Goodgame Studios

Goodgame Studios
Type of site
Private
Available in26 languages
FoundedJune 2009; 15 years ago (2009-06)[1]
HeadquartersHamburg,
No. of locations3 (Hamburg, Tokyo, Seoul)
Area servedWorldwide
OwnerStillfront Group
Founder(s)
  • Kai Wawrzinek
  • Christian Wawrzinek
  • Fabian Ritter
Key peopleOleg Rößger (CEO)
Verena Schnaus (CFO)
IndustryMobile and browser games
Products
  • Goodgame Empire
  • Empire: Four Kingdoms
  • Goodgame Disco
  • Goodgame Fashion
  • Goodgame Gangster
  • Goodgame Big Farm
Revenue
  • IncreaseEUR202 million (2014)[2]
  • EUR27,972 million (2012)
[2]
Operating incomeEUR13.4  million[2]
Employees270[3] (2023)
URLwww.goodgamestudios.com
Advertisingyes
Registrationyes

Goodgame Studios is an online games company founded in 2009 by Kai Wawrzinek, Christian Wawrzinek and Fabian Ritter. The company is based in Hamburg, Germany,[4] and part of the Stillfront Group since 2018.[5] The company has created or acquired the rights to eight games, including Goodgame Empire, Jump Jupiter, Goodgame Big Farm, Goodgame Galaxy, Goodgame Hercules, Goodgame Gangster, Goodgame Disco, Goodgame Cafè, Goodgame Farmer, Goodgame Farmfever, Goodgame Fashion, Goodgame Poker, Shadow Kings: Dark Ages, Legends of Honor, and Infernals. Goodgame Farmer was discontinued on February 28, 2013, while Goodgame Cafè, Goodgame Disco and Goodgame Fashion were deleted on November 3, 2016. Jump Jupiter, Goodgame Hercules and Goodgame Farmfever were also removed. The company's lifetime revenue crossed $1 billion in November 2017.[6]

In December 2017, Stillfront Group AB, located in Stockholm, Sweden, acquired Goodgame Studios.

  1. ^ "Founding of Goodgame Studios". Goodgame Studios. 15 June 2009. Archived from the original on 20 December 2014. Retrieved 19 December 2014.
  2. ^ a b c "Goodgame Studios quietly becomes one of Germany's biggest game companies". VentureBeat.com. 30 March 2015. Archived from the original on 11 April 2016. Retrieved 8 May 2015.
  3. ^ Fröhlich, Petra (16 January 2023). "Die größten Games-Studios in Deutschland 2023 (Update)" [The largest game studios in Germany in 2023 (update)]. GamesWirtschaft (in German). Archived from the original on 21 January 2023. Retrieved 21 January 2023.
  4. ^ "Company Overview of GoodGame Studios". Bloomberg Businessweek. Archived from the original on 21 June 2014.
  5. ^ "Stillfront Group AB: Stillfront completes the acquisition of Goodgame Studios". Nasdaq. GlobeNewswire. 15 January 2018. Archived from the original on 15 January 2018.
  6. ^ "Goodgame Studios surpasses $1 billion in lifetime revenues in eight years". 29 November 2017. Archived from the original on 13 December 2017. Retrieved 10 December 2017.