Name

balio studio

Legal name

Balio Studio S.R.L

Website

https://baliostudio.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2009

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Console and PC Video Games

NAICS

Software Publishers (5132), Software Publishers (513210)

SIC

Games, Toys & Children's Vehicles (No Dolls & Bicycles) (3944), Services-Amusement & Recreation Services (7900)

akta.pro primary industry

AAA & Premium Game Studios (PC/Console) (MPAFAAAA)

akta.pro secondary industry

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

Keywords

• Console video games
• Party games
• Licensed IP games
• Game development studio
• Family gaming

Headquarters

HQ city

Mons

HQ country

Belgium

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Software

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Video Game Sales: Revenue generated from selling video games across multiple platforms including PC (Steam, Epic), Nintendo Switch, Xbox, and PlayStation consoles. Games include party games, action-platformers, and family entertainment titles based on licensed IPs.

Distribution channels6 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Balio Studio designs, develops, and publishes console and PC party and adventure video games based on well-known licensed entertainment brands (Asterix, Smurfs, Totally Spies, Garfield, The Sisters, Fort Boyard, Who Wants to Be a Millionaire, Grizzy & The Lemmings). Games are released across PC (Steam, Epic), Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4/5, and Xbox One/Series X|S, typically featuring local co-op multiplayer and family-friendly party mechanics.

Product overview

Balio Studio is a Belgian video game development studio founded in 2009 by the Baglio brothers in Mons, Belgium. The company operates as both developer and publisher, producing party games, action-platformers, and casual games based on beloved intellectual properties (IPs) including Asterix, Smurfs, Totally Spies, Garfield, The Sisters, Fort Boyard, Who Wants to Be a Millionaire, Puy du Fou, and Titeuf. Their portfolio spans multiple platforms (PC/Steam, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4/5, Xbox One/Series X|S) and targets families, casual players, and kids/teens with games featuring local multiplayer, mini-games, and accessible party game mechanics. The company employs over 30 developers and has expanded from pure development to also publishing their own titles.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Asterix: Mission Babylon An action-platformer game featuring Asterix and Obelix on an adventure to the Parthian Empire, with 20 replayable levels combining combat, exploration, and light puzzles. Players can control either character solo or in local co-op.
• Grizzy & The Lemmings: Crazy Party A family party game with over 240 mini-games, supporting up to 4 local players on the same couch. Players take on the role of Lemmings trying to annoy Grizzy and steal his Yummy, with multigenerational appeal.
• Totally Spies: Cyber Mission An action-infiltration adventure game based on the Totally Spies animated series, supporting solo play or local multiplayer up to three players.
• Smurfs Village Party A party game set in the Smurfs village featuring mini-games, creation mechanics to build mushroom houses, multi-mode gameplay (solo or team), and exclusive rewards.
• The Sisters 1 & 2
• Garfield Lasagna Party
• Fort Boyard - Escape games
• Who Wants to Be a Millionaire
• Puy du Fou
• Titeuf Mega-Party
• The Sisters: Party of the Year

Named customers2 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

Feature1 record

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• MicroidscoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ Distributor · 30 October 2025Microids serves as the publisher for Asterix: Mission Babylon, developed by Balio Studio. This partnership enables Balio to leverage Microids' publishing infrastructure for distribution and marketing of the game across multiple platforms.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Outright Games: UK-based publisher/developer that specializes in family-friendly video games built around licensed entertainment IPs (e.g., Paw Patrol, PJ Masks, Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl). Highly comparable to Balio Studio given its focus on the same target demographic (families and kids), the same licensing-driven catalog model, and the same multi-platform distribution approach.
• Microids: French publisher and developer of family-friendly adventure and party games based on well-known entertainment franchises (Asterix, Garfield, Smurfs), with broad multi-platform distribution. Directly comparable as Balio Studio's publisher partner on Asterix: Mission Babylon and as a peer operating in the same licensed-IP, family-party-game segment.
• KO_OP: Canadian indie studio focused on accessible, narrative-driven party and co-op games (GNOG, Goodbye Volcano High). Comparable as a similarly sized indie studio building stylized, family-friendly titles for PC/console platforms.
• Engine Software: Dutch game developer specializing in multi-platform family-friendly and licensed-IP games (e.g., Syberia, various handheld titles). Comparable as a similarly sized European studio with a long track record of multi-platform, licensed-content game development.
• Tarsier Studios: Swedish mid-sized game studio known for platformer and family-friendly console titles (Little Nightmares, Statik). Comparable as a similarly sized European studio building console/PC games with strong art direction and IP-driven content for a broad audience.
• Black Forest Games: Austrian/German studio that develops family-friendly console games and remakes of classic IPs (e.g., Destroy All Humans!, Gothic remakes). Comparable as a similarly sized European mid-tier studio working across licensed IPs and multi-platform releases.
• Studio Fizbin: German indie studio developing narrative and party-style games for PC and consoles (The Inner World, Say No! More). Comparable as a similarly sized European indie studio with a focus on accessible, family-friendly titles.
• Purple Lamp Studios: Austrian game studio that develops family and kids' games including licensed-IP titles such as SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom – Rehydrated. Comparable as a similarly sized European studio developing multi-platform, licensed-IP family games.

Broad incumbents

• Ubisoft Montpellier: Established AAA studio behind Rayman and other family-friendly platformers. Comparable as a broad incumbent operating in the same family-friendly platformer/party-game category but at much larger scale with proprietary IP.
• Nintendo EPD: Internal Nintendo studio behind Mario Party, the dominant platform-holder reference point for party-game mechanics and local co-op design. Comparable as the broad incumbent defining the genre that Balio Studio targets, with family-first multiplayer design as a core principle.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat2 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/BalioStudio
• YouTubeyoutube.com/@BalioStudio
• Facebookfacebook.com/baliostudio
• Instagraminstagram.com/baliostudio
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/balio-studio

Compliance2 records

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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