HeroCraft
Independent Russian video game publisher and developer headquartered in Kaliningrad, Russia. Legal entity: HeroCraft Ltd. **3 Moby refs unified per Atlas rules 16 + 17** (multi-office multi-label group consolidated to one Atlas node): (1) 'HeroCraft Ltd' (gc=13, main legal entity — Published 37, Developed 5); (2) 'HeroCraft Krasnodar' (gc=1, regional dev office in Krasnodar Russia — Developed 4) — per rule 16 (mid-size group office without distinct brand-identity → ref in HQ); (3) 'HeroCraft PC' (gc=1, dedicated PC-platform publishing label — Publishing label 4) — per rule 17 (sub-imprint of same operating group → ref in HQ). Founded in Kaliningrad in the early-mid 2000s as a mobile-first Russian publisher, later expanding into PC and console publishing under the dedicated 'HeroCraft PC' imprint. Hybrid publisher + selective in-house developer model. NOTABLE FRANCHISE: **King's Bounty** revival series (originally developed by 1C / Katauri Interactive, with HeroCraft publishing select mobile/budget editions and partner releases) and **WarPath** mobile RTS — alongside a broad mobile/casual catalog. Russian-market focused with international PC/Switch digital distribution. Independent — no parent corporation; privately-held Russian Kaliningrad operation. Moby records: 'HeroCraft Ltd' + 'HeroCraft Krasnodar' + 'HeroCraft PC'. FOUNDING DATA: founded 2002 in Kaliningrad (per Tracxn — founder Pavel Prokonich — and IndieDB: 100+ staff across European offices); MobyGames company history lists 2001 and Postal Wiki describes a 2001 origin by six enthusiasts capitalizing on the Java-game boom — founding-year sources vary (2001 vs 2002), founder attributions inconsistent across sources (Pavel Prokonich per Tracxn, Andrey Petrov per Avid wiki). MODERN STRUCTURE: operates as a Cyprus-registered group with Nicosia presence alongside the Kaliningrad studio (per Avid wiki); official 2022 contact: Leninsky Prospekt 155A, Kaliningrad (per MobyGames).
- Type: Publisher · Buyer
- Headquarters: Russia
- Activity taxonomy (by shipped credits): Publishing, Development, Trailers, cinematics and cut-scenes Production services
- Credited games in the group: 14
Partners proven by shipped credits
- Lion's Shade — Development, 4 shared credits, 2016–2021
- Yodo1 — Publishing, 3 shared credits, 2016–2021
- KishMish Games — Development, Publishing, 1 shared credits, 2024–2024
- Klabater — Publishing, 1 shared credits, 2024–2024
- Beijing New Era Network Technology Co., Ltd. — Publishing, 1 shared credits, 2016–2016
- Powerhouse Animation — Trailers, cinematics and cut-scenes Production services, 1 shared credits, 2017–2017
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/herocraft