Company overview

Cloud Imperium Games is a new kind of independent studio dedicated to delivering AAA experiences outside the established publisher system, founded by Chris Roberts, creator of the best selling Wing Commander and Freelancer series, Cloud Imperium is currently developing Star Citizen, a record-shattering crowd funded title that combines classic space sim gameplay with Hollywood-caliber visuals.Cloud Imperium aims to pave new ground in game development by sharing the process with the players. Where game development was once hidden, Cloud Imperium has opted to share the process with those backing Star Citizen. Supporters come to know the team and follow them every step of the way as the game created. The community is closely engaged and their feedback Is considered in all aspects of game development, avoiding standard publicity to put Roberts’ epic vision directly in players’ hands.Cloud Imperium has studios in Los Angeles, California ; Austin, Texas ; Manchester, UK and Frankfurt, Germany.
Founded in 2012
Los Angeles, California, USA
768 employees (393 in marketing)
31% recommend to a friend
28% positive business outlook

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People

Hiring activity

Open marketing jobs over time

7 open now

Headcount trend

Company growth over the last 12 months

Headcount -2.4% year over year

Funding

Total funding

$180.9M

Last raise

$17.3M

Series Unknown, 6 years ago

Funding history

Mar 2020

Venture Round Cloud Imperium · $17.3M

Dec 2018

Venture Round Cloud Imperium · $46M

Dec 2012

Product Crowdfunding Cloud Imperium · $117.7M

Audience

Monthly website visitors
51.4K
Month over month-29.5%
Quarter over quarter-8.2%
Top sourceSearch (43.3%)
Ad budget per month$0.0
Average search rank41.9
Traffic source mix
Search
43.3%
Direct
40.4%
Referral
9.5%
Social
4.5%
Paid referral
1%

LinkedIn followers

Follower count and growth

Total followers

47.7K

12-mo growth

+17.9%

Monthly growth

+2.4%

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