Embracer Group is a Swedish video game holding company controlled by Lars Wingefors. In 2016, the company was spun out of Nordic Games Group and in 2019 it was renamed Embracer Group.
As of 2024 they own more than 111 internal studios in over 45 countries in Europe and the Americas. Its subsidiaries are organized under ten groups: Amplifier Game Invest, Asmodee, CDE Entertainment, Coffee Stain Holding, Dark Horse Media, DECA Games, Easybrain, Embracer Freemode, Plaion and THQ Nordic. Each group has its own operations, subsidiaries and development studios.
Date | Company | Country | Parent company | Value | Ref. |
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August 2017 | Black Forest Games | ![]() |
THQ Nordic | €1,360,000 | [1][2] |
Pieces Interactive | ![]() |
$350,000 | [3] | ||
November 2017 | Experiment 101 | $8,900,000 | [4] | ||
February 2018 | Koch Media | ![]() ![]() |
Plaion | $149,000,000 | [5] |
July 2018 | HandyGames | ![]() |
THQ Nordic | [6] | |
November 2018 | Coffee Stain Holding
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Coffee Stain Holding | $34,900,000 | [7] |
Bugbear Entertainment (90%) | ![]() |
THQ Nordic | |||
February 2019 | 18Point2 | ![]() |
Plaion | €1,900,000 | [8] |
Warhorse Studios | ![]() |
€42,800,000 | [9] | ||
May 2019 | Piranha Bytes | ![]() |
THQ Nordic | [10] | |
August 2019 | KSM | Plaion | [11] | ||
Gaya Entertainment | [12] | ||||
Milestone | ![]() |
€44,900,000 | [13][14] | ||
Gunfire Games | ![]() |
THQ Nordic | [15] | ||
Goodbye Kansas Game Invest
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Amplifier Game Invest | $3,950,000 | [16] | |
December 2019 | Tarsier Studios | ![]() |
$10,500,000 | [17] | |
February 2020 | Saber Interactive
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Saber Interactive | $525,000,000 | [18] |
Voxler | ![]() |
Plaion | €1,900,000 | [19] | |
May 2020 | DestinyBit | ![]() |
Amplifier Game Invest | [20] | |
August 2020 | 4A Games | ![]() ![]() |
Saber Interactive | $45,000,000 | [21] |
New World Interactive | ![]() |
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Rare Earth Games | ![]() |
Amplifier Game Invest | €3,300,000 | ||
Vermila Studios | ![]() |
€900,000 | |||
Palindrome Interactive (remaining 50%) | ![]() |
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Pow Wow Entertainment | ![]() |
THQ Nordic | |||
DECA Games | ![]() |
DECA Games | €25,000,000 | ||
Sola Media | Plaion | $2,700,000 | |||
September 2020 | Vertigo Games | ![]() |
€50,000,000 | [22] | |
November 2020 | Flying Wild Hog | ![]() |
$137,000,000 | [23] | |
Purple Lamp Studios | ![]() |
THQ Nordic | |||
Zen Studios | ![]() |
Saber Interactive | |||
Snapshot Games | ![]() |
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Nimble Giant Entertainment | ![]() |
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34BigThings | ![]() |
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Mad Head Games | ![]() |
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Sandbox Strategies | ![]() |
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A Thinking Ape Entertainment | ![]() |
DECA Games | $31,000,000 | ||
IUGO Mobile Entertainment | |||||
Coffee Stain North (remaining 40%) | ![]() |
Coffee Stain Holding | |||
Silent Games | ![]() |
Amplifier Game Invest | |||
Quantic Lab (95%) | ![]() |
€4,500,000 | |||
February 2021 | Gearbox Software
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Gearbox Software | $1,300,000,000 | [24] |
Easybrain | ![]() ![]() |
Easybrain | $640,000,000 | [25] | |
Aspyr | ![]() |
Saber Interactive | $450,000,000 | [26] | |
SpringboardVR | ![]() |
Plaion | [27] | ||
May 2021 | Kaiko | ![]() |
THQ Nordic | [28] | |
Massive Miniteam | |||||
Appeal | ![]() |
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Frame Break | ![]() |
Amplifier Game Invest | |||
August 2021 | 3D Realms | ![]() ![]() |
Saber Interactive | [29] | |
Slipgate Ironworks | ![]() |
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CrazyLabs | ![]() |
DECA Games | |||
DigixArt | ![]() |
Plaion | |||
Force Field | ![]() |
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Ghost Ship Games (remaining 65%) | ![]() |
Coffee Stain Holding | |||
Easy Trigger | ![]() | ||||
Grimfrost (70%) | THQ Nordic | ||||
Demiurge Studios | ![]() |
Saber Interactive | [30] | ||
Fractured Byte | ![]() |
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SmartPhone Labs | ![]() |
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September 2021 | Bytex | [31] | |||
October 2021 | Jufeng Studio | ![]() |
DECA Games | [32] | |
Splatter Connect | ![]() |
Plaion | [33] | ||
December 2021 | Asmodee
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Asmodee | €2,750,000,000 | [34] |
Green Tile Digital | ![]() |
Amplifier Game Invest | [35] | ||
Perfect World Entertainment | ![]() |
Gearbox Software | $125,000,000 | [36] | |
Spotfilm Networkx | ![]() |
Plaion | [37] | ||
Shiver Entertainment | ![]() |
Saber Interactive | [38] | ||
Digic Holdings
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[39] | |||
Dark Horse Media
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Dark Horse Media | [40] | ||
February 2022 | A Creative Endeavour | ![]() |
Amplifier Game Invest | [41] | |
Metricminds | ![]() |
THQ Nordic | [42] | ||
March 2022 | Development Plus Inc. | ![]() |
Plaion | [43] | |
Invisible Walls | ![]() |
Amplifier Game Invest | [44] | ||
April 2022 | Beamdog | ![]() |
Saber Interactive | [45] | |
Lost Boys Interactive | ![]() |
Gearbox Software | [46] | ||
May 2022 | Assets of Square Enix Europe | CDE Entertainment | $300,000,000 | [47] | |
August 2022 | Tripwire Interactive | ![]() |
Saber Interactive | [48] | |
Tuxedo Labs | ![]() |
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Middle-earth Enterprises | ![]() |
Embracer Freemode | |||
Limited Run Games | ![]() |
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Bitwave Games | ![]() |
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Gioteck | ![]() |
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Singtrix | ![]() |
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Tatsujin | ![]() |
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October 2022 | Anime Limited | ![]() ![]() |
Plaion Pictures | [49][50][51] | |
VR Distribution | ![]() ![]() |
Asmodee | [52] | ||
January 2023 | Captured Dimensions | ![]() |
Gearbox Software | [53] |
Date | Company | Operative group | Buyer | Price | Ref. |
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November 2019 | Foxglove Studios | THQ Nordic | Management buyout | [54] | |
July 2023 | Goose Byte | Amplifier Game Invest | [55] | ||
October 2023 | Fall Damage | Fragbite | $1,800,000 | [56] | |
February 2024 | Saber Interactive
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Saber Interactive | Beacon Interactive | $247,000,000 [a] | [57] |
March 2024 | Gearbox Software | Gearbox Entertainment | Take-Two Interactive | $460,000,000 | [58] |