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Frontier Developments

Logo: frontier.co.uk3

British video game studio (founded 1994)

Frontier Developments plc is a British video game developer founded by David Braben in January 1994 and based at the Cambridge Science Park in Cambridge, England. Frontier develops the construction management simulators Planet Coaster and Planet Zoo, and has produced several games in David Braben's Elite series, including Elite Dangerous.2 From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0

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Last updated Oct 16, 2026.

Overview

1994Founded1

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  • TickerFDEV on London Stock Exchange1
  • Industryvideo game industry1
  • HeadquartersCambridge1
  • Founded inCambridge1
  • Websitewww.frontier.co.uk
  • Legal formPublic limited company (Belgium), public limited company1

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Image: frontier.co.uk3

Frontier Developments plc is a British video game developer founded by David Braben in January 1994 and based at the Cambridge Science Park in Cambridge, England. Frontier develops the construction management simulators Planet Coaster and Planet Zoo, and has produced several games in David Braben's Elite series, including Elite Dangerous. The company takes its name from the earliest titles in the Elite series with which it was involved, a port of Frontier: Elite II and development of Frontier: First Encounters. In 2013, the company was listed on the AIM segment of the London Stock Exchange. It published third-party games under the Frontier Foundry label between 2019 and 2022. In December 2025, Jo Cooke became the company's current CEO. Cooke returned to Frontier as Chief Marketing Officer in August 2025, having previously worked at Frontier as Marketing and Publishing Director as the studio began self-publishing games, overseeing the launches of Elite Dangerous and Planet Coaster.2

The story

Founded by David Braben in 1994, in Cambridge.1

Leadership

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Products and brands

  • LostWinds

Listed on Wikidata.1

Subsidiaries and ownership

Owners

Subsidiaries

  • Frontier Foundry

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Employees over time

  • 20145801

Revenue over time

As stated on Wikidata, in the currency reported.

Revenue

Frontier Developments revenue by year176.1M GBP in 2020−15% since 2019
025.0M GBP50.0M GBP75.0M GBP100.0M GBP2019: 89.7M GBP89.7M GBP20192020: 76.1M GBP76.1M GBP2020−15%
  • 202076.1M GBP1
  • 201989.7M GBP1

Net income

  • 202119.9M GBP1

Timeline

  1. Jul 15, 2013Went public Listed on London Stock Exchange1
  2. 1994Founded Founded in Cambridge1

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