Who owns GameMaker?
GameMaker is owned by Kunlun Tech (China, SZSE: 300418) through its subsidiary Opera, which has owned the brand since 2021.[1]
Kunlun Tech owns 68% of Opera rather than all of it.
Evidence: Opera Limited Annual Report on Form 20-F for the year ended 31 December 2025, SEC EDGAR, 27 March 2026. Verified from filings; last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Kunlun Tech Co., Ltd. via Opera verified
- Owned since
- Owner HQ
- 🇨🇳 China, Beijing
- Origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom, Dundee
- Category
- Internet & digital › Platforms & devices › Games & gaming platforms
- Parent ticker
- SZSE: 300418
- Last verified
- · 2 sources
About GameMaker
GameMaker is a 2D game development engine made in Dundee, Scotland, by YoYo Games, which Opera bought in 2021 for about $10 million and folded into its Opera Gaming division alongside Opera GX. Undertale, Risk of Rain and Hyper Light Drifter were all built with it. Opera describes it as giving creators a complete set of tools to publish games on any platform, from PCs to phones to consoles.
What Kunlun Tech's annual report says about GameMaker
Sentences about GameMaker from Kunlun Tech's latest annual filing[1], copied word for word.
This included creating the Opera Gaming division that provides GameMaker, a 2D gaming development platform.
The focus of Opera Gaming is to continue to grow the user base of Opera GX and build increased functionality within and outside the Opera GX browser, using GameMaker.
GameMaker provides game creators with a complete set of tools to create games for any platform.
Ownership timeline of GameMaker
- 2021 – present Kunlun Tech via Opera [1] verified
Where GameMaker sits in Kunlun Tech
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by Kunlun Tech
Kunlun Tech controls 10 brands on Brandtree, 10 of them in internet & digital.
Also in internet & digital
- MiniPay
- Opera (1996)
- Opera Ads
- Opera AI
- Opera Air (2025)
- Opera GX
- Opera Mini
- Opera Neon (2025)
- Opera News (2017)
Other brands in games & gaming platforms, and who owns them
The 17 brands in games & gaming platforms on Brandtree belong to 14 owners. The largest is Microsoft, with 3.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Activision Blizzard | Microsoft | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Supersonic from Unity | Unity | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Epic Games Store | Epic Games | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Hago | JOYY | 🇸🇬 Singapore |
| Nintendo Switch | Nintendo | 🇯🇵 Japan |
| Roblox | Roblox | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Garena | Sea | 🇸🇬 Singapore |
| PlayStation | Sony | 🇯🇵 Japan |
About the owner: Kunlun Tech
Kunlun Tech is a publicly listed company headquartered in Beijing, China. Brandtree records 10 brands under its control, and it is listed as SZSE: 300418.
Kunlun Tech is a Chinese internet company listed on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange under the code 300418, with its business address in the Dongcheng District of Beijing. It appears here because of what it owns rather than what it sells: Opera's own annual report names Kunlun Tech the ultimate parent of Opera, held through its Hong Kong subsidiary Hong Kong Kunlun Tech Holding Limited, which beneficially owns 68 per cent of Opera's shares and makes Opera a controlled company under Nasdaq rules. Kunlun is itself controlled by James Yahui Zhou, who is also Opera's executive chairman and who holds 11.6 per cent of Kunlun directly and a further 15.1 per cent through a Beijing limited partnership he is the general partner of. Certain Opera employees are paid in options over Kunlun shares.
🇬🇧 GameMaker and other British brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 543 brands that began in the United Kingdom. 282 of them (52%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country, GameMaker among them.
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of GameMaker?
The parent company of GameMaker is Kunlun Tech, a publicly listed company headquartered in China. GameMaker sits under Kunlun Tech's subsidiary Opera.
Is GameMaker British or Chinese?
GameMaker originated in the United Kingdom, but it is owned today by Kunlun Tech, which is headquartered in China. So GameMaker is a British-origin brand under Chinese ownership.
Since when has Opera owned GameMaker?
Opera has owned GameMaker since 2021.
Is GameMaker still owned by Kunlun Tech?
Yes. As of 11 October 2026, GameMaker is still owned by Kunlun Tech. The ownership record was last checked against primary sources on that date.
Sources (2) & corrections
Last verified . Every ownership fact above is backed by one of these primary documents. Numbers in brackets in the text refer to this list.
- [1] Opera Limited Annual Report on Form 20-F for the year ended 31 December 2025 — SEC EDGAR, SEC Form 20-F, published 27 March 2026; retrieved 26 September 2026.
- [2] Opera Acquires YoYo Games, Launches Opera Gaming — Opera Limited, Official press release, published 20 January 2021; retrieved 26 September 2026.
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