101 Top South Korean Video Games Companies and Startups

October 14, 2021

This article showcases our top picks for the best South Korean based Video Games companies. These startups and companies are taking a variety of approaches to innovating the Video Games industry, but are all exceptional companies well worth a follow.

We tried to pick companies across the size spectrum from cutting edge startups to established brands.

We selected these startups and companies for exceptional performance in one of these categories:

  • Innovation
    • Innovative ideas
    • Innovative route to market
    • Innovative product
  • Growth
    • Exceptional growth
    • Exceptional growth strategy
  • Management
  • Societal impact

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Top South Korean Video Games Startups

Data sourced from Crunchbase and SemRush.

Krafton

Krafton

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Krafton is a game developer for PC and mobile devices that focuses on fantasy games.

Pearl Abyss

Pearl Abyss

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Pearl Abyss is a game developer based in Korea currently developing, the Next-Gen MMORPG ‘Black Desert Online’.

Pearl Abyss

JoyCity

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JoyCity is a game development and services company.

Pearl Abyss

Line Games

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Line Games is a Line Corporation subsidiary that is focused on game business.

Pearl Abyss

Miragesoft

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Miragesoft is a studio that specializes in creating immersive and realistic VR content.

Pearl Abyss

Neptune

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Neptune is an online game center helping developers create games for smartphones and tablet PCs.

Pearl Abyss

Kakao Games

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Kakao Games is a KaKao gaming subsidiary, serving various genres of games including PC and mobile.

Pearl Abyss

Loadcomplete

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Loadcomplete is a social and mobile games developer in Korea.

Pearl Abyss

V8 Games

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V8 is a casual SNG game developer consisting of key personnel from Party Games.

Pearl Abyss

GAMEVIL

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Gamevil develops and publishes video games for mobile devices.

Pearl Abyss

Dexint Games

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Dexint Games is a game development company.

Pearl Abyss

Red Sahara Studio

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Red Sahara Studio creates a variety of interesting games.

Pearl Abyss

SN Mobile Technology

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SN Mobile Technology develops games for smartphones.

Pearl Abyss

5minlab

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5minlab is a PC/mobile game development company based in Seoul, South Korea.

Pearl Abyss

Dryad

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Dryad is a mobile game development platform in Korea.

Pearl Abyss

Cocoon Games

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Cocoon Games is engaged in the development of mobile games.

Pearl Abyss

Soulgit, Inc.

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Soulgit is a mobile game publisher and premium marketing agency.

Pearl Abyss

Flaskon

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Flaskon is a Korean mobile game development studio.

Pearl Abyss

Nutgee

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Nutgee is a mobile game development company.

Pearl Abyss

4PLAT

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4PLAT is a game developer and publisher focused on providing optimized mobile RPG games for massive simultaneous group playing.

Pearl Abyss

OriginGames

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ORIGIN GAMES to develop mobile RPG.

Pearl Abyss

ILLION Corp.

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ILLION is a leading VR development studio that aims to introduce true top-quality cross-platform gaming and entertainment to the VR world.

Pearl Abyss

NCSOFT

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NCSOFT is an online, video, and mobile game development company that develops massively multiplayer games.

Pearl Abyss

SmileGate

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SmileGate is an online game development company that offers CrossFire, a first-person shooter (FPS) title.

Pearl Abyss

Playmaroo

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Playmaroo designs and develops video and online games.

Pearl Abyss

Novn

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NOVN is a Korean mobile game developer offering community-based games for web and mobile platforms.

Pearl Abyss

Vespa, Inc

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Vespa, Inc. is a strategy MMO game developer and the creator of “King’s Raid”.

Pearl Abyss

PUBG Corporation

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PUBG operates as an online game developer and publisher.

Pearl Abyss

Wave3Studio

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Wave3Studio is a gaming studio that develops role-playing games.

Pearl Abyss

Rawple Studio

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Rawple Studio is a game development studio.

Pearl Abyss

Gravity Co.

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Gravity is a game development, servicing, and publishing company based in Seoul, South Korea.

Pearl Abyss

HAEGIN

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HAEGIN is a game development company.

Pearl Abyss

Monday OFF

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Monday OFF is a mobile game developer and publisher located in South Korea.

Pearl Abyss

111 Percent

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111 Percent is a small game publishing company.

Pearl Abyss

PATI Games

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PATI Games is a software and mobile games development company.

Pearl Abyss

FazeCat

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FazeCat is a game development startup specializing in strategy and defense games.

Pearl Abyss

Dream Maker Entertainment

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Dream Maker Entertainment enables more than ordinary performances and stages to be created.

Pearl Abyss

AIARA Co., Ltd

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AR game development

Pearl Abyss

STORYTACO

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Storytaco is a mobile game development company.

Pearl Abyss

Kakao

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Kakao is a technology company that operates mobile platforms in South Korea.

Pearl Abyss

Zepetto

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Zepetto is a game developer from Korea that delivers interactive games on consoles, PCs, and mobile devices.

Pearl Abyss

Pictosoft

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Pictosoft is an application development company that creates mobile games for Android and iOS

Pearl Abyss

Webzen

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Webzen is a company that offers gaming solution.

Pearl Abyss

R2ON

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R2ON is a game developer company.

Pearl Abyss

NGELGAMES

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NGELGAMES is a video game development company.

Pearl Abyss

Delusion Studio

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Delusion Studio is a smaller mobile developer responsible for games such as Guardian Stone, Jellipo and House of Mice.

Pearl Abyss

Eyedentity Games

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Eyedentity Games is an online game development studio. The company was founded in 2007 and is based in Seoul, South Korea.

Pearl Abyss

Korea Game Developers Association

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KGDA takes the lead in protecting the rights of game developers and help exchage information between developers.

Pearl Abyss

Smilegate Megaport

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Smilegate Megaport is a mobile game development company.

Pearl Abyss

XLGAMES

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PC MMO and mobile games developer from Seoul, Korea.

Pearl Abyss

Super Awesome

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Game studio Super Awesome develops mobile games by tapping into the potential of exciting new gaming platforms and genres.

Pearl Abyss

9M Interactive

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9M Interactive is a game development company.

Pearl Abyss

IKINA GAMES

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IKINA Games is a smartphone game developer established in 2011.

Pearl Abyss

Mantisco

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Mantisco develops and distributes online video games.

Pearl Abyss

LOLQ

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LOLQ is a gaming company located in South Korea.

Pearl Abyss

GameMeca

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GameMeca is a video game magazine.

Pearl Abyss

Sticky Hands

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Sticky Hands is a professional game developers, loved by players all around the world, for our unique games full of tapping fun.

Pearl Abyss

Wiple Games

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Wiple Games is a game development company.

Pearl Abyss

TreePlanet

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Tree Planet 3 is an adventure-based mobile game developed by TreePlanet.

Pearl Abyss

BlueFinger

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BlueFinger is a developer of Korean mobile games with female game characters for KakaoTalk.

Pearl Abyss

Weaver Interactive

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Weaver Interactive develops mobile content and online games.

Pearl Abyss

Neople

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Neople is a entertainment games manufactured company, they attract the children with 3d&2d animated various types of games.

Pearl Abyss

Treenod

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Treenod is a Korean mobile software company developing smartphone apps such as the puzzle games PokoPang and PATAPOKO Animal.

Pearl Abyss

Bird Letter

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Bird Letter is a mobile game development company.

Pearl Abyss

EJN

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EJN is an IT company that develops & provides services for streamers and gamers.

Pearl Abyss

Monsterplanet

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Monsterplanet provides information technology and services.

Pearl Abyss

Dragonfly

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Dragonfly is a company that delivers happiness to the game.

Pearl Abyss

BIGBALL

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BIGBALL specializes in the development of video games.

Pearl Abyss

Allm

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AllM is an online game developer of the Kritika series.

Pearl Abyss

LIVEZEN

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Livezen is a Korean based android and ios games and application dveloper.Some of there notable titles include astrowing

Pearl Abyss

IMC Games

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IMC Games is a Korean video game developer company.

Pearl Abyss

SESISOFT

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SESISOFT is a video game developer for PC, mobile and web devices.

Pearl Abyss

G1PLAYGROUND

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PC game

Pearl Abyss

VALOFE

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VALOFE develops, publishes and operates the Online & Mobile Games, Globally.

Pearl Abyss

ACTFIVE

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ACTFIVE is an action game developer company.

Pearl Abyss

Gameplete

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Gameplete is a developer that completes the fun of the game.

MUMO STUDIO

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MUMO STUDIO is an online game development company that develops social deduction game, DUBIUM.

Pearl Abyss

OPUSONE INC

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‘OPUS ONE’ is a musical expression denoting the first composition within the masterwork of a composer.

Pearl Abyss

Graction

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Graction develops educational content in functional game, AR,m VR, smart education field, publishing field, and video field.

Pearl Abyss

Joymax

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Joymax is a video game developer company.

Pearl Abyss

Game Coach

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Game coach is a tutoring website for educational game and also for sns games.

Pearl Abyss

Gravity Interactive

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Gravity Interactive is a global online game company.

Pearl Abyss

AN Games

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AN Games is a game development company.

Pearl Abyss

Pixelity Games

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Pixelity Games is a video game development company specializing in VR games.

Pearl Abyss

TRITONESOFT

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TRITONESOFT is a mobile game developer/publisher company.

Pearl Abyss

COSDOTS

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COSDOTS is an indie game dev team based in Seoul, South Korea.

Pearl Abyss

Grew Creative Lab

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Grew Creative Lab is Korea’s first-generation VR company that has produced and serviced VR motion sickness analyzer.

Pearl Abyss

Reloaded Studios

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Reloaded Studios is a video game news and development service company.

Pearl Abyss

SIDE 9

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SIDE 9 is a CGI animation studio that specializes in memorable characters and thrilling animations.

Pearl Abyss

NCSOFT Games

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NCSOFT is a premiere digital entertainment company and global publisher with worldwide locations and more than 4,000 employees.

Pearl Abyss

Plutomobilc

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Plutomobilc is a mobile game developer and distributor company.

Pearl Abyss

WRD

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WRD is remote reality platform that presents exceptional racing experience for extreme sports fans.

Pearl Abyss

Walrus

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Walrus is an internet company that offers games development services.

Pearl Abyss

Bigman Games

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Bigman Games is a mobile game development company.

Pearl Abyss

LINYWORKS

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LINYWORKS is a Korean developer of social and business games.

Pearl Abyss

BigRadar

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BigRadar is a game developing agency.

Pearl Abyss

PsychoFlux Entertainment

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Indie game supporting company. Game publishing, QA, agency activities, etc.

Pearl Abyss

BIGPICTURE

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Bigpicture is a game education company.

Pearl Abyss

PLAY THE WORLD

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PlayTheWorld offers mobile games.

Pearl Abyss

MOAIGAMES

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MOAIGAMES is a gaming platform that offers role-playing mobile and video games.

Pearl Abyss

Wispsoft

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Wispsoft is a South Korean company which designs and develops games for web and mobile platform.

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