What Drageus Games does

Drageus Games S.A. is a Polish video game publisher and developer founded in 2017 and headquartered at Ul. Grzybowska 87 in Warsaw. The company specializes in publishing and porting premium independent games to console platforms, with a particular emphasis on Nintendo Switch, while also distributing titles through PlayStation Store, Xbox Store, Steam, and mobile storefronts. It operates a global publisher model, on-boarding indie developers from geographies spanning the USA to Uzbekistan (including studios and individuals from Poland, Russia, Ukraine, Spain, and Latvia) and bringing their games to market under Drageus Games' publishing label. As of 2020 the company is publicly listed on the Warsaw Stock Exchange alternative trading system (ASO) under ticker DG, with a total share capital of 2,100,000 shares and insider ownership of approximately 40% across President Radosław Mrowiński (20.95%), Łukasz Mitan (10.24%), and HBI Ventures sp. z o.o. (9.52%).

The company's portfolio comprises 40+ games across genres including arcade racing (Mini Madness), turn-based strategy (Tactical Mind series, Farabel, Guards), action-adventure platformers (Moon Raider, The Great Perhaps, Aborigenus), tower defense (Steampunk Tower 2), puzzle games (Colorful Colore, Girabox, Island Maze), roguelike shooters (Atomic Heist, Pew Paw), RPGs (WeakWood Throne, Drawngeon, Diabolic), horror (Breathing Fear, Dark Burial), and family-friendly titles (Spirit Roots, Funny Bunny Adventures). Some titles are developed internally or via its wholly-owned subsidiary MD Games sp. z o.o., but the bulk are externally developed under publishing agreements. Distribution relies entirely on third-party platform holders (Nintendo, Sony, Microsoft, Valve, Google, Apple), giving the company no direct customer relationship.

The company generates revenue primarily through one-time premium game licensing (per-unit sales) on digital storefronts, with no disclosed subscription, live-service, or recurring revenue streams. It serves two customer segments: end consumers purchasing titles on console and PC storefronts, and indie developers seeking porting, certification, and global publishing expertise for console releases. Marketing is conducted almost exclusively through digital storefronts as bottom-of-funnel channels, with no enterprise sales motion.

Name

Drageus Games

Legal name

Drageus Games S.A.

Website

https://drageusgames.com

Company type

Public

Founded year

2017

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Drageus Games S.A. is a Polish publicly-listed indie video game publisher and developer that ports, develops, and publishes premium games across Nintendo Switch, PlayStation, Xbox, Steam, and mobile for global indie developers and end-consumer gamers.

Ownership category

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Product category

Indie Game Publishing

NAICS

Software Publishers (5132)

SIC

Services-Miscellaneous Amusement & Recreation (7990)

akta.pro primary industry

Full-Service Game Publishers (1st/2nd/3rd-Party Publishing) (MPAFABAA)

akta.pro secondary industry

Console Platform Publishing & Licensing (First-Party Platform Holder Programs) (MPAFABAD)

Keywords

• Indie game publishing
• Console game development
• Nintendo Switch publishing
• Multi-platform game porting
• Digital game distribution

Headquarters

HQ city

Warsaw

HQ country

Poland

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Software

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Game Publishing: Drageus Games publishes and ports independent games, acting as a global publisher for developers from various regions. The company specializes in creating, porting, and publishing games on consoles, particularly Nintendo Switch.
2. Game Development: The company develops its own games internally, with some titles developed by affiliated entity MD Games sp. z o.o.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

Drageus Games S.A. is an independent video game publisher and developer that creates, ports, and publishes premium indie games across multiple platforms, with a primary focus on Nintendo Switch. The company publishes a portfolio of 40+ titles spanning arcade, puzzle, RPG, strategy, platformer, action, shooter, and tower defense genres, and operates globally by collaborating with developers from various regions to bring their games to consoles and PC storefronts.

Product overview

Drageus Games S.A. is a Polish video game publisher and developer specializing in premium independent games. The company focuses on creating, porting, and publishing games for consoles, particularly Nintendo Switch. As a global publisher, Drageus Games collaborates with developers worldwide. Their portfolio includes over 40 distinct games across multiple genres including arcade racers (Mini Madness), turn-based strategy titles (TACTICAL MIND series, Farabel), action-adventure platformers (Moon Raider, The Great Perhaps), tower defense games (Steampunk Tower 2, Guards), puzzle games (Colorful Colore, Girabox, Island Maze), roguelike shooters (Atomic Heist, Pew Paw), RPGs (WeakWood Throne, Aborigenus, Drawngeon), horror titles (BREATHING FEAR, Dark Burial), and family-friendly games (Spirit Roots, Funny Bunny Adventures). The company publishes games on multiple platforms including Nintendo Switch, PlayStation, Xbox, and Steam.

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Products and services

• Mini Madness Arcade racing game in which players race remote-controlled cars on crazy vertical tracks set in a house and garden, inspired by Re-Volt and Micro Machines. Targeted at gamers who enjoy arcade-style RC racing on Steam and Nintendo Switch.
• Guards Turn-based strategy game featuring a unique battle system where four heroes defend against hordes of monsters using ultimate abilities, magic artifacts, and hero upgrades.
• Moon Raider Action-packed 2D adventure platformer where Ava raids the moon's underworld to collect gems and save her mother, with a co-op mode.
• Colorful Colore Puzzle game where players navigate colorful labyrinths by choosing directions and avoiding walls that don't match their color.
• Girabox Minimalist puzzle game in which players rotate levels and let gravity guide their character to the goal, with online leaderboards.
• Steampunk Tower 2 Action-strategy tower defense game set in an alternative Steampunk universe featuring unique turrets and strategic gameplay.
• Grood Classic shoot'em up arcade game in which players pilot a vehicle called GROOD through various terrains to destroy robotic enemies and bosses, released on Xbox, PlayStation, and Nintendo Switch.
• WeakWood Throne Open-world action RPG where players travel by skateboard or boat, take quests, fight monsters, and upgrade skills to defeat the King, released on multiple platforms.
• The Great Perhaps Atmospheric adventure game about an astronaut returning to post-apocalyptic Earth with time-travel mechanics between present and past.
• Pew Paw Twin-stick top-down shooter set in a zombie apocalypse where a player and their dog survive with an upgradeable machine gun.
• Bridge Strike Arcade shooter where players fly aircraft and destroy bridges while avoiding detection, featuring various vehicles and weather conditions.
• Debtor Puzzle-platformer in which players collect debts across 30 levels full of riddles, traps, and time pressure, with chiptune music.
• Dark Burial Shooting and platforming action game in which players defend their lands from a dark army using a crossbow across 18 levels.
• ARCHAICA: The Path of Light Atmospheric puzzle game with lasers and mirrors set in an ancient mysterious civilization where players walk the Path of Light.
• Genetic Disaster Cooperative action game supporting 1-4 players with procedurally generated levels, upgrades, and over 75 weapons in a mad mansion setting.
• Diabolic Dark pixel fantasy RPG in which players destroy monsters across 10 levels with flexible character builds and no class system.
• Swordbreaker The Game Interactive fiction adventure game set in an abandoned castle with non-linear storytelling in which player decisions affect the storyline.
• Aborigenus Adventure-RPG platformer set in a primal world where players choose a class (shaman, warrior, hunter) to save their tribe from invaders.
• Funny Bunny Adventures Family-friendly puzzle game in which players help a bunny jump, plant carrots, and solve logical challenges across 3 magic worlds.
• Drawngeon: Dungeons of Ink and Paper Hand-drawn RPG adventure featuring procedural dungeon generation in which players choose a class and fight with weapons and spells.
• Mushroom Quest Blocks-moving puzzle game with innovative gameplay elements requiring creative approaches to solve 30 mazes.
• Event Horizon: Space Defense Hardcore space strategy game in which players build and command a starbase with over 100 modular spaceships against alien factions.
• Breathing Fear Nonlinear survival-adventure horror game set in an abandoned house featuring pixel art, atmosphere, and mystery solving.
• One Person Story Minimalist puzzle game featuring 100 levels representing life situations, obstacles, friendships, and emotional experiences.
• Farabel Turn-based strategy game that starts at the end, where players go back in time to prevent war using leveling-down mechanics.
• Pixel Gladiator Survival game in which players defend their base, buy weapons, and build turrets to survive waves of creatures on an abandoned planet.
• Spirit Roots Family-friendly platformer across 5 fantastic worlds with a story about two populations on a stitched-together planet.
• Island Maze Puzzle game in which players control a cube navigating an island maze with keys, walls, and portals across 28 levels.
• Atomic Heist Sci-fi roguelike twin-stick shooter in which players steal a nuclear core from a space station and fight their way out.
• Swaps and Traps Puzzle platformer in which Mike navigates through rotating and flipping screens with cursed keys to catch the nemesis Divider.
• Sweet Witches Arcade platformer featuring witches on a quest for candy, using magic ladders and spells rather than jumping.
• Dead Dungeon Hardcore 2D platformer with chiptune soundtrack in which players retrieve souls and sweets from a mysterious dungeon, released on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One.
• Tactical Mind 2 Strategy game sequel featuring square and hexagonal maps where players spawn pawns, level up, and destroy the opponent's Crystal.
• Event Horizon Space 2D action/RPG in which players command a fleet, battle aliens, and explore millions of star systems.
• Tardy Quest game in which Ramto navigates a spaceship filled with gadgets and terminals to solve the mystery of the crew's disappearance.
• Mech Rage Top-down sci-fi shooter in which players control a Combat Mech to defend their spaceship from alien invaders.
• Tactical Mind Strategy game with chess-like gameplay on square and hexagonal maps featuring pawn spawning, leveling up, and Crystal destruction.
• Mad Carnage Turn-based vehicle combat game with rockets, machineguns, and ramming in a post-apocalyptic world; available on Nintendo Switch and mobile (Google Play, Apple App Store).
• FunBox Party Party game package with three arcade games including the Up-Up jumping game, designed for multiplayer fun at gatherings.

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Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

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Partnerships

28 partnerships are on record, tiered minor.

• One Wing CicadaminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerDeveloper studio that created Tardy, a quest game published by Drageus Games. The partnership involves Drageus Games publishing the game on Nintendo Switch.
• Pavel ZinchenkominorStrategic or Co-development PartnerIndependent developer who created Event Horizon and Event Horizon: Space Defense, published by Drageus Games on multiple platforms including Nintendo Switch.
• Alexey RoenkominorStrategic or Co-development PartnerDeveloper of Dead Dungeon, a hardcore 2D platformer published by Drageus Games on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One.
• Lumen SectionminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerDeveloper studio behind Sweet Witches, an arcade platformer published by Drageus Games.
• TeamTrapminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerDeveloper of Swaps and Traps, a puzzle platformer published by Drageus Games on Nintendo Switch.
• Live AliensminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerDeveloper studio that created Atomic Heist, a sci-fi roguelike twin-stick shooter published by Drageus Games on Nintendo Switch.
• Fireart GamesminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerDeveloper of Spirit Roots, a family-friendly platformer adventure published by Drageus Games on Nintendo Switch.
• Flying Islands TeamminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerDeveloper studio behind multiple games published by Drageus Games including Pixel Gladiator, Mushroom Quest, and Aborigenus.
• FrogamesminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerDeveloper of Farabel, a turn-based strategy game published by Drageus Games.
• LampogoloviiminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerIndependent developer who created One Person Story, a puzzle game published by Drageus Games on Nintendo Switch.
• AtriagamesminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerDeveloper of Breathing Fear, a survival-adventure game published by Drageus Games.
• DarkDes LabsminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerDeveloper studio behind Drawngeon: Dungeons of Ink and Paper, a hand-drawn RPG published by Drageus Games.
• mPower Games StudiominorStrategic or Co-development PartnerDeveloper of Funny Bunny Adventures, a children's puzzle game published by Drageus Games.
• DuCats Games StudiominorStrategic or Co-development PartnerDeveloper of Swordbreaker The Game, an interactive fiction adventure game published by Drageus Games.
• MyDreamForeverminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerDeveloper of Diabolic, a dark pixel fantasy RPG published by Drageus Games.
• Team8 StudiominorStrategic or Co-development PartnerDeveloper of Genetic Disaster, a cooperative action game published by Drageus Games.
• TwoMammothsminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerDeveloper studio behind ARCHAICA: The Path of Light, an atmospheric puzzle game published by Drageus Games.
• Project R3DminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerDeveloper of Bridge Strike, an arcade shooter published by Drageus Games.
• water x melonminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerDeveloper studio behind Pew Paw, a twin-stick top-down shooter published by Drageus Games.
• Caligari Games S.L.minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerDeveloper of The Great Perhaps, a time-travel adventure game published by Drageus Games.
• GnelfminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerDeveloper of WeakWood Throne, an open-world RPG published by Drageus Games on multiple platforms.
• CC_ARTSminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerDeveloper of Grood, a shoot'em up game published by Drageus Games on Xbox, PlayStation, and Nintendo Switch.
• DreamGate CompanyminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerDeveloper of Steampunk Tower 2, an action-strategy tower defense game published by Drageus Games.
• Conradical GamesminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerDeveloper of Girabox, a minimalist puzzle game published by Drageus Games on Nintendo Switch.
• Gagonfe, Delta, RhowslminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerDevelopment team behind Colorful Colore, a colorful labyrinth puzzle game published by Drageus Games.
• Cascadia GamesminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerDeveloper of Moon Raider, a 2D adventure platformer published by Drageus Games with co-op mode.
• Battlecruiser GamesminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerDeveloper of Guards, a turn-based strategy game featuring unique hero battle mechanics published by Drageus Games.
• D6 TEAMminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerDeveloper of Mini Madness, an arcade racing game inspired by Re-Volt and Micro Machines, published by Drageus Games on Steam and Nintendo Switch.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves9 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Devolver Digital: Major independent premium game publisher (NASDAQ-listed) with a much larger catalog of indie hits across consoles and PC. Comparable in business model (publishing premium indie games) but operates at significantly larger scale and brand recognition than Drageus.
• Team17 Group plc: UK-listed independent game publisher (AIM) with a large catalog of indie titles across consoles and PC, including the Worms franchise. Operates the same premium indie publishing model as Drageus but at substantially greater scale.

Direct peers

• CreativeForge Games S.A. Polish game developer and publisher listed on the Warsaw Stock Exchange, producing hardcore strategy, simulation, and historical titles. Shares the Polish public-market context with Drageus and overlapping indie publishing activity.
• QLOC S.A. Polish game services company specializing in console porting, localization, and quality assurance for AAA and indie publishers. Comparable in its Poland-based, console-porting-centered service offering to Drageus's publishing model.
• PlayWay S.A. One of the largest Polish indie game publishers on the Warsaw Stock Exchange, publishing dozens of low-to-mid-budget simulation and indie titles on Steam and consoles. Closely comparable business model of publishing developer-sourced games with multi-platform distribution.
• All in! Games S.A. Polish indie game publisher focused on premium titles across PC and consoles, listed on the Warsaw Stock Exchange. Closely comparable in scale, geographic footprint, and publishing model to Drageus.
• Forever Entertainment S.A. Polish game publisher specializing in porting and remaking classic titles to modern consoles including Nintendo Switch, with a similar niche of taking external developer IPs and bringing them to console platforms.
• Ultimate Games S.A. Polish indie game publisher listed on the Warsaw Stock Exchange focused on premium indie titles across consoles and PC, sharing the same public-market governance profile and publishing model as Drageus. Drageus's CEO also sits on Ultimate Games' supervisory board.

Emerging players

• Raw Fury: Independent game publisher focused on curated premium indie titles across consoles and PC. Comparable premium positioning and console-first publishing approach to Drageus, though with a smaller and more selective catalog.
• Merge Games: UK-based indie game publisher focused on premium indie titles across Nintendo Switch, PlayStation, Xbox, and PC. Comparable in scope (multi-platform premium indie publishing) and product overlap with Drageus's catalog.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Profiles6 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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