There are 79 Gaming startups in Indonesia.

Here is a list of the 10 most exciting ones

Touchten Games   |
Mobile game development studio

Touchten Games is a mobile game developer and publisher. Has developed various
games including Royal Garden Tales, Dessert Chain, Ramen Chain, Cute Kill, Amazing
Cupid, and Teka Teki Saku. Has also developed a publishing platform through which
the players can earn rewards while playing.

Company Overview
Founded Year 2009
Location Jakarta (Indonesia)
Funding USD 11M [Funding Details]
Investors CUEBiC, PT Prasetia Dwidharma, Sheila Tiwan and 7 Other
Investors [Investor Details]

Five Jack   |
Developer of an online marketplace
Five Jack is a developer of an online marketplace. It has developed "Itemku", which is
an e-commerce platform for game items, currency, and account trading based in
Indonesia. Also provides the solution for the gamers who want to trade their virtual
items.

Company Overview
Founded Year 2013
Location Jakarta (Indonesia)
Funding USD 2M [Funding Details]
Investors 500 Startups, BonAngels Venture Partners [Investor Details]

Itemku |
Second-hand trading platform for gaming items

itemku is a second-hand trading platform for gaming items. It enables gamers to buy
and sell gaming products such as game keys, skins, currencies, and more for various
esports games such as Arena of Valor, Dota 2, PUBG, and more on the platform

Company Overview
Founded Year 2014
Location West Jakarta (Indonesia)
Funding USD 1M [Funding Details]
Investors 500 Durians, K-Lan Ventures, 500 Startups [Investor Details]

Agate   |
Indonesian game peveloper

Agate, founded in 2009, is an Indonesian game publisher. It also develops games for
multiple platforms including PC, Console, mobile, and web. It has developed a game
known as Valthirian Arc: Red Covenant. It offers services for developing games such as
Petualangan CIKA, Pasien Terakhir, and Next Door Land for their clients. Also runs its
own gaming academy to teach students on various aspects of gaming.
Company Overview
Founded Year 2009
Location Bandung (Indonesia)
Funding USD 1M [Funding Details]
Investors Maloekoe Ventures [Investor Details]

Alkemis Games   |
Indonesia-based mobile game developer

Alkemis is an Indonesia-based mobile game developer and develops games for Android
and iOS. It wants to develop its niche in mid-core games, that is games which are a it
more immersive than casual games like "angry birds".

Company Overview
Founded Year 2014
Location Surabaya (Indonesia)
Investors East Ventures [Investor Details]

Toge Productions   |
Casual game developer

Toge Productions is a casual game developer based out of Indonesia. The

company develops and designs advertising games, casual games, mobile games,
social and multiplayer games using Adobe Flash technology. 

Company Overview
 Founded Year 2009
Location Tangerang (Indonesia)
Investors Discovery Nusantara Capital [Investor Details]

Arsanesia  |
Independent mobile game development studio

Arsanesia is an independent mobile game development studio that specializes in

developing arcade and casual games. It develops games for Android devices. Also
provides various services such as game design, advergames, game porting, and more.
It generates revenue through advertisements and in-app purchases.

Company Overview
Founded Year 2011
Location Bandung (Indonesia)
Investors Discovery Nusantara Capital [Investor Details]

Oomph   |
Digital content provider for Android platform

Oomph is aimed at the growing number of Android smartphone users in Indonesia. It

provides digital content for Android platform that is packaged in a form of app store. It
has apps, games, wallpaper, and music. Users can pay for their downloads via prepaid
mobile credit, that's something Google Play doesn't offer in Indonesia. Oomph is also
more localized for Indonesian than Google Play with its language and content. In
Feb'15, Oomph claimed to have 6 million users and was aiming to reach 10 million
users by the end of 2015. 

Company Overview
Founded Year 2012
Location Jakarta (Indonesia)
Investors IMJ Investment Partners, The Mobile Only Accelerator [Investor
Details]
 Nightspade   |
Mobile game development studio

Nightspade is a mobile game development studio based out of Bandung in Indonesia.

The company focuses on casual games for platforms like  iOS, Windows, Android and
Symbian. Popular games include 'Don Gravity' (2011), 'Give a Dam' (2012),  'Nuclear
Outrun'(2013), 'Animal Pirates' (2014).

Company Overview
Founded Year 2010
Location Bandung (Indonesia)
Investors East Ventures, Alpha JWC Ventures [Investor Details]

Maingames |
Developer of mid-core mobile games

Maingames is a developer of mid-core mobile games. Some of the Games developed

by the company include Chibi 3 Kingdoms, Conquest 3 Kingdoms, Pendekar Langit.
The company develops games for android & iOS platform and also hosts a forum for
users to discuss the games.

Company Overview
Founded Year 2002
Location Jakarta (Indonesia)
Investors Vickers Venture Partners, Queen's Road Capital, Eudaimonia Capital
and 1 Other Investors [Investor Details]

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Indonesia’s mobile market is huge – across both feature phones
and smartphones – as well as social media addicts. Game
developers are doing good business by providing these people
with some good entertainment on mobile as well as tackling
games on PC and in-browser. So without further adieu, we
present you with the 11 awesome startups to watch for in
Indonesia’s gaming industry.

1. Garuda Games

With the vision towards delivering quality, fun-filled gaming

titles, Garuda Games is an award-winning game developer that
was established back in 2009 by a bunch of dreamers. Its 2011
online game called SteamOps got Garuda Games serious notoriety
when it won the Indonesia ICT Award 2011, and SteamPunk
Deathmatch 1, won first place at the Indonesia Game Show 2012
in the 3D PC game category.
Recently, Garuda Games’ Bermain Dengan Bentuk dan
Warna also won third place in the Pro Rock Star category at Rock
Star Dev 2013.

Garuda Games develops web games, multiplayer PC games,

branded games, and web games. The studio has 14 games for iOS
including SteamPunk Warrior and Burger Frenzy, with three
more games coming soon. They’re also trying to enter the Android
market by developing the upcoming Save Orang Utan game.

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2. Agate Studio

Next stop is another award winning game developer, Agate

Studio. Built also in 2009, Agate Studio is famous for its Football
Saga 2 an online game that won Flash game of the year in
Indonesia Games Show 2012 and has recently released a web
game called Sengokuixa, in collaboration with Square Enix Co.
Ltd.. The game was published in closed beta on July 1st.

Agate Studio is now operating in three major cities in Indonesia;

Bandung as headquarters, Jakarta, and Jogjakarta with more than
80 staff that are experienced in developing entertainment,
advertising, training, simulation, and education games across all
platforms. Agate also represented Indonesia in Tokyo Game Show
2012.

3. Toge Productions (site under

construction)

Our third stop is Toge Productions (toge means beansprout in

Indonesian), a game developer founded in 2009. It won first place
in Indonesia Game Show 2012 for 2D PC game category
with Relic of War. Its other famous PC games are
2010’s Infectonator: World Dominator (which gained more than
7 million plays) and the sequel Infectonator 2. For mobile
users, Infectonator 2 can be downloaded in the App Store for
$0.99 and Google Play.

4. Creacle Studio (site under

construction)

Jogjakarta-based Creacle Studio has won some awards with

games especially made for Nokia’s users including first place in
Mobile Game Developer War 2 2012 for Virtual Pet and also first
winner for the non-Flash game category in Indonesia Game Show
2012 for its Save Komo game.

Creacle Studio has been running since 2011 with its first
portfolio, GreenGuard that became the finalist of INAICTA 2011.
And since then, Creacle Studio is focusing on developing games
which carry Indonesian characters such as Pandawa
Series’ Arjuna Sang Pemanah and Bima The Conqueror.
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5. Touchten Games

Touchten, located in Jakarta, was founded in 2009, and has

been focused on the overseas market before finally monetizing its
iOS and Android games in Indonesia. With popular games
like Infinite Sky (Smartphone-based winner in Indonesia Game
Show 2012), Train Legend, Cute Kill, and recently launched Zico:
The Official Game, in collaboration with the famous footballer.

We covered a lot of stuff about Touchten, which can be read here.

6. Maximize Games Studio

Maximize Games offers nice user experience with great characters
and storyline in its PC games. It has released 12 games so far,
including seven PC games like Silent Scream II: The
Bride and Pet Playground, three kids edu-games (compatible
with iOS and Android phones), and other smartphone-based
games such as Push the Box and Meet Your Mate.

Push the Box won as a runner-up in Indonesia Game Show 2012

for smartphone-based category and got the Famigo APProved
badge as family-friendly app. You can head over to Apps
Store or Google Play to download this great app for free.

7. Tinker Games
Tinker Games is a runner up of Indonesia Game Show 2012 for
feature phone-based game with Backyard Madness. In May, they
launched another interesting game called INheritage. INheritage
is an iOS third-person shooter and with $1.99, and can be
downloaded here.

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Established by 11 people in November 2011 in Bandung, Tinker

Games aims to be the best in developing Indonesia’s mobile game
apps. Tinker Games offers game design development, character
and story development, game programming and porting,
background music and sound effect, visual design and animation
for its clients.

8. Educa Studio
Entering the eighth on the list is Educa Studio. It has been
running since April 2011 and aims to create games, websites, and
apps targeted mostly at children. Educa Studio is making some
innovations each year by developing 14 educational PC games
since 2011, 30 mobile games since 2012, and four online games.
In 2013, Educa Studio is building children’s dress up games and
its Marble line-up games for Android, Windows Phone, Nokia,
iOS, and Blackberry platforms.

Educa Studio’s Marbel Belajar Membaca has has successfully

grabbed the first position in Pro Rock Star category during Rock
Star Dev 2013 competition this month. You can check out all of
Educa studio’s portfolio here and download the apps for free too.

9. Altermyth
Altermyth has been working with big telcos in Indonesia including
XL, Bakrie Telecom, and Telkomsel, as well as partnering with a
famous Japanese game developer, Square Enix. Founded in 2003,
this Jakarta-based game studio started to get its hand on the
gaming industry in 2006. It continues to spread its wings in
online and mobile game apps in 2012. As one of the longest-
running developers, Altermyth has ample experience in
developing and porting games for themselves as well as for their
clients. One of its proudest achievements is being trusted by
Square Enix to make an Indonesian translation version of  Final
Fantasy I and port it into an Android device, the Samsung Galaxy
W.

Pancipon Fishing is Altermyth’s latest game which comes

in lite and full versions and can be downloaded in the Apps Store.
Altermyth was also one of Indonesia’s representatives in Tokyo
Game Show 2012, alongside Agate Studio.
10. Square Enix Smileworks

Other Indonesian game developers should be ready to face Square

Enix Smileworks with its entrance to Indonesia’s gaming industry
last month. Three major shareholders from Japan: Square
Enix, Gotanda Denshi, and Smile-Lab are trying their luck in
Indonesian market by setting up their business in Surabaya. It is
now developing a social game called Nirvaana Genesis and just
ended the illustration contest for the game.

11. Nightspade
Last but not least is Nightspade, a mobile game studio that is
located in Bandung with a total of 15 developers and focusing on
mobile game development for iOS, Android, Symbian, Windows
Phone, and Meego. Their latest game project is Give a
Dam which was showcased in Jakarta Game Show 2012. At the
recent Rock Star Dev, Nightspade achieved the runner up position
in the Pro Rock Star category by introducing Fun Point, a system
that can turn your smartphone into a game controller.

(Editing by Steven Millward and Anh Minh Do)

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