AI Rankings · Game development studios and publishers · Australia
Best game development studios and publishers in Australia, according to AI (October 2026)
We asked ChatGPT, Gemini and Google AI Mode 60 questions a buyer in Australia types when looking for game development studios and publishers. The engines named 240 companies in Australia. PlaySide Studios is named most often, in 28% of answers, followed by Chaos Theory Games (26%) and Blowfish Studios (21%). 37 are named by all three engines.
The full list is below, ranked by how consistently each company is named.
60 buyer questions
180 answers read
3 engines
All 240 companies AI names in Australia
Click a company to open its full report: every answer that names it, where it stands in each one, and the sites behind every rival. Mentioned is the share of answers that name the company: all 180, one engine’s 60 in the engine columns. Green marks that engine’s 3 most recommended. A crossed circle means it never named the company. Click a heading to sort.
Before an engine names a company, it reads the web. These are the sites each engine cited most in its 60 answers for Australia, by the share of answers citing them.
ChatGPT
201 domains · 1077 links overall
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specpixel.com
13%
33
mode-games.com
12%
36
keywordsstudios.com
12%
26
playsidestudios.com
10%
24
blowfishstudios.com
10%
25
chaostheorygames.com
10%
25
au.linkedin.com
10%
17
studdgames.com
8%
20
studiokrew.com
8%
15
investor.playsidestudios.com
7%
13
Gemini
86 domains · 551 links overall
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blowfishstudios.com
17%
31
fgfactory.com.au
17%
28
chaostheorygames.com
17%
25
mode-games.com
13%
40
mightykingdom.com
10%
20
noblesteedgames.com
8%
21
artofplaygames.com
8%
21
en.wikipedia.org
8%
9
juegostudio.com
7%
10
intr.studio
7%
15
Google AI Mode
123 domains · 472 links overall
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playsidestudios.com
17%
26
blowfishstudios.com
17%
22
chaostheorygames.com
15%
26
gamecompanies.com
12%
13
en.wikipedia.org
8%
15
igea.net
8%
10
au.linkedin.com
8%
14
intr.studio
8%
10
zeroonestudio.com
7%
8
noblesteedgames.com
7%
8
One thing stands out. ChatGPT cites company sites directly: specpixel.com tops its list, so a company’s own pages decide whether it is named.
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What “Top 3 in AI answers” means
A company gets the badge when it is in the top 3 on any single engine, by how many of that engine’s answers recommend it, not just name it. The badge names the engine, so a company can hold it on Gemini and not on ChatGPT. In Australia that is PlaySide Studios, Chaos Theory Games and Mode Games on ChatGPT. PlaySide Studios, Chaos Theory Games and Blowfish Studios on Gemini. PlaySide Studios, Chaos Theory Games and Blowfish Studios on Google AI Mode. 9 badges, 4 companies. A badge holder confirms its website inside the report and puts the badge on its site, and it links back to this page.
The 60 questions we asked
Every company was measured against the same 60 questions, asked the way a buyer types them, with no company name in the question. Grouped by how the question is asked: four kinds.
Use case (the job is named)
6 questions
Which indie game studios in Australia already have a proper asset pipeline, so we can send over concept art and get game-ready files back?
Which game studios in Australia could fix a small indie team's asset pipeline for us?
any game company in Australia that works to a tight budget on small projects, like a simple educational game for kids?
+ 3 more questions in this group.
Alternatives (excluding the well-known)
the question asks for options outside the market leaders10 questions
Besides the biggest Australian studios everyone has heard of, which smaller game developers make mobile games for brands?
Name a few lesser-known indie game studios in Australia that take on contract art work.
What are some under-the-radar game development studios and publishers in Australia that sign narrative adventure games?
+ 7 more questions in this group.
Criterion (price, reviews, support, integration)
a plain category question with one qualifier4 questions
We're a startup with about $20k for a playable demo to show investors, which game dev studios in Australia take on jobs that size?
What's the most affordable game development company in Australia for a simple mobile game?
any game dev studio in Australia that offers ongoing support and updates after launch?
+ 1 more question in this group.
Other phrasing
40 questions
What game development studios and publishers in Australia are set up for fully remote teams across different time zones?
I need a game development company in Australia that can lend us two or three developers to join our remote team for a few months.
Can you recommend a video game publisher in Australia that handles a launch on PC, console and mobile all at once?
+ 37 more questions in this group.
How we measure
Each of the 60 questions was asked once to ChatGPT, Gemini and Google AI Mode in October 2026: 180 answers. We read every answer and record which companies it names. A company’s share is the part of answers that name it. Different spellings of one company are merged into one row.
Left out: companies outside Australia, and names that aren’t game development studios and publishers. A name AI gave without a website we could find is listed without a profile.
One run per question means a single answer moves a company at the bottom of the table by a point. Treat differences of 1 to 2% as noise and the top 20 as stable.
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Questions about this ranking
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What is in the full report?
Everything we collected about the company: its position on each of ChatGPT, Gemini and Google AI Mode, recommended or only mentioned, its average position in the answer and what AI says about it word for word. It is free and open to anyone, no login. The “Top 3 in AI answers” badge goes on the company’s site when any engine puts it in its top 3.
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