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Digital Games

Skåne offers a thriving game development industry with 1,800+ developers, 150+ studios, and is home to six of Sweden's 10 largest game studios.

Some facts about digital games in Skåne

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Access to highly skilled talent

Apart from the number of game developers and exciting studios, Skåne is also home to two of the best game development schools in the world. In total, there are 15 game educational tracks and about 650 game developer students a year.

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A thriving games industry

Six of the 10 largest studios in Sweden are based in Skåne​! Our games industry drew in 225mUSD in revenue and ​63mUSD in profit in 2022​, and the market has experienced an ​average annual growth of 30% since 2011.

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Heaps of creative potential

Skåne is home to three of the world's largest entertainment IPs – Starwars, Avatar and James Bond​, including a host of famous indie titles – My Friend Pedro, Cityscaper, Sayonara Wildhearts, Little Nightmares with additional games and potential future hits coming out every year.

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A vibrant & supportive community

Game Habitat, the world's largest game dev house, is located here. This non-profit organisation is a cornerstone in the community and a catalyst for knowledge-sharing, networking and development of both people & games.

1,800+

game developers located in Southernmost Sweden 

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of Sweden's largest studios are located in Skåne 

2,25mUSD

Region's game industry revenue in 2022

Comparative monthly rental costs per m2

USD300

Skåne region

USD420

Copenhagen

USD615

Stockholm

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World-class knowledge infrastructure

Skåne has access to two of the best game developer schools in the world – The Game Assembly, a globally renowned higher vocational school in game development, and Future Games another leading games education institution which has a campus in Malmö. in addition to the traditional high level education at surrounding universities

Highly diverse & veteran talent pool

Skåne is home to a diverse, broad and deep talent pool which includes 60+ nationalities as well as veterans from the earliest days of Skåne's games industry some 20 years back. These highly-skilled individuals and groups have worked on everything from indie to triple A development.

Global game industry players

Massive Entertainment's move to Malmö in 2000 helped Skåne become a thriving hub for game development. Today, Skåne is home to large global games industry players which includes Avalanche Studios Group, IO Interactive, Sharkmob, Thunderful Studios Group, and more.

Indie developers

Skåne's vibrant and deep games ecosystem is a breeding ground not just for established, well-known game developer studios, but also for very successful indie studios. These regularly produce world renowned indie hits across multiple genres, from 'Amnesia - The Dark Descent' and 'My Friend Pedro' to Sayonara Wildhearts.

Global games industry players located in Skåne

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Massive Entertainment – a Ubisoft Studio

The largest game developer in the Nordics with 700 employees from more than 50 countries. Main developer of multiple AAA games: Star Wars Outlaws, Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora and Tom Clancy’s the Division 1 & 2​

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Sharkmob

Sharkmob employs about 400+ people and is ​currently working on two projects – Exoborne and one unannounced title), and has launched one launched game: Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines.

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IO Interactive

IO Interactive is a Danish company that established in Malmö and is now 100+ employees. Makers of the successful Hitman series of games ​and currently developing two new projects: James Bond and “Project: Fantasy” .

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Avalanche Studio Group

Comprising three creative divisions, Avalanche has made several well-known games: Generation Zero, RAGE 2, Call of the Wild and more. ​With locations in Stockholm, Malmö & Liverpool, Avalanche is always looking for new talent.