Nival is an independent game developer focused on the strategy genre. The company was founded in 1996 by games industry veteran Sergey Orlovskiy. Nival began publishing its own games in 2005.
At Nival, we strive to bring innovations to traditional game genres. Through changing the gaming landscape by implementing new, unique features, Nival aims to create an amazing experience for its players through a mix of a addicting gameplay and our signature art style.
Nival's track record includes the best-selling Blitzkrieg, Heroes of Might and Magic V, Silent Storm and Etherlords game series.
Our core development studios are currently working on the World War II real-time strategy Blitzkrieg 3, an award-winning MOBA Prime World and the collectable tower defense Defenders 2.
With offices in Limassol, Cyprus, St. Petersburg and Moscow, Russia, Nival currently has more than a hundred employees across three development studios.
Location: Cyprus, South Cyprus, Limassol Municipality
Member count: 51-200
Total raised: $13M
Founded date: 1996
Investors 1
| Date | Name | Website |
| - | Almaz Capi... | almazcapit... |
Funding Rounds 2
| Date | Series | Amount | Investors | Deal News |
| 12.12.2013 | Series A | $6M | - | finsmes.co... |
| 17.03.2010 | - | $7M | DST Global | techcrunch... |
Mentions in press and media 13
| Date | Title | Description | Source |
| 04.03.2016 | A Teen Hacker Is Targeting Russian Sites as Revenge for the ... | A teenage hacker angry about the downing of the Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 has gone on a hacking ... | vice.com/e... |
| 16.07.2015 | Сотрудников ищут Aviasales, Segmento, Nival, Ivideon, Yell.r... | Редакция ЦП продолжает публиковать резюме специалистов, желающих работать в стартапах и ИТ-компаниях... | vc.ru/trib... |
| 22.01.2015 | Blitzkrieg 3 lets you attack or defend in asynchronous multi... | For the first time in a decade, Russian independent game publisher Nival is launching a new game in ... | venturebea... |
| 20.01.2015 | Nival launches a VR game demo that shows you what your brain... | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn m... | venturebea... |
| 20.01.2015 | Nival launches a VR game demo that shows you what your brain... | Russian game developer Nival has released a virtual reality game demo for the Oculus Rift that teach... | venturebea... |
| 06.11.2014 | Сотрудников ищут InfoShell, PRIME, «Кефир!», Nexters и Nival... | Редакция ЦП продолжает публиковать резюме специалистов, желающих работать в стартапах и ИТ-компаниях... | vc.ru/trib... |
| 12.12.2013 | Nival Raises $6M in Series A Funding | Nival, a developer of cross-platform strategy games, raised $6m in Series A funding. The round was ... | finsmes.co... |
| 11.12.2013 | Funding Daily: Christmas comes early | What if you opened a gift under a sparkling Christmas tree to find, holy crap, there are hundreds of... | venturebea... |
| 17.03.2010 | Social games company Nival Network raises $7m from DST, 1C a... | [Russia] The Moscow-based social games company Nival Network, part of the Nival Group, has raised $7... | techcrunch... |
| 24.11.2009 | Russian games house raises $5 million for social strategy ga... | [Russia] Russian online game developer Nival Network has closed a $5 million round from an undisclos... | techcrunch... |
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