Private company

Warhorse Studios

Logo: warhorsestudios.cz³

Czech video game developer

Warhorse Studios s.r.o. is a Czech video game developer based in Prague.² It was founded by Daniel Vávra, Zdeněk Bakala and Martin Klíma.¹ It employed 220 people in 2022.¹ It is part of Embracer Group.¹ Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

2011Founded¹

Industryvideo game industry¹
HeadquartersPrague¹
Founded inPrague¹
Websitewarhorsestudios.cz
Legal formspolečnost s ručením omezeným¹

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Warhorse Studios s.r.o. is a Czech video game developer based in Prague.²

Corporate structure

Warhorse Studios is part of a group headed by Embracer Group. 54 entities, 19 countries on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

Embracer Group Karlstad, Sweden
- Asmodee Guyancourt, France
  - Asterion Press Subsidiary
  - Days of Wonder Subsidiary · Paris
  - Fantasy Flight Games Subsidiary · Roseville
  - Filosofia Subsidiary · Montreal, Canada
  - Jeux Descartes Subsidiary
  - Lookout Games Subsidiary · Berne
  - ASMODEE CANADA INC. (ASMODÉE CANADA INC.) Subsidiary · Vaudreuil-Dorion, Quebec, Canada
    - LION RAMPANT IMPORTS LTD. Subsidiary · Brantford, Ontario, Canada
  - ASMODEE FRANCE Subsidiary · Guyancourt, France
- Ghost Ship Games København K, Denmark
- Warhorse Studios Prague
- 4A Games Subsidiary · Sliema
- Bitwave Games Subsidiary
- Clear River Games Subsidiary
- Coffee Stain Studios Subsidiary · Skovde, Sweden
  - Iron Gate Studio Subsidiary
- Crystal Dynamics Subsidiary · Redwood City
- DECA Games Subsidiary
- Deep Silver Subsidiary · Planegg
  - Deep Silver Dambuster Studios Subsidiary · Nottingham
  - Fishlabs Subsidiary · Hamburg
- DigixArt Subsidiary · Montpellier
- Flying Wild Hog Subsidiary · Warsaw
- Middle-earth Enterprises Subsidiary · Berkeley
- Milestone S.r.l. Subsidiary · Milan
- Piranha Bytes Subsidiary · Essen
- Saber Interactive Subsidiary · Saint Petersburg
  - Saber Interactive Porto Subsidiary · Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal
- Sola Media Subsidiary · Stuttgart, Germany
- Square Enix Montréal Subsidiary · Montreal
- Tarsier Studios Subsidiary · Malmö, Sweden
  - Tarsier Studios Productions AB Subsidiary · 100% · Malmö, Sweden
- TATSUJIN Subsidiary · Tokyo, Japan
- THQ Nordic Subsidiary · Wien, Austria
  - Black Forest Games Subsidiary · Offenburg
  - Bugbear Entertainment Subsidiary · Helsinki
  - Experiment 101 Subsidiary · Stockholm, Sweden
  - Gunfire Games Subsidiary · Austin
  - Purple Lamp Subsidiary · Vienna
  - THQ Nordic Mobile Subsidiary · Giebelstadt
  - Game Stores Group Norway Subsidiary · Norway
- Vertigo Games Subsidiary · Rotterdam, Netherlands
- Volition Subsidiary · Greenville, South Carolina, United States
- Voxler Subsidiary · Paris, France
- Zen Studios Subsidiary · Budapest
- and 7 more

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 Daniel Vávra, Martin Klíma and Zdeněk Bakala in 2011, in Prague.¹

Leadership

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

FounderDaniel Vávra¹
FounderMartin Klíma¹
FounderZdeněk Bakala¹

Board members and other officers (1)

Board memberMartin Klíma 2011 to now¹

Products and brands

video game

Listed on Wikidata.¹

Subsidiaries and ownership

Parent company

Embracer Group

Owners

Plaion 100% since 2019

Former owners and parents

Zdeněk Bakala 70% until 2019
Daniel Vávra 17% until 2019
Martin Klíma 13% until Feb 13, 2019

From Wikidata.¹

Employees over time

Warhorse Studios employees by year¹220 in 2022+21900% since 2016

2022220¹
2019120¹
20161¹

Timeline

2011Founded Founded in Prague¹

Sources

The numbers on this page point here. Each one links to the record it came from.

1
WikidataWarhorse Studios on Wikidata
2
WikipediaWarhorse Studios on Wikipedia
3
Company websiteWarhorse Studios logo