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This week’s news from the Finnish Game Industry starts with Neogames working together with Finnish game developers to strengthen Finnish game industry brand as part of an assignment from the Ministry for Foreign Affairs. It is also the time when Remedy Entertainment published its Annual Reporting Package 2025, while BIT ODD released its eagerly awaited debut game Field Day into early access in Canada. WLoveGames has made sure that Finnish developers also have a strong opportunity to gain visibility again through the Finnish Games Week Steam presence (Oct 12–18), timed to maximise reach across two consecutive weeks. New games keep coming through; Gnomecraft is launching Snow War into Early Access on April 3, and Yarnhub’s Brass Rain has passed an impressive 100,000 wishlists, with a demo planned for June 6. The next generation of game developers is also coming forward as the Bit1 2026 finalists have been selected.
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📣Neogames Dones & News
- Neogames examines the challenges of growth in the gaming industry and the factors behind them on the recent update of their project funded by AEL-foundation
- Jari-Pekka Kaleva and Iida Laurila visited Brussels last week.
- Neogames, together with the Ministry for Foreign Affairs, has developed a new report defining what the Finnish game industry is, where it comes from and where it is going.
📰 Game Industry News, thoughts & discussions
- The second Finnish Games Week Steam Event (Oct 12–18) invites eligible developers to showcase their games, aligning with the Helsinki in-person week and Steam Next Fest to maximise visibility across two consecutive weeks. Check the criteria for joining the event in the form the link.
- The Bit1 2026 finalists has been chosen!
- Game Talent Fair Finland on April 23 in Helsinki brings together industry actors to focus on AI, investment and talent while enabling concrete connections across the Finnish game industry.
🎮News from and about Finnish Game Studios
- Gnomecraft is bringing Snow War to Steam Early Access on April 3rd
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Yarnhub’s Brass Rain just crossed 100,000 wishlists (organic growth) on Steam. Demo launches on June 6.
- Remedy Entertainment Plc‘s Annual Reporting Package 2025 has been published. Company reported revenue growth in 2025 but remained loss-making, mainly due to the underperformance of its first self-published title, while Q4 showed early signs of recovery
- Saros Dev Explains How the PS5 Game Is More Approachable, Customisable Than Returnal + Housemarque talk upping its arcade pedigree for its cosmic horror thrill ride, out April 30 on PS5
😍 NEW Finnish games released & soft launched
- BIT ODD debut game: Field Day is in early access in Canada. You can register and get the game via website
💰 Funding
- Supercell calls on companies to reach for potential partnerships on new website
📝 Jobs & Recruitment
- Finland Game Talent Fair debuts in Helsinki on April 23
- Check tips and links from Neogames webpage
👉 Upcoming Events
- 2nd April the Bit1 finale at Helsinki XR Center
- 14th April IGDA Helsinki April Meetup
- 21st April 2026 Game UX Helsinki meetup at XR Center in Metropolia in Arabia (Hämeentie 135A)
- 23 April Finland Game Talent Fair debuts in Helsinki
- 5th May Over 7 Hills – an IT and games industries conference is organized in Turku
- 26-29 May Nordic Game Conference
- 4th June Games First event –Ticket application is open until March 19th 23:59 CET.
- 5th June Way Forward Forum / Oulu
- 10th June Summer Days of Game Education
See also following calendars:
The Game Industry Events calendar (mostly relevant for Finnish Game industry)
Game Conference Guide Calendar (more international (powered by EGDF and Slovakian games association)
Game Industry Biz
This week’s roundup highlights news from the past week in the Finnish Game Industry. In the future, this bulletin is again posted every Friday afternoon. You can find past weekly roundups from Weekly roundup section.
News are gathered from various industry sources and the Play Finland group posts during the week. Post your Finnish Game Industry related news to the group to get a chance to be included in the weekly roundup!
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Neogames Finland