Aldin Dynamics

Name

Aldin Dynamics

Legal name

Aldin Dynamics ehf.

Website

https://aldin.io

Company type

Private

Founded year

2013

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Interactive Entertainment / Video Games

NAICS

Software Publishers (51321), Hobby, Toy, and Game Retailers (459120)

SIC

Services-Prepackaged Software (7372), Retail-Computer & Computer Software Stores (5734)

akta.pro primary industry

VR/AR/XR Game Studios (MPAFAAAE)

akta.pro secondary industries

Physics, Animation & Character Tech Middleware (MPAFAFAC), Gaming & Interactive Entertainment Personalization (HDAAAGAF)

Keywords

• Cross-platform VR games
• AI character interaction
• Multimodal gesture control
• Immersive gaming experiences
• Virtual reality entertainment

Headquarters

HQ city

Reykjavík

HQ country

Iceland

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Technology or R&D, Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Game Sales: One-time purchase of Waltz of the Wizard across Meta Quest, Apple App Store, Google Play, Steam, and PlayStation Store. Over 1,000,000 copies sold across mobile, console, PC, and VR.
2. In-App Purchases: Optional in-app purchases available through mobile applications, processed via Apple iTunes or Google Play services per App Store terms and conditions.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Aldin Dynamics develops and sells cross-platform interactive entertainment software, anchored by its flagship game Waltz of the Wizard, a wizard-simulation title featuring an AI-driven talking skull assistant named Skully. The game is published on Meta Quest, Apple App Store, Google Play, Steam, and PlayStation Store, and has sold over 1,000,000 copies across mobile, PC, console, and VR. The experience is delivered through Aldin's proprietary PresenceCore™ engine, which fuses voice, hand, eye, and body-language input into a single multimodal interaction layer.

Product overview

Aldin Dynamics operates a platform-plus-modules architecture. The core technology platform is PresenceCore™, Aldin's proprietary multimodal-interaction engine that fuses voice, hand, eye and body-language signals. On top of this engine sit (1) Ghostline®, Aldin's internal quality-assurance tool used to polish and accelerate the design of immersive content, and (2) the flagship end-user product Waltz of the Wizard, a cross-platform wizard-simulation game in which the player interacts with characters such as Skully through the same multimodal AI capabilities the engine exposes. PresenceCore™ is therefore the foundation; Ghostline® and Waltz of the Wizard are the consumer- and creator-facing products it powers.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Waltz of the Wizard: Aldin's flagship cross-platform wizard simulation game featuring an AI-powered talking skull character named Skully; available on Meta Quest, Steam, PlayStation, iOS and Android; over 1,000,000 copies sold across mobile, console, PC and VR.
• PresenceCore
• Ghostline

Products and services

• Waltz of the Wizard

Quantifiable outcome

• Over 1,000,000 copies of Waltz of the Wizard sold across mobile, console, PC, and VR
• +2 more outcomes

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration5 records

AI capability10 records

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered flagship and core.

• Meta (Meta Quest)flagshipChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorMeta Quest Store is one of Waltz of the Wizard's flagship distribution channels. The game is a Top #30 Best Selling Quest Game of All Time on the platform, and Meta is referenced as the awarding body for that ranking.
• Apple App StoreflagshipChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorDistribution partner for the iOS version of Waltz of the Wizard. Apple's App Store has featured the title as 'Game of the Day' and in 'New Games We Love', and processes in-app purchases per Apple iTunes terms.
• Google PlaycoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorDistribution partner for the Android version of Waltz of the Wizard. Google Play processes in-app purchases and is governed by Google Play terms and conditions.
• Steam (Valve)coreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorDistribution partner for the PC version of Waltz of the Wizard, hosting the title on Valve's Steam storefront.
• PlayStation Store (Sony)coreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorDistribution partner for the PlayStation 5 version of Waltz of the Wizard on Sony's PlayStation Store.
• Unity Software, Inc.coreTechnology or IntegrationTechnology / analytics partner providing gaming analytics services. Per the privacy policy, Unity tools are used within Aldin's games to understand game performance and player behavior, and game distribution platforms provide information to Aldin about players.
• Google LLC (Google Analytics)coreTechnology or IntegrationWeb analytics provider used by Aldin to understand web traffic and use of the Services, with cookie-based measurement governed by Google's Privacy Policy and Analytics Terms of Use.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Emerging players

• Innersloth: Developer of Among Us, a small-team indie that scaled to hundreds of millions of players through viral social growth. Comparable to Aldin in team size, viral distribution dynamics and cross-platform indie success, although not VR-focused.

Direct peers

• Schell Games: Pittsburgh studio behind Among Us VR, I Expect You To Die and Until You Fall. Comparable as a multi-platform VR developer with award-winning titles and both first-party and licensed IP.
• Owlchemy Labs: Austin-based VR studio (Vacation Simulator, Rick and Morty: Virtual Rick-ality), acquired by Google. Comparable as a cross-platform VR developer with flagship titles on Meta Quest, Steam and PlayStation VR.
• Beat Games: Czech indie studio behind Beat Saber, the best-selling VR game on Meta Quest. Directly comparable as a small-team VR game studio with a single mega-hit franchise distributed across major stores.
• Resolution Games: Stockholm-based studio specializing in cross-platform VR games (Demeo, Angry Birds VR, Cook-Out). Closely comparable to Aldin as a VR-first, cross-platform indie publisher with award-winning titles on Meta Quest and Steam.
• Survios: Los Angeles VR studio behind Creed, Sprint Vector and The Walking Dead: Saints & Sinners. Comparable as a premium VR-first developer publishing across Meta, Steam and PlayStation stores.
• nDreams: UK-based VR game studio (Far Cry VR, Little Cities) and publisher. Comparable as a VR-focused indie that has scaled a multi-title catalog and external publishing arm on Meta Quest and PSVR2.
• Vertigo Games: Dutch publisher and developer of VR titles including Arizona Sunshine and After the Fall. Comparable as a cross-platform VR publisher with a flagship IP and presence across Meta Quest, Steam and PlayStation.
• Ready at Dawn: California studio behind Lone Echo and Echo VR; acquired by Meta. Comparable as a small-team VR-first developer producing premium, presence-driven experiences on Meta Quest.

Others

• Unity Technologies: Game engine and tooling provider that supplies the underlying platform (and analytics, via Aldin's privacy policy) for much of the immersive content industry. Relevant as the infrastructure layer Aldin builds on and a potential competitor if Unity bundles its own AI-character or multimodal tools.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/AldinDynamics
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Compliance3 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds4 records

Investors3 records

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M&A

Investments

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