Frontier Developments PLC

LSE:FDEV

Business Description

Sector

Communication Services

Industry

Media

Headquarters

United Kingdom UK

Employees

696

IPO date

Jul 15, 2013

Frontier Developments makes and publishes video games, mainly for PC and consoles. Its best-known titles are management and simulation games such as Planet Zoo, Planet Coaster, and Jurassic World Evolution, where players build and run theme parks, zoos, or other complex systems. The company sells these games to consumers through digital stores and physical retail channels, and it also earns money from downloadable content and other in-game add-ons.

The company’s main customers are individual gamers and fans of simulation and strategy games. It develops the games in-house, then publishes them under its own label, which means it controls both the creative work and much of the commercial relationship with players and platform partners. That gives Frontier more control over how long a game stays relevant, since it can keep selling extra content after launch.

Frontier stands out because it focuses on a narrow kind of game that depends on deep systems, long play times, and post-launch expansion packs rather than one-off releases alone. In practice, it acts as both creator and distributor, and its business is built around owning its intellectual property and extending each game’s life through new content and updates.