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: 629

Estimated Industry Size: 61,576 - 215,699

Rank	Cities	Studios	Industry Size
1	San Francisco	48	4948 - 18089
2	Los Angeles	55	5428 - 16701
3	London	32	2593 - 9645
4	Tokyo	20	2052 - 8653
5	Austin	46	2205 - 8063
6	Seoul	34	2106 - 7948
7	Seattle	32	2401 - 7480
8	Shanghai	18	1596 - 6811
9	Vancouver	30	1263 - 4574
10	Stockholm	16	1848 - 4506
11	Montreal	13	1308 - 3969
12	San Diego	10	896 - 3900
13	Chicago	25	1015 - 3804
14	Las Vegas	9	949 - 3388
15	Sydney	13	633 - 3159
16	Berlin	16	842 - 2986
17	Toronto	29	852 - 2889
18	Paris	11	713 - 2645
19	Singapore	11	647 - 2645
20	New York	11	885 - 2579
21	London	10	715 - 2006
22	Barcelona	7	460 - 2004
23	Baltimore	12	552 - 1922
24	Brighton	7	553 - 1916
25	Reykjavik	11	382 - 1911
26	Malmo	8	580 - 1762
27	Kyiv	6	397 - 1737
28	Birmingham	10	687 - 1733
29	Atlanta	12	486 - 1678
30	Boston	21	544 - 1670
31	Dallas	24	475 - 1625
32	Hamburg	7	617 - 1590
33	Minsk	10	444 - 1564
34	Quebec City	8	492 - 1550
35	Munich	9	504 - 1516
36	Tel Aviv	4	386 - 1505
37	Helsinki	6	475 - 1458
38	Dublin	6	409 - 1379
39	Melbourne	10	309 - 1360
40	Novato	4	310 - 1300
41	Warsaw	6	491 - 1258
42	Cambridge	3	453 - 1200
43	Lyon	4	428 - 1133
44	Frankfurt	9	338 - 1115
45	Taipei	4	288 - 1087
46	Guangzhou	2	267 - 1083
47	Amsterdam	7	437 - 1053
48	Madison	4	309 - 1038
49	Sao Paulo	5	281 - 1026
50	Bengaluru	3	276 - 1025
51	Redmond	1	501 - 1000
52	Albany	2	301 - 1000
53	Budapest	2	193 - 964
54	Mexico City	3	185 - 925
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	Vienna	4	184 - 855
61	Cary	1	166 - 833
62	Hangzhou	1	166 - 833
63	Moscow	4	194 - 833
64	Lviv	3	162 - 806
65	Kharkiv	3	162 - 806
66	Guildford	6	176 - 710
67	Istanbul	4	208 - 703
68	Portland	2	151 - 700
69	Edinburgh	2	136 - 675
70	Beijing	6	212 - 673
71	Pune	4	186 - 650
72	Sofia	2	276 - 631
73	Prague	4	180 - 629
74	Lincoln	1	125 - 625
75	Andover	1	125 - 625
76	Kalamazoo	1	125 - 625
77	Odesa	1	125 - 625
78	Krasnodar	1	125 - 625
79	Edmonton	8	267 - 610
80	The Hague	2	122 - 605
81	Bucharest	3	118 - 596
82	St Petersburg	3	169 - 579
83	Cork	1	111 - 555
84	Karlsruhe	2	212 - 550
85	Copenhagen	5	173 - 550
86	Orlando	2	218 - 533
87	Manila	4	106 - 530
88	Leamington Spa	1	201 - 500
89	Champaign	1	201 - 500
90	Fuzhou	1	100 - 500
91	Limassol	1	201 - 500
92	Nottingham	4	161 - 476
93	ShenZhen	3	168 - 448
94	Hong Kong	3	85 - 419
95	Bangkok	11	101 - 402
96	Portsmouth	2	102 - 400
97	Dusseldorf	2	77 - 383
98	Brisbane	3	88 - 381
99	Dubai	3	69 - 338
100	Hyderabad	1	167 - 333
101	Milan	1	66 - 333
102	Belgrade	1	66 - 333
103	Salt Lake City	2	113 - 325
104	Nicosia	1	62 - 312
105	Kuala Lumpur	2	91 - 300
106	Madrid	2	93 - 298
107	Newcastle	2	133 - 291
108	Novosibirsk	2	84 - 283
109	Gothenburg	5	64 - 270
110	Denver	2	68 - 266
111	Bordeaux	2	62 - 250
112	Sunderland	2	62 - 250
113	New Delhi	1	47 - 238
114	St. Louis	1	47 - 238
115	Santiago	1	47 - 238
116	Osaka	2	100 - 233
117	New Orleans	2	51 - 231
118	Oklahoma City	2	90 - 225
119	Ho Chi Minh City	2	71 - 222
120	Uppsala	2	54 - 216
121	Nagoya	1	51 - 200
122	Derby	1	51 - 200
123	Dundee	1	51 - 200
124	Newport	1	51 - 200
125	Middlesbrough	1	51 - 200
126	Farnborough	1	51 - 200
127	Chatham	1	51 - 200
128	Lunenberg	1	51 - 200
129	Charlottetown	1	100 - 200
130	Rockville	2	65 - 200
131	Troy	1	51 - 200
132	Adelaide	1	51 - 200
133	Aarhus	1	51 - 200
134	Ankara	1	51 - 200
135	Kraków	1	51 - 200
136	Novi Sad	1	51 - 200
137	Miami	2	37 - 181
138	Oslo	2	68 - 176
139	Badhoevedorp	1	67 - 166
140	Sheffield	1	83 - 166
141	San Jose	1	83 - 166
142	Durham	1	67 - 166
143	Washington DC	1	67 - 166
144	Jakarta	2	31 - 156
145	Yogyakarta	1	26 - 131
146	Cluj-Napoca	1	26 - 131
147	Hanoi	1	26 - 131
148	Da Nang	1	26 - 131
149	Saigon	1	26 - 131
150	Cedar Falls	1	50 - 125
151	Philadelphia	1	50 - 125
152	Rzeszow	1	50 - 125
153	Halifax	3	23 - 110
154	Fukuoka	1	25 - 100
155	Utrecht	1	25 - 100
156	Rotterdam	1	25 - 100
157	Wellington	2	22 - 100
158	Skövde	2	22 - 100
159	Oxford	1	40 - 100
160	Wakefield	1	25 - 100
161	Detroit	6	16 - 100
162	Ghent	1	40 - 100
163	Brno	1	40 - 100
164	Lucerne	1	50 - 100
165	Bratislava	1	40 - 100
166	Xi'an	1	45 - 90
167	Nizhny Novgorod	1	33 - 83
168	Taganrog	1	33 - 83
169	Vilnius	1	33 - 83
170	Winnipeg	3	13 - 70
171	Bangalore	1	17 - 66
172	Saskatoon	2	12 - 60
173	Calgary	3	12 - 60
174	Spokane	2	12 - 60
175	Baton Rouge	2	12 - 60
176	Birkesdorf	1	11 - 50
177	Würselen	1	11 - 50
178	Essen	1	11 - 50
179	Offenburg	1	11 - 50
180	Regensburg	1	11 - 50
181	Wurzburg	1	11 - 50
182	Leeuwarden	1	11 - 50
183	Eindhoven	2	11 - 50
184	Auckland	1	11 - 50
185	Cardiff	1	11 - 50
186	Milton Keynes	1	11 - 50
187	York	1	11 - 50
188	Hitchin	1	11 - 50
189	Penryn	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	Bend	1	11 - 50
196	Sacramento	1	11 - 50
197	Liege	1	11 - 50
198	Aalborg	1	11 - 50
199	Lodz	1	12 - 50
200	Innsbruck	1	11 - 50
201	Tampere	1	11 - 50
202	Munster	1	10 - 40
203	St. Johns	1	5 - 25
204	Shreveport	1	5 - 25
205	Regina	2	2 - 20
206	Grand Rapids	2	2 - 20
207	Amman	2	2 - 20
208	Stuttgart	1	3 - 16
209	Johannesburg	1	3 - 16
210	San Salvador	1	3 - 16
211	Petaling Jaya	1	2 - 12
212	Makati City	1	2 - 12
213	Athens	1	1 - 10
214	Jerusalem	1	1 - 10
215	Lidköping	1	1 - 10
216	Chiang Mai	1	1 - 10
217	Merritt Island	1	1 - 10
218	Lille	0	0 - 0
219	Montpellier	0	0 - 0
220	Salon de Provence	0	0 - 0
221	Bonn	0	0 - 0
222	Warnemünde	0	0 - 0
223	Cologne	0	0 - 0
224	Leipzig	0	0 - 0
225	Larissa	0	0 - 0
226	Heraklion	0	0 - 0
227	Chennai	0	0 - 0
228	Delhi	0	0 - 0
229	Goa	0	0 - 0
230	Mumbai	0	0 - 0
231	Kerala	0	0 - 0
232	Navi Mumbai	0	0 - 0
233	Chandigarh	0	0 - 0
234	Coimbatore	0	0 - 0
235	Ahmedabad	0	0 - 0
236	Namakkal	0	0 - 0
237	Batam	0	0 - 0
238	Bandung	0	0 - 0
239	Denpasar	0	0 - 0
240	Tangerang	0	0 - 0
241	Bali	0	0 - 0
242	Florence	0	0 - 0
243	Roma	0	0 - 0
244	Meran	0	0 - 0
245	Sendai	0	0 - 0
246	Skopje	0	0 - 0
247	Cyberjaya	0	0 - 0
248	Guadalajara	0	0 - 0
249	Monterrey	0	0 - 0
250	Tijuana	0	0 - 0
251	Ensenada	0	0 - 0
252	Snells Beach	0	0 - 0
253	Volda	0	0 - 0
254	Bergen	0	0 - 0
255	Busan	0	0 - 0
256	Valencia	0	0 - 0
257	Tenerife	0	0 - 0
258	Seville	0	0 - 0
259	Santa Cruz de Tenerife	0	0 - 0
260	Karlsborg	0	0 - 0
261	Bournemouth	0	0 - 0
262	Bristol	0	0 - 0
263	Glasgow	0	0 - 0
264	Falmouth	0	0 - 0
265	Piedmont	0	0 - 0
266	Ottawa	0	0 - 0
267	Kelowna	0	0 - 0
268	Sudbury	0	0 - 0
269	Sandy	0	0 - 0
270	Emeryville	0	0 - 0
271	Greenwich	0	0 - 0
272	Savannah	0	0 - 0
273	Maui	0	0 - 0
274	Tallahassee	0	0 - 0
275	Cambridge	0	0 - 0
276	Houston	0	0 - 0
277	Albuquerque	0	0 - 0
278	Canberra	0	0 - 0
279	Brussels	0	0 - 0
280	Charleroi	0	0 - 0
281	Genk	0	0 - 0
282	Antwerp	0	0 - 0
283	Wuxi	0	0 - 0
284	Xiamen	0	0 - 0
285	Dachang	0	0 - 0
286	Suzhou	0	0 - 0
287	Nanjing	0	0 - 0
288	Wuhan	0	0 - 0
289	Luoyang	0	0 - 0
290	Billund	0	0 - 0
291	Viborg	0	0 - 0
292	Rio de Janeiro	0	0 - 0
293	Curitiba	0	0 - 0
294	Cape Town	1	0 - 0
295	Montevideo	0	0 - 0
296	Basel	0	0 - 0
297	Katowice	0	0 - 0
298	Kathmandu	0	0 - 0
299	Kaohsiung City	0	0 - 0
300	Tunis	0	0 - 0
301	Sousse	0	0 - 0
302	Almaty	0	0 - 0
303	Graz	0	0 - 0
304	Ramallah	0	0 - 0
305	Buenos Aires	0	0 - 0
306	Riyadh	0	0 - 0
307	Yerevan	0	0 - 0
308	Alexandria	0	0 - 0
309	Cairo	0	0 - 0
310	Tbilisi	0	0 - 0
311	Lisbon	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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