Video games in Poland

[4] A significant portion of the Polish population plays video games,[5] and Poland is the home to a developing esports market.

By the end of 2020, the number of gaming companies listed on the WSE had risen to 54, the most in the world, surpassing the previous leader, the Tokyo Stock Exchange.

[10] Poland hosts the esports tournament Intel Extreme Masters, which draws hundreds of millions of viewers.

Heavy emphasis on math in the Polish school curriculum has also been credited for the success of Poland's video game industry.

[10][16] Important early Polish video games developed in the 1990s include Tajemnica Statuetki (The Mystery of the Figurine), Teenagent, The Prince and the Coward and Gorky 17 by Metropolis Software as well as Mortyr by Mirage Media.

Flying Wild Hog is the developer of Hard Reset, the Shadow Warrior series, Trek to Yomi and Evil West.

Bloober Team has developed several horror games, including Layers of Fear, Blair Witch, The Medium, Observer and Silent Hill 2.

The Farm 51 is the developer of NecroVisioN, Painkiller: Hell & Damnation and the science fiction survival video game Chernobylite.

These firms have the record and reputation of making and/or releasing/publishing one to many game titles per year, which can lead to dilution of their quality or highly variable results.