FunPlus

The
Story

Founded in 2010, FunPlus is a world-class, independent game developer and publisher headquartered in Switzerland, with offices and operations in China, Portugal, Singapore, Spain and the United States.

Fun Times


Our History

King of Avalon arrives in PC

March
State of Survival and King of Avalon win three NYX Awards

May
FunPlus joins the 2023 Green Game Jam

May
FunPlus partners with Gay Gaming Professionals (GGP)

June
FunPlus announces new game collaboration DC: Dark Legion

July
Top 50 Pocket Gamer Mobile Game Maker #25

August
Call of Antia is FunPlus' new match-3 RPG that's out now on iOS and Android

January
Orlando Bloom joins King of Avalon

March
State of Survival wins Mobile GameDev Awards by GameRefinery for Biggest Evolver and Best Use of IP in a Collaboration Event

May
State of Survival hosts a new crossover event with UFC

June
FunPlus opens a new studio in Barcelona led by Felipe Mata

October
FunPlus and King of Avalon are Silver Winners of the Clio Award for their action-packed trailer featuring Orlando Bloom

December
State of Survival cooperates with AMC’s The Walking Dead

March
Acquires Imagendary Studios

April
FunPlus Phoenix’s Doinb earns LPL MVP

August
Top #21 Game Makers of PocketGamer.biz - 2021

September
Continues to recruit top industry talent, growing to 2,000 team members worldwide

OCTOBER
Collaborates with DC to bring Super Villain The Joker to State of Survival

NOVEMBER
State of Survival wins Best Strategy Game of Huawei’s AppGallery Editor’s Choice Awards 2021

December
Celebrates 10-year anniversary

May
Opens mobile game development office in Guangzhou

August
KingsGroup 4th Anniversary

September
Opening of the new office (Global Corp. HQ) in Switzerland

December
State of Survival wins Best Simulation Game at Samsung’s Best of Galaxy Store Awards 2020

December
KingsGroup launches and self-publishes mobile strategy game State of Survival

June
Opens game development office in Stockholm

June
Opens publishing office in Barcelona

September
Top #25 Game Makers of PocketGamer.biz - 2019

October
FunPlus Phoenix Win The ‘League Of Legends’ World Championship In A 3-0 Stomp

November
Opens mobile game development office in Tokyo

December
Opens mobile game development offices in Moscow and Shanghai

September
KingsGroup launches second mobile strategy game Guns of Glory – published by DianDian Interactive

September
Top #25 Mobile Game Developers of PocketGamer.biz - 2017

September
Establishes global esports team FunPlus Phoenix

December
KingsGroup launches first mobile strategy game King of Avalon

June
Sells DianDian Interactive to Century Games Huatong

July
Launched third web game Happy Acres

June
Created mobile strategy game studio KingsGroup in Beijing

October
Re-branded the company as FunPlus

February
First mobile game launch (Family Farm: Seaside) in the App Store

November
Launched second web game Royal Story

December
Family Farm launched on Facebook

June
Company founded in Silicon Valley and Beijing by Andy Zhong and Yitao Guan as HalfQuest to build web games. Creates the Beijing studio and names it DianDian Interactive

May
Launched first web game (Family Farm) on German social network VZ

October

    FunPlus

    A world
    Of fun

    FunPlus is a globally diverse company with talented team members working together across 3 continents to deliver best in class gaming experiences.

    Lisbon

    World-Building & IP Strategy

    San Francisco

    Tech

    Tianjin

    Publishing

    Barcelona

    Publishing & Studio Operations

    Irvine

    Studio Operations

    Guangzhou

    Studio Operations

    Shanghai

    Studio Operations

    Beijing

    Studio Operations, Publishing, Tech

    Singapore

    Regional Headquarters

    Greater Zurich Area

    Global Corporate Headquarters

    Asia
    Europe
    North America

    Tianjin

    Publishing

    Guangzhou

    Studio Operations

    Shanghai

    Studio Operations

    Beijing

    Studio Operations, Publishing, Tech

    Singapore

    Regional Headquarters

    Barcelona

    Publishing & Studio Operations

    Greater Zurich Area

    Global Corporate Headquarters

    San Francisco

    Tech

    Irvine

    Studio Operations

    1

    World Class Proprietary Technology

    • Real-time, in-game translation engine, supporting 23 languages
    • Real-time messaging engine, processing 2.6 billion messages per day
    • Big data platform

    2

    Strong Live Operations

    • In-game events, dynamic stories and characters
    • Customized in-game LiveOps system
    • Promotes long-term community engagement

    3

    International Bridge Building and Capabilities

    • Global studios
    • Diverse workforce
    • Fast Growing community of employees and players

    4

    Consumer and Market Insights

    • From casual to strategy games – global trends analysis
    • Target appropriate countries and groups 
    • Drive market with our insights and learnings

    5

    Best in Class Publishing/UA

    • Data-driven user acquisition
    • Internal creative development
    • Re-engagement
    • Source screen methodology
    • Truly global publishing capabilities (both Western and Asian markets)