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Your Style. Your Rules.

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Our games

Your Next Favourite Game Starts Here.

Card tables, runways, kitchens and cities. Worlds made in Lagos for players everywhere.

The Maliyo ecosystem

We’re Not Just Making Games. We’re Building an Industry.

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Talent

GameUp Academy

Training Africa’s Next Generation of Game Creators.

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Research

Africa Games Report

Curating the Data Behind Africa’s Gaming Future.

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Studio culture

Great Games Are Made by Great People.

Artists, engineers, designers and storytellers. Playtesting at lunch, sketching on whiteboards and shipping games people love.

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The team relaxing and laughing together on the studio steps
Hugo with Industry leaders.
Visitors and team members in the Maliyo studio lobby
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Collaboration

Built in Africa. Connected to the World.

  • Disney
  • Google
  • PlayStation
  • French Embassy Nigeria
  • U.S. Embassy
  • Arizona State University
  • Endless
  • Supercell

Featured collaboration

Disney Iwájú: Rising Chef

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Our story

Since 2012. Still Building. Still Playing.

  1. 2012–2019

    A Bold Beginning

    Founded in Lagos with a vision to build world-class games inspired by African stories.

  2. 2020-2023

    Investing in Talent

    Launched GameUp Academy to develop Africa’s next generation of game creators.

  3. 2024–2025

    Going Global

    Partnered with Disney on Iwájú: Rising Chef, expanding our creative reach and global partnerships.

  4. Now

    2026–Present

    Scaling Our Impact

    Accelerating growth across games, talent, distribution, and industry development.

Let’s Make Something Extraordinary.

Have a game to build, a partnership to explore, or an idea worth bringing to life? We'd love to hear from you.

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