Kopla Games

Kopla Games was a Finnish mobile game developer founded in Tampere in 2015 by four former Rovio developers. Its work focused on making action role-playing games accessible to a broad mobile audience, combining character development and long-term progression with simple, one-thumb controls. Idle and clicker mechanics were central to its approach, alongside rapid gameplay prototyping and metrics-driven market validation.

The studio partnered with German publisher Flaregames to release its debut game, Nonstop Knight, in June 2016. The game combined accessible mobile interaction with the progression systems associated with action RPGs. It reached two million downloads within four days and surpassed 12 million downloads within ten months, establishing the studio's early commercial profile.

Flaregames acquired Kopla Games in August 2016 for an undisclosed sum. The acquisition retained Kopla's branding and operating independence. The studio subsequently developed Nonstop Chuck Norris, released in 2017, and Nonstop Knight 2, which launched worldwide in June 2019. The sequel registered more than one million downloads during its first three weeks.

Following restructuring at Flaregames and the formation of Phoenix Games in 2019, Kopla became part of Phoenix's developer portfolio. Live operations for Nonstop Knight 2 later moved to Romanian sister studio Studio Firefly, allowing the game's maintenance and live services to continue as Kopla's in-house development phased out.

Kopla's development operations subsequently wound down. Its registered contact address moved to an administrative proxy in 2022, while Tampere remained its statutory domicile. The company entered formal liquidation on January 8, 2026, and its employer and VAT registrations ended on August 4, 2026. Its history spans independent mobile development, acquisition by its publishing partner and the eventual transfer of live operations to another group studio.