Live Motion Games

What Live Motion Games does

Live Motion Games S.A. is a Polish video game development and publishing company that produces mid-budget simulation, city-builder, and survival games for the global PC market through the Steam platform. Founded in 2017 by Michał Kaczmarek (CEO 2017-2022), the company operates from a registered office in Warsaw and a main development office in Katowice, employing 80+ people who grew the team from an initial four-person unit over 30 months. The company's product portfolio spans 12+ titles including Train Station Renovation, Car Trader Simulator, Builder Simulator, Chornobyl Liquidators Simulator, Nanzou: The Divine Court, Corner Shop Nightshift, Builders of China, Bakery Simulator, Supermarket Manager, FatEX Courier Simulator, Sapper Defuse the Bomb, and Gunslingers & Zombies, built primarily on Unity and Unreal engines with 1-2 year production cycles at 0.5-2.5M PLN per title.

The business operates three revenue streams: (1) direct game sales through Steam as a one-time perpetual license model, (2) contract game development for external publishers where the client covers full production budget plus the company participates in post-launch revenue share, and (3) a developer revenue-share model that incentivizes internal and external development teams. Primary customers are individual PC gamers in the global simulation and builder genre market, with secondary B2B customers being external publishers seeking co-publishing partnerships. The company went public on the Warsaw NewConnect exchange in June 2021 (ISIN: PLLVMGM00016) and maintains a strategic distribution and equity partnership with PlayWay S.A., which holds an 18.48% stake and provides access to testing facilities, bundled promotions, marketing surfaces, and cross-studio collaboration networks within the Polish indie game ecosystem.

The current CEO is Radosław Kaśkiewicz, who succeeded founder Kaczmarek in 2022 while Kaczmarek retained a supervisory board seat. The board includes PlayWay-connected director Grzegorz Czarnecki, investment banking veteran Jakub Lang, IT channel executive Michał Matusiewicz, founder Kaczmarek, and Paweł Rola. Growth has been product-cadence driven rather than single-hit dependent, with Builder Simulator's 42,000 wishlists and 100,000+ demo downloads at Steam Next Fest in January 2021 serving as the portfolio's breakout visibility event. The company's competitive positioning rests on mid-budget unit economics discipline, PlayWay ecosystem distribution leverage, and multi-genre production flexibility across Unity and Unreal engines.

Name

Live Motion Games

Legal name

Live Motion Games S.A.

Website

https://livemotiongames.com

Company type

Public

Founded year

2017

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Live Motion Games S.A. is a Polish mid-budget PC game developer and publisher producing simulation, city-builder, and survival games for global Steam distribution, backed by PlayWay S.A. as an 18.48% strategic shareholder.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

PC Game Development & Publishing

NAICS

Software Publishers (5132)

akta.pro primary industry

Live-Service & MMO Game Studios (MPAFAAAD)

akta.pro secondary industries

Live Operations & Game Management (Events, Economy Tuning, Content Drops) (MPAFAKAC), Monetization Operations (Pricing, Offers, Storefront Ops, Ad Ops) (MPAFAKAI), Player Acquisition & Growth Operations (UA Ops, ASO, Creative Ops) (MPAFAKAK)

Keywords

• Video game development
• Simulation games
• Pc game publishing
• City builder games
• Indie game studio

Headquarters

HQ city

Warsaw

HQ country

Poland

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Software

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Direct Game Sales: Production and publishing of games sold directly through Steam platform to global PC gaming market.
2. Contract Game Development: Game development services for external publishers with full budget coverage by client, plus revenue share participation after game launch.
3. Developer Revenue Share: Development teams receive share of profits from successful games (revenue share model for dev teams).

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Live Motion Games S.A. is a Polish video game studio that develops and publishes mid-budget PC simulation, city-builder, and survival games (production budgets 0.5-2.5M PLN) primarily through the Steam platform. The company also provides contract game development services for external publishers, with full production budget covered by the client and a revenue share after game launch.

Product overview

Live Motion Games S.A. is a Polish video game studio that develops and publishes simulation, city-builder, and survival games primarily for PC through the Steam platform. The company operates a diversified portfolio of games including Train Station Renovation (their founding title), Car Trader Simulator, Builder Simulator, Chornobyl Liquidators Simulator, Nanzou: The Divine Court, Corner Shop Nightshift, Builders of China, Bakery Simulator, Supermarket Manager, Fat[EX] Courier Simulator, Sapper Defuse the Bomb, and Gunslingers & Zombies. The company focuses on the mid-budget segment (0.5-2.5 million PLN production costs) with production cycles of 1-2 years. They operate both self-published games and work-for-hire productions for external publishers, with PlayWay S.A. as their primary shareholder and strategic partner for quality control and marketing support.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Corner Shop Nightshift: Game title developed and published by Live Motion Games
• Builder Simulator
• Chornobyl Liquidators
• Train Station Renovation
• Car Trader Simulator
• Nanzou: The Divine Court
• Builders of China
• Bakery Simulator
• Supermarket Manager
• FatEX Courier Simulator
• Sapper Defuse the Bomb
• Gunslingers & Zombies

Products and services

• Train Station Renovation A simulation game where players renovate and restore abandoned train stations to their former glory. Released on Steam for PC gamers.
• Car Trader Simulator A simulation game where players run a car trading business, buying and selling vehicles. Released on Steam for PC gamers.
• Builder Simulator A simulation game where players build houses from the ground up, managing construction projects. Released on Steam for PC gamers.

Named customers1 record

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered minor and support.

• Strategy LabsminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration partner for Builders of China title. Partner has established user base utilized for customer acquisition.
• Frozen DistrictminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorCollaboration partner for Train Station Renovation distribution, providing access to partner's user base for customer acquisition.
• EQ1 sp. z o.o.supportOthersAuthorized advisor providing corporate governance and regulatory compliance advisory services. Located at ul. Marszałkowska 126/134, 00-008 Warsaw.
• Dom Maklerski BDM S.A.supportOthersMarket animator for Live Motion Games listed on NewConnect. Located at ul. Stojałowskiego 27, 43-300 Bielsko-Biała.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• PlayWay S.A. Listed parent/anchor shareholder (18.48%) and direct strategic peer. Operates the same mid-budget PC simulation publishing playbook across dozens of affiliated Polish studios, sharing distribution, QA, and bundled-promotion infrastructure with LMG.
• Creativeforge Games: Polish game developer/publisher of mid-budget PC simulation/strategy titles; longstanding PlayWay affiliate with virtually identical production economics.
• Frozen District: Polish simulation studio and co-development partner on Train Station Renovation. Same mid-budget simulator formula on Steam with tight PlayWay ecosystem integration.
• Art Games Studio S.A. NewConnect-listed Polish indie developer with similar simulation focus and matching capital-market profile.
• Polyslash: Polish indie studio with PlayWay affiliation (supervisory overlap noted in LMG disclosures) and shared go-to-market approach through Steam.
• ConsoleWay S.A. Listed Polish small-cap focused on console/PC ports and simulator publishing; fellow NewConnect-listed peer in the same ecosystem.
• GameFormatic S.A. Polish simulation/builder developer affiliated with PlayWay's broader network; targets similar Steam mid-budget buyers.
• Dreamway Games S.A. Polish PlayWay-affiliated studio developing simulation/builder PC games for the same Steam audience as LMG.

Broad incumbents

• Coffee Stain Studios: Swedish publisher/developer best known for Goat Simulator and Satisfactory — a more mature, broader-portfolio incumbent in the simulation/sandbox PC niche that anchors the genre LMG competes in.

Regional players

• Ancient Games S.A. Smaller Polish PlayWay-ecosystem game studio working on mid-budget simulator/strategy titles for Steam.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/livemotiongames
• YouTubeyoutube.com/c/LiveMotionGames
• Facebookfacebook.com/LiveMotionGames
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/live-motion-games

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles6 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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