Kevuru Games kept full production running through the war by leaning on flexible remote work, relocating teams to safer regions, and maintaining daily client communication despite the disruption. That operational continuity is what let the studio keep delivering AAA work for global publishers without missing deadlines.
Due to russian military aggression, the work processes within Kevuru Games have undergone a number of adaptive changes. Currently, more than 90% of the team is fully working on both pre-war projects and new ones. All our employees are located in safe places in the west of Ukraine or abroad.
Work Format
With the expansion of our employee presence in 2021, we were able to quickly restore pre-war levels of productivity across all teams and ensure that projects were delivered seamlessly to meet deadlines. At the moment we have employees in 10 countries besides Ukraine:
- Poland
- Montenegro
- Bulgaria
- India
- Indonesia
- Armenia
- Kazakhstan
- Moldova
- Switzerland
- Canada
If the client wants all the specialists who will work on the project to be outside of Ukraine, we try to fulfill such wishes as much as possible – almost all specialists are interchangeable. We also continue to actively recruit new employees around the world to develop existing expertises and implement new ones.
Employee Motivation and Support System
Moral support for employees occurs at the level of both individual teams and the entire company. In particular, during the war, we have introduced a system of psychological assistance, where everyone can get a free session with a psychologist. In addition, the leaders of each department monitor the morale of their team, hold regular informal calls, and arrange for quick replacements for employees who need a temporary break or rest.
PMs also track the morale and motivation of the teams they work with. Everyone gets timely support, thanks to which we manage to maintain a high level of both productivity and overall morale in all teams.
Donations in Support of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and Humanitarian Goals
From the beginning of the full-scale invasion, Kevuru Games has continued supporting humanitarian initiatives, charitable organizations, and Ukraine’s defense efforts while maintaining uninterrupted operations for international clients.
Since February 24, the company has donated about UAH 2 million to help the Armed Forces of Ukraine (body armor, drones, thermal cameras, drones, radios, cars, etc.), purchase medical kits, and meet the needs of volunteers.
At the same time, we work only with those organizations and volunteers whom we know personally or whose work results are immediately visible. For example, an organization buys thermal imagers in the Czech Republic today, tomorrow they will be in Uzhgorod, and the day after tomorrow they will arrive where they are most needed – we send funds to such people, because we are confident in the benefits of such a donation.
Every help, hryvnia, or a million, brings Ukraine closer to victory. We also encourage other GameDev companies to donate. We are a united industry and must show that we support our soldiers and volunteers to the maximum.
Operating Activities Result
The plan for 2021 was exceeded: during this period, the company more than doubled with revenue growth of 163%. The number of employees increased to 400+ people with 60% senior specialists and 12% attrition rate. We confidently entered 2022 with new goals for globalization and the achievement of greater goals.
With the start of the war, we really had a slight drawdown in the number of new projects. We took advantage of this pause to relocate our employees who needed that. The transitional period lasted several days. At this time, work on current projects was carried out by our foreign specialists, who ensured the timely completion of all tasks. When the relocating employees settled in their new places, everything quickly recovered.
In 2022, Kevuru Games reached the pre-war level of functioning and opened new areas of expertise:
- We created 2D avatars for the RPG Guild of Guardians, game design and 3D asset modeling for the survival game Undead Blocks, as well as full-cycle development of the upcoming robot combat game MechaChain.
- In addition to classic gaming tasks, we worked on VR projects with the highest requirements for quality and realism of models. For example, for the VR-based simulation project Birdly Insects, we created 23 ultra-realistic models of insects, birds, and plants with animation according to real photo references.
- Enterprise gamification services are also gaining momentum – extensive experience in this niche gives us the opportunity to offer customers ever more effective approaches adapted to modern realities. Our gamification solutions are already actively operating and bringing benefits – this is an application for training insurance activities for BNP Paribas, a platform for conducting test trading for Purestream, etc.
During the last months of work, already functioning in wartime, we became sponsors of such events as the Hamburg Games Conference, Game Developers Conference, and Nordic Game Conference.
Thus, our company is fully adapted to wartime and continues to actively develop in terms of increasing the team, deepening existing expertises, and developing new ones.
Our team placed a ban on all collaboration with russian enterprises and we encourage you to ban russian business as to stop financing the invasion. Here is our official statement regarding the war.
2026 Update
4 years after the start of the full-scale invasion, we continue to work with clients all around the world, and our company is growing. We opened an HQ in Warsaw and an office in the USA. Kevuru Games adaptation was fast and efficient. We successfully passed the ISO 27001:2022 certification in information security, cybersecurity, and privacy protection. Game outsourcing business continuity was our main objective – and we can say that we reached it.
A distributed team is the secret to our resilience and flexibility. If you want to experience Ukrainian game studio reliability and quality work under any circumstances, find out more about us, and let’s talk.
