Kakao Games

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Communication Services Games · KOSDAQ

Small-cap

Market cap US$960.2M (₩1.3T)

Overview

Kakao Games develops and publishes video games across PC, console, and mobile platforms, offering titles ranging from casual puzzle games to large-scale online role-playing games.

Players access its mobile games through major app stores and the KakaoTalk messenger platform, while PC titles are distributed through domestic PC cafes, the Daum internet portal, and international storefronts. Listed on KOSDAQ, Korea's tech-focused stock exchange, the company acts as a publisher for games developed both by its own in-house studios and by external developers.

Summary is AI-generated and may contain errors · figures from DART filings

Financials

Source: DART · FY ending Dec · latest FY2025

Revenue · FY2025

US$337M

▼ −25.9% YoY

Operating profit · FY2025

−US$28.7M

Turned to loss

Net income · FY2025

−US$103.7M

Loss widened

Revenue, operating profit and net income by fiscal year (USD; KRW in parentheses).
Metric	FY2023	FY2024	FY2025
Revenue	US$742.8M(₩1T)	US$454.5M(₩627.2B)	US$337M(₩465B)
Operating profit	US$54M(₩74.5B)	US$13.9M(₩19.1B)	−US$28.7M(−₩39.6B)
Net income	−US$233.6M(−₩322.4B)	−US$92.8M(−₩128.1B)	−US$103.7M(−₩143.1B)

Revenue

FY2023US$742.8M
FY2024US$454.5M
FY2025US$337M

Operating profit

FY2023US$54M
FY2024US$13.9M
FY2025−US$28.7M

Net income

FY2023−US$233.6M
FY2024−US$92.8M
FY2025−US$103.7M

Key ratios (FY2025)

ROE

-11.9%

Debt/Eq

123.4%

Op. margin

-8.5%

Net margin

-30.8%

Rev. YoY

▼ −25.9%

Why it matters

Kakao Games operates several game-development subsidiaries, including Lionheart Studio, XL Games, Ocean Drive Studio, and Metabora, which supply titles that the parent company then publishes.

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