Techland

What Techland does

Techland S.A. is a Polish video game development studio founded in 1991, headquartered in Wrocław, Poland, with additional development offices in Ostrów Wielkopolski and Warsaw. The company operates four locations across these Polish cities and employs 501-1,000 staff, functioning as a strategic operating subsidiary under Tencent following the Chinese conglomerate's 2023 majority-stake acquisition documented in Drake Star's Q3 2023 Global Gaming Report.

Techland's product strategy centers on the Dying Light franchise — three titles spanning Dying Light (2015), Dying Light 2: Stay Human (2022), and Dying Light: The Beast (2025) — built on a proprietary game engine that delivers first-person parkour mechanics, dynamic day/night cycles with escalated zombie AI behavior at night, and 4-player cooperative multiplayer. Supporting titles include the legacy Call of Juarez: Gunslinger (a western-themed first-person shooter) and God's Trigger. Distribution is global across Steam, Epic Games Store, PlayStation, Xbox, and Nintendo Switch digital storefronts, supplemented by an NVIDIA GeForce NOW cloud gaming partnership and a PUBG MOBILE cross-promotional collaboration. Post-launch operations include multi-language support (9 languages), the Dying Light Outpost community platform, and an active live-service content cadence with successive DLC and updates.

Revenue mechanics are predominantly one-time game license sales, augmented by downloadable content expansions and in-game transactions (weapon skins, blueprints). The company has received multi-year EU R&D co-funding through the Polish Operational Programme Intelligent Development (POIR.01.01.01 series) and the GameINN sectoral programme. Customer concentration is structurally low: the addressable market consists of fragmented global consumers of survival horror and action games, with no disclosed enterprise or B2B contracts.

Name

Techland

Legal name

Techland S.A.

Website

https://techland.pl

Company type

Private

Founded year

1991

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

501–1,000 employees

Short description

Techland is a Polish video game development studio founded in 1991 that creates first-person open-world survival horror games, primarily the Dying Light franchise. The company distributes titles globally across PC, console, and cloud gaming platforms to action and survival horror gaming enthusiasts.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Video Games

NAICS

Software Publishers (5132)

SIC

Services-Prepackaged Software (7372)

akta.pro primary industry

Game Engine & Creation Platforms (UGC/Modding) (BPAMAKAE)

Keywords

• Video game development
• Survival horror games
• Open-world action games
• First-person parkour games
• Cooperative multiplayer games

Headquarters

HQ city

Wroclaw

HQ country

Poland

HQ region

Europe

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Software

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Video Game Sales: Techland generates primary revenue through sale of video game titles including Dying Light, Dying Light 2: Stay Human, Dying Light: The Beast, Call of Juarez: Gunslinger, and God's Trigger. Games are sold as one-time purchases for PC and console platforms.
2. DLC and Expansions: Post-launch revenue through downloadable content expansions including the Restored Land DLC for Dying Light: The Beast, and various content updates released over time.
3. In-Game Purchases: Revenue from in-game transactions including weapon skins, blueprints, and other cosmetic or gameplay content within the Dying Light franchise.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Techland is a Polish video game development studio that self-publishes open-world survival horror and action titles, anchored by the Dying Light franchise (Dying Light, Dying Light 2: Stay Human, Dying Light: The Beast). The studio uses a proprietary game engine to deliver first-person parkour mechanics, dynamic day/night cycles with adaptive zombie AI, and cooperative multiplayer, and monetizes its games through one-time digital and physical sales, post-launch DLC, and in-game purchases across PC and console platforms globally.

Product overview

Techland is a video game development studio specializing in survival horror and action-adventure titles. The company's core portfolio centers on the Dying Light franchise, which includes three titles: Dying Light (2015), Dying Light 2: Stay Human (2022), and Dying Light: The Beast (2025). The Dying Light games share a first-person survival horror gameplay loop with parkour mechanics, zombie combat, and cooperative multiplayer, with Dying Light: The Beast representing the latest evolution featuring enhanced survival mechanics. Techland also maintains the Call of Juarez: Gunslinger western shooter as a legacy title. All major titles offer support resources and are distributed through platforms including Steam, console digital stores, and cloud gaming services.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Dying Light: A zombie-themed first-person action survival horror game franchise developed by Techland, featuring parkour mechanics and cooperative gameplay.
• Call of Juarez
• God's Trigger

Products and services

• Dying Light: The Beast Latest installment in Techland's survival horror franchise featuring enhanced parkour mechanics, intense zombie combat, and hardcore survival elements including hunger management and permanent consequences for actions; available on PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X/S.
• Dying Light 2: Stay Human Open-world survival horror RPG set in a post-apocalyptic world where players navigate faction conflicts and zombie hordes while utilizing advanced parkour and combat systems, for PC and console gamers.
• Dying Light Original first-person survival horror game with day/night cycle, parkour mechanics, and zombie combat set in a zombie-infested open world; for PC and console players.
• Call of Juarez: Gunslinger Western-themed first-person shooter with story-driven arcade action, available on multiple platforms including Nintendo Switch with multi-language support, for fans of western-themed action games.

Quantifiable outcome

• Dying Light: The Beast received positive reception for survival horror focus and was considered more complete at launch compared to Dying Light 2

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration3 records

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered minor and flagship.

• PUBG MOBILEminorGTM or Marketing Partner · 1 October 2025Collaboration between Dying Light: The Beast and PUBG MOBILE for cross-promotional content, bringing Dying Light-themed content to the mobile gaming audience.
• NVIDIAflagshipTechnology or Integration · 18 August 2025NVIDIA partnership brings Techland's games including Dying Light: The Beast to GeForce NOW cloud gaming platform. The partnership enables streaming up to 5K resolution at 120fps with AI-powered features like DLSS 4 Multi-Frame Generation, doubling the game library to over 4,500 titles.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• IO Interactive: Danish studio and independent developer of the Hitman franchise. Comparable as a mid-sized European self-publishing studio with established franchises, multi-platform distribution, and live ops content updates.
• Remedy Entertainment: Finnish studio behind Control and Alan Wake, both premium narrative action titles. Comparable as a European independent developer of premium single-player action games with proprietary technology and a sequel-driven franchise strategy.
• Bloober Team: Kraków-based horror game studio behind Silent Hill 2 Remake and Layers of Fear. Directly comparable as a Polish mid-sized developer focused on horror genres, sharing talent pools and EU funding ecosystems with Techland.
• People Can Fly: Polish developer of Outriders and Bulletstorm, listed on Warsaw Stock Exchange. Comparable as a Polish AAA studio developing first-person action games with shared talent market and EU operational footprint.
• CD Projekt Red: Polish AAA game developer behind The Witcher and Cyberpunk 2077 franchises. Closest peer by origin (Poland), scale (501-1000+ employees), and AAA open-world development model; competes for Polish engineering talent and European publishing relationships.
• Crytek: German developer of Crysis and Hunt: Showdown. Comparable as a mid-sized European studio with proprietary game engine technology (CryEngine) developing premium first-person action games.
• Saber Interactive: Multi-studio developer behind Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 and many co-op action titles. Comparable as a multi-location developer of premium cooperative action games with strong post-launch support track record.
• 4A Games: Ukrainian developer of the Metro series, owned by Embracer Group. Comparable as a mid-sized European studio developing atmospheric first-person shooters with strong proprietary engine technology.

Broad incumbents

• Capcom: Japanese publisher-developer behind Resident Evil, the dominant survival horror franchise. Competes directly with Dying Light in the survival horror genre but operates at significantly larger scale with broader portfolio.

Emerging players

• Arrowhead Game Studios: Swedish developer of Helldivers 2, now owned by Tencent. Comparable as a mid-sized European co-op action developer under Tencent ownership; an emerging competitive threat in cooperative multiplayer games.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/TechlandGames
• YouTubeyoutube.com/user/TechlandGames/featured
• Facebookfacebook.com/TechlandGames
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/20059

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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