Independent developers may choose to work with one or more game publishers or to self-publish their titles.
Company |
Location |
Notable games |
2D Boy |
San Francisco, California, USA |
World of Goo |
3G Studios |
Reno, Nevada, USA |
The Dating Game
Brave Arms
Zombeat
The Deep
Skate or Die
Jillian Michaels' Fitness Ultimatum 2009
Rock Band (w/Harmonix) |
4D Rulers Software |
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Gore: Ultimate Soldier
Secret Service 2
Patriots: A Nation Under Fire |
ACE Team |
Santiago, Chile |
Zeno Clash |
Aldorlea Games |
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Laxius Force
3 Stars of Destiny
Millennium |
Alec Holowka |
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada |
Crayon Physics Deluxe
I'm O.K – A Murder Simulator
Aquaria (video game) |
Amanita Design |
Czech Republic |
Machinarium
Samorost 2
Samorost |
Amaranth Games |
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Aveyond
Grimm's Hatchery
Yummy Drink Factory
Aveyond 2 |
Ambrosia Software |
Rochester, New York, USA |
Escape Velocity series |
Artix Entertainment |
Land O' Lakes, Florida, USA |
Adventurequest
Archknight
Dragonfable
Mechquest
Adventurequest Worlds
Hero Smash |
Babaroga |
Chicago, IL, USA |
Spore Origins
Zombies!!! |
Basilisk Games |
Indianapolis, Indiana, USA |
Eschalon series |
The Behemoth |
San Diego, California, USA |
Alien Hominid
Castle Crashers
BattleBlock Theater |
Benjamin Rivers |
Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
Drunken Rampage
The Ascent
SNOW |
Big Finish Games |
Salt Lake City, Utah, USA |
Three Cards to Midnight |
Bit Blot |
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Aquaria |
Blitz Games Studios |
Warwickshire, England, UK |
Powerup Forever
Droplitz
Invincible Tiger: The Legend of Han Tao
Encleverment Experiment |
Blossomsoft |
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Eternal Eden |
Blue Fang Games |
Waltham, Massachusetts, USA |
Zoo Tycoon series |
Bohemia Interactive Studio |
Prague, Czech Republic |
Operation Flashpoint: Cold War Crisis
ArmA: Armed Assault |
Boomzap Entertainment |
Singapore, Singapore |
Awakening: The Dreamless Castle
Jewels of Cleopatra |
Bplus |
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Plättchen Twist 'n' Paint |
Broken Rules |
Vienna, Austria |
And Yet It Moves |
Capybara Games |
Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
Critter Crunch
Might & Magic: Clash of Heroes |
Caravel Games |
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Deadly Rooms of Death |
Castle Thorn Software LLC |
Hamilton, Montana, USA |
StarQuest Online |
Chedburn Networks Limited |
Bristol, UK |
Torn_(online_game) |
Christopher Howard Wolf |
Rocky Point, North Carolina, USA |
DragonSpires
Hell Rising
I'm O.K – A Murder Simulator |
Chronic Logic |
Santa Cruz, California, USA |
Bridge Builder
Gish |
Cing |
Fukuoka, Japan |
Another Code: Two Memories
Hotel Dusk: Room 215
Another Code: R - A Journey into Lost Memories
Little King's Story |
Citérémis |
Sherbrooke, Québec |
Aztaka |
ClockStone Software |
Innsbruck, Austria |
Avencast: Rise of the Mage |
cly5m |
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Seiklus |
ColdWood Interactive |
Umeå, Sweden |
The Fight: Lights Out |
Crytek Black Sea (formerly Black Sea Studios) |
Sofia, Bulgaria |
Knights of Honor
WorldShift |
Dark Water Studios |
Derry City, Northern Ireland |
Dogfighter |
Daniel Benmergui |
Buenos Aires, Argentina |
Today I Die
I Wish I Were The Moon
Storyteller |
Dejobaan Games |
Massachusetts, USA |
AaaaaAAaaaAAAaaAAAAaAAAAA!!! – A Reckless Disregard for Gravity
The Wonderful End of the World |
Derek Smart (3000AD.com) |
Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA |
Battlecruiser 3000AD
Universal Combat |
Derek Yu |
Pasadena, California, USA |
I'm O.K – A Murder Simulator
Aquaria (video game)
Spelunky
Eternal Daughter |
Digital Eel |
Seattle, Washington, USA |
Data Jammers: FastForward
Brainpipe: A Plunge to Unhumanity
Soup du Jour
Weird Worlds: Return to Infinite Space
Dr. Blob's Organism
Digital Eel's Big Box of Blox
Strange Adventures In Infinite Space
Plasmaworm |
Dovogame |
USA |
Business Tycoon Online |
Edmund McMillen |
Santa Cruz, California, USA |
Gish
Super Meat Boy
Aether
Spewer
Cunt |
Enthrean Guardian |
Indonesia |
Eternal Grace |
Elite Gudz |
New York, NY |
Techno Kitten Adventure |
Elixir Studios |
United Kingdom |
Republic: The Revolution
Evil Genius |
Erik Svedang |
Sweden |
Blueberry Garden |
Ethereal Darkness Interactive |
Northampton, Massachusetts, USA |
Morning's Wrath
The Lost City of Malathedra
STATIC - Investigator Training |
Eurocom |
Derby, United Kingdom |
Sphinx and the Cursed Mummy
Batman Begins
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
Vancouver 2010: The Official Videogame of the Winter Olympic Games
GoldenEye 007 (2010 video game) |
Evony, LLC (was UMGE / Universal Multiplayer Game Entertainment)[1] |
Guangzhou, China |
Evony: Age I |
Exotypos |
Russia |
X Motor Racing |
Facepunch Studios |
Walsall, UK |
Garry's Mod |
Ferry Halim |
Fresno, California, USA |
Orisinal Games |
Firefly Studios |
Battersea, London, UK |
Stronghold
Stronghold 2
Space Colony
Stronghold 3
Dungeon Hero |
Flashbang Studios |
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Off-Road Velociraptor Safari |
Freebird Games |
Markham, Ontario, CAN |
To the Moon |
Flying Lab Software |
Seattle, Washington, USA |
Rails Across America
Pirates of the Burning Sea |
Frogwares |
Kiev, Ukraine |
Journey to the Center of the Earth
Sherlock Holmes: Secret of the Silver Earring
Sherlock Holmes: The Awakened
Dracula: Origin |
Frontier Developments |
Cambridge, England, UK |
Frontier: Elite II
LostWinds
LostWinds: Winter of the Melodias |
Frictional Games |
Helsingborg, Sweden |
Penumbra series
Amnesia: The Dark Descent |
GameLab |
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Diner Dash |
Gaijin Games |
Santa Cruz, California, USA |
Bit.Trip Beat
Bit.Trip Core
Bit.Trip Void
Bit.Trip Runner |
GarageGames |
Eugene, Oregon, USA |
Marble Blast Ultra
Zap! |
Gogii Games |
Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada |
Princess Isabella: A Witch's Curse
Escape the Museum |
Grey Alien Games |
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada |
Fairway Solitaire |
Grasshopper Manufacture |
Tokyo, Japan |
Flower, Sun, and Rain
killer7
Contact
No More Heroes |
Haemimont Games |
Sofia, Bulgaria |
Tropico 3
Tzar: Burden of the Crown |
Hanako Games |
UK |
Cute Knight
Fatal Hearts |
Hemisphere Games |
USA |
Osmos |
Himalaya Studios |
Chandler, Arizona, USA |
Al Emmo and the Lost Dutchman's Mine |
Introversion Software |
UK |
Uplink
Darwinia
DEFCON
Subversion |
Insomniac Games |
Burbank, California, USA |
Ratchet & Clank series
Resistance series
Spyro series (1998–2000) |
Iron Tower Studio |
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Age of Decadence |
Irrgheist |
Germany |
H-Craft Championship |
Jagex |
Cambridge, UK |
RuneScape |
Jason Rohrer |
Potsdam, New York, USA |
Passage
Gravitation
Between |
Jonas Kyratzes |
Wiesbaden, Germany |
The Museum of Broken Memories
The Strange and Somewhat Sinister Tale of the House at Desert Bridge |
Jonatan "Cactus" Söderström |
Gothenburg, Sweden |
Clean Asia! |
Jph Wacheski |
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LockOn
Valence
Quiescence |
KatGames |
Zaragoza, Spain |
Mortimer and the Enchanted Castle
Zulu Gems |
Klei Entertainment |
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada |
Eets
Shank |
Kloonigames |
Finland |
Crayon Physics Deluxe |
Laminar Research |
Columbia, South Carolina, USA |
X-Plane |
Level-5 |
Fukuoka, Japan |
Professor Layton series
Jeanne d'Arc
White Knight Chronicles
Dragon Quest VIII: Journey of the Cursed King
Ni no Kuni |
Little Green Men Games |
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Starpoint Gemini
Fruit Farm |
Llamasoft |
UK |
Space Giraffe
Gridrunner Revolution |
Longbow Digital Arts |
Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
DX-Ball 2, Rival Ball and other action games. Tread Marks |
M-Inverse |
Hong Kong SAR |
Project SolidLandlord 2008 Sport Life Skating Penguin |
Mad Genius Software |
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada |
Gunmetal |
Mangled Eye Studios |
Cleveland, Ohio, United States |
Dark Salvation |
Mass Media Inc. |
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Moorpark |
Mojang AB |
Stockholm, Sweden |
Minecraft |
Metanet Software |
Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
N, N+, Robotology and Office Yeti |
mif2000 |
Russia |
Hamlet or the last game without MMORPG features, shaders and product placement |
Mind Control Software |
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Oasis |
Moonpod |
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Starscape
Mr. Robot |
Mousechief |
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The Witch's Yarn
Dangerous High School Girls in Trouble! |
New Star Games |
UK |
New Star Soccer
Super Laser Racer
New Star GP |
Nifflas |
Umeå, Sweden |
Knytt
Knytt Stories
Within a Deep Forest |
Niels Bauer Games |
Freiburg, Germany |
Smugglers 2
Smugglers 3
Empires & Dungeons
TV Manager |
Nival Interactive |
Moscow, Russia |
Blitzkrieg
Silent Storm |
Number None, Inc. |
California, USA |
Braid
The Witness |
The Odd Gentlemen |
California, USA |
The Misadventures of P.B. Winterbottom |
OmniSystems |
Kent, UK |
Eufloria |
OTS Software |
Missouri, USA |
AlienXcape
Boat (video game) |
Parallax Studio |
Nixa, Missouri, USA |
Darkstar: The Interactive Movie |
Pieces Interactive |
Skövde, Sweden |
Puzzlegeddon |
PixelJAM Games |
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Dino Run |
Playdead |
Copenhagen, Denmark |
Limbo |
Pocketwatch Games |
San Diego, California, USA |
Wildlife Tycoon: Venture Africa
Venture Arctic
Monaco |
Positech Games |
UK |
Democracy
Gratuitous Space Battles |
Private Moon Studios |
Hungary |
AGON series
Yoomurjak's Ring |
Pronto Games |
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The Destiny of Zorro |
Prorattafactor |
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The Adventures of El Ballo |
Provox games |
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Space Force: Rogue Universe
Spaceforce: Captains |
Psyonix Studios |
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Supersonic Acrobatic Rocket-Powered Battle-Cars
ARC Squadron |
Punch Entertainment |
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Reign of Swords
EGO City
Music Tycoon |
Q-Games |
Kyoto, Japan |
Star Fox Command
PixelJunk Monsters
PixelJunk Eden
PixelJunk Shooter |
Queasy Games |
Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
Gate 88
Everyday Shooter |
Reality Labs |
Stockholm, Sweden |
iRagdoll
iRagdoll HD |
Reflexive Entertainment |
Lake Forest, California, USA |
Lionheart: Legacy of the Crusader
Wik and the Fable of Souls
Ricochet Lost Worlds |
Relentless Software |
Brighton, UK |
Buzz!
Blue Toad Murder Files |
Renegade Kid |
Austin, Texas, USA |
Dementium: The Ward
Moon
Dementium II |
Ronimo Games |
Utrecht, Netherlands |
de Blob
Swords & Soldiers
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Rovio Mobile |
Espoo, Finland |
Angry Birds
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S2 Games |
Rohnert Park, California, USA |
Savage: The Battle for Newerth
Savage 2: A Tortured Soul
Heroes of Newerth |
Saber Interactive |
Millburn, New Jersey, USA |
Will Rock
TimeShift |
Sandlot Games |
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Cake Mania |
Santa Cruz Games |
Santa Cruz, California, USA |
Tomb Raider: Underworld
Godzilla Unleashed: Double Smash |
Secret Exit |
Finland |
Zen Bound |
Seed Studios |
Porto, Portugal |
Under Siege (2011 video game), Toy Shop, Aquatic Tales, Sudoku for Kids |
Shattered Games |
Lubbock, Texas |
[[>Bear Survival</a>]] |
Silver Creek Entertainment |
Grants Pass, Oregon, USA |
Soltrio Solitaire |
Ska Studios |
Marcy, New York, USA |
Zombie Smashers Series
Survival Crisis Z
Yuki's Vacation
The Dishwasher: Dead Samurai |
Snowstep Development |
Düsseldorf, Germany |
Turtle Bay |
Soldak Entertainment |
Dallas, Texas, USA |
Depths of Peril
Kivi's Underworld
Din's Curse |
Source Studio |
St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada |
ProtoGalaxy |
Spiderweb Software |
Seattle, Washington, United States |
Exile series
Avernum series
Geneforge series
Nethergate |
Storm Impact |
Glenview, Cook County, Illinois, USA |
TaskMaker
MacSki
Tomb of TaskMaker |
Studio Pixel |
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Cave Story
Ikachan |
Subatomic Studios |
Boston, Massachusetts
San Francisco, California, USA |
Fieldrunners |
Sunstone Games |
Eugene, Oregon, USA |
Sun Stones |
SuperVillain Studios |
Santa Ana, California, USA |
Dungeon Siege: Throne of Agony
Order Up! |
Swedish Game Development |
Malmö, Sweden |
Alice Greenfingers
Bricks of Atlantis
Bricks of Egypt |
Tale of Tales |
Ghent, Belgium |
The Endless Forest
The Graveyard
The Path
Fatale |
TaleWorlds |
Ankara, Turkey |
Mount&Blade
Mount&Blade: Warband
Mount&Blade: With Fire & Sword |
Team Shanghai Alice |
Japan |
Touhou Project
Immaterial and Missing Power |
TeamTNT |
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Reclamation
Daedalus: Alien Defense |
thatgamecompany |
Los Angeles, California, USA |
flOw
Cloud
Flower |
TheorySpark |
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President Forever 2008 + Primaries |
Three Rings Design |
San Francisco, California, USA |
Yohoho! Puzzle Pirates
Bang! Howdy
Whirled |
Torpex Games |
Bellevue, Washington, USA |
Schizoid |
Tough Games Inc. |
Huntington,West Virginia |
Gods of Earth Online |
Trendy Entertainment |
Gainesville, Florida, USA |
Dungeon Defenders |
Tribetoy |
USA |
Chu's Dynasty |
Twisted Pixel |
Austin, Texas, USA |
The Maw
'Splosion Man |
Tyler Glaiel |
San Diego, California |
Aether
Closure |
Unreal Software |
Koblenz, Germany |
Stranded
Stranded II
CS2D
Carnage Contest
Minigolf Madness |
Ville Mönkkönen |
Finland |
Notrium
Wazzal II |
Wolfire Games |
Berkeley, California, USA |
Black Shades
Lugaru: The Rabbit's Foot
Overgrowth |
Zachary Barth |
Seattle, Washington |
Infiniminer
SpaceChem |
Zoetrope Interactive |
Istanbul, Turkey |
Darkness Within
Darkness Within: The Dark Lineage |
Zoonami |
Cambridge, England, UK |
Zendoku
Bonsai Barber |
ZootFly |
Ljubljana, Slovenia |
First Battalion |