X-Plane
Larian Studios Ghent Belgium
  • Divinity
  • Divinity
  • Baldur's Gate III
 Developer and publisher
Lazy 8 Studios San Francisco California United States
  • Cogs
  • BioShock Infinite: Industrial Revolution
Lindsay Grace Washington, DC District of Columbia United States Big Huggin'
Little Green Men Games Zagreb Croatia
  • Starpoint Gemini
  • Starpoint Gemini 2
Llamasoft United Kingdom
  • Polybius (2017 video game)
  • Space Giraffe
  • Gridrunner Revolution
Madfinger Games Brno Czech Republic
  • Shadowgun
  • Dead Trigger
  • Dead Trigger 2
  • Unkilled
  • Shadowgun Legends
MDickie United Kingdom Wrestling Empire
Mega Cat Studios Pittsburgh Pennsylvania United States
  • Bite the Bullet
  • Log Jammers
Messhof Los Angeles California United States Nidhogg
MidBoss San Francisco California United States Read Only Memories
Mighty Rabbit Studios Cary North Carolina United States
  • Saturday Morning RPG
  • Breach & Clear
  • Breach & Clear: Deadline
Mode 7 Games Brighton East Sussex England
  • Frozen Synapse series
  • Tokyo 42
Mike Bithell United Kingdom
  • Thomas Was Alone
  • Volume
Molleindustria Turin Italy
  • Faith Fighter
  • Phone Story
Moon Studios Vienna Austria
  • Ori and the Blind Forest
  • Ori and the Will of the Wisps
 The studio began as a xbox game studios first-party developer and their first commercial video game was the Ori video game series which was entirely financed by Microsoft who also holds the games Intellectual Property.
Muse Games New York City New York United States Guns of Icarus Online
NeocoreGames Budapest Hungary The Incredible Adventures of Van Helsing
New Star Games United Kingdom New Star Soccer
Nicalis Santa Ana California United States
  • NightSky
  • Cave Story
  • VVVVVV
  • 1001 Spikes
  • The Binding of Isaac
 Developer and publisher
Nifflas Umeå Sweden
  • Knytt
  • Knytt Stories
  • Within a Deep Forest
Nival Interactive Moscow Russia
  • Blitzkrieg
  • Silent Storm
Number None California United States
  • Braid
  • The Witness
The Odd Gentlemen[1] California United States The Misadventures of P.B. Winterbottom
Owlchemy Labs Boston Massachusetts United States
  • Snuggle Truck
  • AaaaaAAaaaAAAaaAAAAaAAAAA!!!
  • Rick and Morty
  • Job Simulator: The 2050 Archives
Parallax Studio Nixa Missouri United States Darkstar
PixelJAM Games United States Dino Run
Polytron Corporation[1] Montreal Quebec Canada Fez
Playdead[1] Copenhagen Denmark
  • Limbo
  • Inside
Puppy Games Notting Hill England United Kingdom
  • Revenge of the Titans
  • Droid Assault
Positech Games United Kingdom
  • Democracy
  • Gratuitous Space Battles
Private Moon Studios Hungary
  • AGON series
  • Yoomurjak's Ring
Provox Games Zagreb Croatia Space Force
Punch Entertainment Palo Alto California United States
Q-Games Kyoto Kyoto Prefecture Japan
  • Star Fox Command
  • PixelJunk series
Queasy Games Canada
  • Everyday Shooter
  • Sound Shapes
Rake in Grass Prague Czech Republic
  • Jets 'n' Guns
  • Larva Mortus
Red Barrels Montreal Quebec Canada
  • Outlast
  • Outlast 2
  • The Outlast Trials
 Developer and publisher
Red Thread Games Oslo Norway
  • Dreamfall Chapters
  • Draugen
Renegade Kid Austin, Texas Texas United States Mutant Mudds
Relentless Software Brighton England United Kingdom
  • Buzz!
  • Blue Toad Murder Files
Re-Logic Floyds Knobs Indiana United States Terraria
Renegade Kid Austin, Texas Texas United States
  • Dementium
  • Moon
  • Dementium II
Roll7 London England United Kingdom
  • OlliOlli
  • OlliOlli2
  • Not a Hero
Ronimo Games[1] Utrecht Netherlands
  • de Blob
  • Swords & Soldiers
  • Awesomenauts
Rovio Entertainment Espoo Finland Angry Birds
S2 Games Rohnert Park California United States
  • Savage
  • Savage 2
  • Heroes of Newerth
Saber Interactive Millburn New Jersey United States
  • Will Rock
  • TimeShift
Sandlot Games Bothell Washington (state) United States Cake Mania
Santa Cruz Games Santa Cruz California United States
  • Tomb Raider
  • Godzilla Unleashed: Double Smash
Schell Games Pittsburgh Pennsylvania United States I Expect You To Die Developer and publisher
Scott Cawthon Salado Texas United States Five Nights at Freddy's series Since 2021 only active as a publisher
Semi Secret Software[1] Austin, Texas Texas United States Canabalt
Sidhe Wellington New Zealand
  • GripShift
  • Shatter
  • Rugby Challenge series
  • Rugby League series (2003-2010)
Simogo Malmö Sweden
  • Device 6
  • Year Walk
  • Beat Sneak Bandit
  • Bumpy Road
Silver Creek Entertainment Grants Pass Oregon United States Soltrio Solitaire
Ska Studios Marcy New York United States
  • Survival Crisis Z
  • The Dishwasher
  • I MAED A GAM3 W1TH Z0MB1ES 1NIT!!!1
  • The Dishwasher
  • Charlie Murder
  • Salt and Sanctuary
Skygoblin Gothenburg Sweden The Journey Down
Sokpop Collective Utrecht Utrecht Netherlands
Soldak Entertainment Dallas Texas United States
  • Depths of Peril
  • Kivi's Underworld
  • Din's Curse
Spiderweb Software Seattle Washington (state) United States
  • Exile series
  • Avernum series
  • Geneforge series
  • Nethergate
Stardock Plymouth Michigan United States
  • Galactic Civilizations series
  • Elemental series
  • The Political Machine series
Stoic Studio Austin, Texas Texas United States The Banner Saga series
Storm Impact Glenview Illinois United States TaskMaker
Studio Pixel Japan
  • Cave Story
  • Ikachan
  • Kero Blaster
Studio Thunderhorse Roseville California United States Flynn
Subatomic Studios Boston Massachusetts United States Fieldrunners
Supergiant Games San Jose California United States
  • Bastion
  • Transistor
  • Pyre
  • Hades
SuperVillain Studios Santa Ana California United States
  • Dungeon Siege
  • Order Up!
Tarsier Studios Malmö Sweden Little Nightmares
Tale of Tales Ghent Belgium
  • The Endless Forest
  • The Graveyard
  • The Path
TaleWorlds Ankara Turkey
  • Mount&Blade
  • Mount&Blade: Warband
  • Mount&Blade: With Fire & Sword
Team Shanghai Alice Ebina Kanagawa Japan Touhou Project
Telltale Games San Rafael California United States
  • Sam & Max episodic series
  • The Walking Dead series
  • Tales from the Borderlands
  • The Wolf Among Us
  • Game of Thrones
  • Minecraft
Terry Cavanagh London England United Kingdom
  • VVVVVV
  • Super Hexagon
  • Dicey Dungeons
thatgamecompany[1] Los Angeles California United States
  • flOw
  • Cloud
  • Flower
  • Journey
Three Rings Design San Francisco California United States
  • Yohoho! Puzzle Pirates
  • Bang! Howdy
  • Whirled
  • Spiral Knights
Thunder Lotus Games Montreal Quebec Canada
  • Jotun
  • Sundered
  • Spiritfarer
Tiger Style[2] Austin, Texas Texas United States
  • Waking Mars
  • Spider
  • Spider
tinyBuild Bothell Washington (state) United States No Time to Explain Since 2016 only active as a publisher
Terri Vellmann Brazil Heavy Bullets
Toby Fox Boston Massachusetts United States
  • Undertale
  • Deltarune
Torpex Games Bellevue Washington (state) United States Schizoid
Tomorrow Corporation United States
  • Little Inferno
  • World of Goo
Tribute Games Montreal Quebec Canada
  • Wizorb
  • Mercenary Kings
  • Curses 'N Chaos
 Developer and publisher
Trickster Arts Brno Czech Republic
  • Hero of Many
  • Hackers
Uber Entertainment Kirkland Washington (state) United States
  • Planetary Annihilation
  • Monday Night Combat
  • Super Monday Night Combat
Vectorpark Brooklyn New York United States
  • Windosill
  • Metamorphabet
Vlambeer[2] Utrecht Netherlands
  • Super Crate Box
  • Serious Sam
  • Luftrausers
  • Nuclear Throne
VoxelStorm Manchester England United Kingdom
  • GolfXTRM
  • Fractyr
  • AdvertCity
Wadjet Eye Games New York City New York United States
  • The Shivah
  • Blackwell series
  • Gemini Rue
  • Shardlight
WayForward Technologies, Inc. Valencia California United States
  • Shantae series
  • Contra 4
  • A Boy and His Blob
  • Mighty Switch Force series
  • Double Dragon Neon
  • DuckTales Remastered
Wolfire Games Berkeley California United States
  • Black Shades
  • Lugaru: The Rabbit's Foot
  • Overgrowth
XGen Studios Edmonton Alberta Canada
  • Defend Your Castle
  • Super Motherload
XMG Studio Toronto Ontario Canada
Xona Games[4] Yarmouth Nova Scotia Canada
  • Decimation X series
  • Score Rush series
Yacht Club Games Valencia California United States Shovel Knight Founded by former Wayforward director Sean Velasco
Young Horses Chicago Illinois United States
  • Octodad
  • Octodad
  • Bugsnax
Zachtronics Seattle Washington (state) United States
  • Infiniminer
  • SpaceChem
Zoetrope Interactive Istanbul Turkey
  • Darkness Within
  • Darkness Within: The Dark Lineage
Zoink Gothenburg Sweden
  • PlayStation All-Stars Island
  • The Kore Gang
Zoonami Cambridge England United Kingdom
  • Zendoku
  • Bonsai Barber
ZootFly Ljubljana Slovenia First Battalion

See also

  • Casual game
  • Dojin soft
  • Fangame
  • Indie game
  • List of video game developers

References

  1. ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 Webster, Andrew (June 23, 2012). "26 indie game developers you need to follow". GamesRadar. Future plc. http://www.gamesradar.com/26-indie-game-developers-you-need-to-follow/. 
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 Campbell, Colin (December 18, 2012). "12 Top Indie Developers Talk Games". IGN. j2 Global. http://www.ign.com/articles/2012/12/18/12-top-indie-developers-talk-games. 
  3. ↑ "TribePlay Rebrands as Dr. Panda in Honor of Children's Game Franchise". adweek.com. http://www.adweek.com/socialtimes/tribeplay-rebrands-as-dr-panda-in-honor-of-childrens-game-franchise/617061. 
  4. ↑ Charla, Chris (February 27, 2014). "New Developers Sign On to ID@Xbox". Xbox Wire. Microsoft. http://news.xbox.com/2014/02/xbox-one-id-xbox-new-developers. 

External links

  • Indie DB, a comprehensive database of indie developers and titles.



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