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Deca Games
Company type	Subsidiary
Industry	Video games
Founded	2016; 8 years ago
Headquarters	Berlin, Germany
Revenue	€156.05 million (2022)
Number of employees	814 (2022)
Parent	Embracer Group (2020–present)
Subsidiaries	A Thinking Ape Entertainment; Crazy Labs; IUGO Mobile Entertainment;
Website	decagames.com

Deca Games, stylized as DECA, is a game publisher and developer of video games that is headquartered in Berlin, Germany. The company's primary focus is on acquiring and operating older free-to-play games as a service. They are the current owners and developers of the massively multiplayer online shooter Realm of the Mad God.^[2]^[3] The company has also acquired a number of free-to-play mobile games, including DragonVale and multiple titles from Japanese publisher GREE (including Crime City, Knights and Dragons, Modern War and Kingdom Age).^[4]^[5]

In August 2020, the company was acquired by Embracer Group, which made it as the sixth major operative group in the company to focus on free-to-play mobile games.^[6]

Acquisitions

Deca Games acquired mobile games Crime City, Kingdom Age, Knights and Dragons, and Modern War from Japanese publisher GREE on October 17, 2019.^[5]

Deca Games acquired DragonVale from Hasbro, who closed down the game's developer Backflip Studios at the end of 2019, on March 17, 2020.^[7]

On February 21, 2023, Deca Games acquired the rights to various games developed by Next Games, including The Walking Dead: No Man's Land, due to Next Games' acquisition by Netflix.^[8]

References

^ ^a ^b "Embracer Annual Report & Sustainability Report 2021-2022" (PDF).
^ "One company's cast-off can be Deca Games' treasure". GamesIndustry.biz. October 28, 2019.
^ "Kabam vet leads Deca Games' charge into live operations for old games". August 17, 2017.
^ McAloon, Alissa (March 17, 2020). "Deca Games acquires DragonVale following Backflip Studios closure". www.gamasutra.com.
^ ^a ^b Jordan, Jon (October 17, 2019). "Deca Games plays F2P's long tail, buying 4 one-time hits from GREE". pocketgamer.biz.
^ Romano, Sal (August 13, 2020). "Embracer Group acquires 4A Games, DECA Games, New World Interactive, Palindrome Interactive, Pow Wow Entertainment, Rare Earth Games, Sola Media, and Vermila Studios". Gematsu.
^ McAloon, Alissa (March 17, 2020). "Deca Games acquires DragonVale following Backflip Studios closure". www.gamasutra.com. Retrieved May 15, 2021.
^ "What's Happening to No Man's Land?". DECA Games. February 21, 2023.

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[EMBRAC2122-1] "Embracer Annual Report & Sustainability Report 2021-2022" (PDF).

[2] "One company's cast-off can be Deca Games' treasure". GamesIndustry.biz. October 28, 2019.

[3] "Kabam vet leads Deca Games' charge into live operations for old games". August 17, 2017.

[4] McAloon, Alissa (March 17, 2020). "Deca Games acquires DragonVale following Backflip Studios closure". www.gamasutra.com.

[:0-5] Jordan, Jon (October 17, 2019). "Deca Games plays F2P's long tail, buying 4 one-time hits from GREE". pocketgamer.biz.

[6] Romano, Sal (August 13, 2020). "Embracer Group acquires 4A Games, DECA Games, New World Interactive, Palindrome Interactive, Pow Wow Entertainment, Rare Earth Games, Sola Media, and Vermila Studios". Gematsu.

[7] McAloon, Alissa (March 17, 2020). "Deca Games acquires DragonVale following Backflip Studios closure". www.gamasutra.com. Retrieved May 15, 2021.

[8] "What's Happening to No Man's Land?". DECA Games. February 21, 2023.

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