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Here is a list of 128 publishers that can help you publish your games!

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If you are looking for a publisher to publish your premium games, here are 128 publishers who can help out. Before you browse away thinking this is just a list.. well it is, but there is a list at the bottom of the page which is even more useful! Do go check that out too.

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  1. 11Bit Studios - https://www.11bitstudios.com/publishing/

    Games: FrostPunk, Children of Morta, This War of Mine, Moonlighter …

  2. 1С Publishing - https://www.1cpublishing.eu/

    Games: Company of Crime, Secret Government, King's Bounty 2 …

  3. 505 Games - https://505games.com/

    Games: Death Stranding, No Man's Sky, Payday 2, Terraria, Inside/Limbo …

  4. A.C.E Program - Tencent - https://jgyx.qq.com/business/index_en.html

    Games: Monument Valley II, Slay the Spire, Gris, Bad north …

  5. Adult Swim Games - https://www.adultswim.com/footer/submissions/index.html

    Games: Battle Chef Brigade, Samurai Jack - Battle Through Time, Rain World …

  6. Alawar - http://company.alawar.com/en/contacts/

    Games: Beholder, Beholder 2, Do Not Feed The Monkeys, Watchers …

  7. Annapurna Interactive - https://annapurnainteractive.com/
    Games: Solar Ash, Stray, Goragoa, What Remains of Edith Finch …

  8. Armor Games - https://armorgamesstudios.com/

    Games: Soda Dungeon 2, Jet Lancer, Snacko, ITTA, Pinstripe …

  9. Big Sugar Games - https://www.bigsugar.games/#submit-your-game-section

    Games: Unto the End, Unexplored 2, Valfaris …

  10. Bonus Stage Publishing - https://bonusstage.co/

    Warshmallows, Sunblaze …

  11. Chucklefish - https://chucklefish.org/

    Games: Stardew Valley, StarBound, Pathway, Inmost, WitchBrook …

  12. Coffe Stain - https://www.coffeestainpublishing.com/

    Games: Satisfactory, Deep Rock Galactic, Goat Simulator, Hunt Down …

  13. Crescent Moon - http://www.crescentmoongames.com/

    Games: Ravensword: Shadowlands, Mines of Mars, The Deer God, Rider.io …

  14. Curve Digital - http://www.curve-studios.com/

    Games: Just Die Already, Human: Fall Flat, The Flame in The Flood, Hue …

  15. Daedalic Entertainment - https://www.daedalic.com/

    Games: Barotrauma, Felix the Reaper, Shadow Tactics, Deponia …

  16. Devolver Digital - http://www.devolverdigital.com/

    Games: Carrion, Shadow Warrior, Serious Sam, Heave Ho, My Friend Pedro …

  17. Digital Tribe - https://www.digitaltribegames.com/

    Games: Spec Ops: The Line, Icy, TinyKeep, Chef, Celestian Tales …

  18. EastAsiaSoft - https://www.eastasiasoft.com/publish/

    Games: Murder By Numbers, DISTRAINT Collection, Sense …

  19. FDG Entertainment - https://www.fdg-entertainment.com/

    Games: Red Ball 4, Banana Kong, Oceanhorn, Paperama …

  20. Fellow Traveller Games - https://fellowtraveller.games/contact/

    Games: Neo Cab, Suzerain, Paradise Killer, Framed, In Other Waters …

  21. Finji - https://finji.co/

    Games: Wilmot's Warehouse, TUNIC, Overland, Night in the Woods, Chicory …

  22. Fireshine - https://fireshinegames.co.uk/pitch/
    Games: DayZ, Sniper Elite, OverCooked! 2, Core Keeper, Brewmaster, KeyWe …

  23. FredBear Games - http://www.fredbeargames.com/contact-us.html

    Games: Bonfire, Bonfire 2, I am President, Trito's Adventure …

  24. Gamehouse - https://partners.gamehouse.com/

    Games: Jewel Quest, Delicious series, Heart's Medicine, Tiny and Tall …

  25. Green Man Gaming - https://corporate.greenmangaming.com/publishing/

    Games: Lovingly Evil, Skybolt Zack, Aeronautica Imperialis: Flight Command …

  26. Headup Games - http://www.headupgames.com/

    Games: Terraria, Super Meat Boy, Darkest Dungeon, The Binding of Isaac …

  27. Herocraft - http://www.herocraft.com/

    Games: Warhammer 40,000: Space Wolf, Footlol, Red Ball 3, Tiny Bang Story …

  28. Hooded Horse Games - https://hoodedhorse.com/developers/

    Games: Terra Invicta, Old World, Manor Lords, Falling Frontier …

  29. Humble Bundle Publishing - https://www.humblebundle.com/publishing

    Games: Ikenfell, Carto, Forager, WanderSong, Void Bastards, Slay the Spire …

  30. HypeTrain Digital - https://hypetraindigital.com/

    Games: Tunche, Stoneshard, The Wild Eight, Police Stories …

  31. Iceberg Interactive - https://www.iceberg-games.com/
    Games: Strange Holticulture, Killing Floor, Still there …

  32. ID@Xbox - https://www.xbox.com/en-US/developers/id

    Games: Afterparty, Void Bastards, Operencia: The Stolen Sun …

  33. Indie Fund - http://indie-fund.com/

    Games: Donut County, Due Process, Gorogoa, Her Story, Hollow Knight …

  34. Irregular Corporation - https://theirregularcorporation.com/developers/

    Games: Touch Type Tale, Tohu, Railgrade, PC Building Simulator …

  35. Kiss Ltd - http://www.kiss-ltd.co.uk/

    Games: Beckett, The Story goes on, Cricket Captain 2017, Project Nimbus …

  36. Means Interactive - https://means.tv/pages/meansinteractive

    Games: Tonight We Riot …

  37. Merge Games - https://www.mergegames.com/

    Games: Frostpunk, Dead Cells, Dungeon of the Endless, Cloudpunk …

  38. Meta Publishing - https://metapublishing.io/for-developers/

    Games: Hordecore, Biped, Armored Warfare …

  39. Microids - https://www.microids.com/us/

    Games: Blacksad, Syberia, Toki, XIII, OddWorld Munch's Oddysee …

  40. Mode 7 Games - https://www.mode7.games/

    Games: Frozen Synapse, Frozen Cortex, Tokyo 42, Fights in Tight Spaces …

  41. Neon Doctrine - https://www.neondoctrine.com/contact

    Games: Vigil: The Longest Night, Lost Castle, Simulacra …

  42. Nicalis Inc. - https://www.nicalis.com/

    Games: Cave Story+, The End is Nigh, Redout, 1001 Spikes, Dungreed …

  43. Nkidu Games - http://nkidu.com/

    Games: The Red Solstice, Chuck's Challenge 3D, Full Bore, Breached …

  44. No More Robots - https://nomorerobots.io/

    Games: Nowhere Prohpher, Family Man, Descenders, Not Tonight …

  45. Noodlecake Studios - http://noodlecake.com/publishing

    Games: Alto's Odyssey, Vignettes, Getting Over It, Possessions …

  46. Paradox Interactive - https://www.paradoxplaza.com/

    Games: Stellaris, Cities Skylines, Europa Universalis 4, Prison Architect …

  47. Playstation Partners - https://partners.playstation.net/

    Games: ?

  48. Positech - http://positech.co.uk/

    Games: Democracy, Production Line, Shadowhand, Big Pharma …

  49. Private Division - https://www.privatedivision.com

    Games: Outer Worlds, Kerbal Space Program, Disintegration …

  50. Raw Fury - https://rawfury.com/contact/

    Games: BackBone, West of Dead, Bad North, Kingdom, The Last Night …

  51. Reverb - http://reverbinc.com/

    Games: PUBG, Rocket League, RockBand, ARK Survival Evolved …

  52. RipStone - https://ripstone.com/publishing/

    Games: Snooker 19, Chess Ultra, Pure Pool, Pure Chess, Knytt Underground …

  53. Rouge Games Inc - https://rogueco.com/publishing/
    Games: Monomals, Wipeout Rush, Neon Beasts, Swordcar, Sociable Soccer …

  54. Serenity Forge - https://serenityforge.com/publishing/

    Games: Neversong, The Alto Collection, The King's Bird, Pinstripe …

  55. SOEDESCO - https://www.soedesco.com/

    Games: Truck Driver, Dog Duty, Wuppo, Owlboy, Armello, Teslagrad …

  56. Square Enix Collective - https://collective.square-enix.com/

    Games: Summer in Mara, Effie, Night is Coming, Infected Shelter …

  57. Steak Steak - http://steaksteak.com/

    Games: Hexterminate, Auto Staccato …

  58. Super - https://super.com/products/publishing/

    Games: Raji: An Ancient Epic, Broken Lines, Retro Machina, Tilt Pack …

  59. Team 17 - https://www.team17.com/submit-game/

    Games: Overcooked, Moving Out, Blasphemous, Automachef, The Room …

  60. The Quantum Astrophysicists Guild - https://www.qag.io/index.html#contact

    Games: Cozy Grove, Space Otter, The Bridge, Freshly Frosted …

  61. Those Awesome Guys - https://thoseawesomeguys.com/publishing/

    Games: Move or Die, Monster Prom, Floppy Knights …

  62. Tiny Build - http://www.tinybuild.com/

    Games: Hello Guest, Rawmen, Trash Sailors, Cartel Tycoon, Kill it with Fire …

  63. Ukuza - http://ukuza.com/

    Games: Skelattack, Epic Loon …

  64. Versus Evil - https://versusevil.com/

    Games: Pillars of Eternity, Wintermoor Tactics Club, The Banner Saga …

  65. Wadjet Eye Collective - http://www.wadjeteyegames.com/

    Games: Unavowed, Shardlight, Blackwell Collection, Resonance, Gemini Rue …

  66. Whippering - http://whippering.com/

    Games: Dead Secret, A Wizard's Lizard, Full Ace, Warlock's Tower …

  67. Whitethorn Games - https://whitethorndigital.com/

    Games: We should talk, Aground, Calico, Bombfest, StarCrossed …

Mobile/Hyper Casual

If you are looking for publishers in the mobile/hyper casual space, here are some more.

  1. 6waves - https://www.6waves.com/

  2. Amanotes - https://amanotes.com/publishing/

  3. Appsolute - http://www.appsolutegames.com/

  4. Ayopa Games - http://www.ayopagames.com/contact-us/

  5. BackFlip Studios - https://backflipstudios.hasbro.com/en-us/publishing

  6. Big Fish - https://www.bigfishgames.com/company/about-us.html

  7. Boombit - https://boombit.com/publish-with-us/

  8. Crazy Labs - https://www.crazylabs.com/publishing/

  9. Creative Mobile - http://creative-mobile.com/about/

  10. Crescent Moon - http://www.crescentmoongames.com/

  11. FDG Entertainment - https://www.fdg-entertainment.com/

  12. FGL - https://www.fgl.com/

  13. G5 Games - https://www.g5e.com/developers

  14. Galactic Thumb - http://galacticthumb.com/submit

  15. Game Insight - https://www.game-insight.com/en/about

  16. Games In Flames - http://www.gamesinflames.com/

  17. Gamevil - https://us.gamevil.com/company/publishing

  18. Good Job Games - https://www.goodjobgames.com/

  19. Green Panda Games - https://greenpandagames.com/en/publishing

  20. HeroCraft - http://www.herocraft.com/publishing/

  21. Hipster Whale - https://www.hipsterwhale.com/

  22. Homa Games - https://homagames.com/submit-your-game/

  23. Huuuge - https://huuugepublishing.com/

  24. Ketchapp - http://www.ketchappgames.com/games/

  25. Kizi - https://kizi.com/developers

  26. Kongregate - http://developers.kongregate.com/publishing

  27. Kwalee - https://www.kwalee.com/publish-with-us/

  28. Lion Studios - https://lionstudios.cc/game-submissions/

  29. Madbox - https://madbox.io/

  30. Mini Clip - https://corporate.miniclip.com/developers/

  31. Nanoo - https://playnanoo.com/en/publishing

  32. Nanovation Labs - http://www.nanovationlabs.com/

  33. Nekki - https://nekki.com/en/

  34. NetEase Games - https://www.neteasegames.com/index.html

  35. Net Marble - https://publishing.netmarbleemea.com/

  36. Nevosoft - http://company.nevosoft.ru/en

  37. Nova Games - https://www.novagames.com/en/publishing

  38. PikPok - http://pikpok.com/game-submissions/

  39. Playgendary - https://playgendary.com/en/about

  40. Playrix - https://playrix.com/index.html

  41. Publim - http://www.publ.im/

  42. PublishingPlus - http://publishingplus.funplus.com/

  43. Redbit Games - https://www.redbitgames.com/

  44. Renatus - http://renatus.com/our-services

  45. Rollic - https://www.rollicgames.com/#Publishing

  46. Round Zero (FingerSoft) - https://round-zero.com/

  47. Say Games - https://saygames.by/

  48. Scopely - https://scopely.com/about/

  49. Snow Cannon Games - http://www.snowcannongames.com/

  50. Spil Games - https://spilgames.com/developers/

  51. Storm8 - https://www.storm8.com/contact/

  52. Tamalaki - https://tamalaki.com/gamecontact/

  53. Tamatem - https://tamatem.co/publishing/

  54. Tastypill - https://tastypill.com/submit-your-game/

  55. Tilting Point - https://www.tiltingpoint.com/contact/

  56. Voodoo - https://www.voodoo.io/publishing

  57. Wargaming.net - https://wargaming.com/en/partners/

  58. Yodo1 - https://www.yodo1.com/en/publishing/

  59. Zeptolab - https://publishing.zeptolab.com/

  60. ZillionWhales - https://zillionwhales.com/

  61. ZPlay - https://www.zplay.com/global-publishing/

More…

In this GDC 2016 talk, Devolver Digital's Nigel Lowrie argues that you don't really need a publisher to ship video games - until you really do, that is. Lowrie also shares specific questions that developers should ask when looking for a publisher to help out with their game.

In this 2019 GDC talk, Finji's Rebekah Saltsman explains how Finji builds and uses pitch documents, key art and game play videos to help developers improve their pitches to publishers.

Also, here are some interesting articles that you might find useful.

Contracts/Publishing Agreements

  1. Neon Doctrine Publishing Agreement - Google Doc Link

  2. Raw Fury Publishing Agreement - https://rawfury.com/why-we-are-publishing-raw-furys-publishing-agreement/ (Actual Doc in English in Dropbox)

  3. Generic Whitethorn Service Contract - Google Doc Link

  4. Bonus Stage Publishing and Distribution Agreement - Google Drive PDF Link

Pitch Decks

  1. Here is another thread, this time on how the Backbone devs pitched and signed Backbone with RawFury - Tweet thread here.

  2. RawFury Pitch deck template - https://www.slideshare.net/JohanToresson/raw-fury-pitch-deck-template (backup copy)

  3. Superhot Presents Pitch Deck Sample Template - https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1utCfsSnV1MZnU8Q2oFucBz5JnDGelLdQdciFx1pUQr0/edit?usp=sharing (backup copy)

  4. Wargroove Pretend Pitch Deck - https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/18VijoCAzJiQwA4UUks9qVA_TPXRjL78aoywE9rdLPVQ

  5. More Pitch Decks - https://www.notion.so/Pitch-Decks-f56e38c13fe6417f8379859e74367e1a via Founders Kit

More Useful Links

  1. What makes for a good game publishing contract? - https://newsletter.gamediscover.co/p/what-makes-for-a-good-game-publishing

  2. Are these really the 'ugly truths' for indie publishers? - https://newsletter.gamediscover.co/p/are-these-really-the-ugly-truths

  3. Guide For Pitching To Publishers - Chucklefish - https://chucklefish.org/blog/guide-for-pitching-to-publishers/

  4. How to Pitch your Game - https://www.togeproductions.com/how-to-pitch-your-game/

  5. How to Pitch a Game to Publishers - https://modusgames.com/how-to-pitch-a-game-to-publishers/

  6. The IndieBeat: Tips from publishers and how to pitch to them - https://venturebeat.com/2018/05/24/the-indiebeat-tips-from-publishers-and-how-to-pitch-to-them/

  7. How To Pitch Your Indie Game - https://www.tinybuild.com/how-to-pitch-your-game

  8. Thomas Altenburger 🍕🍍 on Twitter: "Want to pitch a game project to a publisher? Here comes a thread with some tips based on our experience!" - Thread

  9. jakefriend on Twitter: "Hey #indiedev #gamedev, I turned down a pretty big publishing contract today for about half a million in total investment (I'm a solo dev). They genuinely wanted to work with me, but couldn't see what was exploitative about the terms. I'm not under an NDA, wanna talk about it? 👀" - Thread

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