The gaming industry in Finland is one of the fastest-growing in the world’s gaming markets and has been ranked in the top three list of countries in Europe with the highest gaming revenue when compared to its population. Finnish game developers have come up with many interesting games that have taken the world by storm with games such as Angry Birds having a global presence and loved by many gaming enthusiasts.
In a survey conducted recently on the gaming industry in Finland, it can be argued that the population of Finnish game developers is significantly increasing over the years. This can be compared to other years when gaming companies used to rely on expatriates from other countries who were more experienced in game development.
With the internet and the numerous game development tools, Finnish game developers and companies are nowadays able to develop more interactive and user-friendly games for the Finish and international audience. Let us look at some of the top Finnish game developers and gaming companies. You can meet and greet most of the companies also in various conferences held annually in Finland.
Top Three Finnish Game Developers
SuperCell, Rovio Entertainment and Remedy Entertainment are the top three Finnish Game Developers. Let’s have a closer look of each of them.
SuperCell
Supercell is arguably one of the most successful Finnish game developers and is owned by Chinese internet company Tencent. The company was founded back in 2010 and is based in Helsinki, with its first game being Gunshine.net which is a browser game before venturing into the mobile game industry.
Their mission is to make games that are liked by many people around the world, which will remain remembered for a long period of time. Some of the most popular games under Supercell include Clash Royale, Brawl Stars, Clash of Clans, Hay Day and Boom Beach.
Rovio Entertainment
Rovio Entertainment is a Finnish game developers company based in Espoo founded in 2003 by three Helsinki University of Technology students and its best known for developing the game Angry Birds which took the gaming industry by storm.
The company has developed many games that can be played on various platforms such as Andriod, iOS, PC, among others, with games such as Angry Bird reaching one billion downloads on these platforms. The company has also ventured into the animation industry after acquiring Kombo, which is a Helsinki-based company in 2012 and now boasts of quite a number of short animation videos. Rovio Entertainment also oversaw the shooting of the Angry Birds movie which revolves around the game’s concepts.
Remedy Entertainment
Remedy Entertainment is a company that can be credited with bringing Finland’s gaming industry to global fame. It has developed award-winning games that run for PC, Android and iOS platforms. In 2001 the company won the BAFTA award for the best PC game of the year Max Payne which took the PC gamers by storm.
Some other notable games under Remedy entertainment include Death Rally and Alan Wake.