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As of 4 November 2026, 209 games development & publishing companies are based in Portugal; Lisboa has the most.
As of 4 November 2026 · refreshed daily · counts move as websites, DNS and career sites are re-read.
- Companies
- 209
- Hiring now
- 0 · 0 new in 30 d
- Largest niche
- Game studios · 52
- Top city
- Lisboa · 18
- Parent market
- Media & content · 9,716
Games development & publishing in Portugal, broken down
| companies | share | |
|---|---|---|
| Game studios | 52 | 25% |
| Game portals | 49 | 23% |
| Mobile casual game studios | 46 | 22% |
| Video game media | 44 | 21% |
| Private game servers | 31 | 15% |
| Other games development & publishing | 27 | 13% |
| Tabletop game publishers | 14 | 7% |
| Game development service studios | 8 | 4% |
| Other user content aggregator platforms | 3 | 1% |
| Social media influencers | 2 | 1% |
| Childrens book publishers | 1 | 0% |
| Event listing platforms | 1 | 0% |
| Product review & comparison | 1 | 0% |
| Sports media | 1 | 0% |
| TV production companies | 1 | 0% |
| companies · hiring | |
|---|---|
| Self-employed | 178 · 0 |
| 2-10 employees | 22 · 0 |
| 11-50 employees | 8 · 0 |
| 51-200 employees | 1 · 0 |
| companies | share | |
|---|---|---|
| Lisboa | 18 | 9% |
| Porto | 10 | 5% |
| Lisbon | 8 | 4% |
| Aveiro | 6 | 3% |
| Braga | 5 | 2% |
| Coimbra | 5 | 2% |
| Setúbal | 3 | 1% |
| Cascais | 2 | 1% |
| Faro | 2 | 1% |
| Funchal | 2 | 1% |
| Kampung Wakaf Stan | 2 | 1% |
| San José | 2 | 1% |
The biggest games development & publishing companies in Portugal
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The stack of games development & publishing in Portugal
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Other segments of media & content in Portugal
Media & content in Portugal, the whole market →
News & content portals · 4,775 →
User content aggregator platforms · 2,150 →
Travel blogs guides · 750 →
Books publishing & retail · 616 →
Music & radio · 580 →
Writers & independent publishing · 498 →
Creator channels & influencers · 368 →
Visual art galleries & prints · 335 →
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209 games development & publishing companies are based in Portugal; Lisboa has the most. (Breaknorm, 4 November 2026, https://breaknorm.co/market/media_content/portugal/games_development_and_publishing)
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- Company listRich profiles with a LinkedIn-known headcount only; job boards, directories, portals and non-organisations are left out.
- HiringOpen roles read hourly from the company's own career system.
Games development & publishing in Portugal: questions
How many games development & publishing companies are there in Portugal?
209 with a confident classification, read from their own websites.
What is a sub-vertical?
The middle level of our industry tree: Media & content → Games development & publishing → leaf niches such as game studios, game portals, mobile casual game studios. Each company carries all three with a confidence score.
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