Game Freak

Independent Japanese game developer founded 1989 by Satoshi Tajiri, Ken Sugimori, and Junichi Masuda. Main developer of Pokémon mainline games. Privately held, operates as third-party developer exclusively for Nintendo platforms. Co-owner (1/3) of The Pokémon Company.

• Type: Developer · Buyer
• Headquarters: Japan
• Activity taxonomy (by shipped credits): Development, Game development and engineering, QA and testing services, Publishing, Art, assets and fonts production services, Audio design and production services
• Credited games in the group: 24

Partners proven by shipped credits

• Nintendo of America — Publishing, QA and testing services, 13 shared credits, 2018–2026
• Nintendo — Game development and engineering, Publishing, 8 shared credits, 2022–2026
• Nintendo of Europe SE — Publishing, 7 shared credits, 2018–2026
• The Pokémon Company — Publishing, 6 shared credits, 2019–2023
• Digital Hearts — Game development and engineering, QA and testing services, 6 shared credits, 2019–2026
• Mario Club — QA and testing services, 6 shared credits, 2019–2026
• FLAME Hearts — Art, assets and fonts production services, Game development and engineering, 5 shared credits, 2019–2026
• Rebuild Games — Art, assets and fonts production services, Game development and engineering, Trailers, cinematics and cut-scenes Production services, 5 shared credits, 2018–2026
• EXTREME — Art, assets and fonts production services, Game development and engineering, 4 shared credits, 2019–2026
• SuperSweep — Audio design and production services, 4 shared credits, 2018–2022
• Kojiro VFX Design — Art, assets and fonts production services, 4 shared credits, 2019–2022
• Connect+Echo — Audio design and production services, 4 shared credits, 2019–2026
• AtDawn Lab — Art, assets and fonts production services, 4 shared credits, 2019–2026
• Lotus — Art, assets and fonts production services, 3 shared credits, 2019–2022
• ILCA — Development, 3 shared credits, 2021–2022

Latest related news

• One More Level self-funded 40-50 staff through Take-Two's AA retreat, signed Lyrical Games (2026-09-09)
• Game Freak taps Koei Tecmo games list veteran Omega Force to build Pokémon's first life simulation (2026-02-20)
• Sony's State of Play 2026 strategy: a portfolio built to bridge the AAA gap (2026-02-12)
• Game Freak's game development outsourcing model redefines how legacy studios scale new IP (2026-01-23)
• Game Freak Pandoland shutdown: a mobile pivot post-mortem for legacy studios (2026-01-05)
• Ex-Annapurna Interactive veterans acquire Take-Two's Private Division as industry consolidation accelerates (2025-01-07)

Source: Games Atlas (gamesatlas.app), based on MobyGames credits and Games Atlas analysis. Games Atlas does not estimate revenue or report the performance of individual games. Profile: https://gamesatlas.app/companies/game-freak