Wild River Games

German publisher of family / kids / casual video games headquartered in Ismaning (Munich area). Legal entity: Wild River Games GmbH (HRB 176895 Amtsgericht München). Managing Director: Marc Wardenga. Originally launched in 2014 as the games label of Munich-based film distributor EuroVideo Medien; later spun out as an independent GmbH still led by Wardenga. Catalog focuses on licensed family IPs (BIG-Bobby-Car: The Big Race 2020 via Simba Dickie / BSL partnership, Dinosaurs: Mission Dino Camp 2023, Eldrador Creatures: Shadowfall 2025 via Schleich license, bayala). MobyGames credits Published by (24) + Developed by (4) → Buyer/Publisher. Independent — no current parent corporate group; partners with Simba Dickie Group, Schleich, Studio 100 for licensed IP. 2026 UPDATE: HORSE CLUB Ride West (Schleich Horse Club license) launching October 9, 2026 physically and digitally on Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 5 per GamesPress and official news page; Steam publisher page live; gamescom-era GI.biz interview re-confirmed global publishing ambitions (MD Marc Wardenga); Ismaning/Munich HQ stands.

• Type: Publisher · Buyer
• Headquarters: Germany
• Data updated: 5 Nov 2026

Key facts

• According to Games Atlas analysis of shipped-game credits, Wild River Games published or developed 10 games released 2019–2026.
• Games Atlas data shows 4 of 6 Wild River Games titles with known production credits (67%) used external service partners.
• The most frequent external partner on Wild River Games titles is Independent Arts Software (5 shared credits, 2019–2022).

What Wild River 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, from how much work goes outside, how concentrated it is among incumbents, and how often new partners entered in the last three years.

• Publishing: Not enough data: fewer than 5 outsourced games. 1 of 10 credited titles used external partners (10%); 1 external partners, largest EuroVideo Medien (100% of outsourced volume); 0 outsourced and 0 new partners since 2023. Confidence: low.
• Localisation services: Not enough data: fewer than 5 outsourced games. 4 of 4 credited titles used external partners (100%); 2 external partners, largest toneworx (75% of outsourced volume); 0 outsourced and 0 new partners since 2023. Confidence: low.
• Audio design and production services: Not enough data: fewer than 5 outsourced games. 4 of 4 credited titles used external partners (100%); 5 external partners, largest toneworx (43% of outsourced volume); 0 outsourced and 0 new partners since 2023. Confidence: low.

External partners proven by shipped credits

• Independent Arts Software — Lead & co-development, 5 shared credits, 2019–2022
• toneworx — Audio design and production services, Localisation services, 3 shared credits, 2019–2020
• Ulysses Filmproduktion — Storytelling and narrative services, 2 shared credits, 2019–2021
• postperfect Hamburg — Audio design and production services, 1 shared credits, 2019–2019
• Big-Spielwarenfabrik GmbH & Co. KG — Storytelling and narrative services, 1 shared credits, 2020–2020
• LayerCake Studios — Art, assets and fonts production services, 1 shared credits, 2020–2020
• Otus2 Lokalisierung eG — Localisation services, 1 shared credits, 2022–2022
• Aesir Interactive — Lead & co-development, 1 shared credits, 2019–2019
• Zaxis Games — Lead & co-development, 1 shared credits, 2019–2019
• EuroVideo Medien — Publishing, 1 shared credits, 2019–2019
• Dynamedion — Audio design and production services, 1 shared credits, 2020–2020
• Sonic Liberty — Audio design and production services, 1 shared credits, 2020–2020
• metricminds — Motion capture services, 1 shared credits, 2022–2022
• Tonstudio Krauthausen — Audio design and production services, 1 shared credits, 2022–2022
• ActaLogic — Lead & co-development, 1 shared credits, 2023–2023

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/wild-river-games