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Ukraine plays host to over 80 games development companies

82 per cent of them are working on mobile games titles

Ukraine plays host to over 80 games development companies

Ukraine currently plays host to over 80 games development companies.

That comes from a report by tech space Unit.city and Achievers Hub called Game Development in Ukraine: Industry Guide 2018.

Of the 72 developers interviewed for the report, 82 per cent were working on mobile games.

Unity also proved to be the most popular platform overall for games development with 69 per cent. The most popular genre was action with 63 per cent.

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In terms of location, Kiev proved the most popular location with 41 companies (40 per cent) setting-up shop. The second city, in terms of popularity, was Odessa with 17 (16 per cent).

The tech space providers also roughly estimate that the Ukrainian games industry currently occupies more than 20,000 developers.


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