Miniclip
Swiss mobile game publisher
title: "Miniclip" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["browser-based-game-websites", "swiss-websites", "mobile-content", "internet-properties-established-in-2001", "mobile-game-companies", "tencent-games", "2001-establishments-in-switzerland", "2015-mergers-and-acquisitions", "2019-mergers-and-acquisitions", "2021-mergers-and-acquisitions", "2022-mergers-and-acquisitions"] description: "Swiss mobile game publisher" topic_path: "geography/switzerland" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miniclip" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
::summary Swiss mobile game publisher ::
::data[format=table title="Infobox website"]
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Miniclip |
| logo | Miniclip.svg |
| screenshot_size | 300px |
| company_type | Subsidiary |
| foundation | 30 March 2001 |
| founder | Robert Small |
| location_city | Neuchâtel |
| location_country | Switzerland |
| key_people | Robert Small (President) |
| Marius Manolache (COO) | |
| James Russell (CPO) | |
| Sérgio Varanda (CCO) | |
| Claudia Gorman (GC) | |
| Stefan Beurier (CFO) | |
| CEO | Saad Choudri |
| parent | Tencent (since 2015) |
| url | |
| registration | Optional |
| current_status | Active |
| language | English, French, Spanish, German, Portuguese, Italian, Swedish, Russian, Polish, Romanian, Hungarian, Korean, Chinese, Turkish, Hindi, Japanese |
| language_count | 16 |
| advertising | No |
| website_type | Online games |
| :: |
| name = Miniclip | logo = Miniclip.svg | screenshot = | caption = | screenshot_size = 300px | collapsible = | company_type = Subsidiary | foundation = 30 March 2001 | founder = Robert Small | location_city = Neuchâtel | location_country = Switzerland | key_people = Robert Small (President) Marius Manolache (COO) James Russell (CPO) Sérgio Varanda (CCO) Claudia Gorman (GC) Stefan Beurier (CFO) | CEO = Saad Choudri | parent = Tencent (since 2015) | url = | registration = Optional | current_status = Active | language = English, French, Spanish, German, Portuguese, Italian, Swedish, Russian, Polish, Romanian, Hungarian, Korean, Chinese, Turkish, Hindi, Japanese | language_count = 16 | advertising = No | website_type = Online games Miniclip is a Swiss mobile game publisher and former browser game website first launched on 30 March 2001. It was founded by Robert Small and Tihan Presbie with a budget of £40,000. In 2008, the company was valued at over £275 million. Ten years later, Miniclip generated more than $400 million in revenue from its mobile game, 8 Ball Pool.
History
As of July 2009, over 400 applications were hosted on its own website.
In February 2015, Tencent acquired majority stakes of Miniclip.
In April 2021, Miniclip celebrated its 21st anniversary. In response, the CEO of Miniclip claimed that it would be moving away from developing browser-based games to prioritize its mobile gaming products, including Agar.io, 8 Ball Pool, Mini Militia, Ludo Party and more.
In April 2022, Miniclip announced that it would begin prioritizing its mobile games. As a result, the browser game portal was shut down in July 2022 and the website lost all but two of its most popular games of the time, Agar.io and 8 Ball Pool.
In June 2022, Miniclip agreed to acquire SYBO, the co-publisher and co-developer of Subway Surfers, in an undisclosed deal. The deal with SYBO went through in July 2022.
In November 2024, Embracer Group announced that they would divest Easybrain to Miniclip for a consideration of $1.2 billion, with the transaction expected to close in early 2025.
Studios
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| Name | Location | Acquired | Ref(s). |
|---|---|---|---|
| Masomo | İzmir, Turkey | 2019 | |
| Eight Pixels Square | Derby, United Kingdom | 2020 | |
| Gamebasics | Zoetermeer, Netherlands | 2021 | |
| Green Horse Games | Bucharest, Romania | 2021 | |
| Supersonic Software | Leamington Spa, United Kingdom | 2021 | |
| SYBO | Copenhagen, Denmark | 2022 | |
| Easybrain | Limassol, Cyprus | 2024 | {{cite web |
| :: |
Mobile games
Miniclip has developed and published numerous mobile games for iOS, Android, Symbian, and Windows Phone. This includes 8 Ball Pool, Golf Battle, Gravity Guy, Bloons Tower Defense, On The Run, Plague Inc. for Android, Berry Rush, Agar.io, Diep.io, Mini Militia, Ludo Party and Head Ball 2.
Other platforms
In September 2012, Microsoft announced on the Windows blog on 31 August 2012 (see also List of Xbox games on Windows) that Miniclip games would be able to distribute their games on the Xbox division of Windows 8. Miniclip games that are supported by Xbox for Windows 8 include Gravity Guy, iStunt 2, and Monster Island. Gravity Guy was released on Windows Store on 29 November 2010.
In April 2013, most Miniclip games for Windows 8 and Windows Phone were distributed for free for one year.
On 14 February 2017, Miniclip released their first mobile racer game which was compatible with Xbox One, PC, and PlayStation 4, titled MX Nitro.
Malicious software issues
On 1 September 2005, the United States Computer Emergency Readiness Team issued an advisory concerning Miniclip: url=https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/649289 | title=Vulnerability Note VU#649289, Retro64 / Miniclip CR64Loader ActiveX control buffer overflow | publisher=United States Computer Emergency Readiness Team, Department of Homeland Security | date=1 September 2006 | access-date=26 September 2006 | archive-date=24 March 2019 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190324090700/https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/649289/ | url-status=live }}}} In 2006, several security firms reported that some Miniclip users had installed a "miniclipgameloader.dll" which contained the hostile code identified as "Trojan Downloader 3069.”{{cite web | url=http://virusinfo.prevx.com/pxparall.asp?PXC=3176336828 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071215231213/http://virusinfo.prevx.com/pxparall.asp?PXC=3176336828 | archive-date=15 December 2007 | title=Trojan.DownLoader.3069 / MINICLIPGAMELOADER.DLL | date=15 July 2005 | publisher=Prevx }} In the same year, another download related to Miniclip installed "High Risk" malware called "Trojan-Downloader.CR64Loader.”{{cite web| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071216012528/http://research.sunbelt-software.com/threatdisplay.aspx?name=Trojan-Downloader.CR64Loader&threatid=39303| archive-date=16 December 2007 | url=http://research.sunbelt-software.com/threatdisplay.aspx?name=Trojan-Downloader.CR64Loader&threatid=39303 | publisher=Sunbelt Software | title=Threat Details - Trojan-Downloader.CR64Loader | date=14 September 2006 }}
References
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- Oscar, Rihll. (21 October 2022). "Miniclip is officially closing down its online servers". Give Me Sport.
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- (24 June 2022). "Miniclip will acquire Subway Surfers maker Sybo". Venture Beat.
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- Chris, Kerr. (27 June 2022). "Miniclip acquires Subway Surfers developer Sybo". Game Developer.
- (14 November 2024). "Embracer divests Easybrain to Miniclip in $1.2bn deal".
- (15 August 2023). "Miniclip acquires Masomo {{!}}". gamesindustry.biz.
- Craig, Chapple. (8 February 2019). "Miniclip acquires Head Ball 2 dev Masomo". Pocket Gamer.
- (17 March 2020). "Miniclip acquires Eight Pixels Square {{!}}". gamesindustry.biz.
- (19 January 2021). "Miniclip acquires Gamebasics {{!}}". gamesindustry.biz.
- "Miniclip acquires Green Horse Games {{!}}". gamesindustry.biz.
- (25 May 2021). "Miniclip acquires Supersonic Software {{!}}". gamesindustry.biz.
- Ponder, George. (2013-04-09). "MiniClip adds Windows Phone versions to free gaming offer".
- (14 February 2017). "MX Nitro - OUT NOW on PS4, Xbox One & PC - The Miniclip Blog".
- Kevin, Dooley. (18 January 2017). "MX Nitro coming to PS4, Xbox One & PC in February".
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