Neowiz
Seongnam, South Korea-based publicly-listed game developer/publisher. Founded 1997. Owns Round8 Studio (Lies of P, 4M+ copies sold). Five+ titles in development including Lies of P sequel.
- Type: Publisher and Developer · Buyer
- Headquarters: South Korea
- Data updated: 5 Nov 2026
Key facts
- According to Games Atlas analysis of shipped-game credits, Neowiz published or developed 12 games released 2015–2025.
- Games Atlas data shows 2 of 5 Neowiz titles with known production credits (40%) used external service partners.
- The most frequent external partner on Neowiz titles is Wonder Potion (2 shared credits, 2022–2025).
- Kept in-house according to the credits: Lead & co-development.
- Games Atlas tracked 7 news stories about Neowiz in the last 24 months.
How to cite this page
Games Atlas — Games Industry Intelligence (2026). Neowiz — company profile. Data updated 5 Nov 2026. https://gamesatlas.app/companies/neowiz
What Neowiz 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, from how much work goes outside, how concentrated it is among incumbents, and how often new partners entered in the last three years.
- Publishing: No current demand: outsourcing here has dried up. 5 of 12 credited titles used external partners (42%); 6 external partners, largest Red Art Games (17% of outsourced volume); 0 outsourced and 0 new partners since 2023. Confidence: low.
- Lead & co-development: Closed: kept in-house. 0 of 5 credited titles used external partners (0%); 0 external partners; 0 outsourced and 0 new partners since 2023. Confidence: low.
External partners proven by shipped credits
- Wonder Potion — Lead & co-development, 2 shared credits, 2022–2025
- Liquid Violet — Audio design and production services, Casting services, 2 shared credits, 2023–2025
- GameOn — collaboration, 2 shared credits, 2023–2025
- ONEUNIVERSE — Art, assets and fonts production services, 2 shared credits, 2023–2025
- Original Force — Art, assets and fonts production services, 2 shared credits, 2023–2025
- Lionbridge Games — Localisation services, 1 shared credits, 2025–2025
- ADIA Digital Art — Art, assets and fonts production services, 1 shared credits, 2025–2025
- Pole To Win — Localisation services, 1 shared credits, 2025–2025
- AB Lingual — Localisation services, 1 shared credits, 2023–2023
- PTB Eurotransl — Localisation services, 1 shared credits, 2023–2023
- LingoNova — Localisation services, 1 shared credits, 2023–2023
- HIKE — QA and testing services, 1 shared credits, 2023–2023
- Ire Music Studio — Audio design and production services, 1 shared credits, 2023–2023
- Zebra Partners — Marketing and consulting services, 1 shared credits, 2025–2025
- Nanjing Super Animation Design Co., Ltd. — Art, assets and fonts production services, 1 shared credits, 2023–2023
- Virtuos — Art, assets and fonts production services, 1 shared credits, 2025–2025
- HeyBox Games — Marketing and consulting services, 1 shared credits, 2025–2025
- Funkey Studio — Art, assets and fonts production services, 1 shared credits, 2025–2025
- Dodo Studio — Art, assets and fonts production services, 1 shared credits, 2025–2025
- NeoBricks — Publishing, 1 shared credits, 2017–2017
- NS Studio — Lead & co-development, Publishing, 1 shared credits, 2017–2017
- Red Art Games — Publishing, 1 shared credits, 2022–2022
- Rootless Studio — Lead & co-development, 1 shared credits, 2021–2021
- TeamSuneat — Lead & co-development, 1 shared credits, 2021–2021
- Cosmo Gatto — Lead & co-development, 1 shared credits, 2022–2022
- Studio EIM — Audio design and production services, 1 shared credits, 2023–2023
- TransPerfect — Localisation services, 1 shared credits, 2023–2023
- Fakedice — Lead & co-development, Publishing, 1 shared credits, 2015–2015
- Bandai Namco Entertainment America — Publishing, 1 shared credits, 2020–2020
- Arc System Works — Publishing, 1 shared credits, 2017–2017
Latest related news
- Neowiz splits CEO role after Q2 profit drops 57%, elevates "Lies of P" creator to lead IP diversification (2026-08-12)
- Neowiz appoints Jason Park co-CEO, embedding its pipeline architect into executive governance (2026-06-12)
- Round8 Studio hiring AI Creator to formalize generative art pipeline ahead of Lies of P sequel (2026-05-11)
- Neowiz AI automation targets QA and data ops as Korean publishers race toward AI-first models (2026-01-07)
- Neowiz and Norma bet on quantum computing to future-proof game development (2025-03-17)
- Neowiz partners with Wolfeye Studios to publish ambitious sci-fi ARPG (2025-02-11)
- Fireshine Games names Brian Foote CEO as founder retires (2025-02-04)
Group structure
- Neowiz Bless Studio Corp. (Developer)
- Round 8 Studio (Developer)
- Rocky Studio (Developer)
- JnK (Publisher)
- DJMax Sound Lab Team (Developer)
Methodology
Source: Games Atlas (gamesatlas.app), based on MobyGames production credits for games released from 2015 onwards and Games Atlas analysis. One game counts once regardless of platforms or editions. Games Atlas does not estimate revenue or report the performance of individual games. Profile: https://gamesatlas.app/companies/neowiz