Imangi Studios

Imangi Studios

Logo used since 2016
Company type	Private
Industry	Video games
Founded	2008; 17 years ago (2008)[1]
Founder	Natalia Luckyanova, Keith Shepherd
Headquarters	Raleigh, North Carolina , United States
Area served	Worldwide
Key people	Natalia Luckyanova, Keith Shepherd, Kiril Tchangov
Products	Temple Run Temple Run 2
Website	imangistudios.com

Imangi Studios is an American independent video game company best known for creating the top free iOS, Android, and Windows Phone game Temple Run.^[2] Founded by husband-and-wife team Natalia Luckyanova and Keith Shepherd, the company also has an artist, Kiril Tchangov.^[3]

Games developed

Games	Release Date	Ref.
Imangi	July 29, 2008	[4]
Imangi Word Square	Nov 9, 2008	[5]
Little Red Sled	July 3, 2009	[6]
Harbor Master	August 7, 2009	[7]
Hippo High Dive	November 30, 2009	[8]
geoSpark	December 4, 2009	[9]
Max Adventure	December 4, 2010	[10]
Temple Run	August 4, 2011	[11]
Temple Run: Brave	June 14, 2012	[12][13]
Temple Run 2	January 16, 2013	[14]
Temple Run: Oz	February 27, 2013	[15]
Temple Run VR	December 23, 2014	[16]
Temple Run: Puzzle Adventure	September 17, 2021
Temple Run: Idle Explorers	June 6, 2023

Recognition

Pocket Gamer placed Imangi at rank #13 in their Top 50 Developers of 2013 list and rank #36 for Top 50 Developers of 2014.^[17][18] New York Times reported that Imangi Studios had become more popular than Zynga.^[19]

References

1. "Imangi Studios – About". Imangi Studios. Archived from the original on May 31, 2013. Retrieved February 3, 2012.
2. "Going free quintupled Temple Run's revenue". macgasm. January 24, 2012. Retrieved February 4, 2012.
3. Today, Laura Petrecca, USA (August 13, 2012). "'Temple Run' Game Creators Find Strength in Small Size". CNBC. Retrieved May 4, 2022.
4. "Imangi word puzzle game arrives on the App Store". July 29, 2008.
5. "Imangi Word Squares". Metacritic.
6. "Little Red Sled". Metacritic.
7. "Little Red Sled". Metacritic.
8. "Hippo High Dive". Metacritic.
9. "GeoSpark - WARNING: Highly Addictive!". Metacritic.
10. "Max Adventure". Metacritic.
11. "Temple Run (iOS)". IGN. Retrieved October 18, 2013.
12. "Temple Run Brave (iOS)". Slide to Play. Retrieved October 18, 2013.
13. KS Sandhya Iyer (June 8, 2012). "Temple Run: Brave coming to iOS, Android on June 14". NDTV Gadgets. Retrieved October 18, 2013.
14. "Temple Run 2 released for iOS, Android version hitting Google Play next week". T3. January 17, 2013. Retrieved January 17, 2013.
15. Nelson, Randy (February 4, 2013). "Temple Run: Oz the Great and Powerful (apparently) landing this month on iOS". TÚAW. Archived from the original on February 7, 2013. Retrieved February 5, 2013.
16. "Temple Run goes first person as it supports Samsung Gear VR". September 3, 2014.
17. "Top 50 Mobile Game Developers of 2013". March 18, 2013.
18. "Top 50 Mobile Game Developers of 2014". March 18, 2014.
19. Brian X. Chen (March 1, 2012). "How Temple Run Became More Popular Than Zynga Games". The New York Times. Retrieved July 29, 2013.