Total companies = 189 SEE A CURRENT LIST OF GEORGIA GAME COMPANIES HERE

Estimated industry value added in 2021 = $703,716,333

Estimated Industry Gross Revenue in 2021 = 550,165,220

Estimated full-time employment in 2021 = 5,167

Estimated average base salary in 2021 = $70,135

Estimated overall statewide economic impact in 2021 = $1,043,608,406

Economic Impact is based on industry-standard RIMS II multiplier[1]

Game Studio Value Added[2] to Georgia Economy in 2021: $703,716,333

Game Studio Economic Impact[3] in Georgia in 2021: $1,043,608,406

From the 2022 State Audit of the Georgia Video Game Tax Credit

Game Studios Operating in Georgia

2023: 189 studios

2020: 141 studios

2019: 136 studios

2018: 131 studios

2017: 130 studios

2016: 128 studios

2015: 112 studios

[1] The Bureau of Economic Analysis revised their recommend multipliers to account for changes in household spending because of the COVID-19 pandemic

[2] Value added is the sum of compensation of employees, taxes on production and imports, less subsidies, and gross operating surplus

[3] Total economic impact includes the sum of direct, indirect, and induced effects

2024 is another great year for Georgia games!

Tripwire Presents is publishing the Rogue Waters pirate game on Steam.

Lightbreak from Deev Interactive has a free Steam demo available HERE

HDI’s Emperor of the Fading Suns is now available for you to wishlist on Steam. You can also download a free demo for it. Do it today!

Hi-Rez Studios’ SMITE2 became the top selling game on Steam when it was released for pre-purchase

Hatchling Games in Savannah announced the demo for Miriel’s Safe Space Training.

Hiccup Interactive has a Kickstarter going for its award-winning Urchins and Ink game

Tripwire has announced Killing Floor 3

Hi-Rez Studios has announced SMITE 2

Gratz to From Nava, for winning our Silv-E best game award, a monetary prize, and a Wacom One Pen Tablet.Gratz to From Nava, for winning our Silv-E best game award, a monetary prize, and a Wacom One Pen Tablet.

Holistic Design, Inc. has introduced a new line of space ships for its Noble Armada miniatures game, the basis for the Noble Armada: Lost Worlds computer game

Shout out to Dov Jacobson and GamesThatWork for success at the New York Museum of Modern Art!

Starsiege: Deadzone by Prophecy Games went into playtest on Steam

If you have not already checked out Panic Porcupine, now you can get it on console https://www.hofstudios.com/games/panic

Gratz to the Neighborhood Studio for its work on Saga of Sins

Hi-Rez Studios has released another divine game - Divine Knockout! Try it for free now  https://www.divineknockout.com/

Gratz to Tripwire Interactive, for publishing a new VR game - Espire2 - for Oculus https://www.oculus.com/experiences/quest/3529713943716002/

Holistic Design, Inc. released its 25th-anniversary edition of its classic strategy game as Emperor of the Fading Suns Enhanced.

LunarEx Games launched its first game, Fright Knight Legend, on Steam: Steam page: https://store.steampowered.com/.../Fright_Knight_Legend/

Finite Reflections launched its Void Sols Prologue on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2180300/Void_Sols_Prologue/

Sinkr3 from Wahler Digital launched on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1705580/SiNKR_3/

Urchins and Ink by Hiccup Interactive is in Early Access on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1832110/Urchins_and_Ink

Wishlist Spicy Gyro Games' Porcupine now! https://store.steampowered.com/app/1820570/Panic_Porcupine

Tread Lightly won Best in Georgia 2022. Check out the game at https://treadlightly.itch.io/tread-lightly

Spirit came in a close second for Best in Georgia 2022. Check out the game at https://lightconsumingdark.wixsite.com/spiritgj2020

Finite Reflections launched Gardener and the Wild Vines on Steam

Gratz to Hi-Rez Studios for winning three NYX Game Awards

Tripwire Interactive has launched Chivalry 2.

Brykim has launched its first game, Kingdom of Kuru! More information at kingdomofkuru.com

Congratulations to Brook Burgh and NeuroDiversion for launching Pushamo just in time for SIEGE! Grab this one now

Holistic Design Inc. ported its Noble Armada: Lost Worlds RTS to Xbox, Playstation and Switch.

Rogue Company from Hi-Rez Studios has entered open beta, with more people playing it in one 24-hour period than had ever played any other Hi-Rez game in any 24-hour period.

Congratulations to Tripwire for continuing to release great content. Maneater launched to rave reviews. Enjoy Killing Floor 2: Neon Nightmares Update, as well as the definitive VR stealth experience: Espire 1 brings the stealth genre to the exciting medium of Virtual Reality, delivering gameplay mechanics for the stealth and action genres that have yet to be explored.

Spicy Gyro games launched Clash Force on the Switch

Cutthroat Caverns from Cellbloc Studios is now out on Android and iOS. You have to work together to succeed but betray to win! It has been nominated for an Origins award.

The latest unhidden object game from Puzzles by Joe, is live! Check it out HERE or on Steam.

Check out the trailer for Laser Splat from JWX Software on our YouTube channel (see it HERE)

Pink House Games launched Dunk Ratz on Steam and Itch.io. Buy it now!

Gratz to Blue Bomber Games for releasing 'Looking For Heals' on Steam. Relive the glory days of being the all-important healer in this single-player, rogue-lite.

Cor Domus, a Game Jam project and Best in Georgia contender by Bunchawitches, became a finalist for The Rookie's Game of the Year. CLICK HERE for their development story and to download the game.

Ker-Chunk Games released the free version of Call Me Phrasy on the App Store. Enjoy puns both masterful and painful.

Congratulations to Robert Wahler, for releasing Sinkr 2 and now Xbox SiNKR

Finite Reflections Studio has launched Twin Cop on Steam. Enjoy one of the best and most innovative co-op games for PC.

Depth of Extinction from Hof Studios is on multiple platforms! Buy the game now!

HOF also announced Polyroll, a retro platformer. Check out the trailer HERE

x2line released Baby Adopter Galaxy on Apple Store. Baby Adopter Galaxy is a fantastic babysitting game. Kids and parents travel on a spaceship, with the mission of having a safe voyage while caring for your child. Are you up for this interstellar adventure?

Spicy Gyro Games has released Clash Force on Steam. CHECK IT OUT HERE

Remember that the GGDA streams on https://www.youtube.com/user/GeorgiaGameDevs and https://www.twitch.tv/georgiagamedevs

Tygarlily livestreams HERE on Twitch

Pachi_Dev creates game art HERE on Twitch

NinRac and Elemensional Rift livestream HERE on Twitch

Ringtuple livestreams HERE on Twitch

Altered Confusion livestreams on Twitch HERE

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