The Game Industry of Poland: 2020

Key insights

7 takeaways · ~3 min read

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The Polish game industry has over 440 studios and companies, with 43 of them listed on the Warsaw Stock Exchange (12 on the main floor, 31 on NewConnect).See it on page 27
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Between 2017 and 2020, over 120 studios closed down while over 160 new ones were established, indicating a high variability in the sector, though the rapid growth observed before 2017 has slowed.See it on page 27
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11 bit studios, founded in 2009 by former Metropolis studio members, developed 'This War of Mine' (the first video game on Poland's official school reading list) and 'Frostpunk', and has 140 employees.See it on page 11
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PlayWay, founded in 2011 by Krzysztof Kostowski, went public five years later and now has 55 subsidiaries incorporating 100 development teams, improving financial performance quarterly and paying out full dividends.See it on page 33
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All in! Games, a Cracow-based company, merged with Setanta in early 2020, went public, and has grown to nearly 60 employees; they are also the naming rights sponsor and strategic partner of the Wisła Cracow e-sport section since 2019.See it on page 18
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The earliest Polish game, 'Marienbad', a puzzle game developed on the Odra 1003 computer, dates back to the 1960s but was never officially distributed.See it on page 41
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Phobia Game Studio's 'CARRION', a reverse horror game, sold 200,000 copies in its first week after its 2018 release.See it on page 107

Summary

Eryk Rutkowski Polish Agency for Enterprise Development Jakub Marszałkowski Indie Games Poland, Poznan University of Technology Sławomir Biedermann Polish Agency for Enterprise Development Edited by Sławomir Biedermann, Jakub Marszałkowski Ministry of Development Development Ministry of Culture and National Heritage Published by the Polish Agency for Enterprise Development Pańska 81/83, 00-834 Warsaw, Poland www.parp.gov.pl ...