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[[Poland]] is a major video game market and home to one of the largest [[gaming industry|video game industries]] in the world. In 2022, Poland became the world’s fourth largest exporter of video games<ref>((Cite web |url=https://www.blue-europe.eu/analysis-en/short-analysis/video-games-in-poland-a-strong-and-evolving-industry/ |title=Video games in Poland: a strong and evolving industry |website=blue-europe.eu |author=Léo Portal |date=25 May 2022 |access-date=27 March 2023))</ref> and Polish publicly-traded gaming companies were worth over €12 billion.<ref>((Cite web |url=https://michuk.medium.com/mapping-the-polish-gaming-ecosystem-8cc540c42afc |title=Mapping the Polish Game Industry |website=michuk.medium.com |author=Borys Musielak |date=8 December 2020 |access-date=27 March 2023))</ref> The game studios in the country employ around 10,000 people and release almost 500 new games annually.<ref>((Cite web |url=https://emerging-europe.com/business/taking-gaming-seriously-has-paid-off-for-poland/ |title=Taking gaming seriously has paid off for Poland |website=emerging-europe.com |author=Nikola Đorđević |date=15 February 2021 |access-date=27 March 2023))</ref>

[[CD Projekt]], developer of ''[[The Witcher (video game series)|The Witcher]]'' franchise, including ''[[The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt]]'' – one of the [[List of best-selling video games|best-selling video games of all time]], as well as ''[[Cyberpunk 2077]]'', is based in Poland.<ref>((Cite web |url=https://www.techtimes.com/articles/249787/20200521/cd-projekt-surpasses-ubisoft-as-europes-most-valuable-game-company-devs-talk-about-the-witcher-3s-open-world-success.htm |title=CD Projekt Surpasses Ubisoft as Europe's Most Valuable Game Company; Devs Talk About The Witcher 3's Open World Success |website=techtimes.com |author=Nhx Tingson |date=21 May 2020 |access-date=27 March 2023))</ref> A significant portion of the Polish population plays video games,<ref>((Cite web |url=https://study.gov.pl/news/poland-leading-way-gaming-industry-how |title=Poland is Leading the Way of Gaming Industry. How? |website=study.gov.pl |access-date=27 March 2023))</ref> and Poland is the home to a developing [[esports]] market. In 2019, owing to the industry's growing importance in the country, the [[Warsaw Stock Exchange]] (WSE) dedicated an index to it, the WIG Games Index, as part of the exchange’s strategy to attract technology companies. By the end of 2020, the number of gaming companies listed on the WSE had risen to 54, the most in the world, surpassing the previous leader, the [[Tokyo Stock Exchange]].<ref>((Cite web |url=https://emerging-europe.com/news/why-gaming-is-set-to-become-polands-national-brand/ |title=Why gaming is set to become Poland’s national brand |website=emerging-europe.com |author=Nikola Đorđević |date=14 October 2020 |access-date=27 March 2023))</ref>

== Market ==
[[File:IEM Katowice 2018 stage (2).jpg|thumb|270px|2018 [[Intel Extreme Masters]] in Katowice]]
As of 2021, 97% of spending on video games in Poland is spent on foreign titles.((Sfn|Rutkowski|Marszałkowski|Biedermann|2021|p=7)) The Polish gaming market was valued about US$924.2 million in 2020, with an esports market valued at US$11.5 million.((Sfn|Rutkowski|Marszałkowski|Biedermann|2021|p=37)) Of game localizations on [[Steam (service)|Steam]], Polish typically ranks between the 9th or 10th most popular language of localization. There are 20 million video game players in Poland; of this group, over 80% are adults and about 49% are women.((Sfn|Rutkowski|Marszałkowski|Biedermann|2021|pp=38–39))

The Polish video game market has been described as emerging from the practice of trading pirated video games as a way of experiencing western culture under the [[Polish People's Republic]].<ref name=":3">((Cite news |last=Koper |first=Anna |last2=Kahn |first2=Michael |date=2020-01-23 |title=From Communist-era roots to cash cows: Poland's gaming industry takes on the world |language=en |work=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-poland-gaming-focus-idUSKBN1ZM20B |access-date=2022-05-12))</ref> Poland hosts the esports tournament [[Intel Extreme Masters]], which draws hundreds of millions of viewers.<ref name=":3" /> Among Polish citizens interested in esports, [[FIFA (video game series)|''FIFA'']], ''[[League of Legends]]'', and ''[[Counter-Strike]]'' were the most popular games as of 2020.<ref>((Cite web |date=2021-01-19 |title=The most popular eSports games in Poland |url=https://polishgamers.com/pgr/polish-gamers-research-2020/polish-gamers-vs-e-sport-and-vr/the-most-popular-esports-games-in-poland/ |access-date=2022-05-12 |website=Polish Gamers Observatory |language=en-GB))</ref> Notable esports players from Poland include ''Counter-Strike'' player [[NEO (gamer)|NEO]] and [[Quake (series)|''Quake'']] player [[Av3k]].

== Development ==
As of 2021, 96% of revenue in the Polish gaming industry comes from exporting video games to foreign countries, and the Polish gaming industry employed 12,110 people across 470 game companies.((Sfn|Rutkowski|Marszałkowski|Biedermann|2021|pp=7–8)) The largest video game company in Poland is CD Projekt.((Sfn|Rutkowski|Marszałkowski|Biedermann|2021|p=10)) CD Projekt is most well known for developing [[action role-playing game]]s, such as [[The Witcher (video game series)|''The Witcher'']] video game series and ''Cyberpunk 2077''. CD Projekt also operates the global video game distribution platform [[GOG.com]].((Sfn|Rutkowski|Marszałkowski|Biedermann|2021|p=21)) In 2019, Poland was the largest video game exporter in Europe and the fourth largest in the world, largely due to the success of ''The Witcher''.<ref>((Cite web |last=Kraków |first=Kafkadesk |date=2019-10-29 |title=Poland is now fourth largest exporter of video games in the world |url=https://kafkadesk.org/2019/10/29/poland-is-now-fourth-largest-exporter-of-video-games-in-the-world/ |access-date=2022-05-12 |website=Kafkadesk |language=en-GB))</ref> The Polish government has invested into the country's video game industry and sees it as a vehicle for growth. Heavy emphasis on math in the Polish school curriculum has also been credited for the success of Poland's video game industry.<ref name=":3" /><ref name=":4" />

Important early Polish video games developed in the 1990s include ''[[Tajemnica Statuetki]]'' (The Mystery of the Figurine), ''[[Teenagent]]'', ''[[The Prince and the Coward]]'' and ''[[Gorky 17]]'' by [[Metropolis Software]] as well as ''[[Mortyr]]'' by Mirage Media.

As the Polish [[gaming industry]] started to rapidly grow over the course of next decades, a number of Polish video game studios have developed video games to international acclaim. [[Flying Wild Hog]] is the developer of the ''[[Shadow Warrior]]'' series. [[Techland]] was the developer of ''[[Call of Juarez]]'', ''[[Dead Island]]'', ''[[Dead Island: Riptide]]'', ''[[Dying Light]]'' and ''[[Dying Light 2]]''. [[People Can Fly]] is the developer of ''[[Painkiller (video game)|Painkiller]]'', ''[[Bulletstorm]]'' and ''[[Gears of War: Judgement]]''. [[Bloober Team]] has developed several [[horror game]]s, including ''[[Layers of Fear]]'', ''[[Blair Witch (video game)|Blair Witch]]'' and [[The Medium (video game)|''The Medium'']]. [[Ten Square Games]] has developed several successful [[mobile game]]s. [[CI Games]] is the developer of ''[[Sniper: Ghost Warrior]]'' franchise including such games as ''[[Sniper Ghost Warrior 3]]'' and ''[[Sniper Ghost Warrior Contracts 2]]''. [[TopWare Interactive|Reality Pump]] developed ''[[Two Worlds II]]''. [[The Farm 51]] is the developer of [[science fiction]] [[survival game|survival]] video game ''[[Chernobylite (video game)|Chernobylite]]''. Destructive Creations developed an [[isometric graphics in video games and pixel art|isometric]] [[shoot 'em up]] video game ''[[Hatred (video game)|Hatred]]''.

[[11 Bit Studios]] was the developer of ''[[This War of Mine]]'' and ''[[Frostpunk]]''. The Polish government placed ''This War of Mine'' on the official school reading list in 2020, making it the first video game to be put on such a list by a national government.<ref name=":4">((Cite web |last=Đorđević |first=Nikola |date=2020-10-14 |title=Taking gaming seriously has paid off for Poland |url=https://emerging-europe.com/business/taking-gaming-seriously-has-paid-off-for-poland/ |access-date=2022-05-12 |website=Emerging Europe |language=en-US))</ref><ref name="nfp">((Cite web |last=Tilles |first=Daniel |date=2020-06-18 |title=Poland puts computer game "This War of Mine" on school reading list |url=https://notesfrompoland.com/2020/06/18/poland-puts-computer-game-this-war-of-mine-on-school-reading-list/ |access-date=2022-05-12 |website=Notes From Poland |language=en-US))</ref> The Polish game development industry has been praised for contributing to and spreading Poland's cultural heritage.<ref>((Cite web |last=Lewandowski |first=Marcin |date=2020-12-22 |title=Poland's thriving video game industry is ready to step out of CD Projekt's shadow |url=https://notesfrompoland.com/2020/12/22/polands-thriving-video-game-industry-is-ready-to-step-out-of-cd-projekts-shadow/ |access-date=2022-05-12 |website=Notes From Poland |language=en-US))</ref><ref name=":0">((Cite web |last=Đorđević |first=Nikola |date=2021-02-15 |title=Why video gaming is set to become Poland's national cultural brand |url=https://emerging-europe.com/news/why-gaming-is-set-to-become-polands-national-brand/ |access-date=2022-05-12 |website=Emerging Europe |language=en-US))</ref>

== Notable Polish video games ==
This is a list of notable video games that were primarily developed in Poland and sold at least one million units.
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable"
! scope="col" |Title
! scope="col" |Release date
! scope="col" |Developer
!((Abbr|Ref|References))
|-
|''[[Against the Storm (video game)|Against the Storm]]''
|((dts|2023-12-8))
|Eremite Games
|<ref name="Against-the-Storm_sales">((Cite web |url=https://www.pcgamesn.com/against-the-storm/steam-sales |title=“Near-perfect” dark fantasy city builder hits a million sales on Steam |author=Ken Allsop |date=March 27, 2024 |website=[[PCGamesN]] |publisher=[[Network N]] |access-date=April 19, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240403073541/https://www.pcgamesn.com/against-the-storm/steam-sales |archive-date=April 3, 2024 ))</ref>
|-
|''[[Cyberpunk 2077]]''
|((dts|2020-12-10))
|[[CD Projekt|CD Projekt Red]]
|<ref name=":1">((Cite web |last=LeBlanc |first=Wesley |title=The Witcher 3 Has Sold More Than 40 Million Copies, Cyberpunk 2077 Surpasses 18 Million |url=https://www.gameinformer.com/2022/04/14/the-witcher-3-has-sold-more-than-40-million-copies-cyberpunk-2077-surpasses-18-million |access-date=2022-05-12 |website=Game Informer |language=en))</ref>
|-
|''[[Dead Island]]''
|((dts|2011-09-06))
| rowspan="3" |[[Techland]]
|<ref name="polygon1">((cite web |last=Pitts |first=Russ |date=16 July 2014 |title=From Dead Island to Dying Light |url=http://www.polygon.com/features/2014/7/16/5825146/dead-island-dying-light |access-date=2022-05-12 |work=[[Polygon (website)|Polygon]]))</ref>
|-
|''[[Dying Light]]''
|((dts|2015-01-27))
|<ref name=":2">((Cite web |date=2022-04-22 |title=Dying Light 2: Stay Human sales top five million in one month; Dying Light 1 tops 20 million |url=https://www.gematsu.com/2022/04/dying-light-2-stay-human-sales-top-five-million-in-one-month-dying-light-1-tops-20-million |access-date=2022-05-12 |website=Gematsu |language=en-US))</ref>
|-
|''[[Dying Light 2]]''
|((dts|2022-02--04))
|<ref name=":2" />
|-
|''[[Frostpunk]]''
|((dts|2018-04-24))
|[[11 Bit Studios]]
|<ref>((cite web |last1=Taylor |first1=Haydn |title=Frostpunk sells 1.4m units in first year |url=https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2019-04-24-frostpunk-sells-1-4m-units-since-launch-last-year |website=GameIndustry.biz |accessdate=2022-05-12))</ref>
|-
|''[[Gears of War: Judgment]]''
|((dts|2013-03-19))
|[[People Can Fly]]
|<ref>((cite web|last= |first= |url=http://www.edge-online.com/features/how-epics-buyout-freed-people-can-fly-to-bring-straight-up-shooters-into-the-21st-century/ |title=How Epic's buyout freed People Can Fly to bring straight-up shooters into the 21st century |publisher=[[Edge (magazine)|Edge]] |date=August 13, 2013 |access-date=March 27, 2023 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130815214836/http://www.edge-online.com/features/how-epics-buyout-freed-people-can-fly-to-bring-straight-up-shooters-into-the-21st-century/ |archivedate=August 15, 2013))</ref>
|-
|''[[Green Hell (video game)|Green Hell]]''
|((dts|2019-09-05))
|Creepy Jar
|<ref>((cite web|url=https://www.cdaction.pl/news-61230/green-hell-sprzedano-juz-milion-sztuk-polskiego-survivala.html|title=Green Hell: Sprzedano już milion sztuk polskiego survivala|author=cdaction.pl|date=June 24, 2020|access-date=March 27, 2023|archive-date=October 17, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201017081856/https://www.cdaction.pl/news-61230/green-hell-sprzedano-juz-milion-sztuk-polskiego-survivala.html|url-status=live))</ref>
|-
|''[[House Flipper]]''
|((dts|2018-05-17))
|Red Dot Games, Empyrean Games
|<ref name="HouseFlipper_sales">((Cite web |url=https://www.gamepressure.com/newsroom/house-flipper-reports-exceptional-sales-figures/za32a4 |title=House Flipper Reports Great Sales Figures |author=Milosz Szubert |date=May 14, 2021 |website=www.gamepressure.com |publisher=Gamepressure |access-date=November 22, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210621121324/https://www.gamepressure.com/newsroom/house-flipper-reports-exceptional-sales-figures/za32a4 |archive-date=June 21, 2021 ))</ref>
|-
|[[Outriders (video game)|''Outriders'']]
|((dts|2021-04-01))
|People Can Fly
|<ref>((cite web |last=Prescott |first=Shaun |date=May 20, 2021 |title=More Outriders games are likely thanks to 3.5 million players milestone |url=https://www.pcgamer.com/more-outriders-games-are-likely-thanks-to-35-million-players-milestone/ |access-date=2022-05-12 |work=[[PC Gamer]]))</ref>
|-
|''[[Sniper Ghost Warrior 3]]''
|((dts|2017-04-25))
|[[CI Games]]
|<ref>((Cite web|url=https://www.dualshockers.com/sniper-ghost-warrior-sales-ci-games-downsizing/|title=Sniper Ghost Warrior 3 Surpasses 1 Million Copies Sold as CI Games is Significantly Downsized|last=Franzese|first=Tomas|date=16 February 2018|website=Dualshockers|archive-url=|archive-date=|url-status=|access-date=27 March 2023))</ref>
|-
|''[[Superhot]]''
|((dts|2016-02-25))
| rowspan="2" |SuperHot Team
|<ref>((Cite web |last=Taylor |first=Ivy |date=2019-05-28 |title=Superhot passes two million lifetime sales |url=https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2019-05-28-superhot-passes-two-million-lifetime-sales |access-date=2022-05-12 |website=GamesIndustry.biz |language=en))</ref>
|-
|''[[Superhot VR]]''
|((dts|2016-12-05))
|<ref>((Cite web |last=Hayden |first=Scott |date=2021-02-25 |title='Superhot VR' on Quest Surpasses 1 Million Units Sold, Quest 2 Sales Outperform All Platforms |url=https://www.roadtovr.com/superhot-vr-quest-1-million/ |access-date=2022-05-12 |website=Road to VR |language=en-US))</ref>
|-
|''[[The Vanishing of Ethan Carter]]''
|((dts|2014-09-26))
|[[The Astronauts (company)|The Astronauts]]
|<ref>((Cite news|url=http://www.theastronauts.com/2017/12/new-game-witchfire/|title=Our new game, Witchfire|date=December 8, 2017|work=The Astronauts blog|access-date=March 27, 2023|language=en-US))</ref>
|-
|''[[This War of Mine]]''
|((dts|2014-11-14))
|11 Bit Studios
|<ref name=":0" />
|-
|[[The Witcher (video game)|''The Witcher'']]
|((dts|2007-10-26))
| rowspan="3" |CD Projekt Red
|<ref>((Cite web |last=Lee |first=James |date=2008-10-31 |title=The Witcher hits 1 million sales |url=https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/witcher-hits-1-million-sales |access-date=2022-05-12 |website=GamesIndustry.biz |language=en))</ref>
|-
|''[[The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings]]''
|((dts|2011-05-17))
|<ref>((cite web |last=Dutton |first=Fred |date=30 May 2012 |title=The Witcher 2 sales top 1.7 million |url=http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2012-05-30-the-witcher-2-sales-top-1-7-million |access-date=2022-05-12 |work=[[Eurogamer]] |publisher=Gamer Network))</ref>
|-
|''[[The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt]]''
|((dts|2015-05-19))
|<ref name=":1" />
|-
|''[[Timberborn]]''
|((dts|2021-09-15))
|Mechanistry
|<ref>((cite web |first= |title=Timberborn celebrates its second anniversary and 1,000,000 copies sold with a new trailer |url=https://mechanistry.com/press/timberborn-celebrates-its-second-anniversary-and-1-000-000-copies-sold-with-a-new-trailer|website=mechanistry.com |accessdate=2024-03-28))</ref>
|}

==Video game companies of Poland ==
===Developers===
((div col|colwidth=25em))
*Anshar Studios
*[[Bloober Team]]
*Can't Stop Games
*[[Codeminion]]
*Dark Point Games
*[[Flying Wild Hog]]
*Fool's Theory
*Jukai Studio
*Jutsu Games
*Madmind Studios
*Moon Punch Studio
*[[Nibris]]
*Nicolas Games
*Northwood Studios
*[[People Can Fly]]
*Plata Games
*Rage Quit Games
*[[TopWare Interactive|Reality Pump Studios]] (Ex-TopWare Programmy in 1995-2001.)
*Rebelmind
*Render Cube Sp. z.o.o. (Also co-dev)
*Star Drifters
*SuperHot Team
*Superkami S.A.
*[[The Astronauts (company)|The Astronauts]]
*[[The Farm 51]]
*[[Thing Trunk]]
*Umeo Studios
*Vile Monarch
*Vivid Games
*Wastelands Interactive

((div col end))

===Co-development===
((div col|colwidth=25em))
* Mataboo sp. z o.o (Dev, co-dev, porting)
* Roboto Sound (Ex-Studio Sound Tropez Sp. z o.o. in 2008-2020)
* VRAAR S.A. (Dev, co-dev (VR/AR))

((div col end))

===Defunct developers===
((div col|colwidth=25em))
* Alien Artefact Team (2002-2003. Worked with Mirage Interactive.)
*[[Detalion]] (defunct 2005. Not same as 2018's Detalion Games S.A.)
*[[Metropolis Software]] (Founded 1992. Defunct 2009.)
*Mirage Media S. C. (Founded 1988. Defunct 2000. Not same as Swedish dev, "Mirage Game Studios".)
*[[Techland|Shortbreak Studios s.c.]] (Founded 2013. Defunct 2016. Mostly mobile.)

((div col end))

===Publishers===
*BoomHits (Mainly mobile & casual. Part of BoomBit Group.)
*Games Operators S.A.

====Publisher and development firms====
((div col|colwidth=25em))
*[[11 Bit Studios]]
*[[All in! Games]]
*Black Eye Games
*Blacktorch Games
*BoomBit (Ex-Aidem Media in 1997-2018. Mainly casual & mobile. Games sold under new name in 2015.)<ref name="AidemMedia_Site">((cite web|url=http://www.aidemmedia.pl/ |title=Aidem Media's official website |website=www.aidemmedia.pl |access-date=November 29, 2023|archive-date=March 31, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180331122935/http://www.aidemmedia.pl/ |url-status=dead))</ref>
*[[CD Projekt]]
*[[CI Games]]
*[[CreativeForge Games]]
*Creepy Jar
*[[Hatred (video game)|Destructive Creations]]
*EXOR Studios
*[[Infinite Dreams Inc.]] (Mostly casual)
*[[LK Avalon]]
*[[Plarium]] (Polish branch)
*[[Tate Multimedia]]
*[[Techland]]
*[[Ten Square Games]] (Mobile & sim games)
*[[Teyon]] (Founded 2006. Ex-[[Destan Entertainment]].)

((div col end))

====Defunct Publishers====
((div col|colwidth=25em))
* [[California Dreams (publishing label)|California Dreams]] (Founded 1987. Defunct 1991.)
* PLAY Sp. z o.o. (Founded 1994. Ceased game publishing after 2017. Ex-"Play.pl" in 2001 to 2007; also "PLAY-publishing.com" in 2004-2017. Its CFO later founded PlayWay.)

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===High-Volume firms===
Otherwise colloquially known as 'Assembly factories' of the industry. These firms have the record and reputation of making and/or releasing/publishing one to many game titles per year, which can lead to dilution of their quality or highly variable results. Some of them like '''PlayWay''' particularly like to make numerous life/job simulation games.<ref name="PlayWay's-high-volume">((Cite web |url=https://www.wired.com/story/playway-polish-simulator-game-company/ |title=The Polish Simulator Company Gamers Love to Hate |author=Michael Thomsen |date=November 13, 2021 |website=[[Wired (manager)]] |publisher=[[Condé Nast]] |access-date=November 22, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221205022337/https://www.wired.com/story/playway-polish-simulator-game-company/ |archive-date=December 5, 2022 ))</ref><ref name="GWO's-news_PlayWay">((Cite web |url=https://gameworldobserver.com/tag/playway |title=Game World Observer's publications for PlayWay |author=Evgeny Obedkov |date=April 5, 2023 |website=Game World Observer |publisher=WN Media Group FZ-LLC |access-date=November 23, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231123095917/https://gameworldobserver.com/tag/playway |archive-date=November 23, 2023 ))</ref> Some others like '''Forever Entertainment''' also make many console ports, including remakes, but not exclusively.<ref name="FrontMission_remakes">((Cite web |url=https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2022/09/why-settle-for-one-front-mission-remake-when-you-can-have-three |title=Why Settle For One 'Front Mission' Remake When You Can Have Three? |author=Ollie Reynolds |date=September 14, 2022 |website=Nintendo Life |publisher=[[Gamer Network]] |access-date=November 22, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221001020435/https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2022/09/why-settle-for-one-front-mission-remake-when-you-can-have-three |archive-date=October 1, 2022 ))</ref><ref name="Forever_2023-remake">((Cite web |url=https://nintendoeverything.com/forever-entertainment-teases-new-remake-announcement-for-2023/ |title=Forever Entertainment teases new remake announcement for 2023 |author=Brian Richards |date=July 22, 2023 |website=nintendoeverything.com |publisher=Nintendo Everything |access-date=November 22, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230801191252/https://nintendoeverything.com/forever-entertainment-teases-new-remake-announcement-for-2023/ |archive-date=August 1, 2023 ))</ref>
They are also renowned for revealing many planned title releases well in advance.
Some firms like '''Drago Entertainment''' make better games on average than others.<ref name="Drago's-game_GSS">((Cite web |url=https://www.gamesradar.com/gas-station-simulator-has-taken-over-steam-and-my-life/ |title=Gas Station Simulator has taken over Steam and my life |author=Rachel Weber |date=September 29, 2021 |website=[[GamesRadar+]] |publisher=[[Future plc]] |access-date=November 22, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230204084600/https://www.gamesradar.com/gas-station-simulator-has-taken-over-steam-and-my-life/ |archive-date=February 4, 2023 ))</ref>

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* Gaming Factory S.A.

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====Publisher and development firms====
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* Art Games Studio S.A.
* Atomic Jelly
* Drago Entertainment
* Forestlight Games
* Forever Entertainment (Publisher, dev & porting)
* Live Motion Games SA
* Movie Games S.A. (Publisher & former dev)
* PlayWay S.A. (Founder previously was CFO at then-defunct PLAY Sp. z.o.o.)
** Ultimate Games S.A.
*** SIG Publishing (Smaller budget & lower rated titles under Ultimate Games)

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==See also==
*[[Economy of Poland]]
*[[Culture of Poland]]
*[[List of best-selling video games]]

== References ==
((Reflist))

== Bibliography ==

* ((Cite report |url=https://gic.gd/d/The_Game_Industry_of_Poland_report_2021.pdf |title=The Game Industry of Poland — Report 2021 |last=Rutkowski |first=Eryk |last2=Marszałkowski |first2=Jakub |date=2021 |publisher=Polish Agency for Enterprise Development |last3=Biedermann |first3=Sławomir))
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