Magic Pockets SAS

Independent French game developer (Torcy, Paris area), founded 2000, focused on Nintendo handheld systems. One of the larger handheld devs in France.

• Type: Developer · Buyer
• Headquarters: France
• Data updated: 15 Nov 2026

Key facts

• According to Games Atlas analysis of shipped-game credits, Magic Pockets SAS published or developed 8 games released 2016–2023 (+1 as distributor or contractor).
• Games Atlas data shows 7 of 8 Magic Pockets SAS titles with known production credits (88%) used external service partners.
• The most frequent external partner on Magic Pockets SAS titles is GlobalStep (5 shared credits, 2020–2023).

What Magic Pockets SAS 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.

• Audio design and production services: Open: partners change from project to project. Sourcing model: regularly outsourced (1.2 vendors per title, typical 1.8). 6 of 7 titles with detailed credits since 2015 used an external partner (86%); 4 external partners, 1 of them returning (67% of outsourced titles), most often Willmyth Audio Productions (67%). Small base: a first signal, not a settled pattern.
• Art, assets and fonts production services: Possible: outsourced less often, but not to a fixed circle. Sourcing model: point top-up from outside (3 vendors per title, typical 3). 2 of 7 titles with detailed credits since 2015 used an external partner (29%); 6 external partners, 0 of them returning (0% of outsourced titles), most often Estudio Shout (50%). Small base: a first signal, not a settled pattern.
• Additional development & engineering: Full breakdown available to registered members.
• Porting services: Full breakdown available to registered members.
• QA and testing services: Full breakdown available to registered members.
• Localisation 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 Magic Pockets SAS is available to registered Games Atlas members. Registration is free. After sign-in, the page shows for Additional development & engineering, Porting services, QA and testing services, Localisation 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 24 more external partners. Create a free account.

External partners proven by shipped credits

• GlobalStep — QA and testing services, 5 shared credits, 2020–2023
• Microids — Publishing, 5 shared credits, 2020–2023
• Localsoft — Localisation services, 4 shared credits, 2020–2023
• Willmyth Audio Productions — Audio design and production services, 4 shared credits, 2020–2021
• GameMill Entertainment — Publishing, 2 shared credits, 2016–2022

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/magic-pockets-sas