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Montréal-made video games to play at home

Robyn Fadden

Robyn Fadden is a Montréal-based writer and editor who searches out city secrets, new bands, life-changing art and things to do with her perpetually active kid. Robyn has covered major events for HOUR, MUTEK, ARTINFO, CKUT 90.3FM and more.

This article was updated on January 18, 2021.

Montréal has become one of the biggest video game industry hubs in the world, with over 140 studios calling Montréal home. Feel right at home – at home – when you're playing a game or game app by Ubisoft, Eidos, Gameloft, bEhaviour and numerous independent studios in Montréal.

Big Montréal players

Among the biggest video game companies in the city, Ubisoft Montréal stands our for the series Assassin’s Creed, Tom Clancy (including Rainbow Six Siege) and Watch Dogs. Behaviour Interactive is responsible for bringing us games such as Dead by Daylight, Game of Thrones Beyond the Wall and Pro Feel Golf. Gameloft brings us Lego Legagy, Disney Magic Kingdoms, the Asphalt Series and more. Eidos-Montréal created Marvel’s Avengers, Shadow of the Tomb Raiders, Deus Ex and Thief. And Square Enix Montréal is all about crafting the mobiles “Go” versions of games like Lara Croft and Hitman.

Smaller indie gaming

Meanwhile, Montréal indie video game cooperative La Guilde du jeu vidéo du Québec highlights the vibrancy and importance of the smaller video game and game app makers in the city such as Outerminds (Pewdiepies’s Pixelings), crea-ture Studios (Session), Mino Games (Cat Game) and more. Let us know your favourites!

Robyn Fadden

Robyn Fadden is a Montréal-based writer and editor who searches out city secrets, new bands, life-changing art and things to do with her perpetually active kid. Robyn has covered major events for HOUR, MUTEK, ARTINFO, CKUT 90.3FM and more.

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