The valuation of the largest 50 gamedev companies from Poland increased from $7.5B to $10B during the year. CD Projekt remains the leader. It is growing much faster than all the rest because its valuation increased by 2/3 during the year. Despite the unsuccessful debut of Cyberpunk 2077, which has sold 20M copies.
Already in September 2023, a significant expansion pack for the game, CP Phantom Liberty, is due to be released. There are also plans for a fourth installment of The Witcher with the working name Polaris, which the company has been working on for a year. However, the company sold the most copies of Dziki Gon, 50 million, and this is its first flagship product.
| position | name | value (in billions of dollars) |
| 1 | CD Projekt | 3,88 |
| 2 | Techland | 2,00 |
| 3 | PlayWay | 0,55 |
| 4 | Huuuge | 0,43 |
| 5 | 11 bit studios | 0,40 |
| 6 | PCF Group | 0,23 |
| 7 | CI Games | 0,23 |
| 8 | Frozen District | 0,15 |
| 9 | Creepy Jar | 0,15 |
| 10 | Ten Square Games | 0,15 |
Top’10 gamedev companies 2023 from Poland
Techland and the others
Techland, second on the list, earned about 205M dollars on last year’s debut Dying Light 2. It is slightly more than half of CD Projekt’s profit (360 million dollars). Since the company is based only on one big title, it is unlikely to catch up with the market leader.
The third in the list, Play Way, operates entirely differently than the two leaders. It brings together dozens of companies specializing in low-budget productions in the group. One of them is Frozen District, whose blockbuster is House Flipper. It is a home renovation and resale simulator that debuted over five years ago. The company provided the group with 225 million dollars in revenue and 16 million dollars in profit a year ago.
The rest
A fourth strong group of independent producers is also at the forefront. They are focusing on ambitious productions, but not as expensive and mass production as the market leaders. It is where 11 bit studios have been leading for years. And in 2024 wants to enter the market with an exciting game, The Alters. It’s a game where the player has to create alternate versions of the main character to survive on an alien planet. And different life paths shape his personality. CI Games and the Bloober Team are also doing well. Known for creating horror games, this last studio still awaits spectacular success. Ten Square Games is the worst performer in the top ten, whose valuation fell by half during the year.
Based on Forbes 2023/08
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TOP-3
- Booksy, the most popular app for booking visits to hairdressers and beauty salons.
- Vasco Translator V4, a translator device that speaks 75 languages, and translates photo captions from 108 languages in no more than 0.5 seconds.
- CFD Suite, an app shortening the simulation duration of mixing chemicals from hours to minutes thanks to AI.
TOP-3 from Polish site (links lead to English version)
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- DeepL Translator, a powerful next-generation online translation tool based on neural networks provided by DeepL.
- Eleven Labs, a company that provides the best speech synthesis. Based on that, it plans to make a range of products.
- Tomasz Czajka, a Flight Software Engineer in SpaceX. A member of the first team from Poland to win the ICPC 2003.
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