Supercell (video game company)

This article is about a video game company. For other uses, see Supercell (disambiguation).

Supercell Ltd
Native name
Supercell Oy
Company typeSubsidiary
IndustryMobile games
Founded14 May 2010; 14 years ago (2010-05-14)
Founder
  • Ilkka Paananen
  • Mikko Kodisoja
Headquarters
Helsinki
,
Finland
Key people
Ilkka Paananen (CEO)[1]
ProductsSee § Games
RevenueDecrease €1.698 billion[2] (2023)
Decrease €580 million[2] (2023)
Number of employees
525[2] (2023)
ParentTencent (81.4%; 2016–present)
SubsidiariesHypeHype (51%; 2016-present)
Space Ape Games (62%; 2017–present)
Websitesupercell.com

Supercell Ltd (natively Supercell Oy)[3] is a Finnish mobile game development company based in Helsinki. Founded on 14 May 2010,[4] the company's debut game was the browser game Gunshine.net, and after its release in 2011, Supercell started developing games for mobile devices. Since then, the company has fully released six mobile games: Hay Day, Clash of Clans, Boom Beach, Clash Royale, Brawl Stars and Squad Busters, which are freemium fast-paced games and have been very successful for the company, the first two generating revenue of €2 million per day in 2013.[5][needs update]

Following its rapid growth, Supercell opened additional offices in Shanghai, San Francisco, and Seoul. In 2016, the company was bought out by Chinese conglomerate Tencent holdings, taking an 81.4% stake in the company valued at €8.4 billion.[6]

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