Astragon Entertainment GmbH is a German

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based in

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. Originally a subsidiary of the German video game

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Astragon Sales & Services GmbH (formerly Rondomedia Marketing & Vertriebs GmbH), the company became known for being the original worldwide publisher of the

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series and continues to publish it in Germany. They were originally headquartered in

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, but moved to Mönchengladbach in 2004. Astragon formerly specialised in publishing simulation games for

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, but in 2008 they moved into other areas, when they published more

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like ''Wendy: Holidays at Rosenborg'' for the

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. They have released several English language games under their ''Just Play It!'' label, including '' Myst IV: Revelation'' and '' CSI: Dark Motives''. Astragon publish games by

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and iWin in the German language market. Currently, the company is primarily focused on publishing simulation games for a variety of platforms. Titles include the '' Construction Simulator'' series (for PC, Mac, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, iOS and Android), the ''

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'' series (for PC, PS4 and Xbox One), the ''Farming Simulato''r series (for PC, Mac, PlayStation 4, Xbox One and Nintendo Switch) and additional titles like commercial fishing simulation '' Fishing: Barents Sea'', the upcoming ''

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'' and FPV drone racing simulation game '' Liftoff: Drone Racing'' as well as '' Police Simulator: Patrol Officers''. In September 2015, Astragon became the 100th GAME member of the association of the German games industry called ''GAME – Bundesverband der deutschen Games-Branche e.V.''. In 2019, the company moved to Düsseldorf. In July 2021, the Astragon Sales & Services merged with its subsidiary with the new company operating as ''astragon Entertainment''. In January 2022, the company was acquired by the Team17 Group in a deal worth £83 million.

Software

In addition to games, Astragon has published archiving software, educational CDs, multimedia tools and design programs.

PC games

* ''

series'' (Germany only) * ''

series'' * '' Construction Simulator series'' * ''The Farm'' (2008) * ''Disco Tycoon'' (2010) * ''Dive to the Titanic'' (2010) * ''Camping Manager 2012'' (2012) * ''Jack Keane 2 - The Fire Within'' (2013) * ''

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'' (2014) * ''TransOcean: The Shipping Company'' (2014) * ''Ropeway Simulator 2014'' (2014) * ''Mystery of Neuschwanstein'' (2015) * ''Coast Guard'' (2015) * ''CITYCONOMY: Service for your City'' (2015) * ''Oil Enterprise'' (2016) * ''TransOcean 2: Rivals'' (2016) * ''Gravity Island'' (2016) * ''Police Tactics: Imperio'' (2016) * ''Industry Manager: Future Technologies'' (2016) * ''Take Off - The Flight Simulator'' (2017) * ''TransRoad: USA'' (2017) * '' Fishing: Barents Sea'' (2018) * ''Police Simulator: Patrol Duty'' (2019) * ''Drone Swarm'' (2020) * ''Firefighting Simulator - The Squad'' (2020) * ''Railroads Online'' (2021) * ''Police Simulator: Patrol Officers'' (2022)

References

External links

Official website

MobyGames database
(As 'astragon Sales & Services GmbH') Companies based in Düsseldorf Video game companies of Germany Video game publishers Video game companies established in 2000 German companies established in 2000 2022 mergers and acquisitions Team17 {{Europe-videogame-company-stub