Co-op directory
51 co-ops and collectives in 14 countries, owned by the people who work in them.
- Achtung Autobahn(opens in a new tab)Berlin Maniacs (prototype); The Spectre
- Aesthetician Labs(opens in a new tab)Crazy Platez; Switch ports
- Amelore(opens in a new tab)Slappyball (Steam Early Access)
- Bicho Raro(opens in a new tab)The first women-founded video game cooperative in Argentina.Narrative and educational games
- Coincidence Games(opens in a new tab)No one here takes a salary. Instead, we work on projects and split the revenue.Kaizen: A Factory Story; U.V.S. NirmanaFounded by former Zachtronics developers.
- Common(opens in a new tab)Tools and frameworks of Commoning; game-jam titles
- Cozy Comet Games(opens in a new tab)The first (of hopefully many) incorporated games worker cooperatives in Alberta.Otter game (in development)
- Deep Sky Games(opens in a new tab)Solarpunk couch co-op title (in development)A founder of Berlin Game Worker Cooperatives.
- Die Gute Fabrik(opens in a new tab)Paused 2024A flat pay structure with co-owners.Saltsea Chronicles; MutazioneHalted production in February 2024 after failing to secure funding.
- Dream Bike Game Co-op(opens in a new tab)Racing game prototype; EEG reactivity services
- Entrevero(opens in a new tab)HTML5 and mobile gamesFormerly ARF Game Studio, described by Uruguay XXI as the country's first videogame cooperative.
- Future Club(opens in a new tab)Skullgirls content; Part-Time HeroFounded by former Lab Zero employees.
- Gamechuck(opens in a new tab)Signed Croatia's first games-industry collective agreement with Novi Sindikat in April 2022: 10% of profits shared equally, and the workday cut to 6h45m.Speed Limit; Trip the Ark Fantastic
- Gamma Space Cooperative(opens in a new tab)AdjacentA not-for-profit, distributed member co-op of developers, artists and creative technologists.Coworking; publishing nodeA co-op of co-ops rather than a studio.
- KO_OP(opens in a new tab)Equal salary and decision-making between co-owners.Goodbye Volcano High; GNOG; Winding Worlds
- La Poule Noire(opens in a new tab)Edgar – Bokbok in Boulzac; To Hell With The Ugly
- Libromancy Studios(opens in a new tab)Focused on social impact, historico-political repair and queer representation.The Lost Land of Bahía Blanca (in development)
- Lucid Tales(opens in a new tab)Sally (in development)
- Manzanita Interactive(opens in a new tab)Dandelion Void; LentopetPublishes its operating agreement.
- Matajuegos(opens in a new tab)Closed 2024A horizontal game dev studio.AtuelClosed in March 2024 after eight years.
- Means Interactive(opens in a new tab)The gaming arm of Means, an American mass-media worker cooperative.Published Tonight We Riot
- Medio Inestable(opens in a new tab)Spanish-language games and publishing
- Mooncandy Games(opens in a new tab)Games that compost our favourite genres.Frog Bard; Misha I Love You
- Moonlight Games(opens in a new tab)Nadie está por encima de nadie.Hunt the Night
- Motion Twin(opens in a new tab)An anarcho-syndical workers cooperative: same pay, same say.Dead Cells; WindblownConverted from a private limited company in 2004.
- Necrosoft Games(opens in a new tab)We moved to a flat payment structure, and it has actually been quite good for us.Demonschool; Hyper Gunsport; Gunhouse
- Nokogodo(opens in a new tab)Sunshower; GNOMONIC (in development)
- Obvious Agency(opens in a new tab)Grounded in anti-capitalist, anti-racist frameworks.Space Opera; The Diamond Eye Conspiracy
- Pixel Pushers Union 512(opens in a new tab)Tonight We Riot
- Punch Up Games(opens in a new tab)Dig Too Deep
- Purple Sloth Studio(opens in a new tab)A cooperative of queer game developers.Trails; What's Your Gender?
- Randwerk(opens in a new tab)The first game studio to use the German cooperative form.ABRISS – Build to Destroy
- Resonance Games Cooperative(opens in a new tab)Resonance: Rhythm in You (in development)
- Rocket Adrift(opens in a new tab)Specializing in horror games.Raptor Boyfriend; Psychroma
- Roost Games(opens in a new tab)Cat Cafe Manager
- Sandy Pug Games(opens in a new tab)Membership shifts between projects; the founder published Sandy Pug's Co-Op Manifesto.HELLPIERCERS; Monster Care Squad
- Seed by Seed(opens in a new tab)Founded by eight friends.Pile Up!; Baladins
- Seize the Means of Production Video Co-op(opens in a new tab)AdjacentOur entire team are proud members of the Arts and Cultural Workers Union.Movement and documentary video for nonprofits, activist groups and labour unionsVideo production, not games.
- Soft Chaos(opens in a new tab)Critically-engaged, intimate, vulnerable interactive experiences.LARPs; hybrid and interactive games; experimental videogames
- Soft Not Weak(opens in a new tab)Spirit Swap: Lofi Beats to Match-3 To
- Sokpop Collective(opens in a new tab)No formal leadership structure or managers; everyone works as equals.Stacklands; simmiland
- Studio Black Flag(opens in a new tab)We make hardcore games mostly for PC.Yrminsul; Orphan Age
- Studio Terranova(opens in a new tab)A queer game and software cooperative.Terranova; Help! I've Been Cursed with a Bubble Butt
- Summer Eternal(opens in a new tab)In formationA co-operative will democratically decide on our course and speed.RPG in developmentFounded by former Disco Elysium writers; creatives hold 50% of shares, collaborators 25%, investors 20%, players 5%.
- Talespinners(opens in a new tab)An outsourcing game writing studio.Narrative for Amnesia: Rebirth; The Almost Gone
- TESA Collective(opens in a new tab)Games and tools for social justice organizations.Co-opoly; Rise Up; Space Cats Fight Fascism
- The Animation Co-op(opens in a new tab)AdjacentMotion content from development through final cut.IATSE Canada and Canadian Animation Guild impact campaign; BC HousingAnimation, not games.
- Very Evil Demons(opens in a new tab)We do not use generative AI.Bean To Me; Crystals of Runewood
- Void Blob Worker Co-op(opens in a new tab)Accessible games for underrepresented communities.There Will Be Beauty
- Wild Blue Studios(opens in a new tab)An external development studio, artist-owned and artist-operated.Art services for Riot Games; Magic: The Gathering
- Wraith Games(opens in a new tab)Serving marginalized creators; artist-owned, artist-run.Collapsus; Radarkanoid
Reviewed and updated as studios change · last update: August 21, 2026
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