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Ilyon

Games & Interactive
Open roles
0
Founded
2013
Employees
51-200
Offices
1

About Ilyon

Ilyon is an Israeli mobile game developer and publisher focused on free-to-play casual and puzzle games. Based in Rosh Haayin, the studio develops games for iOS, iPadOS and Android, combining accessible arcade mechanics with ongoing content updates and live operations. Its portfolio spans bubble shooters, match puzzles, tile-matching experiences and casual puzzle adventures.

The studio’s best-known title, Bubble Shooter, anchors a wider catalogue that includes Power Pop Bubbles, Triple Match 3D, Cubes Empire Champion, Cube Rush Adventure and Hexa Jigsaw Puzzle. The supplied research reports more than 100 million downloads for Bubble Shooter and over 400 million cumulative downloads across the company’s portfolio on Google Play and the Apple App Store.

Development and live operations

Ilyon’s work covers the full mobile game lifecycle, from engineering, game art and level design through publishing, product marketing and user acquisition. Its approach combines streamlined interfaces and approachable puzzle mechanics with continued development after release. Live operations and content updates support its established games, while analytics, advertising integrations and monetization optimization form part of its product operations.

The company brings development, creative and commercial disciplines together within its studio. Its capabilities include both building new mobile games and maintaining a broad catalogue of existing casual titles, with particular emphasis on bubble-shooter and match-puzzle formats.

Company development

Founded as a business in 2013 and legally incorporated in 2014, Ilyon expanded its development capacity with a dedicated research and development center in 2017. Miniclip acquired the company in January 2020. Under that ownership, Ilyon has maintained its own operating identity and continued developing and running its puzzle games, drawing on Miniclip’s global distribution, publishing and monetization infrastructure.

More about Ilyon

Leadership and founders

The report identifies Yonatan Erez as CEO and names Ilya Molotsky, also known as Ilya Molo, Alon Levy and Avi Shor among the founders. It also identifies Gidi Glazer as a co-founder.

Early operating history

The original team began prototyping and releasing casual games together in 2010 during their service in the Israeli Defense Forces. They moved into a full-time venture in 2013 without external venture capital funding.

Notable credits

8 credits
  • Bubble Shooter
  • Power Pop Bubbles
  • Triple Match 3D
  • Cubes Empire Champion
  • Cube Rush Adventure
  • Hexa Jigsaw Puzzle
  • Carnival: A Bubble Story
  • Bubble Shooter Artworks

Offices

Where Ilyon is based

1 location
  • Rosh Haayin Headquarters & R&D Center

    Headquarters
    Tevet Building, Lev Ha'aretz Industrial Zone, 1 Te'ena StreetRosh Haayin, Center District, Israel

    Opened 2017

    About this office

    Overall headquarters and research and development studio, supporting development, design, game art, analytics, engineering and administration. The research and development center opened in May 2017.

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