Goodgame Studios is an online games company founded in 2009 by Kai Wawrzinek, Christian Wawrzinek and Fabian Ritter. The company is based in

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, and part of the Stillfront Group since 2018. The company has created or acquired the rights to eight games, including ''Goodgame Empire'', ''Jump Jupiter'', ''Goodgame Big Farm'', ''Goodgame Galaxy'', ''Goodgame Hercules'', ''Goodgame Gangster'', ''Goodgame Disco'', ''Goodgame Cafè'', ''Goodgame Farmer'', ''Goodgame Farmfever'', '' Goodgame Fashion'', ''Goodgame Poker'', ''Shadow Kings: Dark Ages'', ''Legends of Honor'', and ''Infernals''. ''Goodgame Farmer'' was discontinued on February 28, 2013, while ''Goodgame Cafè'', ''Goodgame Disco'' and ''Goodgame Fashion'' were deleted on November 3, 2016. ''Jump Jupiter'', ''Goodgame Hercules'' and ''Goodgame Farmfever'' were also removed. The company's lifetime revenue crossed $1 billion in November 2017.

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Goodgame Empire

''Goodgame Empire'' is a

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medieval castle-building strategy game launched in 2011. Players build castle and use troops to attack both computer-controlled and

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enemies; they can join alliances, complete quests and take part in events. ''Goodgame Empire'' is available for

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; ''Empire: Four Kingdoms'' is available for Android and

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. In the game there are three main resource types. These three are food, wood, and stone. Besides those there are coins and rubies. The four kingdoms in the game's name are the ''Great empire'', the ''Everwinter Glacier'', the ''Burning Sands'' and the ''Fire Peaks''. The Great Empire is the main one, where the players build their first castle; as they reach higher levels, they can build a castle for each of the three other kingdoms, in which they can also produce special resources: coal in the Everwinter Glacier, oil in the Burning Sands and glass in the Fire Peaks. Besides the four main castles, players can have up to three outposts in the Great Empire, which are other castles that are specialized on the production of particular resources. Players also choose and collect commanders and are able to equip them with armor and weapons. The game's lifetime revenue crossed $800 million in August 2017.

Goodgame Big Farm

''Goodgame Big Farm'' is a free-to-play farming simulator. Players build up farms, producing and selling products. There are different farms to be unlocked as the player achieves higher levels, and the player also can then participate in various activities that last from 3 days to 30 days. Players can also join a cooperative and play with the teammates in their cooperative.

Goodgame Gangster

''Goodgame Gangster'' is a free-to-play RPG game, where players advance through levels and rankings in the leader board. Players collect items and weapons, completed quests and fight enemies and other players. It was called Goodgame Mafia from 2010 to 2012.https://web.archive.org/web/20150204061016/https://www.goodgamestudios.com/company/press/releases/goodgame-mafia-is-renamed-goodgame-gangster/ https://web.archive.org/web/20180829045239/http://media.goodgamestudios.com/press/2012-10-10_GGS-PM_Mafia_Is_Renamed_Gangster_EN.pdf

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