Nekki

Nekki is an international video game developer, publisher and technology creator founded in 2002. Its early work focused on browser-based multiplayer sports and strategy titles, including Golden Foot, Gladiators and the football-management game 11x11. After expanding into social gaming networks in 2008, the company moved into mobile development in 2010.

The studio became widely known for action games built around expressive movement and combat. Vector, launched in 2012, brought fluid, keyframe-driven parkour animation to a dystopian runner format. Nekki subsequently developed the Shadow Fight franchise from a Facebook combat title into a multiplatform fighting series. Shadow Fight 2, Shadow Fight 3 and Shadow Fight 4: Arena are among the company’s best-known releases, while Shades: Shadow Fight Roguelike extends the setting of Shadow Fight 2.

Games and technology

Nekki develops and publishes games for mobile, PC, console and web platforms. Its capabilities include:

• Physics-based 3D combat and martial-arts action gameplay
• Real-time, synchronous cross-platform PvP systems
• Free-to-play live operations, balancing and economy design
• High-fidelity action development in Unreal Engine 5
• Full-cycle development, publishing and community management

The company also develops Cascadeur, a commercially licensed animation tool created from technology originally used for Shadow Fight acrobatics. Cascadeur combines AI-assisted animation workflows with physics-based keyframe tools for 3D character animation, serving game-development and VFX users.

Current direction

Nekki’s portfolio has exceeded one billion lifetime downloads across mobile, console and PC platforms. Alongside its established action franchises, the studio is pursuing PC and console production with SPINE, a cinematic third-person gun-fu action game built in Unreal Engine 5. Nekki operates as a self-funded, independently owned company, with its international headquarters in Limassol, Cyprus and distributed teams supporting its development work.