Goodgame Studios

German video game company

Goodgame Studios

Type of site

| Private
Available in| 26 languages
Founded| June 2009; 13 years ago (2009-06)[1]
Headquarters| Hamburg,

Germany

No. of locations| 3 (Hamburg, Tokyo, Seoul)
Area served| Worldwide
Owner| Stillfront Group
Founder(s)|

* Kai Wawrzinek
* Christian Wawrzinek
* Fabian Ritter

Key people| Oleg Rößger (CEO)
Verena Schnaus (CFO)
Industry| Mobile and browser games
Products|

* Goodgame Empire
* Empire: Four Kingdoms
* Goodgame Disco
* Goodgame Fashion
* Goodgame Gangster
* Goodgame Big Farm

Revenue|

* EUR202 million (2014)[2]
* EUR27,972 million (2012)

[2]
Operating income| EUR13.4  million[2]
Employees| 270[3] (2023)
URL| www.goodgamestudios.com
Advertising| yes
Registration| yes

Goodgame Studios is an online games company founded in 2009 by Kai Wawrzinek, Christian Wawrzinek and Fabian Ritter. The company is based in Hamburg, Germany,[4] and part of the Stillfront Group since 2018.[5] The company has created or acquired the rights to eight games, including Goodgame Empire, Jump Jupiter, Goodgame Big Farm, Goodgame Galaxy, Goodgame Hercules, Goodgame Gangster, Goodgame Disco, Goodgame Cafè, Goodgame Farmer, Goodgame Farmfever,  Goodgame Fashion, Goodgame Poker, Shadow Kings: Dark Ages, Legends of Honor, and Infernals. Goodgame Farmer was discontinued on February 28, 2013, while Goodgame Cafè, Goodgame Disco and Goodgame Fashion were deleted on November 3, 2016. Jump Jupiter, Goodgame Hercules and Goodgame Farmfever were also removed. The company's lifetime revenue crossed $1 billion in November 2017.[6]

## Available games[edit]

### Browser[edit]

* Goodgame Poker (2009)
* Goodgame Gangster (2010)
* Goodgame Empire (2011)
* Goodgame Big Farm (2012)
* Empire: World War III (2019)

### Mobile[edit]

* Empire: Four Kingdoms (2013)
* Shadow Kings (2014)
* Big Farm: Mobile Harvest (2017)
* Empire: Millennium Wars (2018)
* Big Company: SkyTopia (2018)
* Empire: Age of Knights (2019)
* Big Farm Story (2020)
* Big Farm: Home & Garden (2021)
* War Alliance

## Goodgame Empire[edit]

Goodgame Empire is a free-to-play medieval castle-building strategy game launched in 2011. Players build castle and use troops to attack both computer-controlled and player enemies; they can join alliances, complete quests and take part in events. Goodgame Empire is available for web browser; Empire: Four Kingdoms is available for Android and iOS. In the game there are three main resource types. These three are food, wood, and stone. Besides those there are coins and rubies.

The four kingdoms in the game's name are the Great empire, the Everwinter Glacier, the Burning Sands and the Fire Peaks. The Great Empire is the main one, where the players build their first castle; as they reach higher levels, they can build a castle for each of the three other kingdoms, in which they can also produce special resources: coal in the Everwinter Glacier, oil in the Burning Sands and glass in the Fire Peaks. Besides the four main castles, players can have up to three outposts in the Great Empire, which are other castles that are specialized on the production of particular resources.

Players also choose and collect commanders and are able to equip them with armor and weapons. The game's lifetime revenue crossed $800 million in August 2017.[7]

## Goodgame Big Farm[edit]

Goodgame Big Farm is a free-to-play farming simulator. Players build up farms, producing and selling products. There are different farms to be unlocked as the player achieves higher levels, and the player also can then participate in various activities that last from 3 days to 30 days. Players can also join a cooperative and play with the teammates in their cooperative.

## Goodgame Gangster[edit]

Goodgame Gangster is a free-to-play RPG game, where players advance through levels and rankings in the leader board. Players collect items and weapons, completed quests and fight enemies and other players. It was called Goodgame Mafia from 2010 to 2012.[8]

## References[edit]

1. ^ "Founding of Goodgame Studios". Goodgame Studios. 15 June 2009. Retrieved 19 December 2014.
2. ^ a b c "Goodgame Studios quietly becomes one of Germany's biggest game companies". VentureBeat.com. March 30, 2015. Retrieved May 8, 2015.
3. ^ Fröhlich, Petra (16 January 2023). "Die größten Games-Studios in Deutschland 2023 (Update)" [The largest game studios in Germany in 2023 (update)]. GamesWirtschaft (in German). Archived from the original on 21 January 2023. Retrieved 21 January 2023.
4. ^ "Company Overview of GoodGame Studios". Bloomberg Businessweek. Archived from the original on June 21, 2014.
5. ^ http://www.nasdaq.com/press-release/stillfront-group-ab-stillfront-completes-the-acquisition-of-goodgame-studios-20180115-00394[bare URL]
6. ^ "Goodgame Studios surpasses $1 billion in lifetime revenues in eight years". November 29, 2017.
7. ^ "Goodgame Empire surpasses $800 million lifetime revenues". August 23, 2017.
8. ^ https://web.archive.org/web/20150204061016/https://www.goodgamestudios.com/company/press/releases/goodgame-mafia-is-renamed-goodgame-gangster/ https://web.archive.org/web/20180829045239/http://media.goodgamestudios.com/press/2012-10-10_GGS-PM_Mafia_Is_Renamed_Gangster_EN.pdf

## External links[edit]

* Official website