Goodgame Studios review
Updated October 1, 2026 · LootCue Editorial Team · Facts checked October 1, 2026
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Our verdict
Goodgame Studios suits players who want browser, mobile and PC strategy games they can start at no cost. Based in Germany and running since 2009, it is a studio name behind long-running titles for anyone who prefers a settled world to a quick session.
Key facts
- Best for
- Long-session browser strategy players who also want mobile and PC access.
- Price model
- Free to play (Source, checked October 1, 2026)
- Cross-platform play
- Yes (Source, checked October 1, 2026)
- Plan price per month
- €0 (Source, checked October 1, 2026)
- Legal entity
- Stillfront Germany GmbH (Source, checked October 1, 2026)
- Headquarters
- Germany (Source, checked October 1, 2026)
- Founded
- 2009 (Source, checked October 1, 2026)
- Support channels
- Email, Help-centre, Community (Source, checked October 1, 2026)
- Genres
- Strategy, Simulation, Rpg
- Platforms
- Browser, Mobile, Pc
- Official website
- goodgamestudios.com
Pros and cons
Pros
- Entry costs nothing: Goodgame Empire is free to play, so a persistent world opens without a purchase.
- Cross play is on, so a settlement started on a phone can be carried over to a desktop browser.
- The catalogue reaches from strategy into simulation and role-playing, so a player can change world type without leaving the studio.
- A named parent stands behind it, Stillfront Germany GmbH, with the Hamburg operation dating back to 2009.
- Titles run on desktop, mobile and PC from the same studio, so community threads and support stay in one place.
Cons
- Support runs on email, help centre and community, so a question that needs a voice answer waits for a written reply.
- The catalogue leans on strategy and city building, which gives players after sports or racing titles little reason to look here.
- Cross play is described for Goodgame Empire, the browser build of the strategy MMO, so each title is worth checking for a device handoff.
Who it suits
- Players who want a long campaign they can start at no cost and keep returning to for months.
- Players who move between a desktop and a phone, since a session can follow them across devices.
- Players who enjoy city building and role-playing as much as strategy and want one studio behind all of it.
Who should look elsewhere
- Players who want to talk to someone on the phone, since enquiries run by email, the help centre and the community.
- Players after sports, racing or battle royale games, since the catalogue is built around settlement, simulation and role-playing worlds.
Who runs it
Goodgame Studios is a brand of Stillfront Germany GmbH, with its headquarters in Westend Ottensen, Germany. It began in 2009 as a startup in Hamburg, and its games, community threads and support requests all sit under one studio name rather than a scatter of separate labels. Player enquiries are handled through the studio's own channels: email, the help centre and the community, which keeps questions and answers in writing with the team that built the game. For readers weighing game services, that parent company is the detail to check when a game needs a formal answer or an account needs attention. Knowing the business is based in Germany, with a named operator, also tells you who is answerable when a persistent world needs fixing.
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Frequently asked questions
What kinds of games does Goodgame Studios make?+
The studio publishes strategy, simulation and rpg titles, and its clearest example is Goodgame Empire, a persistent strategy MMO that players settle into over weeks rather than minutes. Alongside it sit city builders and role-playing worlds, all built for a longer campaign, which suits readers who compare a game by the length of a session it asks for.
What does it cost to play?+
Entry is free to play: Goodgame Empire, the studio's strategy MMO, opens without a purchase, and its browser games follow the same model. A player can spend a long evening in a persistent world and see whether the pace suits them before deciding how they want to play.
Which devices can I play on?+
The catalogue covers browser, mobile and pc, so the same title can be opened on a desktop, a tablet or a phone. Goodgame Empire is the browser build of the studio's strategy MMO, and its game page points desktop players to the same settlement they can follow from a phone.
Where is the studio based, and who runs it?+
Goodgame Studios is a brand of Stillfront Germany GmbH, headquartered in Westend Ottensen, Germany. It began in 2009 as a startup in Hamburg and still works from a German base, so anyone who wants to know who stands behind a game, or who to write to about an account, can start with the parent company.
How do I get help when a game breaks?+
Help runs by email, through the help centre and in the community, handled by the studio's own team under Stillfront Germany GmbH. That suits players who are happy to describe a problem in writing and read the answer later, and it means an account question goes to the group that runs the games.
Is this a new or established studio?+
The studio dates back to 2009, when it started as a Hamburg startup, and the business now trades under Stillfront Germany GmbH. A long run matters for browser games, because a persistent world keeps asking players to return, and the company behind Goodgame Empire has had the time to build a game that grows over months.
Who is Goodgame Studios for?+
It suits players who want a strategy world they can open at no cost and return to for months, on whichever screen is to hand. Goodgame Empire is free to play, and the catalogue runs from strategy into city building, simulation and role-playing, so a reader who enjoys several of those can keep everything under the same studio.
Sources
- goodgamestudios.com checked October 1, 2026
Backs: Genres
“Discover our award-winning strategy, simulation, and role-playing games”
- goodgamestudios.com/company/contact checked October 1, 2026
Backs: Headquarters, Support channels
“Headquarter Westend Ottensen: Borselstrasse 20, 22765 Hamburg, Germany”
- goodgamestudios.com/company/timeline checked October 1, 2026
Backs: Founded
“In 2009, Goodgame Studios entered the game as a startup in Hamburg”
- goodgamestudios.com/games checked October 1, 2026
Backs: Platforms
“Play now on desktop; Play now on ipad & iphone; Play now on android”
- goodgamestudios.com/games/empire-four-kingdoms-app checked October 1, 2026
Backs: Cross-platform play
“you can also follow your destiny on a PC - with Goodgame Empire, the browser version of this game”
- goodgamestudios.com/games/goodgame-empire checked October 1, 2026
Backs: Plan price per month, Price model
“Goodgame Empire - Free-to-play strategy MMO”
- policies.stillfront.com/stillfront-germany/en/imprint checked October 1, 2026
Backs: Legal entity
“Goodgame Studios and New Moon Production are brands of Stillfront Germany GmbH”
Compiled from 7 source pages, checked October 1, 2026. We did not open an account.
Goodgame Studios
Long-session browser strategy players who also want mobile and PC access.