Mobile game studios in Poland, and what CD Projekt built around them
Poland has 7 mobile studios in this directory, though the country's games industry is far larger than that once console and PC development is counted, with CD Projekt at about 810 staff. Poland's draw is cost: strong engineering at wages well below western Europe, on a 19% corporate rate.
Türkiye refunds half of what a software company or game studio spends on advertising, app store commissions and hosting when it sells to customers abroad, and up to 70% when those customers are in one of twenty target markets. It is paid in cash, against invoices you have already settled. Try it with your own numbers.
01Which game studios are based in Poland?
Sorted by size, largest first. Tap the Founded or People columns to sort.
| Studio | City | Founded | People |
|---|---|---|---|
| CD PROJEKT SAA prominent Polish holding company based in Warsaw, specializing in the development, publishing, and… | Warszawa | 1994 | 810 |
| SeverexA mobile casual game development studio founded in 2015, with locations in Minsk, Belarus, and… | Warszawa | 2015 | 83 |
| Vivid GamesA prominent mobile game developer based in Poland, known for creating high-quality entertainment… | Bydgoszcz | 2006 | 54 |
| GamestureA mobile game developer based in Kraków, Poland, founded in 2014. | Krakow | 2014 | 34 |
| Infinite DreamsA game development studio based in Gliwice, Poland. | Gliwice | 2000 | 11 |
| Ahoy GamesAn indie game development studio founded in 2013 by Deniz Piri. | Warszawa | 2013 | 5 |
| PlayWayA prominent Polish video game developer and publisher, established in 2011 by Krzysztof Kostowski. | Warsaw | 2011 | 2 |
Headcounts are third-party estimates and companies count staff differently. Apollo company data, exported 20 August 2026
02Why do studios base themselves in Poland?
What keeps them there
- Engineering wages well below western Europe for comparable skill, which is what first brought outsourcing work and then original development.
- A 19% corporate rate, and 9% for smaller companies, both low for the European Union.
- An intellectual property regime that taxes qualifying income from software rights at a reduced rate.
- CD Projekt's success, which changed how Polish developers see their own ceiling and kept talent in the country.
| Corporate income tax | 19%A reduced 9% rate applies to small taxpayers and to companies in their first year.source |
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Poland is the cost answer inside the European Union. A studio can hire good engineers for meaningfully less than in Berlin or Stockholm and still keep EU banking, EU contracts and EU market access.
What Poland does not do is touch the marketing bill. For a mobile studio, cheaper engineers reduce the smaller half of the budget. The Turkish programme works on the other half, and the two are not in conflict: a studio can develop in Poland and run its commercial spending through a Turkish company.
What Türkiye would pay back on your spending
Türkiye runs a government programme that refunds part of what a software company or game studio spends on reaching customers abroad. It covers advertising, app store and platform commissions, and hosting. The refund is paid in cash against invoices the company has already settled, so it does not depend on the company making a profit. The standard rate is 50%, and it rises to 70% when the customers being targeted are in one of the twenty countries on the Turkish Ministry of Trade's target list.
Put your own yearly figures in below. The rates and the annual caps come from the same file as our full calculator, and the total updates as you type.
03Questions we get asked
Is Poland mainly a console country?
Historically yes, and CD Projekt, Techland and 11 bit shaped that reputation. The mobile side is smaller but growing, and much of the country's capacity still works as outsourced development for studios elsewhere.
What is the IP Box?
A reduced rate on qualifying income from intellectual property rights, including software. It rewards owning the rights rather than doing the work for hire, so it suits studios with their own titles.
Does the 9% rate apply to a games studio?
It applies to small taxpayers and to companies in their first year, subject to conditions. Most established studios pay 19%.
Why a consultancy keeps a studio directory
CyberScope Solutions is an Istanbul consultancy that manages Türkiye's IT export incentive claims for software companies and game studios. We track where studios are because the question we are asked most often is who else has done this, and a list is a better answer than an assurance.
- Every figure is sourced. Each number links to the page it came from and carries the date we last checked it.
- We do the filing. Claims run through DYS, the ministry's own system, and we handle the evidence pack, the deadlines and the follow-up questions.
- You find out early if it is not for you. The first call is thirty minutes and we will say plainly if your spend pattern does not suit the programme.
Turn that number into money
Send us the rough shape of your spend. You get back what it is worth, what setting it up involves, and how fast the first claim can go in. Companies already operating here treat this as routine, and the six month window means the clock is running on invoices you have already paid.
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Book a 30 minute call04Where these numbers come from
- https://taxfoundation.org/data/all/eu/corporate-income-tax-rates-europe/ checked 2026-08-20
- Apollo company data, exported 20 August 2026 checked 2026-08-20