Game developers in Finland
One of the leading companies in the Finnish gaming industry is Supercell, known for developing mobile games such as Clash of Clans or Clash Royale. The revenue of Supercell reached approximately 1.87 billion U.S. dollars in 2022.One of the best-known game developers from Finland is the studio Rovio Entertainment. Their famous mobile game Angry Birds was released in late 2009. The revenue of Rovio reached 317.7 million euros in 2022, increasing by almost 311 million euros compared to 2010.
eSport and Streaming
While gaming on a mobile device or a PC is quite a common way to spend free time in Finland, eSport activities have a smaller audience. The share of people involved in eSport totaled 31.86 percent in 2022, including watching eSport streams or videos, playing in competitions, or betting on eSports.Nevertheless, Finnish players compete in various games and win prize money. Some of the games with Finnish eSport players are Apex Legends, League of Legends (LoL), and Fortnite.
Among the Nordic countries, Finland came second in the ranking of the most online video watchers , with 79 percent of individuals as of 2020. In terms of streaming gaming content on Twitch, the Finnish streamer Laeppa ranked as the first Finnish-language channel with over 185 thousand followers in September 2023.
On YouTube, the content creator eeddspeaks had the most successful Finnish-language gaming channel with almost 334 thousand subscribers.
