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This megathread serves to showcase a list of Canadian game developers. This list will grow over time, and will be better organized as time goes on. Major game titles will be highlighted next to the studio names:

Independent Canadian Game Developers:

Edmonton:

Gatineau:

Halifax:

Hamilton:

Kitchener:

London:

Montreal:

Ottawa:

Quebec City:

Regina:

St. Catharines:

Saskatoon:

Toronto:

Vancouver:

Victoria:

Waterloo:

Multiple Locations in Canada:

Somewhere in Canada:

Individual Canadian Game Developers:

Game Studios based in both Canada and the U.S.:

  • Other Ocean - Partially based in Emeryville, California

Canadian Game Developers Owned by American Companies:

Canadian Game Developers Owned by Other Foreign Companies:

Game Developers with Offices in Canada:

Inactive Canadian Game Developers:

Defunct Canadian Game Developers:

  • Alpha Dog Games - Shuttered 2024, Subsidiary of Zenimax Media and Xbox Game Studios
  • Artech Digital Entertainment - Disbanded 2011
  • BigPark - Shuttered 2016, Subsidiary of Microsoft Studios
  • Camerica - Filed for bankruptcy in 1993, developer of unlicensed NES games
  • Commercial Data Systems - Dissolved 2010, stopped producing games for Commodore 64 around 1990
  • Gaslamp Games - Announced closure in 2019, archived site still online
  • Genius Factor Games - Defunct 2012, Developed iOS games
  • Gray Matter - Disbanded 1997
  • Groove Games - Defunct 2009
  • Orbital Media - Defunct 2014, Developed games for GBA and DS
  • Propaganda Games - Closed 2011, Subsidiary of Disney Interactive Games
  • Pseudo Interactive - Shuttered 2008, revived briefly in 2021
  • ReadySoft - Defunct 1996
  • Sanctuary Woods - Defunct 2001
  • Silicon Knights - Filed for bankruptcy in 2014
  • Slant Six Games - Shuttered 2013
  • Stirling Games - site down, site for only developed game down, socials inactive since 2021
  • Tiny Titan Studios - Website down, socials inactive since 2021, assuming defunct
  • Trapdoor - Dissolved 2012
  • Typhoon Studios - Defunct 2021, Subsidiary of Stadia Games & Entertainment
  • United Front Games - Defunct 2016 - Sleeping Dogs
  • XMG Studio - Acquired by Highmark Interactive in 2017
  • ZAPiT Games - Manufacturer of the Game Wave, as well as iOS and Blackberry games, closed 2009
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[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 days ago

We have a handful of local meetups so everyone tends to know each other.

I am part of Skypyre Studios, as is Matt who is one of the 2 people running the website. We're 10 friends who release games together.

The largest Studio is SnowedIn. They only have 1 game listed but they do a lot of contract work for studios like Ubisoft. Last I checked they had 50+ employees.

The most recognizable is Steelcrate games who made Don't Talk and Nobody Explodes for VR headsets... originally at a local college game jam.

Another cool indie Studio is Breakfall. Who have 3-4 game's listed. They're currently making their own engine.

And there are numerous local indie's who have made a game solo.