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Gaijin Entertainment

Russia Founded 2002 Website

Gaijin is an independent European video game developer and publisher established in 2002. It has offices in Germany, Cyprus, Hungary, Latvia, UAE and Armenia. Our HQ in Budapest is our main development hub with almost a hundred of highly professional developers working on online games for PC and consoles.

Gaijin Entertainment at a Glance

Gaijin Entertainment started in Russia in 2002 but now operates as an independent European studio with offices across Germany, Cyprus, Hungary, Latvia, the UAE, and Armenia. Their main development hub sits in Budapest where nearly one hundred staff members work on online games for PC and consoles. The company has been active from 2003 through 2026 with a steady output that shows little change between decades. They released twelve games in the 2000s, eleven in the 2010s, and another eleven in the 2020s. PlayPile tracks thirty-five titles involving Gaijin as either publisher or developer. Their catalog leans heavily toward specific genres. Shooter games make up nineteen of their releases, followed by fifteen simulators and nine adventure titles. They also have nine RPGs and five racing games. Most of their work targets PC Microsoft Windows with twenty-nine titles available there. PlayStation 5 and PlayStation 3 each host nine games while PlayStation 4 has seven. Xbox Series X|S and Xbox 360 both carry seven titles. Some support extends to Linux, Mac, Nintendo Switch, and older consoles like the Xbox One. The company does not have a consistent track record of high praise. Their average IGDB rating sits at 66.9 out of 100 across fourteen rated titles. The breakdown shows three great games, seven good ones, and four mixed results. No titles fall into the poor category below forty points. Top performers include Cubic Odyssey which scored 83.5 in 2025, Modern Warships at 83.3 in 2021, and IL-2 Sturmovik: Birds of Prey from 2009 with an 83.2 score. Star Conflict and Apache: Air Assault also landed in the good range. Recent releases show they are still pushing new content. MWT: Tank Battles arrived in November 2024 while Age of Water came out in January 2025. Cubic Odyssey launched in May 2025 followed by Modern Warships updates. Looking ahead to late 2026, Active Matter and Aces of Thunder are scheduled for release. The studio maintains a focus on military and vehicle simulations alongside shooters but their ratings suggest mixed reception from players over the years.

35
Total Games
66.9
Avg Rating
2003
First Release
2026
Latest Release

Genre Breakdown

Shooter
28%
Simulator
22%
Adventure
13%
Role-playing (RPG)
13%
Racing
7%

Platform Spread

PC (Microsoft Windows)
29
PlayStation 5
9
PlayStation 3
9
PlayStation 4
7
Xbox Series X|S
7

Release Timeline

2000s
12
2010s
11
2020s
11

Rating Distribution

3
80-100
7
60-79
4
40-59
0
0-39