CI Games

Independent Polish developer and publisher headquartered in Warsaw, founded in 2002 (originally a budget-range publisher, formerly known as City Interactive). Best known for the Sniper: Ghost Warrior franchise (over 11 million copies sold) and the Lords of the Fallen series (2014 and 2023).

• Type: Publisher and Developer · Buyer
• Headquarters: Poland
• Data updated: 15 Nov 2026

Key facts

• According to Games Atlas analysis of shipped-game credits, CI Games published or developed 8 games released 1993–2025 (+2 as distributor or contractor).
• Games Atlas data shows 7 of 8 CI Games titles with known production credits (88%) used external service partners.
• The most frequent external partner on CI Games titles is Keywords Studios (5 shared credits, 2008–2025).

What CI Games outsources and how open it is to new partners

The verdict rates how hard it is for a new vendor to win work in each discipline: how much of the work goes to outside vendors rather than staying inside, whether the same partners come back or change from project to project, and how often first-time partners got in over recent years.

• Art, assets and fonts production services: Open: partners change from project to project. Sourcing model: spread across many vendors (4 vendors per title, typical 3). 4 of 6 titles with detailed credits since 2015 used an external partner (67%); 16 external partners, 0 of them returning (0% of outsourced titles), most often A46 Studio (25%). Small base: a first signal, not a settled pattern.
• QA and testing services: Open: partners change from project to project. Sourcing model: regularly outsourced (1.2 vendors per title, typical 1.4). 4 of 6 titles with detailed credits since 2015 used an external partner (67%); 4 external partners, 1 of them returning (50% of outsourced titles), most often Keywords Studios (50%); since 2022: 3 first-time partners on 100% of 3 outsourced titles. Small base: a first signal, not a settled pattern.
• Audio design and production services: Full breakdown available to registered members.
• Additional development & engineering: Full breakdown available to registered members.
• Motion capture services: Full breakdown available to registered members.
• Localisation services: Full breakdown available to registered members.
• Porting services: Full breakdown available to registered members.
• Trailers, cinematics and cut-scenes Production services: Full breakdown available to registered members.
• Lead & co-development: Full breakdown available to registered members.

Members-only data, free account. The full sourcing breakdown for CI Games is available to registered Games Atlas members. Registration is free. After sign-in, the page shows for Audio design and production services, Additional development & engineering, Motion capture services, Localisation services, Porting services, Trailers, cinematics and cut-scenes Production services, Lead & co-development: share of titles outsourced, number of external partners, the largest vendors and their share, new partners in recent years, and how open each discipline is to new vendors, plus 35 more external partners. Create a free account.

External partners proven by shipped credits

• Keywords Studios — Art, assets and fonts production services, Additional development & engineering, QA and testing services, 5 shared credits, 2008–2025
• Native Prime — Localisation services, 3 shared credits, 2023–2025
• H2 Interactive — Publishing, 2 shared credits, 2020–2021
• Microsoft — Distribution, Publishing, 2 shared credits, 2008–2008
• Min Max Consulting — collaboration, 2 shared credits, 2024–2025

Group structure

• Hexworks (Developer)
• United Label (Publisher)

Methodology

Source: Games Atlas (gamesatlas.app), based on MobyGames production credits and Games Atlas analysis; the sourcing figures cover work credited on releases from 2015 onwards. One game counts once regardless of platforms, editions or add-ons. Games Atlas does not estimate revenue or report the performance of individual games. Profile: https://gamesatlas.app/companies/ci-games