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Overkill Software

Logo: https://www.overkillsoftware.com/, Non-free logo, via Wikipedia3

Swedish video game developer

Overkill Software is a Swedish video game developer based and founded in Stockholm in 2009 by Ulf Andersson, Bo Andersson, the founders and owners of defunct game developer Grin, along with Simon Viklund. In 2012, Swedish game studio Starbreeze Studios acquired Overkill.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

2009Founded1

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Overkill Software is a Swedish video game developer based and founded in Stockholm in 2009 by Ulf Andersson, Bo Andersson, the founders and owners of defunct game developer Grin, along with Simon Viklund. In 2012, Swedish game studio Starbreeze Studios acquired Overkill.2

Corporate structure

Overkill Software is part of a group headed by Starbreeze Studios. 3 entities, 2 countries on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

Built from parent and subsidiary links from GLEIF, the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (CC0); subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0). Each entity in the chart links to its source.

The story

Founded by Bo Andersson and Ulf Andersson in 2009, in Stockholm.1

Leadership

Who has led Overkill Software, and when. Pick a name to see everywhere that person has worked.

Products and brands

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Listed on Wikidata.1

Subsidiaries and ownership

Parent company

Owners

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Timeline

  1. 2009Founded Founded in Stockholm1

Sources

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