Browse 15 Game Outsourcing Studios

Devoted Studios

Expert Co-Development, Porting, End-to-End Art Production

Devoted Studios – Your Strategic Partner for Stability and Scale in Game Development. We provide solutions for Engineering, Co-development, Porting, and End-to-end art production. Our custom, expert strike teams are designed to give studios the flexible scale and stability needed to thrive in any market condition. What defines Devoted? Deep Expertise: 250+ experts across 15+ countries, guided by seasoned leaders who know external development inside out. Proven Track Record: 250+ projects successfully delivered to 90+ clients globally. Industry Trust: Partners include industry giants like Xbox, Obsidian, Gearbox, Annapurna Interactive, and 2K. With Devoted, outsourcing doesn't feel outsourced – it feels like true partnership. Scale with Ease!

Certain Affinity

Austin AAA action and multiplayer co-developer behind Halo and Call of Duty work

About Certain Affinity Certain Affinity is an Austin, Texas studio that co-develops and lead-develops AAA action games, especially multiplayer shooters, for major publishers. Max Hoberman, formerly multiplayer lead on Halo, founded it in 2006. Its website reports 250+ staff and a second studio in Toronto. Keywords Studios announced it would acquire the studio in October 2024. Company Overview Location: Austin, Texas, United States (+ Toronto, Canada) Founded: 2006 Team: 250+ full-time employees (per its website) Specialty: AAA multiplayer and action-game co-development Services End-to-end development — pre-production, design and prototyping through launch Multiplayer design and seasonal content for live games Audio and cinematic design QA, automation and usability testing Unreal Engine work (Unreal Engine Approved Service Partner since 2023) Notable Work Halo franchise (11 products), Call of Duty franchise (6) and World of Tanks (3) (listed on its website) Hogwarts Legacy PC modding Creator Kit, and a development partnership on Archetype Entertainment's Exodus (its news page)

Pipeworks Studios

Oregon developer for co-development, full development and live ops on AAA games

About Pipeworks Studios Pipeworks Studios is a game developer in Eugene, Oregon, that has provided full development, co-development and live operations for publishers since 1999, alongside its own original games. Virtuos acquired the studio in 2025 and positions it as its lead development studio in the Americas. Company Overview Location: Eugene, Oregon, United States Founded: 1999 Team: 204 employees in 2022 (Wikipedia) Specialty: Co-development and live operations on large console and PC franchises Services Full development — complete games built for partners Co-development — engineering, design and art support inside a partner's production Live operations — ongoing development of games-as-a-service titles after launch Notable Work Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 — listed on its website Madden NFL 25 and College Football 25 — listed on its website Destiny 2 and Marathon — listed on its website Microsoft Flight Simulator — listed on its website

Sickhead Games

Experienced Porting Specialists: PS5 Switch Xbox | Unity UE5 Godot

Sickhead Games is one of the video game industry's most experienced game porting teams. Established in 2002 the studio helps developers and publishers bring their titles to new platforms, and has shipped more than 100 releases to console, handheld, and mobile devices since 2014, including Stardew Valley, Celeste, Slay the Spire, TowerFall, Darkest Dungeon, and Space Engineers. Its clients include small teams and solo developers like ConcernedApe and MegaCrit, indie publishers such as Humble Games and Annapurna, and established video game institutions like Sony Interactive Entertainment, Nintendo, Microsoft, Taito, and Jaleco Games. Sickhead works in Unity, Unreal, Godot, MonoGame, and custom engines, and delivers ports to PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch and Switch 2, iOS, Android, and PC. Services run from initial codebase assessment through platform certification and post-launch support.

CrocoApps

Unity and Unreal game development company for mobile, PC, WebGL and VR clients

About CrocoApps CrocoApps is a custom game development company that builds mobile, PC, WebGL and VR/AR games in Unity and Unreal for studios, brands and startups. Its site lists a New York address and a 2015 founding date, and states 170+ delivered games and apps and 90+ in-house production staff. A third-party profile also names a Moscow branch. Company Overview Location: New York, United States (Moscow branch per a third-party profile) Founded: 2015 Team: 90+ in-house production specialists (as stated) Specialty: Full-cycle and co-development of Unity/Unreal games, including branded games Services Full-cycle game development — from discovery and prototype to launch Co-development and dedicated teams — Unity, Unreal, backend, art and QA staff Game QA testing and porting LiveOps and post-launch support Game backend and multiplayer development Game art outsourcing Advergames, educational games and training simulations Notable Work Clouds & Sheep 2 (iOS, Android, Steam), Pringles Dreamwalkers (branded Unreal game) and VR Quest Time Machine (location-based VR) — listed on its website

Double Coconut

Game development outsourcing & co-dev for f2p casino, casual and mid-core web and mobile games.

Double Coconut is a boutique game development studio for free-to-play casino, casual and mid-core web and mobile games. Game publishers, iGaming and sportsbook operators, brands and startups hire us for game development outsourcing, work-for-hire projects, or as a co-development partner alongside their own team. Founded in 2012, we have delivered 125+ projects for 70+ clients, reaching 5M+ players. Project leads are onshore in San Francisco, with an offshore production team. Prototyping starts 1–2 weeks after signing, and the client owns all IP. Clients include WB Games, EA Sports, Microsoft Casual Games, Draft Kings, Rush Street Interactive, Cartoon Network and Ellen DeGeneres.

High Voltage Software

Veteran Chicago-area game developer and Keywords studio doing co-development

About High Voltage Software High Voltage Software is a game developer in Hoffman Estates, Illinois, near Chicago. It has made games since 1993 and was bought by Keywords Studios in December 2020. It covers design, art, audio and engineering, and has worked on titles for major publishers across most console generations. Company Overview Location: Hoffman Estates, Illinois, United States (+ New Orleans, Louisiana, opened 2015) Founded: 1993 Team: 51-200 employees (LinkedIn) Specialty: Development and co-development for large publisher titles Services Game development — gameplay, cutscenes, analytics and leaderboards Co-development — content and features on live titles Art, audio and design — in-house teams Notable Work Fortnite: several seasons from Season 7 through Chapter 2 Season 3, and Fortnite: Save the World (listed on its website) The Walking Dead: Saints & Sinners, Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden, Mortal Kombat X and Saints Row IV: Re-Elected (listed on its website) Lego Racers, Hunter: The Reckoning and The Conduit (Wikipedia)

Arctic7

Austin studio group for AAA co-development, full-cycle games and transmedia IP

About Arctic7 Arctic7 is a transmedia services company headquartered in Austin, Texas, founded in 2021. Its game teams provide full-cycle development and AAA co-development in Unreal Engine and Unity for PC, console and mobile, alongside virtual production and film/TV work for IP holders. Company Overview Location: Austin, United States (+ Ottawa, Canada and European hubs; sister studio Narwhal Studios) Founded: 2021 Team: 51-200 (LinkedIn) Specialty: AAA co-development and transmedia expansion of game IP Services Full-cycle development — GDD through production, QA, certification support and launch AAA co-development — engineering, art and design teams embedded in client pipelines LiveOps, porting across console, mobile and PC, and economy design Environment and character art from its European hubs Narrative and worldbuilding workshops, prototyping and tools/pipeline engineering VR/AR development and virtual production Notable Work Rainbow Six Siege co-development (level design and live-ops) — listed on its website McDonald's brand game case study — listed on its website

A Plus Games Studio

Sacramento Unity studio for full-cycle mobile, PC, VR and AR game development

About A Plus Games Studio A Plus Games Studio (APGS) is a full-stack game development company in Sacramento, California, founded in 2018. It builds mobile games for iOS and Android, PC and Steam games, and VR and AR experiences for studios, publishers, brands and schools, working mainly in Unity. Company Overview Location: Sacramento, United States (directors in Texas and the UAE) Founded: 2018 Team: 28 people Specialty: Unity mobile game development from prototype to LiveOps Services Full-cycle development — concept, design, build, QA, store launch and LiveOps Co-development, staff augmentation and project rescue Porting — PC or console games to iOS and Android 3D art, animation and UI/UX Multiplayer and backend — Firebase and Photon VR and AR development — Meta Quest, PlayStation VR, PC VR, ARKit and ARCore Marketing — UA creatives, ASO and store launch Notable Work The studio states 500+ titles shipped and 100M+ downloads on its website; its portfolio is its own mobile catalogue

Streamline Studios

Co-development, full game development, art and QA partner for AAA publishers

About Streamline Studios Streamline Studios is a game development partner founded in 2001 in the Netherlands that provides co-development, full game development, art production, QA and live operations to publishers, developers and IP owners. Its parent, Streamline Media Group, is headquartered in Las Vegas, and the studio has teams in the USA, Malaysia, the Netherlands, Japan and Colombia. It also makes its own games and runs Streamframe, its in-house production orchestration system. Company Overview Location: Las Vegas, United States (+ Kuala Lumpur, Netherlands, Japan, Colombia) Founded: 2001 Team: About 200 (Wikipedia) Specialty: AAA co-development and fighting-game production support Services AAA co-development and production support Full game development and original IP Art production Quality assurance Live operations and long-term support Remasters and platform ports Notable Work MARVEL Tōkon: Fighting Souls — costume development and production support, listed on its website Street Fighter 6 (Capcom), Stellar Blade (Shift Up), Armored Core VI (FromSoftware), Returnal and Cyberpunk 2077 — listed on its website

Sierra Division

3D environment art and co-development studio for indie, AA and AAA games

About Sierra Division Sierra Division is a US co-development and 3D outsourcing studio (Sierra Division, Inc.) working with indie, AA and AAA teams on environments, props and hard-surface assets, with gameplay programming, level design and real-time VFX. It also sells asset packs and runs an art academy. Company Overview Location: Wilmington, Delaware, United States (per LinkedIn; US and EU teams) Founded: 2021 (LinkedIn) Team: 11-50 (LinkedIn) Specialty: 3D environment and prop art for Unreal Engine projects Services Environments, props, hard-surface and organic sculpting Texturing and materials Level design and gameplay programming Real-time VFX Co-development and outstaffed artists embedded in client pipelines Digital twins and asset-pack customization Notable Work Counter-Strike 2 assets for the Cache map, made with Valve — listed on its website

Noble Robot

Minneapolis indie outfit offering console porting and co-development to small teams

About Noble Robot Noble Robot is an indie games and media outfit in Minneapolis run by developer and artist Mark LaCroix. Besides its own games, it offers console porting, co-development and light publishing support to small teams and solo developers. It also maintains the open-source Noble Engine for Playdate and a weekly game development podcast. Company Overview Location: Minneapolis, United States Team: Run by founder Mark LaCroix Specialty: Console ports and co-development for indie games Services Console porting — PC and mobile indie games to Nintendo Switch, Xbox and PlayStation, for a fee or a revenue split Co-development — for games in early or mid-stage development Publishing support — console certification and lotcheck, store pages and platform-holder relations Notable Work Blippo+ (YACHT, published by Panic) — development and adaptation for PC and console (listed on its website) Closed Hands (Passenger) — programming and interface visuals (listed on its website)

Evil Pear Productions

Denver indie studio offering technical design, narrative design and co-development

About Evil Pear Productions Evil Pear Productions is an independent game studio in Denver, Colorado. Alongside its own action-adventure game (codenamed Desert Bird), it offers co-development and outsourcing services to indie teams, larger studios and groups needing interactive work. Company Overview Location: Denver, United States Team: 10 people listed on its website (technical designers, engineer, artists, animator, composer) Specialty: Technical design, narrative design and full-cycle development Services Technical design and programming support Narrative design Full-cycle development and co-development Project management and game system architecture QA Art, animation and audio from its in-house team

Estrix Studio

Build the world you want to play in.

Estrix Studio is a game engineering partner specializing in multiplayer and netcode development for Unity projects. We work with indie and AA teams to design, build, repair, and productionize multiplayer systems for PC and console games. Our focus includes network architecture, server-authoritative gameplay, replication and synchronization, session infrastructure, multiplayer performance, testing, and launch reliability.