Starbreeze average number of employees 2011-2023
Compared to the previous year, the number of employees of the Swedish video game developer Starbreeze significantly increased to 184 as of 2023. In the fiscal year of 2018, over 600 people worked for the company. The company has been issuing layoffs since 2019 in order to stay afloat after prolonged development problems with their 2018 title "Overkill's The Walking Dead".
Starbreeze was founded in 1998 headquartered in Sweden’s capital Stockholm. The company generates revenues with its three business areas development of own games, publishing of own and external content as well as with production and operation of Virtual Reality technology. In 2021, Starbreeze obtained a net revenue of 125 million Swedish kronor. The company's most notable releases include the Payday series, as well as critically acclaimed Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons.
In 2019, the revenue of the Swedish gaming market amounted to almost 24.3 million SEK, almost doubling in volume since 2016. The biggest gaming companies in Sweden based on revenue are Minecraft developer Mojang, Embracer Group (formerly known as THQ Nordic), and social gaming giant King (Midasplayer).
Starbreeze’s revenue sources
Starbreeze was founded in 1998 headquartered in Sweden’s capital Stockholm. The company generates revenues with its three business areas development of own games, publishing of own and external content as well as with production and operation of Virtual Reality technology. In 2021, Starbreeze obtained a net revenue of 125 million Swedish kronor. The company's most notable releases include the Payday series, as well as critically acclaimed Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons.
The Swedish gaming market
In 2019, the revenue of the Swedish gaming market amounted to almost 24.3 million SEK, almost doubling in volume since 2016. The biggest gaming companies in Sweden based on revenue are Minecraft developer Mojang, Embracer Group (formerly known as THQ Nordic), and social gaming giant King (Midasplayer).
