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Company type | Subsidiary |
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Industry | mobile, desktop and browser games |
Founded | 2009 |
Headquarters | Herzliya, Tel-Aviv, Israel |
Products | Full list |
Number of employees | 1,300 (2022) |
Parent | Aristocrat Leisure Limited |
Website | www.plarium.com |
Plarium Global Ltd. (Hebrew: פלאריום) is a video game developer, publisher and subsidiary of the Australian gambling machine manufacturer Aristocrat Leisure. It is known for creating mobile, desktop and browser games in various genres including MMO, RPG, action, strategy, and casual.
Plarium has more than 435 million players worldwide.[1] Its games are available on iOS, Android, the Microsoft Store[2] and on PC/Mac via the game launcher Plarium Play.[3]
The company has more than 1300 employees[4] and has established studios in Herzliya (established 2009 and current headquarters),[5] Warsaw,[6] Kharkiv,[7] Lviv,[8] Kyiv,[9] Odesa[10] and Michigan.[11] In addition, Plarium acquired San Francisco-based Rumble Games[12] in 2017 and, in 2021, Helsinki-based studio Futureplay.[13]
There are more than 20 games in the Plarium portfolio.[14] Plarium's most popular game is the dark fantasy gacha RPG Raid: Shadow Legends, which has more than 80 million downloads.[15] Other Plarium titles include Mech Arena, Vikings: War of Clans, the Stormfall franchise (Stormfall: Age of War, Stormfall: Rise of Balur, Stormfall: Saga of Survival) and Lost Island: Blast Adventure.
Plarium has worked with celebrities, content creators, and notable Esports professionals in a promotional capacity, including Richard Tyler "Ninja" Blevins,[16] Oleksandr "s1mple" Kostyliev of the Esports team NAVI,[17] and actor Jeff Goldblum.[18]
Plarium has previously employed BAFTA award winner Jesper Kyd, known for his work on video games such as Assassin's Creed and Borderlands, to compose the music for its games.[19]