Best Of 2025
The Top 50 Mobile Game Makers of 2025
The mobile movers and shakers of the last 12 months revealed!
Company Profile
Playrix
Website
www.playrix.com
About
Founded in 2004, Playrix Entertainment has become known as a premium casual games developer and publisher.
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Accolades
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Playrix founders put mobile on top of The Sunday Times' first ever Gaming Rich List
The makers of Homescapes and Gardenscapes top the inaugural round up of the 30 richest developers and players in the UK
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Gardenscapes joins forces with alternative game distribution platform Catappult
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Cease Of Operations
Playrix closes its offices in Russia and Belarus
Staff from these offices will be relocated to other countries as the war between Russia and Ukraine continues
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Speaker Spotlight
IWD22: Playrix’s Marianna Vallejo on the importance of positive company culture and how to encourage more women into the games industry
“Aside from verbal encouragement and inspiring social network posts, I think the main incentive can be some kind of compensation for childcare”
Testing The Waters
Gardenscapes dev Playrix invests in mobile games publisher AppQuantum
Marks the company’s first investment in an independent publisher
Welcome Home
Playrix launches new studio with Daily Magic as co-developer
Working remotely between US and Europe on Homescapes
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Continued Growth
Gardenscapes surpasses $3 billion in lifetime player spending
Launched in July 2016
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Mayor Of The Hill?
Toca Life: World battles Township to be top Simulation Builder
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Homecoming
Playrix is bringing Homescapes to AppGallery
Following the success of Gardenscapes
"not Representative"
ASA bans "misleading" Gardenscapes and Homescapes Facebook ads
Only 0.03% of players reach the end content.
Live And Kicking
Why Playrix producer Alexander Vedeneev believes Gardenscapes is more than "just a Candy Crush clone"
"We must be doing something right if our games are being copied."
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Honest Work
Playrix soft-launches match-three puzzler Farmscapes
New mobile title is available across Canada, Australia and the UK
Jobs In Games
Remote Working: Playrix's Mikhail Klyuev on how to become a game producer
"Make the most of your peak productivity hours and spend this time working with no distractions"
New Subsidiary
Playrix welcomes Cateia Games to its Croatia team
"Becoming part of the Playrix family is a great honour for Cateia Games"
Breakout
Playrix soft-launches new match-three RPG Puzzle Breakers
New title available on Android in the Philippines
Enough To Afford A Butler
Gardenscapes helps grow Playrix's downloads to 1.1 billion
$1.9 billion revenue accumulated from player spending
Gardenscapes Growth
Playrix's Gardenscapes dethroned Candy Crush Saga for monthly global consumer spend in April 2020
App Annie confirms this is the first time Candy Crush Saga has been toppled by another match-3 game since 2012
Manors Maketh Man
Playrix releases Manor Matters globally after six months in soft launch
First hidden object game for the publisher
Helping Hand
Playrix is giving its staff a $650 one-off payment to help alleviate coronavirus stress
“We hope this money will help relieve some of the stress everyone is now coping with"
Growing And Growing
Playrix acquires Armenian casual games studio Plexonic
Studio has been renamed Playrix Armenia
Money Grows On Trees
Gardenscapes grows to $1.5 billion in lifetime revenue
213 million downloads accumulated since August 2016
2019 In Review
1,700 staff, 20 games in development, 8 acquisitions, 2 billion dollar games: Playrix's stellar 2019
Head of marketing Alexander Derkach drops some stats
Acquisition
Playrix acquires Serbian game studio Eipix Entertainment
“With over a decade of experience, the team of Eipix Entertainment has proven to be one of the most talented teams on the market”
Happy Holidays
US Black Friday mobile game spending up 25% to $70 million
A new record
Home Sweet Home
Playrix’s Homescapes surpasses $1 billion in lifetime revenue at $4.60 per download
More than 223 million downloads in just over two years
Charts
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Charts
Weekly global mobile games charts: Playrix's Gardenscapes, Homescapes and Township bag top 10 grossing spots
Rankings from August 12th to 18th