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Press Contact

Maike Steinweller

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With June’s Journey we reach more than 1.5 million players around the world every single day. Being able to provide joy to so many people with our game makes us immensely proud. Just recently we celebrated reaching 500 Million USD in lifetime revenues and are continuously leading the charts in the hidden object games genre. What an accomplishment of the team! 

Facts & Figures

#1
June’s Journey leading the Hidden Object Games market globally
+50
Nationalities
$1bn
June’s Journey Lifetime Revenue
+300
Employees
2009
Founded in
2018
Joined Playtika Family of Brands
1
Office in Berlin
6
Live Games
42%
Female Staff

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Wooga Office Hall of Fame
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Wooga Office Impressions 5th Floor
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Wooga Office Impressions June's Journey Area
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Wooga June’s Journey Game
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Nai Chang Managing Director Wooga
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Lenka Kaciakova VP Operations Wooga
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Our Story so far

2009
Wooga was founded
First game launched on Facebook.com
2011
Launched first mobile game
2014
Experimented with many genres
2016
Refocused on casual games
2018
Became purely story-driven casual games developer
Joined Playtika Holding Corp.
2019
No 1 hidden object game company worldwide
2021
Launched first story-driven puzzle match-3 game, Switchcraft
2022
500M USD Lifetime Rev in June's Journey
2023
Launched first game on Netflix, Ghost Detective
1BN USD Lifetime Rev in June's Journey

Press Coverage

Solve Your Own Murder In Ghost Detective on Netflix Games

Just in time for spooky season, Netflix added the haunted mystery game Ghost Detective to its games library on Tuesday. You can play this game for free and without ads or paywalls with a Netflix subscription.

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CNET

How Wooga is staying focused on story-based gaming | Nai Chang interview

Wooga has been making social mobile games since 2009, and it continues to do so under ownership of publicly traded Playtika. And now Berlin-based Wooga is announcing its Ghost Detective hidden object game for Netflix Games today.

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VentureBeat

Wooga celebrates $500 million milestone

Wooga has seen its title June's Journey reach $500 million in lifetime revenue

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Pocketgamer

500 Millionen Dollar mit einem Game: Das Comeback der Berliner Spiele-Schmiede Wooga

Mit einem einzigen Smartphone-Spiel machte die Firma ein Vermögen. Jetzt will der Videospiele-Hersteller Wooga beim Umsatz in eine neue Dimension vorstoßen.

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Handelsblatt

Female Leadership als Teil der Unternehmens­strategie

Lenka Kaciakova berichtet, mit welchen Maßnahmen sie und ihr Team den Frauenanteil unter Führungskräften beim Spieleunternehmen Wooga erhöht haben.

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Human Resources Manager

Why Wooga is focusing on story-based casual games

Berlin’s Wooga rose to prominence in mobile games on the strength of casual games like Diamond Dash and Bubble Island.

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VentureBeat

June’s Journey is helping the planet one tree at a time

June’s Journey, a popular hidden object game by developer Wooga, just finished up a tree planting event. In this event, players from across the world get to re-forest the planet. This is the second time the company has participated.

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VentureBeat

Playtika’s Wooga launches Switchcraft story-based mobile game

Playtika’s game studio Wooga is launching Switchcraft, a narrative-based match-3 game that has been in the works for a few years.

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VentureBeat

Wooga pledges up to $20,000 to reforestation charity TreeSisters

German mobile game developer Wooga will celebrate Earth Day 2021 through a fundraising campaign for TreeSisters. The non-profit organisation has a simple mission: to help with reforestation, funding global projects.

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Pocket Gamer

Ubisoft, Ustwo, Wooga among Green Game Jam 2021 winners

Playing for the Planet Alliance's second annual Green Game Jam has crowned its winners, with 26 studios taking part this year.

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GamesIndustry.biz

Playtika acquires casual mobile game maker Wooga for over $100 million

Social casino game giant Playtika announced it has completed its acquisition of Wooga, the Berlin-based maker of casual games. We heard the price was more than $100 million.

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VentureBeat