Plarium

Plarium
Company typeSubsidiary
Industrymobile, desktop and browser games
Founded2009 (2009)
HeadquartersHerzliya, Israel
ProductsFull list
Number of employees
1,300 (2022)
ParentModern Times Group (MTG)
WebsitePlarium.com

Plarium Global Ltd. (Hebrew: פלאריום) is a video game developer and publisher headquartered in Herzliya, Israel. It is a subsidiary of the Sweden-based digital entertainment company Modern Times Group. Plarium creates mobile games, PC games and browser games in various genres including massively multiplayer online, role-playing, action, strategy, and casual. Its games are available on iOS, Android, Microsoft Windows through the Microsoft Store, Steam, Aptoide, and on PC/Mac via the game launcher Plarium Play.

The company had more than 1,300 employees in August 2022 and established studios in Herzliya (Israel) in 2009, where the headquarters are situated, Warsaw (Poland), Barcelona (Spain), Helsinki (Finland), and in the Ukrainian cities Kharkiv, Lviv, Kyiv. In addition, Plarium acquired San Francisco-based Rumble Games in 2017, which was closed in July 2022 and Helsinki-based studio Futureplay in 2021.

There are more than 25 games in the Plarium portfolio. Plarium's most popular game is the dark fantasy RPG Raid: Shadow Legends, which has more than 100 million downloads. Other Plarium titles include Mech Arena, Merge Gardens (via Futureplay acquisition), Vikings: War of Clans, the Stormfall franchise (Stormfall: Age of War, Stormfall: Rise of Balur, Stormfall: Saga of Survival) and Lost Island: Blast Adventure.

Plarium has worked with celebrities, content creators, and notable Esports professionals in a promotional capacity, including Megan Fox, Ronda Rousey, Neymar, Richard Tyler "Ninja" Blevins, Oleksandr "s1mple" Kostyliev of the Esports team NAVI, and actor Jeff Goldblum.

Plarium has also worked with several IP collaborations across its games, including bringing He-Man, the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, and the Xenomorph and the Predator to RAID: Shadow Legends.

Plarium previously employed BAFTA award winner Jesper Kyd, known for his work on video games such as Assassin's Creed and Borderlands, to compose the music for its games.