Arkham Studio

What Arkham Studio does

Arkham Studio is a French gamification and serious-game agency headquartered in Tours (Saint-Cyr-sur-Loire), producing fully customized ludo-pedagogical solutions for enterprise and public-sector clients. Its core offerings span digital formats (mobile and web applications, PWAs, VR experiences), physical formats (board games, card games, escape games), and hybrid phygital combinations, all designed and produced in-house by a team combining game designers, instructional designers, and front-end/back-end developers. The company sells primarily on a project-based professional-services model with bespoke pricing, complemented by gamification consulting engagements structured around an adapted Double Diamond methodology, and has recently added a packaged off-the-shelf product line — Enquêtes à Haut Risque, an SST training board game distributed via a dedicated e-commerce site.

The company's revenue mechanics are anchored in co-created, custom engagements with marquee French and international clients including Microsoft, Dassault Aviation, EDF, MAIF, Safran, GRTgaz, ENGIE, Orange Cyberdéfense, Dior, Keolis, CMA-CGM, and Crédit Agricole, alongside French government and public institutions such as CNIL, Ministère des Armées, Ministère de l'Éducation Nationale, CHRU de Tours, CARSAT, AP-HP, and Caisse des Dépôts. Go-to-market is consultative and direct: clients engage via the company website, project inquiry forms, or an embedded Google Calendar booking link, with no reseller or marketplace channels. Marketing relies on educational blog content, LinkedIn presence, downloadable white papers, and detailed project case studies. The firm operates exclusively in France with no disclosed geographic expansion, is privately held with no institutional or PE backing, and has accumulated over 100 projects since 2015 while remaining a small team under founder-CEO François Lésognany.

Name

Arkham Studio

Legal name

Arkham Studio

Website

https://arkham-studio.fr

Company type

Private

Founded year

2015

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Gamification and Serious Game Development Services

NAICS

Custom Computer Programming Services (541511)

SIC

Services-Computer Programming Services (7371)

akta.pro primary industry

Serious Games & Simulation Studios (Training, Defense, Enterprise) (MPAFAAAH)

akta.pro secondary industries

Immersive/Interactive Animation (AR/VR/Real-Time) (MPAHACAN), VR/AR Gaming Platforms (BPAMAKAG), VR/AR/XR Game Studios (MPAFAAAE), AR/VR & Immersive Learning Content Development (EDAGAKAI)

Keywords

• Custom serious games
• Gamification consulting
• Digital learning solutions
• Escape games training
• Corporate e-learning

Headquarters

HQ city

Saint-cyr-sur-loire

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Custom Gamification Projects: Project-based custom serious game development. Each engagement is unique based on client needs, objectives, and constraints. Pricing varies by project scope, format, and complexity.
2. Consulting Services: Expert consulting engagements for gamification strategy, project scoping, and methodology. Consulting phase provides deliverables including exploratory axes and recommendations. Transparent, freedom-respecting approach where clients own their deliverables.
3. Off-the-shelf Products (Enquêtes à Haut Risque): Ready-to-use board game products for occupational health and safety training. Available at enquetesahautrisque.fr for direct purchase.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Arkham Studio is a gamification agency that designs, develops, and produces fully customized serious games and ludo-pedagogical solutions for organizations. Its offerings span digital (web apps, mobile, VR/AR), physical (board games, card games, escape games), and hybrid (phygital) formats, alongside expert gamification consulting based on an adapted Double Diamond methodology.

Product overview

Arkham Studio is a gamification and serious game agency producing fully customized ludo-pedagogical solutions. Its core offering spans multiple formats — Serious Games, E-Learning/Digital Learning modules, Escape Games, Board Games, Hybrid Phygital Experiences, and Virtual Reality Experiences — all designed in-house. The company also offers Gamification Consulting using an adapted Double Diamond methodology. A notable branded sub-product is 'Enquêtes à Haut Risque', a ready-to-use collaborative board game for occupational health and safety (SST/QVT) training. Solutions address domains including QVT/SST, RSE, cybersecurity, onboarding, digital accessibility, and professional skills development, and are delivered to clients including CHRU de Tours, CNIL, GRTgaz, Dassault Aviation, Microsoft, Safran, and ENGIE.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Enquêtes à Haut Risque: A ready-to-use board game product line for occupational health and safety training (SST), featuring collaborative investigation games for workplace accident prevention.

Products and services

• Serious Games Custom serious games combining pedagogical content with game mechanics, produced entirely in-house across digital, physical, or hybrid (phygital) formats for enterprise and public sector clients.
• E-Learning & Digital Learning Gamified digital and e-learning modules delivered via web browser, mobile app, or Progressive Web App (PWA), including point-and-click and narrative game formats for training and awareness.
• Escape Games Custom serious escape game experiences in digital, physical, or hybrid formats, used for training, awareness, and team cohesion in enterprise settings.
• Board Games (Jeux de plateau) Custom physical board games, card games, and tabletop experiences designed for pedagogical, safety, and awareness purposes.
• Hybrid Phygital Experiences Hybrid games combining physical and digital elements, such as physical board games paired with digital interfaces or PWAs, for enhanced immersion and scalability.
• Enquêtes à Haut Risque A ready-to-use collaborative board game for occupational health and safety (SST/QVT) training. Players investigate fictional workplace accidents to build an 'arbre des causes' (fault tree) and understand cause-and-effect chains. Designed for 2-6 players, ~30 minutes per session.
• Gamification Consulting Expert consulting services for gamification projects, using an adapted Double Diamond methodology to help frame project scope, explore creative axes, and deliver actionable recommendations and deliverables.
• Virtual Reality (VR) Experiences Immersive virtual reality training and awareness experiences covering workplace safety, accessibility, and professional skills scenarios.

Quantifiable outcome

• 100+ projects delivered since founding
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers20 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature5 records

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered minor.

• EdUTeam / GamiXlab (Université Paris-Est Créteil)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration with Philippe Lépinard, researcher at Université Paris-Est Créteil (IAE Gustave Eiffel), on pedagogical wargame research. EdUTeam project explores wargames as experiential learning tools for management education. Arkham Studio participated in Online Gamification Event discussions on this topic.
• The Online Gamification EventminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAnnual virtual convention on gamification hosted/facilitated by Arkham Studio. Features expert roundtables and interviews on gamification topics. Second edition included wargame pedagogy discussion.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• KTM Advance: French serious-games and VR/AR studio offering custom training, simulation, and immersive learning solutions to enterprise and public-sector clients, directly overlapping Arkham Studio's serious-game and VR training offering.
• PIXEM Studio: French creative studio producing interactive 3D, VR/AR, and immersive digital experiences for education and training — comparable in scale and French-market focus to Arkham Studio.
• Allen Interactions: US-based custom serious-games and immersive learning company serving large enterprises for training and compliance — closest international analogue to Arkham Studio's bespoke serious-game delivery model.
• INSIDEO: French digital learning and serious-games agency producing custom e-learning, gamified training, and immersive modules for enterprise clients — directly comparable custom gamification/services model.
• M2 Formation (M2 Group): French digital learning specialist offering custom e-learning, gamified modules, and serious games for enterprise and public sector — directly competes in the same France-centric custom learning market.

Emerging players

• Rise Up (formerly Teach on Mars): Mobile-first learning platform used by European enterprises for compliance and micro-learning — adjacent competitor for digital learning budgets in the same French/European market as Arkham Studio.
• Talespin: VR-based immersive learning platform focused on soft-skills training (e.g., leadership, DEI) for enterprises — overlaps with Arkham Studio's VR training and soft-skills serious games (e.g., Mars 2085 for the Ministère des Armées).

Broad incumbents

• Sweetrush: Larger US-based custom learning solutions and serious-games agency — competes for global enterprise custom-learning RFPs with a broader portfolio and larger delivery capacity than Arkham Studio.
• Strivr: Enterprise VR training platform used by large corporations for skills and safety training — competes for VR training budgets and overlaps with Arkham Studio's VR safety/awareness work for MAIF, EDF, and Microsoft.
• Cegos: Major French and global training/consulting firm with digital learning and gamification practices — broader incumbent that bids against Arkham Studio in French enterprise and public-sector training programs.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/ArkhamSTD
• Facebookfacebook.com/arkhamagencedigitale
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/arkham-studio-digital-agency

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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