Nitro Games

Nitro Games is a Finnish game developer and publisher founded in 2007. The company creates mid-core action and shooter games for mobile and cross-platform audiences, combining original properties with co-development, work-for-hire, porting and live-service work for external partners.

The studio began with PC and console strategy titles, including East India Company and Commander: Conquest of the Americas, and developed the PC port of Alan Wake. In 2013, it shifted its strategic focus toward mobile games. Nitro Games completed its initial public offering on Nasdaq First North Growth Market Sweden in 2017 under the ticker NITRO.

Development and publishing

Nitro Games works across the full game-development lifecycle, from market validation and production through publishing and ongoing live operations. Its specialist capabilities include:

• Action and shooter gameplay for mid-core audiences
• Free-to-play mobile development
• Cross-platform porting for mobile, PC and console
• Touchscreen UI and UX adaptation
• Live operations and ongoing game-service management
• Co-development and work-for-hire delivery

The company uses its proprietary NG Platform development framework and NG MVP methodology to validate concepts and test metrics before full production. Its operating model combines Nitro Originals, its own intellectual-property projects, with partner-led production work.

Selected work

Nitro Games' credits include Autogun Heroes, Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun Boom, NERF: Superblast, Warframe Mobile, theHunter Mobile, Cowboy Hop, Runegate Heroes, Lootland, Heroes of Warland, Medals of War, Raids of Glory, Pirates of Black Cove, Commander: Conquest of the Americas and East India Company.

Partner collaborations have included work with Digital Extremes on the mobile adaptation of Warframe, Avalanche Studios Group and Expansive Worlds on theHunter Mobile, Hasbro on NERF: Superblast, Wargaming.net, and VOID Interactive. Nitro Games is an independent public company following Nordisk Games' 2024 divestment of its entire shareholding.

The company maintains a Finnish studio base alongside an international remote workforce, with an operating culture that emphasizes flexible teamwork, workplace well-being and a flat hierarchy.