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Sweden’s game revenue hit $1.54 billion in 2016

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The Swedish game industry is enjoying a renaissance, as it has seen revenue grow 950 percent since 2010 to 1.3 billion euros, or $1.54 billion, from 124 million euros in 2010, according to a the 2017 edition of the Swedish Game Developer Index report.

Sweden has become a global hot spot for the $108 billion games industry, with a number of home-grown companies and foreign firms setting up shop to take advantage of the talent there. It has game studios from Microsoft, Ubisoft, Bethesda, Electronic Arts, and Rovio. Top gaming franchises that are built in Sweden include Star Wars, Mad Max, Battlefield, and Avatar.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.