Game Outsourcing AI Visibility Index: September 2026 edition

Key findings

The studios ChatGPT named most often

Where ChatGPT gets its answers

On most questions, the studios' own websites were the main source: ChatGPT named a studio and cited its services page or homepage. Directories mattered mainly when the buyer asked for a directory. LinkedIn mattered on smaller countries, where studios have little else online. This directory is one of the sources measured here, so read its row knowing that.

The 18 questions asked three times

Each question below was asked three times on 24 September 2026 with web search on. For each: the studios named and in how many of the three runs, the websites cited, and whether this directory was cited. Studios listed here link to their profile.

1. What are the best game art outsourcing studios?
2. Which game art outsourcing studios in Eastern Europe would you recommend?
3. I'm looking for a game development outsourcing company in Ukraine. Who should I consider?
4. What are the best animation studios for video games that I can outsource animation to?
5. Recommend some game audio and sound design outsourcing companies.
6. I'm an indie developer. Which game development studios can I hire to help build my game?
7. Which small game studios can I hire for a contract project?
8. What are the best game QA testing outsourcing companies?
9. Which studios offer Unreal Engine game development outsourcing?
10. What are the best Unity game development outsourcing companies?
11. Which companies can I outsource mobile game development to?
12. Which studios make mobile game ad creatives and playable ads for user acquisition?
13. What are the best co-development studios for game publishers?
14. Which companies can port my game to consoles?
15. Which studios can build a whole game for me as an outsourcing partner?
16. What are the best game development outsourcing companies in India?
17. Which game development outsourcing companies in Poland are good?
18. Which game art or development outsourcing studios are in Latin America?

Two more questions were asked three times and name no studios, so they have no section: “Where can I find a directory or list of game development outsourcing companies?” (this directory cited in 3 of 3); “How much does it cost to outsource game art?” (this directory cited in 1 of 3).

The 28 questions asked once

Narrower questions, about one niche or one smaller country, asked once each in a shorter answer mode with web search on. One answer is a sample, not a pattern, so this table gives counts only. The lookup shows the names for any of them.

The same question, three different answers

Asked the same question three times, ChatGPT did not name the same studios. Across the 18 questions asked three times it named 220 studios: 43 in all three runs of their question, 50 in two, and at least 127 in only one. Asked which game development outsourcing companies in Poland are good, it named QLOC and Platige Image in all three answers, and Enjoy Studio, Third Kind Games and Virtuos in one each.

Its sources moved too. It cited this directory in all three runs of 3 questions, in two of 3, in one of 5, and in none of 7.

What that means: one answer is a sample. A studio named once may be missing the next time a buyer asks the same thing, and one left out may be named. That is why these questions were asked three times and why the Index gives “runs out of 3” rather than a rank. A screenshot of one answer, ours included, proves little.