Golden Fox Games

What Golden Fox Games does

Golden Fox Games (legal entity: Golden Fox LLC) is an independent mobile game development studio founded in 2016 and headquartered at 14 Merab Kostava Street, Tbilisi, Georgia, operating with a small team of 1-10 employees. The company develops and publishes free-to-play mobile games, with its flagship title "Guns & Fury" — a Wild West-themed action game for iOS that combines 1v1 quick-draw duels, bounty hunting missions, and endless zombie survival waves. The game is built on the Unity engine and relies on Microsoft PlayFab for backend services including account management, matchmaking, and data storage, with social login via Google, Facebook, and Twitter/X. Distribution is exclusive to the Apple App Store with no Android release announced.

The studio monetizes Guns & Fury through a dual-stream model: in-app purchases of virtual items and virtual currency (processed via Apple App Store payment rails), and in-game advertising served across a diversified ad network stack (AdMob, Unity Ads, AppLovin, Vungle, AdColony). Its go-to-market is product-led, depending on App Store discovery, organic social presence (Twitter/X @GoldenFoxLLC), and word-of-mouth rather than paid user acquisition or a direct sales team. The target customer is the horizontal mass-market mobile gamer seeking short-session competitive PvP and PvE gameplay, with the studio holding registered trademarks for the "Golden Fox" brand and "Guns & Fury" title. Technical leadership rests with CTO Irakli Chkuaseli, and the company shows no disclosed institutional funding, parent company, or M&A activity.

Name

Golden Fox Games

Legal name

Golden Fox LLC

Website

https://goldenfox.games

Company type

Private

Founded year

2016

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Golden Fox Games is an independent mobile game studio based in Tbilisi, Georgia, operating with a small team. Its flagship free-to-play title, Guns & Fury, is a Wild West action game available exclusively on iOS, monetized through in-app purchases and in-game advertising.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Tbilisi

HQ country

Georgia

HQ region

Asia

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Software

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. In-App Purchases: Virtual items, virtual currency, and digital content purchasable within the game. All purchases processed through Apple App Store or Google Play Store. Items include weapons and other gameplay enhancements. No refunds provided except as required by law.
2. Advertising: Free-to-play model monetized partially through advertising. Uses multiple ad networks including AdMob, Unity Ads, AppLovin, Vungle, and AdColony for serving in-game advertisements.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Golden Fox Games develops and publishes a single free-to-play Wild West action mobile game, Guns & Fury, available exclusively on iOS via the Apple App Store. The game combines 1v1 quick-draw PvP duels, bounty hunting missions with narrative progression, and endless zombie wave survival, letting players unlock and upgrade weapons through gameplay and in-app purchases. The company operates as a small indie studio with no other published titles or product lines.

Product overview

Golden Fox Games is an independent game development studio with a single flagship product: Guns & Fury, a free-to-play Wild West action mobile game for iOS. The game combines competitive multiplayer elements (1v1 duels), mission-based progression (bounty hunting), and survival gameplay (zombie waves). Players can unlock weapons and customize their gunslinger through gameplay progression or in-app purchases. The company operates as a direct-to-consumer mobile game publisher through the Apple App Store, with no other product lines or platforms.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Guns & Fury

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration25 records

Feature5 records

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• PlayFab (Microsoft)coreTechnology or IntegrationBackend services provider for account management, data storage, multiplayer matchmaking, and game analytics. Powers core game infrastructure including player accounts and matchmaking systems.
• Apple App Store / Google PlaycoreTechnology or IntegrationPlatform providers for game distribution, payment processing for in-app purchases, and app store policies compliance.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Supercell: Mobile gaming giant behind Clash Royale, Brawl Stars, and Clash of Clans. Relevant as the dominant competitive mobile PvP reference point; Brawl Stars in particular targets the same quick-session competitive PvP audience Golden Fox is pursuing with its duel mode.
• Rovio Entertainment: Mobile game studio/publisher (Angry Birds franchise) now part of Sega. Comparable in being a mobile-first publisher with branded IP and freemium monetization, though at far greater scale and portfolio breadth than Golden Fox.
• Voodoo: Major mobile gaming publisher focused on hypercasual and casual free-to-play titles with ad-driven monetization at scale. Comparable to Golden Fox in business model (F2P mobile + ads), though vastly larger and more diversified in portfolio.
• King Digital Entertainment: Mobile gaming giant behind Candy Crush and Bubble Witch. Comparable in mobile-first free-to-play distribution and IAP-driven revenue, though at vastly greater scale and with multiple hit franchises.
• Zynga: Large mobile and social free-to-play publisher (CSR Racing, Zynga Poker). Comparable in mobile F2P + IAP + ads monetization model, though operating a much broader portfolio across many genres.

Direct peers

• Playgendary Limited: Mobile game developer publishing casual and midcore titles (Hole.io, Bowmasters) with IAP and ad-based monetization. Comparable scale and business model to Golden Fox's single-product, mobile-only structure.
• Hipster Whale: Small indie mobile studio best known for Crossy Road. Comparable to Golden Fox as a similarly sized, single-title-leaning indie mobile developer using free-to-play mobile distribution.
• Halfbrick Studios: Australian indie mobile studio behind Fruit Ninja, Jetpack Joyride, and Dan the Man. Comparable to Golden Fox as an independent mobile-only studio with casual-to-midcore action titles, freemium monetization, and App Store-led distribution.
• MADFINGER Games: Independent mobile studio focused on action/FPS and shooter titles (Dead Trigger, Shadowgun). Closely comparable to Golden Fox as a small-to-mid mobile studio publishing PvP/action games on iOS and Android, monetized via IAP and ads.

Emerging players

• Cubic Games (Pixel Gun 3D): Mobile game developer behind Pixel Gun 3D, a popular mobile FPS/PvP shooter. Comparable as a small-to-mid mobile studio competing in the PvP shooter niche with similar freemium mechanics, though with a broader multi-platform footprint.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xtwitter.com/GoldenFoxLLC

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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