Game Outsourcing Studio Rankings (2026)
74 rankings built from one number: the shipped game credits recorded for each of 434 studios in this directory. No editorial picks, no paid positions, no way to buy a place.
The whole directory, ranked by shipped credits
The five studios in this directory with the most shipped game credits recorded against them, across every service, country and engine.
| # | Studio | Country | Credit score |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | Ireland | 267 |
| 2 |  | Cyprus | 237 |
| 3 |  | Japan | 232 |
| 4 |  | Spain | 232 |
| 5 |  | Cyprus | 222 |
All 74 rankings
A ranking exists wherever at least 10 listed studios share an attribute. Below that the list is too short to say anything — coming third out of four is not a result — so no page is published for it.
Overall (1)
Every outsourcing studio in the directory, in one list.
- Overall434 studios
By service (14)
One ranking per discipline a studio can be hired for.
- 3D Art242 studios
- Programming208 studios
- Game Design174 studios
- 2D Art144 studios
- Full Production117 studios
- Animation100 studios
- QA Testing58 studios
- Audio53 studios
- Marketing37 studios
- Localization33 studios
- UI/UX29 studios
- Narrative23 studios
- Co-Development12 studios
- Porting11 studios
By country (11)
Countries with enough listed studios to rank. Studios with no recorded country appear in none of these.
By engine (5)
Grouped by the engines a studio says it works in.
- Unity283 studios
- Unreal Engine264 studios
- Custom Engine114 studios
- Other Engines41 studios
- Godot23 studios
By platform (9)
Grouped by the platforms a studio says it ships to.
- PC312 studios
- Android240 studios
- iOS237 studios
- PlayStation220 studios
- Xbox220 studios
- Nintendo Switch132 studios
- VR58 studios
- Web46 studios
- AR29 studios
By art style (7)
Grouped by the art styles on a studio profile.
By service and country (27)
One discipline inside one country, wherever that combination is deep enough to rank.
- 3D Art in Ukraine21 studios
- Programming in United States21 studios
- 3D Art in United States20 studios
- 2D Art in Ukraine19 studios
- 3D Art in India18 studios
- 3D Art in Japan17 studios
- 2D Art in India16 studios
- Game Design in United Kingdom16 studios
- Programming in Ukraine16 studios
- Programming in United Kingdom16 studios
- Game Design in United States15 studios
- Marketing in United States15 studios
- Programming in India15 studios
- Full Production in United States14 studios
- 3D Art in United Kingdom12 studios
- Animation in India12 studios
- Animation in Ukraine12 studios
- Full Production in India12 studios
- Game Design in India12 studios
- 2D Art in United Kingdom11 studios
- 3D Art in Poland11 studios
- Game Design in Ukraine11 studios
- QA Testing in United States11 studios
- Animation in United States10 studios
- Full Production in Ukraine10 studios
- Full Production in United Kingdom10 studios
- Game Design in Canada10 studios
How this ranking is built
Position comes from one number: the count of shipped game credits recorded for each studio in this directory. More recorded credits, higher position. Nothing else is an input — not how long a studio has been listed, not how complete its profile is, and not whether it pays us.
Paid placement does not affect this ranking. Featured placement is sold on this site, it carries a Featured badge wherever it appears, and it cannot move a studio a single position here. Elsewhere it can: the best-of lists and the browse pages sort paid listings above unpaid ones, and they say so. These ranking pages are the exception, which is the only reason they are worth citing.
The list is mechanical, not editorial. It is produced by sorting a column. Nobody here has interviewed these studios, audited their work or vouched for them, and the great majority of listings have never been claimed by the studio that owns them. A high position is a statement about recorded credits and nothing else, and it is not a recommendation.
Only the top 10 of a list get a position, or its top quarter, whichever is smaller. Coming tenth out of twelve is not a placement worth publishing, so no position below the cut is shown anywhere on this site. Studios below it are listed alphabetically with no number attached, and so are studios with no shipped credits recorded here. Unranked means we found no credits, not that a studio has none.
Credit data comes from public game-credit databases and is incomplete by nature. Most outsourcing work ships uncredited, so a studio can be excellent and still rank low or not appear at all — which is the honest limit of this ranking and the reason to open the profiles and the studios' own sites rather than stopping at the order on this page. If the credits recorded for your studio are wrong, claim the listing and tell us. These pages are regenerated hourly from the live directory.
Looking for a studio rather than a ranking?
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