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Playdead ApS

Private limited companyCVR 30522192København VActive

Playdead ApS is a private limited company, based in København V, active in publishing of computer games, founded in 2008. The company went from a profit in 2024 to a loss of DKK 1.1m in 2025. Measured by gross profit, it ranks no. 6 of 74 companies in the industry in the database. With 96 employees, the company is about 32 times larger than the industry median.

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Key figures · financial year 2025

Gross profitDKK 67.9m+7.9% vs. 2024
Net profit−DKK 1.1m−113% vs. 2024
EquityDKK 112.6m−5.1% vs. 2024
Employees96latest month from CVR

What has changed

calculated from recorded figures and dates

Financials: 2025 against 2024

  • Gross profit rose 8% (2024 → 2025), to DKK 67.9m.
  • Net profit went from a profit of DKK 8.3m to a loss of DKK 1.1m (2024 → 2025).
  • Equity fell 5% (2024 → 2025), to DKK 112.6m.

Employees

  • 8 more employees than a year earlier: 96 (08/2026) against 88 (08/2025).

Registrations, last 24 months

  • 01/01/2025: Industry changed to Publishing of computer games (582100)

Calculated from the latest two annual reports in sequence and from registrations in CVR. A figure that is missing in either year gives no line, and we derive no figures.

Financial statements

Financial years 2020–2025 · amounts in DKK thousand

Equity and net profit

−DKK 20mDKK 0DKK 20mDKK 40mDKK 60mDKK 80mDKK 100mDKK 120m202020212022202320242025
EquityNet profit
Financial figures for Playdead ApS
202020212022202320242025Change
Revenuenot statednot statednot statednot statednot statednot stated–
Gross profit52,30149,95254,15463,97362,90367,873+7.9%
Operating profit (EBIT)––23,16621,99310,118−5,079−150.2%
Profit before tax19,69026,27727,76925,89010,220−2,887−128.2%
Net profit15,34221,31922,091−6,6368,252−1,075−113%
Total assets96,51289,477119,103326,740379,217457,482+20.6%
Equity66,21377,53194,622110,329118,632112,630−5.1%
Liabilities––24,480181,390213,382298,675+40%
Cash and cash equivalents89,76235,35232,74850,99022,96286,383+276.2%
Average number of employees03751597381+11%

Source: annual reports filed with the Danish Business Authority (XBRL). Figures for the company (not the group); change is the latest year against the year before. “–” means the figure is not stated in the annual report. Revenue is not stated for 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025: smaller companies may omit it, and we do not derive it from other figures.

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Gross profitMedian, the industry (74 companies)

Annual reports

6 financial years
Annual reports for Playdead ApS
Financial yearPeriodPublishedFigures forDocuments
202501/06/2024 – 31/05/202511/11/2025The companyPDF not statedXBRL
202401/06/2023 – 31/05/202424/11/2024The companyPDFXBRL
202301/06/2022 – 31/05/202301/12/2023The companyPDFXBRL
202201/06/2021 – 31/05/202214/10/2022The companyPDFXBRL
202101/06/2020 – 31/05/202128/10/2021The companyPDFXBRL
202001/06/2019 – 31/05/202030/10/2020The companyPDFXBRL

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Employees

monthly figures from CVR
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Employees

Position in the industry

74 companies in the database

Comparison with the other companies in publishing of computer games based on the latest financial year.

Gross profitDKK 67.9mNo. 6 of 74
Better than 93% of the companies in the industry
EquityDKK 112.6mNo. 4 of 74
Better than 96% of the companies in the industry
Number of employees96No. 5 of 74
Better than 95% of the companies in the industry

Industry median: gross profit DKK 1.4m, net profit −DKK 15,246, equity DKK 416k, 3 employees.

DKK 100kDKK 828kDKK 6.9mDKK 56.7mDKK 232.1mHere
Distribution of gross profit for 58 companies in the industry (latest financial year, logarithmic scale). Amber bar: where this company sits.

Compared with similar companies

size, age and company form
Rank among similar companies
GroupGross profitEquity
Companies with 50–199 employees4,467 companies in the comparison
No. 1,215of 4,412
Better than 72%
No. 607of 4,466
Better than 86%
Companies that are between 15 and 29 years old24,910 companies in the comparison
No. 1,061of 24,791
Better than 96%
No. 1,224of 24,909
Better than 95%
All companies of type ApS66,508 companies in the comparison
No. 484of 66,379
Better than 99%
No. 1,009of 66,505
Better than 98%

The rank is calculated among companies in the database with a figure for the latest financial year, and is shown only for groups of at least ten companies.

Compare with the industry

Publishing of computer games
Gross profit
  1. Playdead ApSDKK 67.9m
  2. Io Interactive A/SDKK 469.5m
  3. Sybo ApSDKK 367.5m
Net profit
  1. Playdead ApS−DKK 1.1m
  2. Io Interactive A/SDKK 143.4m
  3. Sybo ApSDKK 137.2m
Equity
  1. Playdead ApSDKK 112.6m
  2. Io Interactive A/SDKK 809.3m
  3. Sybo ApSDKK 178.2m
Employees
  1. Playdead ApS96
  2. Io Interactive A/S192
  3. Sybo ApS108

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Owners and group

from the Public Ownership Register
Owners
  • Underholdningsbranchen ApS100%
Playdead ApS

Management

1 active registrations

Executive management

Executive management at Playdead ApS
NameRoleAppointed
Arnt JensenDirector14/01/2016
Founders
Underholdningsbranchen ApS, Cat-symbion Innovation A/S, Cat Seed A/S
Former management (11)
Former management at Playdead ApS
NameRoleAppointedResigned
Kim RitzauCEO02/02/200915/05/2009
Jacob HjennerBoard member02/02/200924/10/2011
Søren Steen RasmussenBoard member02/02/200907/06/2011
Dino Christian PattiCEO15/05/200908/12/2015
Maz Henrik SporkChair of the board14/10/200924/10/2011
Allan RasmussenBoard member14/10/200916/04/2012
Finn NielsenBoard member10/12/200911/07/2012
Ulrik JørringBoard member07/06/201124/10/2011
Arnt JensenChair of the board24/10/201111/07/2012
Kim Ove OlsenBoard member16/04/201211/07/2012
Arnt JensenDirector11/07/201213/11/2015

Signing rule: Selskabet tegnes af den samlede direktion.

Address and production units

1 active production units

Flæsketorvet 41
1711 København V

København Municipality · Postcode 1711

Production units
Production unitAddressEmployeesP number
PLAYDEAD ApSFlæsketorvet 41, 1711 København V961014226016

Purpose

Selskabets formål er at udvikle, markedsføre og sælge computerspil.

The purpose is quoted from the register in Danish.

Changes year by year

44 registered events
20252 changesaccounts 1 · industry 1
  • Annual report for 2025 published
  • Industry changed to Publishing of computer games (582100)
20242 changesaccounts 1 · address 1
  • Annual report for 2024 published
  • Moved to Flæsketorvet 41, 1711 København V
20232 changesaccounts 1 · merger 1
  • Annual report for 2023 published
  • Merger registered in CVR
20221 changeaccounts 1
  • Annual report for 2022 published
20211 changeaccounts 1
  • Annual report for 2021 published
20201 changeaccounts 1
  • Annual report for 2020 published
20171 changeaddress 1
  • Moved to Jorcks Passage 1A, 2, 1162 København K
20161 changemanagement 1
  • Arnt Jensen appointed director
20152 changesmanagement 2
  • Dino Christian Patti stepped down as ceo
  • Arnt Jensen stepped down as director
20141 changeownership 1
  • UNDERHOLDNINGSBRANCHEN ApS registered as owner (100%)
20131 changeaddress 1
  • Moved to Pilestræde 52A, 1, 1112 København K
20127 changesname 1 · management 6
  • Name changed from LIMBO ApS to PLAYDEAD ApS
  • Arnt Jensen appointed director
  • Kim Ove Olsen stepped down as board member
  • Arnt Jensen stepped down as chair of the board
  • Finn Nielsen stepped down as board member
  • Kim Ove Olsen appointed board member
  • Allan Rasmussen stepped down as board member
20116 changesmanagement 6
  • Arnt Jensen appointed chair of the board
  • Ulrik Jørring stepped down as board member
  • Maz Henrik Spork stepped down as chair of the board
  • Jacob Hjenner stepped down as board member
  • Ulrik Jørring appointed board member
  • Søren Steen Rasmussen stepped down as board member
200912 changescapital 3 · management 8 · address 1
  • Share capital changed from 259,082 DKK to 286,841 DKK
  • Finn Nielsen appointed board member
  • Share capital changed from 243,352 DKK to 259,082 DKK
  • Allan Rasmussen appointed board member
  • Maz Henrik Spork appointed chair of the board
  • Dino Christian Patti appointed ceo
  • Kim Ritzau stepped down as ceo
  • Moved to Pilestræde 43, 5, 1112 København K
  • Share capital changed from 168,917 DKK to 243,352 DKK
  • Kim Ritzau appointed ceo
  • Søren Steen Rasmussen appointed board member
  • Jacob Hjenner appointed board member
20084 changescapital 2 · industry 1 · founded 1
  • Share capital changed from 159,319 DKK to 168,917 DKK
  • Industry changed to Publishing of computer games (582100)
  • Share capital changed from 149,721 DKK to 159,319 DKK
  • Registered as LIMBO ApS

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Source and updates

The information comes from the Danish Central Business Register (Danish Business Authority) and from annual reports filed with the Danish Business Authority. Last synchronised 24/10/2026. The company is protected against advertising; contact details are not shown, and the data must not be used for marketing.

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