{{Short description|Multinational video game company}}{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2025}} {{Infobox company | name = ZeptoLab | logo = File:ZeptoLab.svg | logo_caption = Current studio logo since 2022 | logo_size = 170 | type = [[Privately held company|Private]] | industry = [[Video game industry|Video games]] | founded = {{Start date and age|df=yes|January 10, 2008}} in [[Moscow]], [[Russia]] | founders = {{Unbulleted list|Semyon Voinov|Efim Voinov}} | defunct = <!-- {{End date|YYYY|MM|DD}} --> | hq_location_city = [[Barcelona]] | hq_location_country = Spain | num_locations = {{Plainlist| * [[London]], England }} | key_people = Efim Voinov ([[CEO]]) | num_employees = | num_employees_year = <!-- Year of num_employees data (if known) --> | divisions = ZeptoLab Publishing<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://www.pocketgamer.biz/news/65228/zeptolab-opens-publishing-business/ |title = Cut the Rope developer ZeptoLab opens publishing business to all submissions| date=March 7, 2017 }}</ref> | subsid = ZeptoLab UK Limited<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/company/07493468 | title=ZEPTOLAB UK LIMITED - Overview (Free company information from Companies House)}}</ref> | website = {{URL|https://www.zeptolab.com/|zeptolab.com}} }}
'''ZeptoLab''' (stylised in all lowercase) is a Spanish [[video game developer]] founded on January 10, 2008 by Semyon and Efim Voinov, and headquartered in [[Barcelona]], with an additional office in [[London]]. It is known for the ''[[Cut the Rope]]'' series of video games.
==History== ZeptoLab was founded in 2008 by twins Efim and Semyon Voinov, who have been making games since the age of ten.<ref>{{cite web|last=Takahashi|first=Dean|title=DeanBeat: The iPhone fairy tale comes true for Russia's Cut the Rope developers|url=https://venturebeat.com/2011/12/09/deanbeat-iphone-cut-the-rope/|access-date=25 September 2012|date=2011-12-09|archive-date=July 20, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130720222110/http://venturebeat.com/2011/12/09/deanbeat-iphone-cut-the-rope/|url-status=dead}}</ref> Its name originates from “[[Zepto-|Zepto]]”, a math prefix meaning 10<sup>−21</sup>, to “signify how truly boutique their operation was.”<ref>{{cite web|last=Loffe|first=Julia|title=The Russian Twins Behind Hit iPhone App Cut the Rope|url=http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/the-russian-twins-behind-hit-iphone-app-cut-the-rope-09222011.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110926214757/http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/the-russian-twins-behind-hit-iphone-app-cut-the-rope-09222011.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=September 26, 2011|access-date=25 September 2012}}</ref>
ZeptoLab has not received any external funding to produce their games.<ref>{{cite web|last=Eler|first=Alicia|author-link=Alicia Eler|title=Russia's Top 5 Web Startups Of 2011 Mostly Rip Off U.S.'s|url=http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/russias_top_5_web_startups_of_2011_mostly_rip_off.php|access-date=25 September 2012}}</ref> It owns a game studio subsidiary in the UK and started a publishing division in 2017.<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://www.pocketgamer.biz/news/65228/zeptolab-opens-publishing-business/ |title = Cut the Rope developer ZeptoLab opens publishing business to all submissions| date=March 7, 2017 }}</ref> The company’s headquarters was relocated from Moscow to Barcelona in 2017.<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://catalonia.com/newsletter_news/news/2015/zeptolab.jsp/ | title=zeptolab to create 100 jobs in barcelona }}{{Dead link|date=January 2026 |bot=InternetArchiveBot }}</ref>
In January 2025, [[Nazara Technologies]] acquired the [[intellectual property]] of ''[[CATS: Crash Arena Turbo Stars]]'' and [[King of Thieves (video game)|''King of Thieves'']] for Rs 660,000,000.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=SN |first=Vikas |date=January 20, 2025 |title=Nazara Technologies secures Rs 495 Cr funding from Mithun Sacheti & Arpit Khandelwal-led entity; open offer launched |url=https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/business/nazara-technologies-to-raise-rs-495-crore-from-axana-estates-buy-gaming-titles-from-zeptolab-12914728.html |website=Moneycontrol.com}}</ref> The games will be published under Nazara Publishing.<ref name=":0" />
==List of games released== * ''[[Parachute Ninja]]'' (January 28, 2010) * ''[[Cut the Rope (video game)|Cut the Rope]]'' (October 4, 2010) * ''[[Cut the Rope: Holiday Gift]]'' (December 1, 2010) * ''[[Cut the Rope: Experiments]]'' (August 23, 2011) * ''[[Pudding Monsters]]'' (December 19, 2012 on [[iOS]] / December 21, 2012 on [[Android (operating system)|Android]] / February 25, 2022 on [[Nintendo Switch]]) * ''[[Cut the Rope: Time Travel]]'' (April 18, 2013) * ''[[Cut the Rope 2]]'' (December 19, 2013 on [[iOS]] / March 28, 2014 on [[Android (operating system)|Android]]) * ''[[King of Thieves (video game)|King of Thieves]]'' (February 12, 2015 on [[App Store (iOS/iPadOS)]] / February 26, 2015 on [[Amazon Appstore]] / March 5, 2015 on [[Google Play]]). * ''[[My Om Nom]]'' (December 18, 2014 on [[iOS]] / [[Android (operating system)|Android]] (August 17, 2015) (in cooperation with Dynamic Pixels). * ''[[Cut the Rope: Magic]]'' (December 17, 2015) * ''[[Om Nom Bubbles]]'' (December 18, 2015 / August 30, 2021 on [[Android (operating system)|Android]] devices) * ''[[CATS: Crash Arena Turbo Stars|C.A.T.S - Crash Arena Turbo Stars]]'' (April 20, 2017) * ''[[Om Nom Maya Papaya]]'' (January 22, 2018) * ''[[Where's Om Nom]]'' (March 11, 2019) * ''[[Om Nom: Merge]]'' (November 28, 2019)<ref>{{Citation|title=Om Nom: Merge - Release Trailer|url=https://m.facebook.com/cuttherope/videos/821923184904670/|access-date=2020-01-07}}</ref> (in cooperation with Amuzo Games) * ''[[Om Nom: Run]]'' (February 20, 2020) (in cooperation with Koukoi Games Oy) * ''[[Bullet Echo]]'' (May 27, 2020) * ''[[Robotics]]!'' (August 5, 2020) * ''[[Evo Pop]]'' (November 11, 2020) * ''[[Cut the Rope Remastered]]'' (April 2, 2021 on [[Apple Arcade]]) (Developed and published by Paladin Studios) * ''[[Downhill Smash]]'' (November 30, 2021 on [[Android (operating system)|Android]] / December 1, 2021 on [[iOS]]) (in cooperation with [[Hipster Whale]])<ref>{{Citation|title="ZeptoLab and Hipster Whale reveal Downhill Smash"|date=November 17, 2021 |url=https://www.pocketgamer.biz/news/77571/zeptolab-hipster-whale-downhill-smash/|access-date=January 25, 2022}}</ref> * ''[[Overcrowded: Tycoon]]'' (April 26, 2022 on [[Android (operating system)|Android]] / March 3, 2022 on [[iOS]]) * ''[[Cut the Rope Daily]]'' (August 1, 2023 on [[iOS]] and [[Android (operating system)|Android]] for Netflix Games)<ref>{{Citation|title="'Cut the Rope Daily' Is Out Now Bringing a New Logic Puzzle Daily to iOS and Android Through Netflix Games"|date=August 2023 |url=https://toucharcade.com/2023/08/01/cut-the-rope-daily-is-out-now-bringing-a-new-logic-puzzle-daily-to-ios-and-android-through-netflix-games/|access-date=August 1, 2023}}</ref> * ''[[Cut the Rope|Cut the Rope 3]]'' (October 13, 2023 on [[Apple Arcade]] and February 2, 2024 on [[Apple Vision Pro]]) (Developed by Paladin Studios)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Cut the Rope 3 |url=https://apps.apple.com/us/app/cut-the-rope-3/id997332884 |access-date=2023-10-11 |website=App Store |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Apple announces more than 600 new apps built for Apple Vision Pro |url=https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2024/02/apple-announces-more-than-600-new-apps-built-for-apple-vision-pro/ |access-date=2024-02-26 |language=en-US}}</ref>
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== External links ==
* {{Official website|https://www.zeptolab.com/|Official website}}
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