Paradox Interactive

Paradox Interactive AB

Company type	Public
Traded as	Nasdaq First North: PDX
ISIN	SE0008294953
Industry	Video games
Genre	Grand strategy games, 4X
Founded	1999; 25 years ago (1999)
Headquarters	Stockholm , Sweden
Key people	Fredrik Wester (CEO)
Products	Video games
Revenue	1.793 billion kr[1] (2020)
Operating income	628.0 million kr[1] (2020)
Net income	490.6 million kr[1] (2020)
Owner	WesterInvest AB (33.4%) Investment Aktiebolaget Spiltan (17.11%) Tencent (9.12%) Lerit Förvaltning (7.53%) State Street Bank and Trust Company (5.50%)[2]
Number of employees	656 (December 2022)[1]
Subsidiaries	Paradox Development Studio Triumph Studios Playrion Game Studio Iceflake Studios
Website	www.paradoxinteractive.com

Paradox Interactive AB is a video game publisher based in Stockholm, Sweden. The company started out as the video game division of Target Games and then Paradox Entertainment (now Cabinet Entertainment) before being spun out into an independent company in 2004. Through a combination of expanding internal studios, founding new studios and purchasing independent developers, the company has grown to comprise nine first-party development studios, including their flagship Paradox Development Studio, and acts as publisher for games from other developers.

Paradox is best known for releasing strategy video games, especially historically-themed grand strategy games, and has published strategy games in different settings, as well as games of other genres such as role-playing video games and management simulators. They typically continue development of their games after initial release with the creation of downloadable content, and are also known for creating games that are easy to mod.

Outside of video games, Paradox has created board games based on several of its titles, and owns the rights to the tabletop role-playing game series World of Darkness since purchasing White Wolf Publishing in 2015. They hold an annual convention, PDXCON, which has been open to the public since 2017.