Best Cities For Working on Games

Looking for the top cities in the Game industry? The following list is ranked based on the estimated industry size in each location, offering the most opportunities. Click on the location name/flag to visit that location and browse all the studios.

Estimated Number of Studios: 649

Estimated Industry Size: 63,388 - 221,199

Rank	Cities	Studios	Industry Size
1	San Francisco	48	4793 - 17693
2	Los Angeles	56	4807 - 15476
3	London	32	2693 - 9895
4	Tokyo	20	2052 - 8653
5	Austin	48	2341 - 8363
6	Seoul	34	2106 - 7948
7	Seattle	32	2401 - 7480
8	Shanghai	18	1596 - 6811
9	Vancouver	33	1639 - 5424
10	Stockholm	16	2060 - 5056
11	San Diego	11	1097 - 4400
12	Montreal	15	1356 - 4158
13	Chicago	25	1015 - 3804
14	Las Vegas	9	949 - 3388
15	Berlin	19	921 - 3374
16	Toronto	31	959 - 3234
17	Sydney	13	633 - 3159
18	Singapore	10	643 - 2624
19	Paris	11	708 - 2624
20	New York	11	885 - 2579
21	Brighton	9	630 - 2216
22	Baltimore	13	603 - 2122
23	London	10	715 - 2006
24	Malmo	8	677 - 1992
25	Barcelona	7	456 - 1983
26	Reykjavik	11	382 - 1911
27	Hamburg	8	668 - 1790
28	Birmingham	10	687 - 1733
29	Kyiv	6	393 - 1716
30	Quebec City	8	525 - 1700
31	Atlanta	12	486 - 1678
32	Boston	21	544 - 1670
33	Dublin	7	510 - 1629
34	Dallas	24	475 - 1625
35	Melbourne	12	384 - 1585
36	Minsk	10	444 - 1564
37	Munich	9	504 - 1516
38	Tel Aviv	4	386 - 1505
39	Helsinki	6	471 - 1437
40	Novato	4	310 - 1300
41	Warsaw	6	491 - 1258
42	Cambridge	3	453 - 1200
43	Mexico City	4	310 - 1175
44	Frankfurt	10	345 - 1144
45	Lyon	4	424 - 1112
46	Taipei	4	288 - 1087
47	Guangzhou	2	267 - 1083
48	Amsterdam	7	438 - 1063
49	Madison	4	309 - 1038
50	Sao Paulo	5	281 - 1026
51	Bengaluru	3	276 - 1025
52	Redmond	1	501 - 1000
53	Albany	2	301 - 1000
54	Budapest	2	193 - 964
55	Liverpool	4	391 - 925
56	Chengdu	4	222 - 922
57	Leeds	3	248 - 891
58	Malta	5	223 - 887
59	Manchester	4	313 - 875
60	Kharkiv	3	176 - 856
61	Vienna	4	184 - 855
62	Guildford	7	226 - 835
63	Cary	1	166 - 833
64	Hangzhou	1	166 - 833
65	Moscow	4	194 - 833
66	Bangalore	3	318 - 816
67	Lviv	3	162 - 806
68	Istanbul	4	208 - 703
69	Portland	2	151 - 700
70	Edinburgh	2	136 - 675
71	Beijing	6	212 - 673
72	Sofia	2	276 - 631
73	Pune	4	182 - 629
74	Prague	4	180 - 629
75	Lincoln	1	125 - 625
76	Andover	1	125 - 625
77	Kalamazoo	1	125 - 625
78	Odesa	1	125 - 625
79	Krasnodar	1	125 - 625
80	Edmonton	8	267 - 610
81	The Hague	2	122 - 605
82	Copenhagen	5	184 - 600
83	Bucharest	3	118 - 596
84	Dubai	4	170 - 588
85	St Petersburg	3	169 - 579
86	Cork	1	111 - 555
87	Karlsruhe	2	212 - 550
88	Orlando	2	218 - 533
89	Manila	3	106 - 530
90	Leamington Spa	1	201 - 500
91	Champaign	1	201 - 500
92	Fuzhou	1	100 - 500
93	Limassol	1	201 - 500
94	Nottingham	4	161 - 476
95	Kraków	2	176 - 450
96	ShenZhen	3	168 - 448
97	Hong Kong	3	85 - 419
98	Bangkok	11	101 - 402
99	Portsmouth	2	102 - 400
100	Brisbane	3	88 - 381
101	Dusseldorf	2	73 - 362
102	Hyderabad	1	167 - 333
103	Salt Lake City	2	113 - 325
104	Gothenburg	5	75 - 320
105	Milan	1	62 - 312
106	Belgrade	1	62 - 312
107	Nicosia	1	62 - 312
108	Kuala Lumpur	2	91 - 300
109	Madrid	2	93 - 298
110	Newcastle	2	133 - 291
111	Novosibirsk	2	84 - 283
112	Adelaide	4	64 - 270
113	Denver	2	68 - 266
114	Calgary	3	63 - 260
115	Eindhoven	2	62 - 250
116	Sunderland	2	62 - 250
117	Bordeaux	2	62 - 250
118	New Delhi	1	47 - 238
119	St. Louis	1	47 - 238
120	Santiago	1	47 - 238
121	Osaka	2	100 - 233
122	New Orleans	2	51 - 231
123	Oklahoma City	2	90 - 225
124	Ho Chi Minh City	2	71 - 222
125	Uppsala	2	54 - 216
126	Nagoya	1	51 - 200
127	Derby	1	51 - 200
128	Chatham	1	51 - 200
129	Dundee	1	51 - 200
130	Middlesbrough	1	51 - 200
131	Farnborough	1	51 - 200
132	Newport	1	51 - 200
133	Lunenberg	1	51 - 200
134	Charlottetown	1	100 - 200
135	Rockville	2	65 - 200
136	Troy	1	51 - 200
137	Aarhus	1	51 - 200
138	Ankara	1	51 - 200
139	Novi Sad	1	51 - 200
140	Miami	2	37 - 181
141	Oslo	2	68 - 176
142	Badhoevedorp	1	67 - 166
143	Sheffield	1	83 - 166
144	San Jose	1	83 - 166
145	Durham	1	67 - 166
146	Washington DC	1	67 - 166
147	Jakarta	2	31 - 156
148	Yogyakarta	1	26 - 131
149	Cluj-Napoca	1	26 - 131
150	Hanoi	1	26 - 131
151	Da Nang	1	26 - 131
152	Saigon	1	26 - 131
153	Cedar Falls	1	50 - 125
154	Philadelphia	1	50 - 125
155	Rzeszow	1	50 - 125
156	Halifax	3	23 - 110
157	Fukuoka	1	25 - 100
158	Rotterdam	1	25 - 100
159	Utrecht	1	25 - 100
160	Wellington	2	22 - 100
161	Skövde	2	22 - 100
162	Oxford	1	40 - 100
163	Wakefield	1	25 - 100
164	Detroit	6	16 - 100
165	Ghent	1	40 - 100
166	Brno	1	40 - 100
167	Lucerne	1	50 - 100
168	Bratislava	1	40 - 100
169	Xi'an	1	45 - 90
170	Nizhny Novgorod	1	33 - 83
171	Taganrog	1	33 - 83
172	Vilnius	1	33 - 83
173	Winnipeg	3	13 - 70
174	Saskatoon	2	12 - 60
175	Spokane	2	12 - 60
176	Baton Rouge	2	12 - 60
177	Würselen	1	11 - 50
178	Essen	1	11 - 50
179	Offenburg	1	11 - 50
180	Wurzburg	1	11 - 50
181	Birkesdorf	1	11 - 50
182	Regensburg	1	11 - 50
183	Leeuwarden	1	11 - 50
184	Auckland	1	11 - 50
185	Cardiff	1	11 - 50
186	Hitchin	1	11 - 50
187	Penryn	1	11 - 50
188	Milton Keynes	1	11 - 50
189	York	1	11 - 50
190	Moncton	1	11 - 50
191	Minneapolis	1	11 - 50
192	Ann Arbor	5	5 - 50
193	Indianapolis	1	11 - 50
194	Raleigh	1	11 - 50
195	Sacramento	1	11 - 50
196	Bend	1	11 - 50
197	Liege	1	11 - 50
198	Aalborg	1	11 - 50
199	Dnipro	1	11 - 50
200	Lodz	1	12 - 50
201	Innsbruck	1	11 - 50
202	Tampere	1	11 - 50
203	Lisbon	1	11 - 50
204	Munster	1	10 - 40
205	St. Johns	1	5 - 25
206	Shreveport	1	5 - 25
207	Regina	2	2 - 20
208	Grand Rapids	2	2 - 20
209	Amman	2	2 - 20
210	Stuttgart	1	3 - 16
211	Johannesburg	1	3 - 16
212	San Salvador	1	3 - 16
213	Petaling Jaya	1	2 - 12
214	Makati City	1	2 - 12
215	Athens	1	1 - 10
216	Jerusalem	1	1 - 10
217	Lidköping	1	1 - 10
218	Chiang Mai	1	1 - 10
219	Cornwall	1	1 - 10
220	Merritt Island	1	1 - 10
221	Cape Town	1	1 - 10
222	Bonn	0	0 - 0
223	Warnemünde	0	0 - 0
224	Cologne	0	0 - 0
225	Leipzig	0	0 - 0
226	Larissa	0	0 - 0
227	Heraklion	0	0 - 0
228	Chennai	0	0 - 0
229	Delhi	0	0 - 0
230	Goa	0	0 - 0
231	Mumbai	0	0 - 0
232	Kerala	0	0 - 0
233	Navi Mumbai	0	0 - 0
234	Chandigarh	0	0 - 0
235	Coimbatore	0	0 - 0
236	Ahmedabad	0	0 - 0
237	Namakkal	0	0 - 0
238	Batam	0	0 - 0
239	Bandung	0	0 - 0
240	Denpasar	0	0 - 0
241	Tangerang	0	0 - 0
242	Bali	0	0 - 0
243	Florence	0	0 - 0
244	Roma	0	0 - 0
245	Meran	0	0 - 0
246	Sendai	0	0 - 0
247	Skopje	0	0 - 0
248	Cyberjaya	0	0 - 0
249	Guadalajara	0	0 - 0
250	Monterrey	0	0 - 0
251	Tijuana	0	0 - 0
252	Ensenada	0	0 - 0
253	Snells Beach	0	0 - 0
254	Volda	0	0 - 0
255	Bergen	0	0 - 0
256	Busan	0	0 - 0
257	Valencia	0	0 - 0
258	Tenerife	0	0 - 0
259	Seville	0	0 - 0
260	Santa Cruz de Tenerife	0	0 - 0
261	Zaragoza	0	0 - 0
262	Karlsborg	0	0 - 0
263	Karlskrona	0	0 - 0
264	Bournemouth	0	0 - 0
265	Bristol	0	0 - 0
266	Glasgow	0	0 - 0
267	Falmouth	0	0 - 0
268	Piedmont	0	0 - 0
269	Ottawa	0	0 - 0
270	Kelowna	0	0 - 0
271	Sudbury	0	0 - 0
272	Saint John	0	0 - 0
273	Sandy	0	0 - 0
274	Emeryville	0	0 - 0
275	Greenwich	0	0 - 0
276	Savannah	0	0 - 0
277	Maui	0	0 - 0
278	Tallahassee	0	0 - 0
279	Cambridge	0	0 - 0
280	Houston	0	0 - 0
281	Albuquerque	0	0 - 0
282	Cleveland	0	0 - 0
283	Cincinnati	0	0 - 0
284	Providence	0	0 - 0
285	Canberra	0	0 - 0
286	Perth	0	0 - 0
287	Brussels	0	0 - 0
288	Antwerp	0	0 - 0
289	Charleroi	0	0 - 0
290	Genk	0	0 - 0
291	Namur	0	0 - 0
292	Wuxi	0	0 - 0
293	Xiamen	0	0 - 0
294	Dachang	0	0 - 0
295	Suzhou	0	0 - 0
296	Nanjing	0	0 - 0
297	Wuhan	0	0 - 0
298	Luoyang	0	0 - 0
299	Billund	0	0 - 0
300	Viborg	0	0 - 0
301	Lille	0	0 - 0
302	Montpellier	0	0 - 0
303	Salon de Provence	0	0 - 0
304	Rio de Janeiro	0	0 - 0
305	Curitiba	0	0 - 0
306	Zlín	0	0 - 0
307	Montevideo	0	0 - 0
308	Basel	0	0 - 0
309	Katowice	0	0 - 0
310	Gliwice	0	0 - 0
311	Kathmandu	0	0 - 0
312	Kaohsiung City	0	0 - 0
313	Tunis	0	0 - 0
314	Sousse	0	0 - 0
315	Almaty	0	0 - 0
316	Graz	0	0 - 0
317	Quezon City	0	0 - 0
318	Ramallah	0	0 - 0
319	Yerevan	0	0 - 0
320	Alexandria	0	0 - 0
321	Cairo	0	0 - 0
322	Tbilisi	0	0 - 0
323	Buenos Aires	0	0 - 0
324	Riyadh	0	0 - 0

Studios are added daily, rank is subject to change as new studios are found and added to the database.

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