Overwolf

Overwolf is an Israeli gaming technology company that builds infrastructure, tools and monetization services for in-game creators, mod authors, game communities and application developers. Founded in 2010, it develops an ecosystem spanning desktop overlays, mod distribution, server commerce and gaming-focused advertising.

Its core offering, the Overwolf Client and SDK, enables developers to create native desktop overlays and companion applications for PC games using HTML and JavaScript. Developers can distribute and monetize applications through the Overwolf App Store, while players use those tools alongside supported games.

Platform ecosystem

• CurseForge and CurseForge Core provide mod discovery, distribution and management, alongside white-label modding infrastructure that game studios can use to bring curated user-generated content into games.
• Tebex supplies checkout, payment processing, tax handling and merchant-of-record services for game-server communities and studios.
• Overwolf Ads connects brands with PC gaming audiences through in-game advertising, while NitroPay supports advertising optimization and monetization for gaming websites.
• Outplayed is an automated gameplay-capture and clip-management product built on the Overwolf framework.

Overwolf has expanded its platform through acquisitions. It acquired CurseForge from Twitch Interactive in 2020, bringing a major modding repository into its ecosystem; acquired Tebex in 2022 to expand into server monetization; and acquired ad-tech provider NitroPay in 2024 to broaden its gaming-publisher advertising capabilities.

The company serves the creator economy and user-generated-content sector across PC gaming software, modding ecosystems, digital advertising and gaming e-commerce. Its tools support applications, mods and community services around games including Minecraft, World of Warcraft, The Sims 4, ARK: Survival Ascended, Palworld, League of Legends, Valorant, Counter-Strike 2, Fortnite, Diablo IV and Path of Exile.

Overwolf describes itself as a “guild for in-game creators,” positioning its products as infrastructure through which creators and developers can build, distribute and monetize gaming experiences.