Q: When was Piranha Bytes founded?

A: Piranha Bytes was founded on October 12, 1997.

Q: What games has the company developed?

A: The company developed games including Elex II (2022) and Gothic II: Gold Edition (2005).

Q: Who owns Piranha Bytes?

A: Piranha Bytes is owned by THQ Nordic, an Austrian video game publisher.

Q: How many employees did the company have?

A: The company had 33 employees as of 2021.

Piranha Bytes

German video game development company

Organization Video Game Developer Q677273

Facts

14 properties

Identity

Instance of: video game developer
Legal form: Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung^[15]

Status and dates

Inception: October 12, 1997^[11]
Dissolved, abolished or demolished: June 30, 2024^[12]

Location

Headquarters location: Essen^[8]
Country: Germany^[4]
Street address: Ruhrallee 63, 45138 Essen, Germany^[16]

Industry and activity

Industry: video game industry^[10]
Product or material produced: software^[13]

Financials

Employees: 33^[14]

People

Founder: Alexander Brüggemann, Michael Hoge, Tom Putzki^[5]^[6]^[7]
Chief executive officer: Michael Rüve^[9]

Relations

Member of: GAME, game – The German Games Industry Association^[2]^[3]

More facts +1

Social media followers: 18k (10k–19k, n=7)^[17]^[18]^[19]^[20]^[21]^[22]^[23]

🏷️ Also known as

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🔖 Identifiers · 22

VIAF cluster ID: 155186085
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID: 15548957x
Crunchbase organization ID: piranha-bytes
Facebook username: Piranha.Bytes
Freebase ID: /m/03bsv0
GRY-Online company ID: 169
GamesIndustry.biz tag ID: companies/piranha-bytes
Internet Game Database company ID: piranha-bytes
LastDodo-area-ID: 459391
LaunchBox Games Database developer ID: 792, 2771
MobyGames company ID: 2010
MobyGames company ID (former scheme): piranha-bytes

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Mod DB company ID: piranhabytes
MusicBrainz label ID: 76c7f068-e8e3-4425-a3ce-9599c9b4b92d
Quora topic ID: Piranha-Bytes-company
Steam curator ID: 36223093
TheGamesDB developer ID: 6617
Topic's main category: Category:Piranha Bytes games
UVL company ID: 892
VideoGameGeek company ID: 13049
X (Twitter) username: Piranha_Bytes
YouTube channel ID: UCgfSPZSGlIJZcdVm8EObDZg

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Gothic 3, Risen, Gothic, Risen 2: Dark Waters, Risen 3: Titan Lords, Elex, Gothic II: Night of the Raven, ELEX 2 +1 more

Country 1

Germany

Headquarters location 1

Essen

Industry 1

video game industry

Instance of 1

video game developer

Legal form 1

Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung

Owns / has subsidiaries 1

Embracer Group

Parent organization or unit 1

THQ Nordic

Product or material produced 1

software

Topic's main category 1

Category:Piranha Bytes games

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Category:Piranha Bytes games

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THQ Nordic

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Summary

Piranha Bytes is a video game developer^[1].

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

[4] ↑ Piranha Bytes — country (P17): Germany. wikidata.org.
[5] ↑ Piranha Bytes — founder (P112): Alexander Brüggemann. wikidata.org.
[6] ↑ Piranha Bytes — founder (P112): Michael Hoge. wikidata.org.
[7] ↑ Piranha Bytes — founder (P112): Tom Putzki. wikidata.org.
[8] ↑ Piranha Bytes — headquarters location (P159): Essen. wikidata.org.
[9] ↑ Piranha Bytes — chief executive officer (P169): Michael Rüve. wikidata.org.
[10] ↑ Piranha Bytes — industry (P452): video game industry. wikidata.org.
[2] ↑ Piranha Bytes — member of (P463): GAME. game.de. game.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[3] ↑ Piranha Bytes — member of (P463): game – The German Games Industry Association. game.de. Retrieved 2019-07-02. game.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[11] ↑ Piranha Bytes — inception (P571): October 12, 1997. wikidata.org.
[12] ↑ Piranha Bytes — dissolved, abolished or demolished date (P576): June 30, 2024. wikidata.org.
[13] ↑ Piranha Bytes — product or material produced (P1056): software. National Software Reference Library. wikidata.org.
[14] ↑ Piranha Bytes — employees (P1128): {'amount': '+33'}. youtube.com. youtube.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[15] ↑ Piranha Bytes — legal form (P1454): Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung. wikidata.org.
[16] ↑ Piranha Bytes — street address (P6375): {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Ruhrallee 63, 45138 Essen, Germany'}. game.de. game.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[17] ↑ Piranha Bytes — social media followers (P8687): {'amount': '+15300'}. wikidata.org.
[18] ↑ Piranha Bytes — social media followers (P8687): {'amount': '+10111'}. wikidata.org.
[19] ↑ Piranha Bytes — social media followers (P8687): {'amount': '+18700'}. wikidata.org.
[20] ↑ Piranha Bytes — social media followers (P8687): {'amount': '+10973'}. wikidata.org.
[21] ↑ Piranha Bytes — social media followers (P8687): {'amount': '+18600'}. YouTube API. Retrieved 2023-03-22. wikidata.org.
[22] ↑ Piranha Bytes — social media followers (P8687): {'amount': '+18700'}. YouTube API. Retrieved 2024-04-29. wikidata.org.
[23] ↑ Piranha Bytes — social media followers (P8687): {'amount': '+17700'}. YouTube API. Retrieved 2025-05-31. wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

[1] ↑ Piranha Bytes is an instance of video game developer (Q210167) [P31, primary]. Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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