Scottish games sector report
Dundee is known as a games town, home of the studios behind some of the best-known British titles, and Glasgow and Edinburgh add independent studios and the tools and services around them.
Key findings
- 49 Scottish-registered companies on record in games, led by Edinburgh (14), Dundee (13) and Glasgow (13).
- Of the 31 companies with accounts at Companies House, Hyper Luminal Games has the most staff (86) and 4J Studios the largest net assets (£37.4m).
Top companies
| Company | Raised |
|---|---|
| Glitchers | |
| Biome Collective | |
| Hyper Luminal Games | |
| Stormcloud Games | |
| 4J Studios | |
| Bearhammer Games | |
| Konglomerate Games | |
| Rivet Games | |
| Yaldi Games |
Also on record, no figures yet: Rockstar Games, Build a Rocket Boy, Lowtek Games, Rockstar North, YoYo Games, Blazing Griffin, KeelWorks, Outplay Entertainment, Cobra Mobile, Pawsmonaut Games, Umbra Dynamics, Astrodreamer Studio, Ludus Pax Studios, Pocket Sized Hands, Rockstar Dundee.
24 of 49 Scottish games companies, ranked by money raised on record.
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Free sample: the 24 companies above, with their rounds, roles and filed accounts. The full dataset is available: ask us.Download sample CSV
Cite this: ayeoh, “Scottish games sector report”, data to 31 Oct 2026, https://ayeoh.io/sectors/games. Free to quote with a link.
Sources: Companies House filings, funding announcements and company boards read by ayeoh, and the Scottish tech press. Money is the disclosed amount only; a round with no stated figure counts as a round, not as money. Data to 31 Oct 2026.
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