Plarium

Plarium is an international video game developer and publisher founded in 2009. It creates mid-core, hardcore and casual games for mobile, PC and Mac, combining game development with publishing, live operations, player support, community management and creative advertising.

The company first became known for web and social-network MMO strategy games including Total Domination, Pirates: Tides of Fortune and Stormfall: Age of War. It later expanded into mobile and cross-platform games, with major releases including Vikings: War of Clans, RAID: Shadow Legends and Mech Arena.

Games and capabilities

Plarium’s work spans free-to-play game design, prototyping, production, publishing, monetization and global live operations. Its development capabilities include:

• Turn-based RPGs and tactical hero battlers
• MMO strategy games
• 3D computer graphics, character modelling and cinematic animation
• Game balance, analytics, user acquisition and data-driven monetization
• Cross-platform desktop distribution through Plarium Play, its proprietary PC and Mac launcher

RAID: Shadow Legends, released in 2019, is the company’s flagship dark-fantasy collection RPG, while Mech Arena brought 5v5 multiplayer mech combat to its portfolio. Its strategy catalogue also includes Stormfall: Rise of Balur, Soldiers Inc., Sparta: War of Empires, Throne: Kingdom at War and Nords: Heroes of the North.

Current ownership

Plarium was acquired by Aristocrat Leisure Limited in 2017. In February 2025, Modern Times Group MTG AB completed its acquisition of Plarium, which now operates as an active wholly owned MTG subsidiary and forms part of MTG’s Midcore District and Playamp shared-services ecosystem.

The company’s international development network supports game engineering, art, animation, design, production, marketing and player-facing operations across its active studios.