ZeptoLab (stylised as zeptolab) is a

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founded in 2008. It created the ''Cut the Rope'' series.

History

ZeptoLab was founded in 2008 by twins Efim and Semyon Voinov, who have been making games since the age of ten. Its name originates from “

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”, a math prefix meaning 10⁻²¹, to “signify how truly boutique their operation was.” ZeptoLab has not received any external funding to produce their games. It owns a game studio subsidiary in the UK and started a publishing division in 2017. The company’s headquarters was relocated from Moscow to Barcelona in 2017. In January 2025, Nazara Technologies acquired the

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of ''CATS: Crash Arena'' and ''King of Thieves'' for Rs 660,000,000. The games will be published under Nazara Publishing.

List of games released

* ''

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'' (October 4, 2010) * ''Cut the Rope: Holiday Gift'' (December 1, 2010) * '' Cut the Rope: Experiments'' (August 23, 2011) * ''

Pudding Monsters ''Pudding Monsters'' is a puzzle video game developed by ZeptoLab for iOS and Android in 2012, and for Nintendo Switch in 2022. It focuses on live clumps of pudding working to avoid being eaten by combining themselves into a monster to scare huma ...

'' (December 19, 2012 on

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/ December 21, 2012 on Android / February 25, 2022 on

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) * '' Cut the Rope: Time Travel'' (April 18, 2013) * ''

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'' (December 19, 2013 on

/ March 28, 2014 on Android) * '' King of Thieves'' (February 12, 2015 on

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/ February 26, 2015 on

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/ March 5, 2015 on

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). * '' My Om Nom'' (December 18, 2014 on

/ Android (August 17, 2015) (in cooperation with Dynamic Pixels). * '' Cut The Rope: Magic'' (December 17, 2015) * ''Om Nom Bubbles'' (December 18, 2015 / August 30, 2021 on Android devices) * '' C.A.T.S - Crash Arena Turbo Stars'' (April 20, 2017) * ''Om Nom Maya Papaya'' (January 22, 2018) * ''Where's Om Nom'' (March 11, 2019) * '' Om Nom: Merge'' (November 28, 2019) (in cooperation with Amuzo Games) * '' Om Nom: Run'' (February 20, 2020) (in cooperation with Koukoi Games Oy) * ''Bullet Echo'' (May 27, 2020) * ''Robotics!'' (August 5, 2020) * ''Evo Pop'' (November 11, 2020) * '' Cut The Rope Remastered'' (April 2, 2021 on

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) (Developed and published by Paladin Studios) * ''Downhill Smash'' (November 30, 2021 on Android / December 1, 2021 on

) (in cooperation with

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) * ''Overcrowded: Tycoon'' (April 26, 2022 on Android / March 3, 2022 on

) * '' Cut the Rope Daily'' (August 1, 2023 on

and Android for Netflix Games) * '' Cut the Rope 3'' (October 13, 2023 on

and February 2, 2024 on

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) (Developed by Paladin Studios)

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