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Top 100 publishers and developers
that ship the most games.

The game publishers and developers that actually ship — and hold the budgets. Open a profile to see what a group builds in-house, which work it outsources and which partners it keeps coming back to. Know who to pitch, who to benchmark and where the opening is, before the first conversation.

Top 100 publishers and developers · ranked by game titles produced

Who ships the most —
and who they ship it with.

All figures are computed from published release credits — it refreshes as new data lands.

Updated 02 Sept 2026
001

Embracer Group

Publisher and Developer · Sweden

703

002

Ubisoft Entertainment

Publisher · France

456

003

PulluP Entertainment

Publisher · France

453

004

Microsoft

Publisher · United States

432

005

Eastasiasoft

Publisher · Hong Kong

360

006

Atari SA

Publisher and Developer · France

328

007

Bandai Namco Holdings

Publisher and Developer · Japan

303

008

Koei Tecmo Holdings

Publisher · Japan

302

009

Ratalaika Games

Publisher · Spain

286

010

8floor

Publisher · United Kingdom

276

011

Nacon

Publisher · France

272

012

Plug In Digital

Publisher · France

255

013

Marvelous Entertainment

Publisher · Japan

247

014

Square Enix Holdings

Publisher and Developer · Japan

239

015

Ultimate Games

Publisher · Poland

239

016

Electronic Arts

Publisher · United States

231

017

Sega Sammy Holdings

Publisher and Developer · Japan

229

018

PlayWay

Publisher · Poland

215

019

Nintendo

Publisher · Japan

203

020

Devolver Digital

Publisher · United States

188

021

Capcom

Publisher and Developer · Japan

173

022

Everplay Group

Publisher and Developer · United Kingdom

162

023

Kadokawa

Developer · Japan

157

024

Active Gaming Media

Publisher · Japan

156

025

Nippon Ichi Software

Publisher and Developer · Japan

155

026

Arc System Works

Publisher and Developer · Japan

144

027

Forever Entertainment

Publisher · Poland

140

028

Creobit

Developer · Russia

140

029

Sekai Project

Publisher · United States

126

030

PQube

Publisher · United Kingdom

125

031

QUByte Interactive

Publisher · Brazil

123

032

indie.io

Publisher · United States

122

033

Sometimes You

Publisher · Cyprus

121

034

H2 Interactive

Publisher · South Korea

120

035

Anuman Interactive

Publisher · France

119

036

tinyBuild

Publisher · United States

118

037

Idea Factory

Publisher and Developer · Japan

104

038

Warner Bros. Discovery

Publisher and Developer · United States

103

039

QubicGames

Publisher · Poland

98

040

Aerosoft

Publisher · Germany

93

041

Microcuts Holding

Publisher · Germany

92

042

Slitherine

Publisher · United Kingdom

88

043

Rainy Frog

Publisher · Japan

87

044

JanduSoft

Publisher · Spain

87

045

RedDeer.Games

Publisher · Poland

85

046

Komodo (Degica)

Publisher · Japan

84

047

Gamera Game

Publisher · China

83

048

Gaijin Entertainment

Publisher · Hungary

83

049

Combined Effect

Publisher · Sweden

81

050

Digerati

Publisher · United States

80

051

Ziggurat Interactive

Publisher · United States

80

052

Kemco

Publisher · Japan

80

053

Konami Group Corporation

Publisher · Japan

78

054

Paradox Interactive

Publisher · Sweden

78

055

Flyhigh Works

Publisher · Japan

73

056

Aksys Games

Publisher · United States

73

057

Somer Games

Developer · Ukraine

69

058

Kalypso Media

Publisher · Germany

65

059

MP Digital

Publisher · United States

64

060

Outright Games

Publisher · United Kingdom

63

061

Nazara Technologies

Publisher · India

62

062

COLOPL

Publisher and Developer · Japan

60

063

United Games Entertainment

Publisher · Germany

59

064

SNK Corporation

Publisher and Developer · Japan

59

065

Walt Disney Company

Publisher · United States

57

066

Iceberg Interactive

Publisher · Netherlands

56

067

Feral Interactive

Publisher · United Kingdom

54

068

Chorus Worldwide Games

Publisher · Japan

51

069

Assemble Entertainment

Publisher · Germany

51

070

Piko Interactive

Publisher · United States

51

071

Kairosoft

Publisher and Developer · Japan

50

072

Indienova

Publisher · China

49

073

Hamster Corporation

Publisher · Japan

49

074

Carenado

Developer · Chile

48

075

CIRCLE Entertainment

Publisher · Germany

46

076

Soedesco

Publisher · Netherlands

45

077

Annapurna Pictures

Publisher · United States

44

078

BFG Entertainment

Publisher and Developer · United States

44

079

ak tronic

Publisher · Germany

41

080

GameMill Entertainment

Publisher · United States

41

081

Fellow Traveller

Publisher · Australia

41

082

Klabater

Publisher · Poland

41

083

Gamersky Games

Publisher · China

39

084

DMM.com

Publisher · Japan

38

085

WayForward

Publisher and Developer · United States

38

086

Twin Sails Interactive

Publisher · France

37

087

Ocean Media

Publisher · Croatia

37

088

Just Flight

Developer · United Kingdom

37

089

City Connection

Publisher and Developer · Japan

36

090

MicroProse

Publisher · Australia

36

091

Interplay Productions

Publisher · United States

36

092

Super Rare Games

Publisher · United Kingdom

35

093

Enad Global 7

Publisher and Developer · Sweden

34

094

Untold Tales

Publisher · Poland

34

095

GrabTheGames

Publisher · United States

34

096

Hunny Bunny Studio

Publisher and Developer · Japan

34

097

Wired Productions

Publisher · United Kingdom

33

098

KRAFTON

Publisher · South Korea

32

099

NetEase

Publisher · China

32

100

Teyon

Developer · Poland

32

THREE MODULES

This list is the shortlist.
The platform behind it answers why.

MODULE / 01
Collaboration Map

Every publisher and developer here, inside its full collaboration graph

Open any group from the Top 100 and read the whole record: the studios it owns, the vendors it commissioned, in which discipline, on which platforms and across which years — with the studio, the label and the corporate group told apart.

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companies
45.4K
partnerships
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MODULE / 02
Industry Monitor

When a company changes — and when the market follows

A release list lags the market by years; budgets and reporting lines move in weeks. Insights Feed delivers funding, M&A, layoffs, leadership and greenlight events around your target groups, while Trend Map shows which shifts persist across quarters.

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this week
130+
sources
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MODULE / 03
Gaming Realms

Which segments these publishers and developers are betting on

Read a catalogue as a market position rather than a list: where player demand is moving, which genres and territories a group’s portfolio is concentrated in, and where it is under-invested relative to the rest of the Top 100.

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FREQUENTLY ASKED

How this publishers and developers ranking is built.

How is this list of video game publishers and developers ranked?

By the number of distinct games a corporate group is credited on as publisher or developer since 2015. Platform releases, editions and re-releases of the same game collapse into one title, so a group that shipped one game on six platforms counts once — not six times. Credits are rolled up to the parent group, so Capcom Japan and Capcom USA are one company, not two.

Is this a ranking of the biggest game publishers by revenue?

No. Revenue rankings of the largest video game companies are published elsewhere and tell you how much money a group makes. This ranks output — how many distinct titles it actually shipped — because output is what tells a vendor, a studio or an investor how much production work a group commissions and how consistently it ships.

What is the difference between the publishers and the game developer companies here?

Most groups in the Top 100 do both, which is why they are ranked in one list. Each profile separates the two: what the group develops in-house through its own studios, and what it publishes or commissions from external developers and service vendors — with the partners credited on those titles.

Can I use this to find a publisher for my game?

It is built for exactly that research step. Before you pitch, open a profile and check what genres and platforms the group actually ships, whether it publishes third-party titles at all, and which external studios it has already worked with. That tells you whether you fit its slate — and who inside its network already vouches for work like yours.

Why are outsourcing and service companies not in this list?

Service work is a different side of the market. Companies whose dominant credits are art, audio, QA, porting or localization are classified as vendors and ranked in the outsourcing directory instead. This list covers the buyers — the publishing and development groups that own the titles and the budgets.

How current is the data behind this game publishers list?

The ranking is rebuilt from the production-credit graph as new shipped titles and credits are ingested, and covers releases from 2015 onward. Corporate events that move faster than credits — acquisitions, funding, studio openings and closures — arrive through the Insights Feed, where you can follow any group on your list.