Plarium Global Ltd. (

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and subsidiary of the

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-based digital entertainment company

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. It is known for creating mobile,

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, and casual. According to the company, Plarium has more than 500 million players worldwide. Its games are available on

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, Android,

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, and on PC/Mac via the game launcher Plarium Play. The company had more than 1300 employees in August 2025 and established studios in

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(Israel) in 2009, where the current headquarters are situated,

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. In addition, Plarium acquired

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-based Rumble Games in 2017, which was closed in July 2022 and

-based studio Futureplay in 2021. There are more than 20 games in the Plarium portfolio. Plarium's most popular game is the

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gacha RPG '' Raid: Shadow Legends'', which has more than 100 million downloads. Other Plarium titles include ''Mech Arena'', ''Merge Gardens'' (via Futureplay acquisition), '' Vikings: War of Clans'', the Stormfall franchise ('' Stormfall: Age of War'', ''Stormfall: Rise of Balur'', ''Stormfall: Saga of Survival'') and ''Lost Island: Blast Adventure''. Plarium has worked with celebrities, content creators, and notable

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professionals in a promotional capacity, including

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. Plarium has previously employed

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award winner

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, known for his work on video games such as

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, to compose the music for its games.

History

Plarium was founded in 2009 in

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, where it is headquartered, and started out by developing games for the Eastern European casual gaming market, such as Farmandia. In 2011, Plarium began developing massively multiplayer online strategy games, and in February of that year the company released Total Domination which reached 20 million users. In November 2012, Plarium released '' Stormfall: Age of War'', which was one of the fastest growing social games on

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. On November 10, 2015, Plarium licensed characters of '' Alien vs. Predator'' from

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to add them to its '' Soldiers Inc.'' game. On August 10, 2017,

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announced its acquisition of Plarium for a $500 million upfront payment plus an earn-out arrangement to shareholders. Plarium released ''RAID: Shadow Legends'' on mobile in March 2019. The game was released on PC and Mac in 2020. The Plarium Play desktop launcher was released on PC and Mac in April 2019. It is a free launcher that serves as a distribution platform for Plarium games. On 12 August 2021, Plarium released the PvP team shooter ''Mech Arena'' on iOS and Android devices. Plarium and the players of ''Mech Arena'' made a combined donation of US$100,000 to the charitable foundation

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in February 2022. On August 3, 2022, the game was released on PC and Mac via Plarium Play. On 10 March 2022, "as a response to the ongoing suffering of its employees and the people of

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", Plarium Global Ltd. made the decision to remove all of its games from the app stores and ceased accepting Plarium Play and Plarium.com payments in

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until further notice. On February 12, 2025,

announced it acquired Plarium from

for USD $620 million.

Reception

Plarium's '' Stormfall: Age of War'' made "Top 20 Facebook apps" chart during its 2012 launch, and was one of the fastest growing Facebook apps by

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at that time. In 2013, Facebook named '' Soldiers Inc.'' as one of the best new social games of the year. In 2014, Plarium was named one of Europe's most promising startups by

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journalist Madhumita Venkataramanan. In 2014, Facebook's Director of Platform Partnerships, Julien Codorniou mentioned Plarium as one of the top global gaming companies on the Facebook platform.

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mentioned Plarium in March 2014 as one of the standalone gaming companies prioritizing social games on the Facebook platform. Plarium's ''RAID: Shadow Legends'' was nominated for the 2019 Google Play Users' Choice Awards in the "Games" category. The game was also nominated for the "Game of the Year" and "Best Audio/Visual Accomplishment" categories at the 2020 Pocket Gamer Mobile Games Awards. It was featured as "Game of the Day" on the

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and won the best "App Video" award at the 2020 App Growth Awards. Plarium's game ''Mech Arena'' was the App Store's "Game of the Day" on October 15, 2021. In July 2022, ''RAID: Shadow Legends'' crossed US$1 billion in lifetime revenue, becoming "one of the world's most lucrative RPGs." In December 2024, it was shared that “Mech Arena” has been downloaded over 80 million times during an interview with the game’s director Vadym Syvolap.

Plarium games

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