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: 648

Estimated Industry Size: 63,204 - 220,749

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	949 - 3194
17	Sydney	13	633 - 3159
18	Singapore	11	669 - 2724
19	Paris	11	708 - 2624
20	New York	11	885 - 2579
21	Baltimore	13	603 - 2122
22	Brighton	9	604 - 2116
23	Barcelona	7	481 - 2083
24	London	10	715 - 2006
25	Malmo	8	677 - 1992
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	Lyon	4	424 - 1112
45	Frankfurt	9	334 - 1094
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	Lviv	3	162 - 806
67	Istanbul	4	208 - 703
68	Portland	2	151 - 700
69	Edinburgh	2	136 - 675
70	Beijing	6	212 - 673
71	Sofia	2	276 - 631
72	Manila	4	131 - 630
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	St Petersburg	3	169 - 579
85	Bangalore	3	218 - 566
86	Cork	1	111 - 555
87	Karlsruhe	2	212 - 550
88	Orlando	2	218 - 533
89	Leamington Spa	1	201 - 500
90	Champaign	1	201 - 500
91	Fuzhou	1	100 - 500
92	Limassol	1	201 - 500
93	Nottingham	4	161 - 476
94	Kraków	2	176 - 450
95	ShenZhen	3	168 - 448
96	Hong Kong	3	85 - 419
97	Bangkok	11	101 - 402
98	Portsmouth	2	102 - 400
99	Brisbane	3	88 - 381
100	Dusseldorf	2	73 - 362
101	Dubai	4	69 - 338
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	Lodz	1	12 - 50
200	Innsbruck	1	11 - 50
201	Tampere	1	11 - 50
202	Lisbon	1	11 - 50
203	Munster	1	10 - 40
204	St. Johns	1	5 - 25
205	Shreveport	1	5 - 25
206	Regina	2	2 - 20
207	Grand Rapids	2	2 - 20
208	Amman	2	2 - 20
209	Stuttgart	1	3 - 16
210	Johannesburg	1	3 - 16
211	San Salvador	1	3 - 16
212	Petaling Jaya	1	2 - 12
213	Makati City	1	2 - 12
214	Athens	1	1 - 10
215	Jerusalem	1	1 - 10
216	Lidköping	1	1 - 10
217	Chiang Mai	1	1 - 10
218	Merritt Island	1	1 - 10
219	Cape Town	1	1 - 10
220	Bonn	0	0 - 0
221	Warnemünde	0	0 - 0
222	Cologne	0	0 - 0
223	Leipzig	0	0 - 0
224	Larissa	0	0 - 0
225	Heraklion	0	0 - 0
226	Chennai	0	0 - 0
227	Delhi	0	0 - 0
228	Goa	0	0 - 0
229	Mumbai	0	0 - 0
230	Kerala	0	0 - 0
231	Navi Mumbai	0	0 - 0
232	Chandigarh	0	0 - 0
233	Coimbatore	0	0 - 0
234	Ahmedabad	0	0 - 0
235	Namakkal	0	0 - 0
236	Batam	0	0 - 0
237	Bandung	0	0 - 0
238	Denpasar	0	0 - 0
239	Tangerang	0	0 - 0
240	Bali	0	0 - 0
241	Florence	0	0 - 0
242	Roma	0	0 - 0
243	Meran	0	0 - 0
244	Sendai	0	0 - 0
245	Skopje	0	0 - 0
246	Cyberjaya	0	0 - 0
247	Guadalajara	0	0 - 0
248	Monterrey	0	0 - 0
249	Tijuana	0	0 - 0
250	Ensenada	0	0 - 0
251	Snells Beach	0	0 - 0
252	Volda	0	0 - 0
253	Bergen	0	0 - 0
254	Busan	0	0 - 0
255	Valencia	0	0 - 0
256	Tenerife	0	0 - 0
257	Seville	0	0 - 0
258	Santa Cruz de Tenerife	0	0 - 0
259	Zaragoza	0	0 - 0
260	Karlsborg	0	0 - 0
261	Karlskrona	0	0 - 0
262	Bournemouth	0	0 - 0
263	Bristol	0	0 - 0
264	Glasgow	0	0 - 0
265	Falmouth	0	0 - 0
266	Piedmont	0	0 - 0
267	Ottawa	0	0 - 0
268	Kelowna	0	0 - 0
269	Sudbury	0	0 - 0
270	Saint John	0	0 - 0
271	Sandy	0	0 - 0
272	Emeryville	0	0 - 0
273	Greenwich	0	0 - 0
274	Savannah	0	0 - 0
275	Maui	0	0 - 0
276	Tallahassee	0	0 - 0
277	Cambridge	0	0 - 0
278	Houston	0	0 - 0
279	Albuquerque	0	0 - 0
280	Canberra	0	0 - 0
281	Perth	0	0 - 0
282	Brussels	0	0 - 0
283	Antwerp	0	0 - 0
284	Charleroi	0	0 - 0
285	Genk	0	0 - 0
286	Namur	0	0 - 0
287	Wuxi	0	0 - 0
288	Xiamen	0	0 - 0
289	Dachang	0	0 - 0
290	Suzhou	0	0 - 0
291	Nanjing	0	0 - 0
292	Wuhan	0	0 - 0
293	Luoyang	0	0 - 0
294	Billund	0	0 - 0
295	Viborg	0	0 - 0
296	Lille	0	0 - 0
297	Montpellier	0	0 - 0
298	Salon de Provence	0	0 - 0
299	Rio de Janeiro	0	0 - 0
300	Curitiba	0	0 - 0
301	Dnipro	1	0 - 0
302	Montevideo	0	0 - 0
303	Basel	0	0 - 0
304	Katowice	0	0 - 0
305	Gliwice	0	0 - 0
306	Kathmandu	0	0 - 0
307	Kaohsiung City	0	0 - 0
308	Tunis	0	0 - 0
309	Sousse	0	0 - 0
310	Almaty	0	0 - 0
311	Graz	0	0 - 0
312	Quezon City	0	0 - 0
313	Ramallah	0	0 - 0
314	Yerevan	0	0 - 0
315	Alexandria	0	0 - 0
316	Cairo	0	0 - 0
317	Tbilisi	0	0 - 0
318	Buenos Aires	0	0 - 0
319	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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