Clash of Clans is owned by Tencent (China, HKEX: 0700), which acquired the brand on 21 June 2016, as part of a $8.6 billion deal that also included Supercell.[1] Clash of Clans was founded in 2012 in Finland and was independent until 2016.
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: Tencent Holdings Limited - annual report and investments. Last checked .
Clash of Clans has earned more than ten billion dollars since 2012 and established the model of a free mobile strategy game funded by players paying to skip waiting times. Its clan system is what has kept players returning for over a decade.
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Tencent controls 5 brands on Brandtree, 5 of them in internet & digital.
The 69 brands in video games on Brandtree belong to 18 owners. The largest is Take-Two, with 7; Tencent has 4.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Fantasy Westward Journey | NetEase | 🇭🇰 Hong Kong |
| 2K | Take-Two | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Apex Legends | EA | 🇺🇸 United States |
| eFootball | Konami | 🇯🇵 Japan |
| Bingo Blitz | Playtika | 🇮🇱 Israel |
| Mega Man | Capcom | 🇯🇵 Japan |
| Animal Crossing | Nintendo | 🇯🇵 Japan |
| Football Manager | Sega Sammy | 🇯🇵 Japan |
Tencent is a publicly listed company headquartered in Shenzhen, China, founded in 1998. Brandtree records 5 brands under its control, and it is listed as HKEX: 0700.
Tencent is the largest video game company in the world by revenue, and it owns studios far better known than it is. It also runs WeChat, which combines messaging, payments and services in a way that has no Western equivalent and is close to unavoidable in daily Chinese life.
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 63 brands that began in Finland. 21 of them (33%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country, Clash of Clans among them.
A consortium led by Tencent acquired a controlling stake in Supercell from SoftBank in a deal valuing the Helsinki studio at about $8.6 billion. Supercell makes Clash of Clans and Brawl Stars with unusually small teams and cancels games publicly when they do not meet its standards.
The parent company of Clash of Clans is Tencent, a publicly listed company headquartered in China.
Clash of Clans originated in Finland in 2012, but it is owned today by Tencent, which is headquartered in China. So Clash of Clans is a Finnish-origin brand under Chinese ownership.
Tencent completed its acquisition of Clash of Clans on 21 June 2016, after announcing the deal on 21 June 2016. The deal, which also included Supercell, was valued at $8.6 billion (enterprise value).
Clash of Clans was an independent company from its founding in 2012 until Tencent acquired it in 2016.
Yes. As of 16 September 2026, Clash of Clans is still owned by Tencent. The ownership record was last checked against primary sources on that date.
Last verified . Every ownership fact above is backed by one of these primary documents. Numbers in brackets in the text refer to this list.
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