There are currently 6,700 specialists working in Romanian studios, the largest year-on-year increase in the number of employees in the creative industry, 13% from 2020.
“The year 2021 represents for the Romanian video game development industry one of the fastest growing years ever. It is an increasingly attractive industry for investors, multinational companies, and even for the authorities, given that the profitability rate of this sector is twice the national average. We are very happy that it was a year in which new multinational companies of renown in the industry entered the local market, it is another proof for Romania’s potential as a regional hub,” said Catalin Butnariu, RGDA chairman.
For example, in 2021, Romanian studio AMC Romania was taken over by Keywords Studios and Funcom, Norway’s largest game developer, and Polish mobile game developer Ten Square Games opened offices in Bucharest.
Also in 2021, video game development studios launched more than 20 titles, with Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Frontline (Ubisoft Romania), Sniper Champions, Asphalt 9: Legends for Nintendo Switch (Gameloft Romania) and FIFA 22 (Electronic Arts Romania) among the most notable.
The top 10 Romanian companies by 2021 revenue are Ubisoft Romania, Electronic Arts Romania, Amber Studio, Gameloft Romania, Playtika, Green Horse Games, Quantic Lab, eRepublik, AMC Romania and Studio Firefly, the source cited above shows.
(English version by Loredana Fratila-Cristescu)