This megathread serves to showcase a list of Canadian game developers. This list will grow over time, and will be better organized as time goes on:
Independent Canadian Game Developers (will organise this by city tonight - April 22nd):
- 13AM Games
- Achimostawinan Games
- BancyCo
- Behaviour Interactive
- Behold Studios - founded in Brazil, based in Toronto since 2019
- BitCutter Studios
- Blackbird Interactive
- Bloom Digital Media
- Brace Yourself Games
- Canari Games
- Capybara Games
- Chainsawesome Games
- Chasing Rats Games
- Clever Endeavour Games
- Clever Plays
- Cococucumber
- Daniel Mullins Games
- Doom Turtle
- Drinkbox Studios
- Extremely OK Games
- Fluxscopic
- Foolish Mortals (http website)
- Funselektor
- Hinterland Games
- HitGrab Game Labs
- Hololabs
- Hot Sauce Bread Studios (link leads to website of their game, Haste)
- Inflexion Games
- Itzy Interactive
- Kitfox Games
- Kitten Cup Studio
- KO_OP
- Komi Games
- Love Conquers All Games
- Lowbirth Games
- Lucid Dreams Studio
- ManaVoid
- Max Inferno Games
- Metanaut
- Mighty Yell
- Northway Games
- Norsfell
- Odyssey Interactive
- Only By Midnight
- Paper Cult Games
- Phantom Compass
- PixelNAUTS
- Pixile Studios
- Quill Game Studios
- Red Barrels
- Red Hook Studios - Subsidiary of Behaviour Interactive
- Red Meat Games
- Red Nexus Games
- Redstone Interactive - links to website for their game, Beyond The Wire
- Relic Entertainment
- Sabotage Studio
- Siege Camp
- Spooky Squid Games
- Studio Frequence - Site now down, may move to Defunct
- Studio MDHR
- Tactic Studios
- Torn Banner Studios
- Trebuchet Studio
- Tribute Games
- Two Tiny Dice
- Unreliable Narrators
Individual Canadian Game Developers:
Game Studios based in both Canada and the U.S.:
- Other Ocean - Partially based in Emeryville, California
Canadian Game Developers Owned by American Companies:
- BioWare - Subsidiary of Electronic Arts
- The Coalition - Division of Xbox Game Studios
- Compulsion Games - Subsidiary of Xbox Game Studios
- Haven Studios - Subsidiary of PlayStation Studios
- Invoke Studios - Subsidiary of Wizards of the Coast, a subsidiary of Hasbro
- Motive Studio - Subsidiary of Electronic Arts
Canadian Game Developers Owned by Other Foreign Companies:
- Bad Brain Game Studios - Subsidiary of NetEase Games (China)
- Big Blue Bubble - Subsidiary of Enad Global 7 (Sweden)
- Digital Extremes - Subsidary of Leyou (China)
- Eidos-Montréal - Subsidiary of Embracer Group (Sweden)
- Next Level Games - Subsidiary of Nintendo (Japan)
- SkyBox Labs -Subsidiary of NetEase Games (China)
Game Developers with Offices in Canada:
- Amazon Games
- CD Projeckt
- Gearbox Software - American company
- Rockstar Games - American company, office in Toronto, former office in Vancouver
- Ubisoft
- Warner Bros. Games - American company
Inactive Canadian Game Developers:
- Rocketship Park - Inactive since 2022
Defunct Canadian Game Developers:
- Alpha Dog Games - Shuttered 2024, Subsidiary of Zenimax Media and Xbox Game Studios
- Pseudo Interactive - Shuttered 2008, revived briefly in 2021
- Stirling Games - site down, site for only developed game down, socials inactive since 2021
- Tiny Titan Studios - Website down, socials inactive since 2021, assuming defunct
We have a handful of local meetups so everyone tends to know each other.
I am part of Skypyre Studios, as is Matt who is one of the 2 people running the website. We’re 10 friends who release games together.
The largest Studio is SnowedIn. They only have 1 game listed but they do a lot of contract work for studios like Ubisoft. Last I checked they had 50+ employees.
The most recognizable is Steelcrate games who made Don’t Talk and Nobody Explodes for VR headsets… originally at a local college game jam.
Another cool indie Studio is Breakfall. Who have 3-4 game’s listed. They’re currently making their own engine.
And there are numerous local indie’s who have made a game solo.