TOP APP GAMES - Mobile game studio, Cyprus

01 / GAMES

Two titles, all heart

We'd rather ship games people love than ten they forget. Both are live, free to play and updated every month - and a third is on its way.

Strategy Battle PvP

LUDUS

Strategy Battle PvP - real-time arenas and clan wars, played in 175+ countries.

4.8★ rating 10M+ downloads Global launch in 2024

Download on theApp Store Get it onGoogle Play Play on theWebstore

Build & Fight

Siege Arena

Build & Fight - defend your village in real-time 1v1 battles. Place buildings that summon melee, ranged, mounted and siege units, upgrade them, and crush rival factions.

Download on theApp Store Get it onGoogle Play

Developed in cooperation with Voodoo

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DEVELOPING MASTERPIECE… 0%

In Development

Title No. 3

Our third game is deep in the works. We're giving it everything we've got - and we honestly believe it's shaping up to be a masterpiece.

In production Reveal soon

02 / TEAM

Built by 100+ professionals

The TOP APP GAMES core team at the Limassol studio — The core team — our Limassol studio, Cyprus

Our core team is headquartered in Cyprus, supported across five time zones. With 20+ years in the industry, the team has shipped mid-core and casual titles played by millions worldwide.

Aug 2022founded

CyprusHQ

100+people

5time zones

Inside the studio

One sunlit floor in Limassol where art, code and game design sit side by side.

An artist shaping a LUDUS character on screen — Character art in progress

An artist drawing on a pen display by the windows — Concept work on the pen display

The team in a planning session by the windows — Where the next big idea gets greenlit

Two developers working beside concept art — From first sketch to live build

A developer writing code at a dual-monitor desk — Building the next feature

A developer testing a game build on a multi-monitor setup — Playtesting the live build

A developer coding by the floor-to-ceiling windows — Shipping features at altitude

Two teammates playing a fighting game on the big screen — Friday matches on the big screen

A team member in front of the LUDUS poster — Proud of what we ship — LUDUS

A developer heads-down on the next update — Heads-down on the next update

Vladimir Markov

Co-Founder

21 years in game development (Nikita, Nival, My.Games). Led teams on globally launched mid-core titles.

Vladimir Nikolskiy

Co-Founder

Two decades transforming an indie studio into My.Games - a $500M-turnover European gaming company.

Mikhail Trifonov

Managing Director

18+ years in mobile game development. Led game products with $500M+ in revenue (MY.GAMES). Focused on product strategy, game design, and AI-powered development.

Evgeni Shishkin

Executive Director

10+ years in mid-core projects. Five years leading game-design teams.

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Alexey Dergachev

Executive Director

I've spent 12+ years leveling up through the game design path. I'm passionate about R&D processes, game mechanics, and systems.

Kirill Altunin

Tech Director

19 years of application development. 8 published games. Deep passion for game tech.

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Denis Kuklyushkin

Art Director

15+ years in gamedev. Broyalty, Ludus and more.

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Nikita Kharlamov

Marketing Director

10 years of positive ROAS and counting...

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George Notyag

Lead 3D Department

15 years in game development, 14 leading 3D teams. Mobile specialist.

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Diana Korkina

Chief Business Development Officer

Drives partnerships, publishing and growth deals - connecting our games with platforms, partners and new markets.

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03 / STORY

Our story

From a handful of veterans to a 100-strong studio with 10 million players.

2020

We came together as a small team of professionals with years of experience shipping mid-core and casual games.

Our first project was Broyalty - a mid-core strategy of battles and castle development. Despite promising metrics and high retention, it fell short of expectations and moved to maintenance mode.

2022

TOP APP GAMES is founded by a team of professionals with years of experience shipping mid-core and casual games. Development begins on Ludus: Merge Arena - a merge-battler built around deep card mechanics and endlessly repeatable gameplay.

2023

Ludus launches its first version to exceptional early retention, validating the core loop and setting the stage for global rollout.

2024

Worldwide launch of Ludus, followed by the 1 million player milestone within months. The studio's trajectory attracts institutional backing: Utmost Games, the holding founded by former MY.GAMES CEO Vladimir Nikolsky, invests in Top App Games - with Nikolsky publicly stating the studio has what it takes to grow into a billion-dollar business. Industry veteran Vladimir Markov - creator of Hustle Castle, a game played by 80 million people worldwide - is appointed CEO to lead the studio's next phase. By year's end, Ludus surpasses 3 million downloads and $2M+ in monthly revenue, and the studio closes an additional $10M funding round.

2025

Ludus grows to 8 million players and goes big on partnerships: a crossover with Warcrow, the tabletop franchise by Corvus Belli, brings legendary heroes into the arena, while UFC heavyweight contender Alexander "Drago" Volkov joins the game as a playable hero - timed to his UFC 321 fight. The studio also launches a global Creator Program and expands distribution through a partnership with Aptoide.

2026

Ludus passes 10 million downloads, and the team keeps scaling - with new projects in production.

04 / NEWS