History

1979
‍Chesmac release
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1980-
The beginning of 80s: home computers & game development as a hobby
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1984
First domestic commercial games releases
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1986
First international commercial games releases
Sanxion release
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1988
Game developers start to team up – Demoskene

1992
First Assembly event
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1995
First still existing game companies are founded

1996
Death Rally release
Alien Incident release
Super Stardust release
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1999
WAP & first mobile studios
Supreme Snowboarding release
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2000
Dot.com & mobile hype
Habbo hotel release
Trials release
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2001
Investment recession
Max Payne release
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2003
N-Gage & Growth of Nokia and mobile games
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2004
Flat Out release
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2004-2007
First big mobile game studio acquisitions
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2005
Glimmerati release
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2007
Super Stardust HD release
Trials 2 release
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2008
Digital mobile distribution expands (app stores)
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2009
Angry Birds release
Trine release
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2010
First Finnish Game Jams
Shadow Cities release
Alan Wake release
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2012
F2P mobile
Hill Climb Racing release
HayDay & Clash of Clans release
Legend of Grimrock release
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2012-2014
2nd round studio boom
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2012-2015
Big international investments to Finnish game companies
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2013
Gungho & Softbank acquired 51 % of Supercell
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2014
SimCity BuildIt release
Best Fiends release
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2015
Cities: Skylines release
The Walking Dead: No Man’s Land release
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2016
Angry Birds Movie
Tencent acquires 80 % of Supercell
Quantum Break release
Clash Royale release
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2017
Four game companies were listed on stock
Empires & Puzzles release
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2018
Brawl Stars release

2018 -
Era of consolidation: Several big acquisitions
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2019
Control release
Noita release
Baba is you release
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2019-2022
13 x acquisitions
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2020
COVID-19
Merge Mansion release
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2021
Total turnover > 3€ billion
Disruptions: Metaverse, P2E, AI
Sulake NFT
Stumble Guys release
Returnal release

2022
War in Ukraine
PAKO Highway release

2023
Mobile winter: the popularity of the mobile platform starts to decline among game developers
Alan Wake II release

2024
Record number of active studios: 270
Pax Dei release
Squad Busters release
Finnish Cottage Simulator release
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