Ravenscourt

What Ravenscourt does

Ravenscourt is a video game publishing label established in 2021 under PLAION GmbH, a private Austrian publisher. The label's stated function is to publish and distribute games developed by third-party studios across PlayStation, Xbox, Nintendo Switch, Windows PC, and (historically) Stadia platforms, targeting the general gaming consumer market. Ravenscourt operates as a non-studio publisher: it does not develop games internally but instead signs, funds, markets, and distributes titles from independent developers across multiple international markets. Its portfolio of 12 titles spans narrative adventures (Road 96, Road 96: Mile 0, Kona II: Brume), survival and strategy games (Floodland, Night is Coming, Dice Legacy), karaoke entertainment (Let's Sing 2022, Let's Sing 2023, Let's Sing presents ABBA), fitness (Let's Get Fit), family-friendly cooking (Yum Yum Cookstar), and retro action (ProtoCorgi).

Ravenscourt's core technology consists of a publishing platform leveraging PLAION's group infrastructure for game distribution and platform relationships. The label integrates with major console ecosystems (PlayStation Network, Xbox Live, Nintendo Switch) and uses Facebook and Apple Game Center for social features. Its technology stack is not proprietary; rather, it relies on the standard game engines and platform SDKs used by its development partners. The label maintains a press and content-creator outreach function (press.ravenscourt.games, game-ambassador.com) and a presence across Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and YouTube for top-of-funnel marketing.

The business model is a one-time-license publishing model: Ravenscourt earns revenue from game sales via digital storefronts and retail channels, retaining a publisher share of revenue from each title developed by its partner studios. The go-to-market is primarily channel-partner-based, with distribution outsourced to platform holders (Sony, Microsoft, Nintendo, Valve, Google). The label is headquartered operationally at PLAION GmbH's German office in Planegg, but the legal entity is incorporated in Austria. No revenue figures, headcount, funding rounds, or financial disclosures are available for Ravenscourt as a standalone entity, reflecting its status as a brand within PLAION rather than an independent operating company.

Name

Ravenscourt

Legal name

PLAION GmbH

Website

https://ravenscourt.games

Company type

Private

Founded year

2021

Operating status

Operating

Short description

Ravenscourt is a video game publishing label under PLAION GmbH that distributes third-party-developed games across PlayStation, Xbox, Nintendo Switch, Windows PC, and Stadia. It serves the general consumer gaming market with a 12-title portfolio spanning narrative, survival, strategy, karaoke, fitness, and family genres.

Ownership category

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Product category

Video Game Publishing

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PRIMARYMPAFACAE

Subscription Game Libraries & Storefront Bundles

Media, Entertainment & Sports/Gaming & Interactive Entertainment (Video Games, Esports)/Game Platforms & Stores (PC/Console/Mobile App Stores)

Keywords

• Video game publishing
• Multi-platform games
• Indie game publishing
• Console game distribution
• Narrative adventure games

Headquarters

HQ city

Planegg

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Video Game Sales: Ravenscourt generates revenue through publishing and distributing video games across multiple platforms including PlayStation, Xbox, Nintendo Switch, Windows PC, and Stadia. The company publishes games developed by third-party studios, earning revenue from game sales through digital storefronts and retail distribution.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Ravenscourt is a video game publishing label under PLAION GmbH that publishes and distributes games developed by third-party studios across PlayStation, Xbox, Nintendo Switch, Windows PC, and Stadia platforms. The portfolio of 12 games spans narrative adventures, survival strategy, family-friendly cooking, karaoke, fitness, and retro action genres, sold as one-time licensed products through digital storefronts and retail.

Product overview

Ravenscourt is a video game publisher under PLAION GmbH that delivers games across multiple genres to the wider gaming world. Their portfolio spans narrative-driven adventures (Road 96 series, Kona II: Brume), survival/strategy games (Floodland, Night is Coming, Dice Legacy), family-friendly titles (Yum Yum Cookstar), fitness games (Let's Get Fit), and karaoke games (the Let's Sing series including Let's Sing 2022, Let's Sing 2023, and Let's Sing presents ABBA). Games are published across PlayStation, Xbox, Nintendo Switch, Windows PC, and Stadia platforms.

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Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Road 96: Mile 0 A narrative-adventure game with musical components developed by DigixArt, where players alternate between roles of Zoe and Kaito, two teenagers from different backgrounds in Petria.
• Floodland A society survival game set in a world destroyed by climate change, where players explore, scavenge, and build cities to unite clans while managing conflicting cultures and limited resources.
• Yum Yum Cookstar A family-friendly cooking competition game featuring Chef Yum Yum with over 70 unique recipes, vegetarian variants, and rhythm-based mini games.
• Let's Sing 2023 A karaoke video game with 30 tracks featuring multiple game modes including Solo, Classic, Mix Tape 2.0, Jukebox, Feat., World Contest and Let's Party (up to 8 players).
• Let's Sing presents ABBA A karaoke game celebrating ABBA with 31 classic songs from the 70s plus new hits from the Voyage album, featuring 7 game modes and customizable ABBA-style avatars.
• Kona II: Brume An adventure survival walking simulator set in Northern Quebec 1970, where players explore a rural mining village engulfed in a mysterious mist called the Brume as Detective Carl Faubert.
• Let's Get Fit A fitness video game for Nintendo Switch with 100 fitness moves ranging from soft gymnastics to high intensity exercises, featuring customizable workout routines and progress tracking.
• ProtoCorgi A retro style pixel art horizontal shoot 'em up game where players control Bullet, a C3 class (Cute Cybernetic Corgi), featuring 27 weapon combinations and adjustable difficulty.
• Night is Coming A survival building and development simulation game inspired by Slavic mythology and Carpathian mystique, where players manage settlements and fight monsters.
• Road 96 A procedurally generated road trip adventure game set in the authoritarian nation of Petria, inspired by Tarantino and The Coen Brothers, developed by DigixArt.
• Let's Sing 2022 A karaoke video game with 30 new chart breakers and all-time classics, featuring Legend mode with 16 challengers and online leaderboards.
• Dice Legacy A roguelike survival city builder where dice rolls determine fate and subjects, featuring procedurally generated ringworld and diverse factions.

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

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App detail

Integration7 records

Partnerships

Nine partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• DigixartcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFrench game studio behind Road 96 and Road 96: Mile 0. Developer of the successful Road 96, 11-11 Memories Retold, and 5 Pégases Awards winner. Ravenscourt publishes their narrative-adventure games.
• Vile MonarchcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerDeveloper of Floodland, a society survival game set in a world destroyed by climate change. Ravenscourt publishes this survival strategy city-builder game.
• Planet EntertainmentminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerDeveloper of Yum Yum Cookstar, a family-friendly cooking game featuring Chef Yum Yum. Ravenscourt publishes this cooking game.
• VoxlercoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerDeveloper of the Let's Sing karaoke series including Let's Sing 2023, Let's Sing presents ABBA, Let's Sing 2022, and Let's Get Fit. Ravenscourt publishes multiple karaoke and fitness games from this developer.
• ParabolecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerDeveloper of Kona II: Brume, a narrative adventure survival game set in Northern Canada in 1970. Ravenscourt publishes this atmospheric detective game.
• ExkeeminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-developer of Let's Get Fit alongside Voxler. Ravenscourt publishes this Nintendo Switch fitness game featuring 100 fitness moves.
• Kemono GamesminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerDeveloper of ProtoCorgi, a retro pixel art horizontal shoot 'em up game featuring Bullet the Corgi. Ravenscourt publishes this action game.
• Wild Forest StudiominorStrategic or Co-development PartnerDeveloper of Night is Coming, a survival building and development simulation inspired by Slavic mythology. Ravenscourt publishes this strategy game.
• DESTINYbitminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerDeveloper of Dice Legacy, a roguelike survival city builder where dice rolls determine gameplay. Ravenscourt publishes this unique strategy game.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Emerging players

• Merge Games: UK-based independent publisher of family-friendly and mid-tier indie titles on console and PC. Comparable genre mix (family, party, narrative) and similar multi-platform distribution approach to Ravenscourt.
• Dear Villagers: Smaller European indie publisher with a curated catalog of narrative and genre titles on PC and console. Comparable in indie-tier publishing approach and genre diversity, though at a smaller scale than Ravenscourt.

Broad incumbents

• THQ Nordic: Larger European publisher with a much broader catalog across genres and platforms, including AA and AAA titles. Comparable publishing approach (third-party developer partnerships) but operates at significantly greater scale and includes acquired legacy IP.
• Paradox Interactive: Swedish publisher specializing in strategy and simulation games on PC and console. Overlaps with Ravenscourt's strategy/simulation titles (Dice Legacy, Night is Coming, Floodland) and similar European publisher profile.

Direct peers

• Devolver Digital: Independent video game publisher with a similarly diverse portfolio of indie and mid-tier titles across multiple genres, distributed through the same console and PC storefronts. Comparable business model: third-party developer publishing with curated catalog approach.
• 505 Games: Mid-tier European publisher with a multi-genre catalog of console and PC titles, including licensed and third-party-developed games. Comparable in scale and distribution footprint to Ravenscourt.
• Annapurna Interactive: Independent publisher specializing in narrative and artistic indie titles across console and PC. Overlaps with Ravenscourt's narrative-adventure focus (e.g., Road 96, Kona II) and similar publishing-only model with no in-house development.
• Focus Entertainment: European-based mid-tier publisher with a broad genre portfolio (narrative, strategy, survival) on console and PC. Comparable in scale and portfolio diversity, with overlap in survival/strategy categories like Floodland.
• Team17: UK-based independent game publisher with a broad genre-spanning catalog of third-party-developed titles on console and PC. Closely comparable in scale, multi-platform distribution strategy, and indie/mid-tier publishing model.
• Microids: French/European independent game publisher with a catalog spanning adventure, family, and licensed titles on console and PC. Similar mid-tier positioning and multi-genre portfolio approach to Ravenscourt.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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• YouTubeyoutube.com/ravenscourt
• Facebookfacebook.com/ravenscourtgames
• Instagraminstagram.com/ravenscourtgames

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Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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