Video games in Norway

The total value of the Norwegian games industry was US$328 million in 2018.[1] The Norwegian games industry managed a turnover of $42 million (NOK 330 million) in 2014.[2] As of 2015, there are 140 companies in the whole sector, with 565 people employed.[2]

In 2020, Tencent, one of the world's biggest video and online gaming companies acquired the Norwegian video game developer Funcom for $148 million.[3]

## Video game developers from Norway

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* 4 Gladiators Studio
* Agens Games (Also apps & mobile games)
* Arctic Hazard AS (Also co-dev)
* Billionworlds AS
* Funcom
* Hamar Game Collective (Founded by Sarepta Studio, Krillbite Studio, and Moondrop)
* Krillbite Studio
* Sarepta Studio
* High North Studios AS
* Hyper Games (Also co-devs, edutainment & porting)
* Megapop Games (Also mobile)
* Misc Games AS
* Proletary Games
* Ravn Studio AS (Former publisher)
* Red Thread Games
* Riddlebit Software (Also Riddlebit AS)
* Rock Pocket Games AS (Also co-dev: games, AR/VR. Former publisher.)
* Scape-IT AS
* Snowcastle Games
* Turbo Tape Games

## Defunct video game developers from Norway

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* Antagonist AS (Founded 2014. Inactive 2017? Staff moved to Audvyr Studio & Corvid Studio.)
* Artplant (Online games. Most employees from Russia then UK. Probably inactive after 2019?)
* Blink Studios (Founded 2011. Defunct 2015. Not the same as 2 other US studios.)
* Capricornus Computer Game Productions AS (Founded 1999. Defunct after 2002.)
* Corvid Studio (Design & audio. Founded 2017. Closed 2023.)[4][5]
* Moondrop AS (Co-founder of Hamar GC. Founded 2009. Probably inactive after 2019.)
* Offence Software (Founded 1991. Inactive after 1993. Amiga game dev.)
* Pineleaf AS (Founded 2016. Defunct 2022.)
* Trollpants Game Studio (Founded 2014. Defunct 2016.)
* Twilight Zone Software (Founded 1996. Inactive after 1997.)

## Video game publishers from Norway

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* Snow Cannon Games (Still active on Android)

### Publisher and developer firms

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* Agelvik Games AS[6]
* Caprino Video Games AS (Aka. CVG AS. Distribution & licensing subsidiary of Capricornus AS then Caprino Studios for Flåklypa franchise.) (See NO wiki)
* Corebreak Interactive
* D-Pad Studio AS
* Dirtybit AS (Mobile games)
* Frostisen Studio AS
* Lovheim Studios
* Machineboy AS
* Perfectly Paranormal AS (Games & animations)
* Rain Games AS (See NO wiki)
* Rubarb Studio (Aka. Rubarb AS. Ex-Apt Games in 2019-2021. Co founded by former CEO of Antagonist AS & Corvid Studio.)
* Slid Studio
* Studio Gauntlet
* Surrealist AS
* Teknopilot AS (Publisher & dev. Games, transmedia, audio, VR, edutainment, films, TV.)

## Defunct video game publishers from Norway

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* Playfish (Founded 2007. Closed or merged into Electronic Arts in 2013. London HQ. Norwegian, Chinese & US studios. Publisher & dev.)

## Popular games

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* Among the Sleep
* Daniel "Dani" Sooman's games:
* Crab Game (2021)
* Muck (2021)
* Flåklypa franchise
* Manual Samuel
* Owlboy
* Skald: Against the Black Priory
* Snufkin: Melody of Moominvalley
* Teslagrad
* The Longest Journey series
* Dreamfall Chapters
* The Secret World (Original version)

## References

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1. ^ Markets, Research and (April 9, 2019). "Norway Animation, VFX & Games Industry Strategies, Trends & Opportunities Report 2019". GlobeNewswire News Room (Press release).
2. ^ a b Guest writer (5 June 2015). "With studio numbers up 75%, the Norwegian game scene is booming but it's not without its challenges". pocketgamer.biz.
3. ^ "Tencent to grow gaming empire with $148M acquisition of Conan publisher Funcom in Norway". 22 January 2020.
4. ^ "Corvid Studio's Twitter feed". Twitter. November 3, 2022. Archived from the original on 28 April 2025. Retrieved April 29, 2025.
5. ^ "Corvid Studio's official site". www.corvid.no. Archived from the original on May 21, 2019. Retrieved April 29, 2025.
6. ^ "ABGames bio for Agelvik". ABGames. Retrieved July 12, 2025.

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Chronology of video games

Early history|

* 1947–1972

1970s|

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* 2018
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2020s|

* 2020
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* 2022
* 2023
* 2024
* 2025
* In development

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Video game history by platform

By platform|

* Early mainframe games
* History of arcade video games
* Golden age
* Timeline
* History of video game consoles
* Crash of 1983
* Console war
* History of mobile games

By console generation|

* First (1972–1980)
* Second (1976–1992)
* Third (1983–2003)
* Fourth (1987–2003)
* Fifth (1993–2005)
* Sixth (1998–2013)
* Seventh (2005–2017)
* Eighth (2012–)
* Ninth (2020–)

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Video game genres

* List of video game genres

Action|

| Platformer|

* Endless runner
* Platform fighter

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Shooter|

* Arena
* First-person
* Hero
* Light gun
* Shoot 'em up
* Bullet hell
* Rail
* Twin-stick
* Tactical
* Third-person

Survival|

* Battle royale
* Survival horror

Other|

* Beat 'em up
* Hack and slash
* Fighting
* Platform fighter
* Maze
* Pac-Man clone
* Snake
* Stealth

Action-adventure|

* Grand Theft Auto clone
* Metroidvania

Adventure|

* Escape room
* Graphic adventure
* Interactive fiction
* Interactive film
* Visual novel
* Walking sim

Digital tabletop|

* Deck-building
* Roguelike deck-building
* Digital collectible card

Puzzle|

* Hidden object
* Sokoban
* Tile-matching

Role-playing|

* Action role-playing
* Looter shooter
* Soulslike
* Dungeon crawl
* MMORPG
* Monster-taming
* Roguelike
* Roguelike deck-building
* Tactical role-playing
* Turn-based role-playing

Simulation|

| Life|

* Dating
* Farming
* God
* Social
* Virtual pet

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CMS|

* Business
* City-building
* Government

Sports|

* Fishing
* Racing
* Kart racing
* Sim racing

Vehicle|

* Flight simulation
* Combat
* Lunar Lander
* Space
* Submarine simulator
* Train simulator
* Vehicular combat

Other|

* Falling-sand
* Immersive sim

Strategy|

* 4X
* Auto battler
* MOBA
* Real-time strategy
* Time management
* Real-time tactics
* Tactical role-playing
* Tower defense
* Turn-based strategy
* Turn-based tactics
* Artillery
* Wargame
* Grand strategy

Other genres|

* Cozy
* Fitness
* Horror
* Survival horror
* Incremental
* Music
* Rhythm
* Non-game
* Party
* Photography
* Programming
* Typing

Related concepts|

| Themes|

* Advergame
* Bishōjo
* Christian
* Comedy
* Educational
* Girls
* Licensed
* Otome
* Sexual
* Eroge
* Nonviolent
* Personalized
* Sci-fi
* Serious
* Art
* Climate change
* News

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Player modes|

* Multiplayer
* Co-op
* PVP
* Single-player

Production|

* AAA
* Indie
* Doujin soft
* Fan game

Design|

* Casual
* Hypercasual
* Emergent gameplay
* FMV
* Gacha
* Kaizo
* Masocore
* Nonlinear gameplay
* Open world
* Sandbox
* Side-scrolling
* Twitch gameplay
* Vertically scrolling

Other|

* Minigame
* Toys-to-life
* Video game clone
* Video game modding
* Video game remake

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Video games by country

Africa|

* Ghana
* Kenya
* Nigeria
* South Africa

Americas|

* Latin America
* Brazil
* Colombia
* Canada
* United States

Asia|

* Bangladesh
* China
* India
* Indonesia
* Iran
* Japan
* North Korea
* South Korea
* Malaysia
* Philippines
* Russia
* Taiwan
* Thailand
* Turkey

Europe|

* Belgium
* Czech Republic
* Finland
* France
* Germany
* Greece
* Ireland
* Italy
* Lithuania
* Netherlands
* Norway
* Poland
* Russia
* Spain
* Sweden
* Switzerland
* Turkey
* Ukraine
* United Kingdom

Oceania|

* Australia
* New Zealand

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Video games in Europe

Sovereign states|

* Albania
* Andorra
* Armenia
* Austria
* Azerbaijan
* Belarus
* Belgium
* Bosnia and Herzegovina
* Bulgaria
* Croatia
* Cyprus
* Czech Republic
* Denmark
* Estonia
* Finland
* France
* Georgia
* Germany
* Greece
* Hungary
* Iceland
* Ireland
*   * Italy
* Kazakhstan
* Latvia
* Liechtenstein
* Lithuania
* Luxembourg
* Malta
* Moldova
* Monaco
* Montenegro
* Netherlands
* North Macedonia
* Norway
* Poland
* Portugal
* Romania
* Russia
* San Marino
* Serbia
* Slovakia
* Slovenia
* Spain
* Sweden
* Switzerland
* Turkey
* Ukraine
* United Kingdom

States with limited
recognition|

* Abkhazia
* Kosovo
* Northern Cyprus
* South Ossetia
* Transnistria

Dependencies and
other entities|

* Åland
* Faroe Islands
* Gibraltar
* Guernsey
* Isle of Man
* Jersey
* Svalbard

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