The influence of Turkish game developers on the global mobile gaming industry continues to grow. While companies such as Peak Games, Dream Games, Rollic, Spyke Games, and Ace Games have helped establish Türkiye as one of the world’s leading mobile gaming hubs, Turkish professionals are also playing increasingly important roles inside international studios.
One example is Tactile Games, the Copenhagen-based mobile game developer best known for titles such as Lily’s Garden. According to LinkedIn data, Tactile Games currently has 239 employees, including 31 professionals from Türkiye.
This means Turkish talent accounts for approximately 13% of the company’s workforce.
Turkish talent across key departments
The Turkish talent working at Tactile Games are spread across a wide range of disciplines, from game design and engineering to product management, marketing, art, and analytics.
Among the identified talent:
- 10 work in product, publishing, marketing, and monetization roles
- 9 work in game design and level design
- 5 work in engineering
- 5 work in art and animation
- 1 works in data analytics
- 1 works in project management
The Turkish workforce at Tactile appears to be particularly experienced. Among the identified employees are several senior and leadership-level professionals, including:
- Lead Product Managers,
- Lead Data Analysts,
- Senior Gameplay Programmers,
- Senior Game Artists,
- Senior Performance Marketing Managers,
- and Level Design Leads.
The distribution suggests that the company is attracting established talent from across the gaming industry rather than focusing primarily on junior recruitment.
The data also shows employees have spent an average of approximately 19 months at the company, with several having been part of the studio for more than two years.
A talent pipeline built by Türkiye’s mobile gaming ecosystem
Many of Tactile’s Turkish employees previously worked at some of the most successful companies in Türkiye’s gaming industry.
Peak Games appears as one of the most common previous employers (9 times) among the identified professionals. Other recurring companies include, Ace Games (6), Rollic(3), Gram Games (3), and Gamegos.
Source: Tactile Games
Türkiye’s growing international footprint
In previous generations, game development talent often flowed from major Western studios into newer markets. Today, the relationship is increasingly two-way. Professionals who built their careers in Istanbul’s mobile gaming scene are now contributing to some of the world’s most successful game companies.
Their backgrounds span startup environments, scale-up studios, and globally recognized publishers. This diversity of experience brings valuable expertise in areas such as rapid prototyping, live-service operations, data-driven decision making, and player retention.
The presence of 31 Turkish professionals at Tactile Games highlights the international mobility of talent developed within Türkiye’s gaming industry.
