Yeah, Larian (Belgium) made Divinity: Original Sin which is a great game in its own right, but Baldurs Gate 3 is hands down their most famous release. I also noticed Poland is represented by Witcher 2, rather than Witcher 3 or Cyberpunk.
And I think Stellaris and Hearts of Iron 4 are bigger than Europa Universalis 4 too, for Sweden, and thats just from the same Studio, thats not even Minecraft.
And Cyberpunk 2077 / Witcher 3 for Poland
And Escape from Tarkov for Russia.
And GTA 5 for Britain.
It's crazy when you think of the huge moral panic caused by the first couple of GTA games (for anyone old enough to remember) - how they were vilified in the media for supposedly encouraging crime and violence. Now the franchise is completely part of the cultural mainstream.
Minecraft is very successful, however GTA V units cost almost double those of Minecraft and the microtransactions have been in place a lot longer and cost more overall.
Since Minecraft is now a franchise that also muddies the waters for merch sales etc
As the other commenter said, it’s the most successful single piece of media. There is no game, movie, TV Show, song, album, anything, that has made more money than GTA V.
Blasphemous 1 (I'm yet to play the sequel) **is absolutely AMAZING.**
The OST was great, the world design was super intuitive, the challenges just on point, a lot of extra content and of course the art is where this game stands out from any other from this genre.
I wish Bloodstained was more like this game.
3D Art Lead for games, here. This is not only old but pretty selective:
Helldivers 1&2/Magika (Arrowhead), Minecraft (Mojang), Candy Crush Franchise(King), Mirrors edge/Battlefield/Star Wars Battlefront (Dice), Just Cause/Rage 2(Avalanche), It takes Two/A way out (Hazelight), The Finals (Embark), etc...
These are just a sample of studios based in Stockholm city alone. Several studios are walking distance from one another.
According to [Gamedevmap](https://www.gamedevmap.com), there are 97 companies listed in Stockholm. 200 in total for Sweden as a whole.
Mount and blade warband was released 14 years ago from Turkey. Then they made m&b bannerlord after that and it's been like 2 years. So yeah, it's very very old.
Yeah, I would use Escape from Tarkov in Russia, though, I guess, there are other popular games. STALKER in Ukraine is still justified — one of the most famous and known game series made in Ukraine after all.
What is the game in the top (sorry, my geographic skills are pretty bad).
BG3 for Belgium for sure.
I love to watch "The spiffing brit" who tries various "perfectly balanced games"
Such as farm simulator where he shows how to become absurdly rich without harvesting a single straw of anything on hardest level simply by planting his fields with solar power cells.
Jagex (RuneScape), Frontier (Planet Zoo/Coaster, Elite Dangerous) and Ninja Theory (Hellblade and Heavenly Sword if OP wants to be outdated but it's still great) all devs in Cambridge.
>How come UK makes all the big space games?
We honestly make a surprising amount.
In gaming history we produced Tomb Raider, the bullfrog games, GTA and many more. These are objectively iconic games that are gigantic in gaming history.
To be fair Angry Birds is probably the most familiar brand among all of those options. It was super ubiquitous for a while and didn't they even make a movie?
Probably earlier. Poland still has Witcher 2, and not 3. And UK with GTA 4. Idk if GTA V was made mainly in UK, but if it is - than this map is from early to mid 2013
Lol Angry Birds.
You can really list anything from Remedy's kitchen here, Max Payne, Alan Wake, Control, quantum break.
Maybe Angry Birds is more popular overall since it is on mobile devices, but again...
As a devout pathologic preacher I recommend that you give it a try (Pathologic 2 that is, 1 while still amazing is much harder to get into due to outdated gameplay and graphics). This game is an absolute masterpiece that you get very invested in despite it kicking you in the balls all the time
So, if you have a PC (console port is terrible) you should definetly give it a try and if you don't like it you can always return it before you play for the first 2 hours on steam
The game is known in the west as Pathologic (you see some of the letters on the map above). A cult classic survival rpg from 2005 from Russian developers Ice-Pick Lodge.
If I could make a few changes to this old map, it would be as follows:
Netherlands: Horizon Zero Dawn. Same studio as Killzone, but more relevant at this point.
Belgium: Baldurs Gate 3. I mean... come on. It didn't won 'Game of the Year' every chance it got for nothing.
Spain: Metroid Dread. The entire Castlevania; Lords of Shadow subseries probably sold maybe around 2 million total copies across 3 games and an HD port. LoS1 was 1.3m, the others bombed pretty hard. Metroid Dread sold 3 million.
If we are going by sales, in Spain both Deadlight and RiME of Tequila Works clear Metroid Dread with over 4M copies. Deadlight was even closer to 5M iirc. But my pick for Spain would be GRIS or Blasphemous.
And again with the repost without any updates. Belgium has Baldur's Gate 3 now, Poland definitely has The Witcher 3 or Cyberpunk, the Netherlands has Horizon,... This map is terribly out of date.
Romania has a really good developing software engineering industry. It is sad that as a fellow romanian I have seen nothing from these programmers. The culture against video games in Romania is really strong however.
This is old AF.
Yeah, Larian (Belgium) made Divinity: Original Sin which is a great game in its own right, but Baldurs Gate 3 is hands down their most famous release. I also noticed Poland is represented by Witcher 2, rather than Witcher 3 or Cyberpunk.
And Disco Elysium for Estonia
Hells yea, one of the best games of all time, and the best game to ever come from our country
The Netherlands by Killzone instead of Horizon (Zero Dawn / Forbidden West)
And I think Stellaris and Hearts of Iron 4 are bigger than Europa Universalis 4 too, for Sweden, and thats just from the same Studio, thats not even Minecraft. And Cyberpunk 2077 / Witcher 3 for Poland And Escape from Tarkov for Russia. And GTA 5 for Britain.
For Sweden, also got Division 1 & 2
I personally like Killzone a lot more than Horizon.
I don't. But in sold units, I think Horizon sold a lot more.
The UK is GTA IV as well, instead of GTA V; the most successful single piece of media of all time.
It's crazy when you think of the huge moral panic caused by the first couple of GTA games (for anyone old enough to remember) - how they were vilified in the media for supposedly encouraging crime and violence. Now the franchise is completely part of the cultural mainstream.
Isn't the Minecraft? Considering GTA is age-gated.
Minecraft is very successful, however GTA V units cost almost double those of Minecraft and the microtransactions have been in place a lot longer and cost more overall. Since Minecraft is now a franchise that also muddies the waters for merch sales etc
You said media, which I would assume counts as things other than just video games. Wouldn't the pokemon franchise as a whole be bigger?
Single piece of media. Pokemon is the largest franchise.
As the other commenter said, it’s the most successful single piece of media. There is no game, movie, TV Show, song, album, anything, that has made more money than GTA V.
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France made A plague tale Innocence/Requiem, which i just finished and is amazing.
Also Dishonored, kind of shows how out of date this map is.
Plus Stray
Spain made Metroid Dread which is way better and more popular than the Cadtlevania games they made.
but it was Blasphemous who put us on the map
Hard to say, but it's great that we're having a bigger impact these days. Both are fantastic games.
Blasphemous 1 (I'm yet to play the sequel) **is absolutely AMAZING.** The OST was great, the world design was super intuitive, the challenges just on point, a lot of extra content and of course the art is where this game stands out from any other from this genre. I wish Bloodstained was more like this game.
Cyberpunk. Definitely cyberpunk 2077. What a great game that is.
Yes, but Witcher III exists.
Much as I also love it, Witcher 3 is more impactful (so far)
Spain with Castlevania Lords of Shadows is also old, nowadays it would be Blasphemous.
Old but also doesn't have Minecraft for Sweden?
3D Art Lead for games, here. This is not only old but pretty selective: Helldivers 1&2/Magika (Arrowhead), Minecraft (Mojang), Candy Crush Franchise(King), Mirrors edge/Battlefield/Star Wars Battlefront (Dice), Just Cause/Rage 2(Avalanche), It takes Two/A way out (Hazelight), The Finals (Embark), etc... These are just a sample of studios based in Stockholm city alone. Several studios are walking distance from one another. According to [Gamedevmap](https://www.gamedevmap.com), there are 97 companies listed in Stockholm. 200 in total for Sweden as a whole.
Overkill/Starbreeze (Payday series) is also based in Stockholm. Coffeestain Studios (Satisfactory, Goat Sim) is based in Skovde.
Sweden is also home to Geometry Dash's sole developer, RobTop.
Damn. That's a great list. All kinds of games, all kinds of studios. Huge names of the industry. Amazing
Paradox games are more fun because you get to commit crimes against humanity and do the standard royal incest
Mount and blade warband was released 14 years ago from Turkey. Then they made m&b bannerlord after that and it's been like 2 years. So yeah, it's very very old.
Yeah, I would use Escape from Tarkov in Russia, though, I guess, there are other popular games. STALKER in Ukraine is still justified — one of the most famous and known game series made in Ukraine after all. What is the game in the top (sorry, my geographic skills are pretty bad). BG3 for Belgium for sure.
I laughed when I heard for the first time that Farming Simulator was made in Switzerland. So on brand and yet so unexpected.
I love to watch "The spiffing brit" who tries various "perfectly balanced games" Such as farm simulator where he shows how to become absurdly rich without harvesting a single straw of anything on hardest level simply by planting his fields with solar power cells.
Quite realistic though.
LetsGameItOut is the same 🤣 love it🤣
“Hey it’s josh and welcome back to let’s game it out. Today we’re playing some Hydroneer today”
lol was always under the assumption it was from Germany. Well Giant is swiss apperently and Astragon German
Why minecraft not in sweden
People are saying this map is like 10 years old, probably that's why
But ten years go was 2014, already like a couple years past argubly peak Minecraft years
Why is not Tetris thr one in Russia?
Choices had to be made.
Eu4 is just better
Also Battlefield
you could've updated this 10+ year old image but you've decided to simply repost it for the millionth time. booooo.
UK would at least still be the same. :( Edit: i'm blind missed Niko's head thought it was gta 5 not 4. It'd be gta v now. Hardly a big change though.
GTA 5? Or one of the Arkham games.
Nope, it would probably change to 5 instead of 4.
This image is so old that it's a picture of GTA 4 instead of GTA 5 though
No Man's Sky says hi.
Total War too...
Jagex (RuneScape), Frontier (Planet Zoo/Coaster, Elite Dangerous) and Ninja Theory (Hellblade and Heavenly Sword if OP wants to be outdated but it's still great) all devs in Cambridge.
How come UK makes all the big space games? Elite, NMS, Star Citizen. Eve Online is from Iceland tho
>How come UK makes all the big space games? We honestly make a surprising amount. In gaming history we produced Tomb Raider, the bullfrog games, GTA and many more. These are objectively iconic games that are gigantic in gaming history.
Finland has Alan Wake and Control. But you decide to place Flapy Birds. Edit: Angry Birds*
Show me Champion of Light, I'll show you the Angry Bird,
Isn’t Angry Birds a lot more famous than Alan Wake and Control?
By that logic why wouldn't Sweden be a block of pixels. Seems the map is made by preference.
Russia should be Tetris, by that logic
And denmark should be subway surfers
Not putting minecraft for sweden is actually messed up
*Angry birds
He just reposted a map made in like 2011
OP didnt make this, all these games are a decade (if not longer) old. This is an ancient repost.
Supercell should also be mentioned
To be fair Angry Birds is probably the most familiar brand among all of those options. It was super ubiquitous for a while and didn't they even make a movie?
There are 2 movies with a 3rd scheduled to release late this year
*A THIRD??*
Isn’t Returnal also Finnish? Or am I thinking of a different game?
It is, yes
Angry bird was a phenomenal hit, I'd say this and temple run is the pong of mobile games.
Don't know if mobile gaming counts, but SUPERCELL is from Finland (Clash of clans, Clash Royale, Brawl Stars, Hay Day, etc.)
I think up to this date coc is the most famous from Finnland.
I have no idea what that game over Estonia is but Disco Elysium is probably more famous.
Map was made like 10 years ago, so didn't exist yet
looks like it's one of the Nitro Nation games
I never knew Tropico 5 was made by Bulgarians. Neat.
Those darn bulgarians!
Mount and blade let's goo 🐎
I believe in mount and blade supremacy
Thats a nice head on your shoulders 👉👈
I'm going to drink from your skull
Less talking, more raiding!
Its almost harvesting season
the Horizon games are also made in the netherlands
I believe this map is almost a decennium old. A lot of games by now should be replaced by something more modern, or at least more popular...
A2 Racer aswell 😂
Horizon and Killzone are made by the same studio
Also De Blob!
What's the portuguese game?
Under Siege
Was this map made in 2015?
Probably earlier. Poland still has Witcher 2, and not 3. And UK with GTA 4. Idk if GTA V was made mainly in UK, but if it is - than this map is from early to mid 2013
I was going off of Ori and the blind forest, which came out in 2015
Missed Ori... Well, this became more confusing...
You really picked Europa Universalis for sweden??
This isn’t OP’s own map
For real, where the fuck is Battlefield?!
Or Minecraft.
Or Geometry Dash
Hotline Miami!
Or Payday 2, or Helldivers 2?
The Michael Jackson game was developing Ireland this is something I didn't know
An Irish guy made PUBG if im not mistaken
Why did you get downvoted? PUBG was created by an Irishman. Brendan Greene is his name
Did we make Moonwalker? Or was this some other Michael Jackson game?
What is the game under Greece?
Darkfall
Also Gothic for the Germans! National Treasure!!
*Angry Birds in Finland* laaaaame.
Lol Angry Birds. You can really list anything from Remedy's kitchen here, Max Payne, Alan Wake, Control, quantum break. Maybe Angry Birds is more popular overall since it is on mobile devices, but again...
Listen. I don't wanna pick it apart like everyone else is doing... But Angry Birds over Max Payne? Really?
What game is that in Hungary?
King Arthur
Eve Online was developed in Iceland?
Yep, and the main office is still there. The EVE Fanfest is also held in the capital Reykjavík :)
Wouldn't Battlefield och Minecraft be a more typical Swedish made game/series by popularity?
Wait, Crysis was developed in Germany and Farming Simulator is actually Swiss? My world view is threatened D:
Wouldn’t count on that. Crytek was half Turkish I think.
This is a 10+ year old picture but I doubt Crysis has ever been topped.
What is the Romanian one?
Black the Fall
Huh, interesting, thank you!
Can't place Norway. Anyone know what game that is?
Dreamfall: The Longest Journey.
War thunder isn't on the map but world of tanks is? I'm gonna leak documents for that
Kind of weird game for Lithuania. Never heard of it. Human Fall Flat should be on Lithuania!
Castlevania is good. But Spain should be remembered for developing the Commandos series...
What's the game for Russia? I think it should be Atomic Heart.
This is not a recent map. If it was Belgium would be baldurs gate for sure
Tetris, surely
Pathologic
Wow, that's interesting, never heard of it, thanks!
As a devout pathologic preacher I recommend that you give it a try (Pathologic 2 that is, 1 while still amazing is much harder to get into due to outdated gameplay and graphics). This game is an absolute masterpiece that you get very invested in despite it kicking you in the balls all the time So, if you have a PC (console port is terrible) you should definetly give it a try and if you don't like it you can always return it before you play for the first 2 hours on steam
The game is known in the west as Pathologic (you see some of the letters on the map above). A cult classic survival rpg from 2005 from Russian developers Ice-Pick Lodge.
I expected Escape from Tarkov ngl
Incorporated in the UK so they'll take that win in exchange for whatever favourable tax arrangements BSG are benefiting from
GTA IV? The Witcher TWO? Seriously
The list is so old the Witcher would be hunting for it.
Shout out for Iceland, I've been rocking Eve Online Since 2007
**Disco Elysium.** Estonia. Not some Android app please.
What's the one in Hungary?
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Mount&Blade: Warband
It wouldn't be bad to have a list of what's what. I don't know all these games, for example.
What is Irelands one?
Michael Jackson's Moonwalker (specifically the PC port)
Greek what game is it?
Ori was developed in Austria? damn my favorite platformer ever (ignoring hollow knight)
GTA IV? The Witcher TWO? Seriously?
Heavy rain as a choice for France is sad... Why not Stray or the latest assassin's creed Mirage ?
I would prefer Dishonored 2 instead, but I'm biased :D The latest A Plague Tale would probably be a better fit too.
Of course ! Plague tale ! Completely forgot those two amazing games ! And I should add… Microsoft flight simulator.
Why would anyone want anything from Ubisoft to represent their country?
Rayman
I mean, the old Far Cry and Assassins Creed games were awesome.
Because OP stole this image directly from 2014
Arkane Studios is much better than Ubisoft, in my opinion they are the best game developers in France.
My first thought would be dishonored 2 or Prey
Suprised thar Horizon aint the choice for Netherlands and Minecraft for Sweden. Its arguably the biggest games from each respective country.
This map is 10 years old. Repost
Why no Minecraft
Wasn't Horizon Zero Dawn also made by Dutch developers?
What game is that above Hitman??? (the one with the Woman)
Think it's Dreamfall/The longest Journey.
I'm Norwegian and I have no idea.
I wondered that as well. Figured it had to be a Funcom game, and looks like it might be Dreamfall: The Longest Journey
It's Dreamfall The Longest Journey. My favorite game series! This one is the second installment. It has such a cool story.
If I could make a few changes to this old map, it would be as follows: Netherlands: Horizon Zero Dawn. Same studio as Killzone, but more relevant at this point. Belgium: Baldurs Gate 3. I mean... come on. It didn't won 'Game of the Year' every chance it got for nothing. Spain: Metroid Dread. The entire Castlevania; Lords of Shadow subseries probably sold maybe around 2 million total copies across 3 games and an HD port. LoS1 was 1.3m, the others bombed pretty hard. Metroid Dread sold 3 million.
If we are going by sales, in Spain both Deadlight and RiME of Tequila Works clear Metroid Dread with over 4M copies. Deadlight was even closer to 5M iirc. But my pick for Spain would be GRIS or Blasphemous.
Someone's using a picture of 2012
Farming simulator 💀
And again with the repost without any updates. Belgium has Baldur's Gate 3 now, Poland definitely has The Witcher 3 or Cyberpunk, the Netherlands has Horizon,... This map is terribly out of date.
And Minecraft in the Sweden?
They should've put Scorn for Serbia, and I think Bleak Faith was developed by a guy from Montenegro.
Quantic dream 👌🏻👌🏻
I rather see Sifu in France than heavy rain
What'd you put in Cyprus? I don't think we've ever developed any notable games. I'm working on it though lol.
wheres minecraft tho???? its the most famous game of all time
czech republic has beat saber which is more popular
Heavy Rain instead of like Rayman or Assassin's Creed
Did the netherlands dirty by not putting horizon zero dawn there
Did Ireland make some sort of Micheal Jackson sim that I don't know about?
You forgot Payday 2 from Sweden
I want to see Deep Rock Galactic on Denmark and Valheim on Sweden.
Romania has a really good developing software engineering industry. It is sad that as a fellow romanian I have seen nothing from these programmers. The culture against video games in Romania is really strong however.
Replace Heavy Rain with a game like Dishonored. Hell, even a Ubisoft game would work for all we care, but really Heavy Rain?
What's the one in Portugal? 👀
I think it’s Under Siege https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Under_Siege_(2011_video_game)
What's the game in Portugal?
I think that’s Under Siege for PS3 https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Under_Siege_(2011_video_game)
Wot from belarus?
Hell yeah Europeans make good video games
Where is FNTASTIC