Best Gaming Companies in Norway
The 41 best Gaming companies in Norway in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: PortalOne.
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Our analysis of 180 Gaming companies
$26.0b in tracked funding; 90% of the stack-profiled cohort runs cloud-native; funding activity peaked in 2024.
Ranked: Best Gaming companies in Norway
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Stage | Founder | Founded | Tech stack | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | PortalOne Online hybrid game developer & live game experience provider company | $76M | 55 mo ago | Series A | Stig Kasin Co-Founder | 2018 | SentryApple iCloud MailGoogle Workspace+16 | — |
| 2 | Play Magnus Mobile chess games developer | $14M | 77 mo ago | Series A | — | 2013 | Google WorkspaceCloudflare Browser InsightsCloudflare Bot Management+2 | — |
| 3 | Red Thread Games Independent video game developer for PC and console devices | $478K | 71 mo ago | Funding Raised | Ragnar Tørnquist Founder | 2012 | Cart FunctionalitySquarespace CommerceSquarespace+14 | — |
| 4 | Henchman & Goon Independent game development studio based in Norway | $400K | 100 mo ago | Seed | Yngvill Hopen CEO | 2012 | NginxGoogle Font APISlick+5 | 1 expansion |
| 5 | Rock Pocket Developer of PC and mobile-based casual games | $334K | 52 mo ago | Funding Raised | Ivan Moen Founder & CEO | 2008 | — | — |
| 6 | Snowcastle Games Independent video game developer based in Norway | $185K | 101 mo ago | Funding Raised | Erik Hoftun CEO & Co-founder | 2009 | Squarespace CommerceSquarespaceTypeScript+15 | — |
| 7 | Sarepta Studio Independent game development company | $169K | 90 mo ago | Funding Raised | Catharina Bohler CEO | 2010 | WordPressMySQLPHP+13 | — |
| 8 | Rain Games Developer of casual games | $166K | 42 mo ago | Funding Raised | Peter Meldahl CEO | 2010 | WordPress Block EditorBeaver BuilderWordPress+16 | — |
| 9 | Megapop Independent mobile game publishing studio | $161K | 36 mo ago | Funding Raised | — | 2012 | WebflowSendgridGoogle Workspace+7 | 2 launchs |
| 10 | Krillbite Studio Developer of PC and console-based core games | $160K | 50 mo ago | Public | Jon Cato Lorentzen CEO | 2010 | Cart FunctionalitySquarespace CommerceSquarespace+12 | — |
| 11 | Kybernesis Develop post-apocalyptic cyberpunk games | $47K | 158 mo ago | Seed | Ronny Anderssen Co-Founder & CEO | 2013 | — | — |
| 12 | Antagonist Game development studio | — | — | Unfunded | — | 2013 | — | — |
| 13 | Bifrost Entertainment Indie game developer and publisher that offer own gaming engine | — | — | Funding Raised | Kalli Karlsson Co-Founder | 2010 | — | — |
Top 11 Gaming companies in Norway
#1
Series A · Oslo, Oslo · founded 2018 · 37 employees$75.5Mraised▾
PortalOne is an online hybrid game developer company. The company combines games & live shows to improvise gaming experiences for gamers.
- Jan 2022Series A$60M
- Apr 2021Seed$15M
- Oct 2020Seed—
#2
Funding Raised · Oslo, Oslo · founded 2012 · 12 employees$160.7Kraised▾
Independent mobile game publishing studio that specializes in releasing strategy games. Some of the games released by the company are "Trolls vs Vikings". It generates revenue through advertisements and in-app purchases.
- Sep 2023Grant (prize money)$160.7K
#3
Funding Raised · Bergen, Vestland · founded 2010 · 17 employees$165.8Kraised▾
Developer of casual games. The company has developed several games, that includes Teslagrad, Girl Genius AICH, World to the west, Mesmer, and many more. It develops games for mobile and is made available on playstore and app store.
- Mar 2023Grant (prize money)$165.8K
#4
Series A · Oslo, Oslo · founded 2013 · 13 employees$13.6Mraised▾
Play Magnus is a mobile chess games developer. Has developed chess games like Play Magnus and Magnus Trainer as of February 2017. Play Magnus game is available for download on both App Store and Google Play, whereas Magnus Trainer is available only on App Store.
- Mar 2020Series A$13.6M
#5
Funding Raised · Tonsberg, Vestfold and Telemark · founded 2008$334.4Kraised▾
Developer of PC and mobile-based casual games. The company has developed multiple games including "Shiftlings" (an action action-adventure game for PC & console devices) and "Ella Bella Puzzles" (a puzzle game for mobile devices). The games are available on Steam, PlayStation Store, and Google Play store. Also provides mobile & PC game development services. It generates revenue through advertisements, in-app purchases, and paid games.
- Apr 2022Grant (prize money)$160.5K
- Mar 2015Grant (prize money)$174K
#6
Public · Hamar, Innlandet · founded 2010 · 14 employees$160.5Kraised▾
Developer of PC and console-based core games. It offers multiple games Sunlight harmonious hand-painted forest in this first-person hike, Mosaic a narrative-driven modern adventure game, Among the Sleep, a horror game, and others.
- Jun 2022Grant (prize money)$160.5K
#7
Funding Raised · Oslo, Oslo · founded 2012$477.8Kraised▾
Red Thread Games is an independent video game development company based in Norway. Has developed "Dreamfall Chapter" (an episodic adventure game for PC and console devices). Also developing "Draugen", which is a horror game for PC and console devices. The games are available on the Steam, Amazon store, and PlayStation Store. It generates revenue through paid games.
- Oct 2020Grant (prize money)$158.8K
- Nov 2019Grant (prize money)$148.4K
- Mar 2015Grant (prize money)$170.6K
#8
Seed · Bergen, Vestland · founded 2012 · 4 employees$400Kraised▾
Henchman and Goon is an independent game development studio based in Norway. It has developed a co-op puzzle exploration game known as "Pode" for Nintendo switch platform. It has won multiple awards including "Best Casual Game", "Unity 3D Game Art Challenge" and "Best Quality of Art" at GCDA 2018.
- Apr 2018Seed$400K
#9
Funding Raised · Hamar, Innlandet · founded 2010 · 16 employees$169.1Kraised▾
Independent game development company. The games developed are Shadow Puppeteer, My Child Lebensborn, and Project Thalassa.
- Feb 2019Grant (prize money)$169.1K
#10
Funding Raised · Oslo, Oslo · founded 2009$184.6Kraised▾
SnowCastle Games is an independent video game developer based in Norway. It has developed multiple games including "Hogworld: Gnart's Adventure" and "Earthlock: Festival of Magic". The games are available on Steam, PlayStation store, and Apple store. It generates revenue through paid games.
- Mar 2018Grant (prize money)$184.6K
#11
Seed · Trondheim, Trondelag · founded 2013 · 1 employees$47Kraised▾
Kybernesis is a game development studio based in Trondheim, Norway. The company focuses on the development of casual games within Science Fiction, Cyberpunk and Post-apocalypse for online and mobile platforms and has a portfolio of 4 games as on January, 2016. Popular games include 'Wasteland Bar Fight' (Android/iOS) - a fighting game, 'Corpwars: Karavan'(Steam)- a 3D exploration game,'Corpwars: The Seige' (iOS/Android) - an action strategy game.The company aims to transform into a Transmedia franchise that includes games, comics, series, movies and books.
- Jun 2013Seed$47K
Funding & investor landscape
Notable founders
Market landscape — 10 sub-themes by coverage
Share of Gaming coverage by sub-theme.
Regulatory-risk over time rising
Funding & growth over time
funding rising · growth rising
How research on Gaming Technology is moving in Norway
A read on the academic research around Gaming Technology — which themes are gaining ground, the institutions and researchers driving them, and how the tone is shifting. Based on 14 Norway-affiliated papers.
- Norwegian University of Science and Technology5
- University of Bergen3
- University of Oslo3
- Chr. Michelsen Institute2
- SINTEF1
- Rendering (computer graphics)3
- Computer graphics (images)3
- Game engine2
- Opacity1
- Volume rendering1
- Game engine4
- Rendering (computer graphics)3
- Visualization2
- Computer graphics (images)2
- Focus (optics)2
Where gaming tech is researched across Norway
Location clusters by institution affiliation — each city's volume, stance tone, and a quick read on its hot topic, what's advancing, the opening opportunity, and the main concern.
Common questions
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