All Services | Nine Pixels Game & App Development Studio
All Services

Everything We Build & Ship

Full-cycle expertise across game development, game art, QA, and app development. Every capability your project needs, under one roof.

Art & Design
Game Art Production Across Every Discipline

2D art, 3D modelling, animation, and UI/UX design, produced to engine-ready standards with clear style guides and pipeline documentation. Art that ships on time and looks exactly as agreed.

🎨Concept Art
🫶3D Modelling
🎭Spine 2D
📐UI/UX
📾Characters
🏢Environments
Game Art & UI/UX
Game Art & UI/UX

Concept art, character design, environment art, UI systems, and complete visual pipelines.

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2D Art & Animation
2D Art & Animation

2D character art, frame animation, Spine 2D skeletal animation, and 2D art pipelines.

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3D Art & Modelling
3D Art & Modelling

3D character sculpting, environment modelling, PBR texturing, rigging, and LOD-optimised assets.

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QA & Support
Testing & Live Support That Keeps Games Healthy

Functional, performance, and certification QA before launch, plus ongoing post-launch support retainers that keep your live game running, updating, and engaging players long after ship day.

✅Functional QA
📊Performance
📱Compatibility
📺Certification
🌐Multiplayer
🔥Live Support
QA & Testing
QA & Testing

Functional, performance, compatibility, and certification QA across iOS, Android, PC, and console.

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Post-Launch Support
Post-Launch Support

Live game retainers covering crash monitoring, patch development, live ops, and player support.

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Not sure which service you need?

Tell us what you’re building, we’ll recommend the right service or combination honestly.

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Why Nine Pixels

Why Studios Choose Us Again and Again

We’ve been building games and apps since 2016. Here’s what actually makes the difference.

🎮
We Play the Games We Build

Every person at Nine Pixels is a gamer. We evaluate design decisions as players, test as players, and care about game feel in a way that development-only studios don’t. That perspective shows up in every build review.

🎯
Honest Advice, Not Bigger Contracts

We tell clients when a scope is too wide, when a feature won’t improve retention, or when a different approach would save them money. Our long client relationships exist because we prioritise the right outcome over the larger invoice.

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Transparency at Every Sprint

Playable builds at every sprint review. Weekly written reports. Blockers flagged before they become problems. You always know what’s happening without chasing for updates, because we treat communication as part of the service.

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Specialists in One Domain

We don’t build websites, enterprise software, or marketing platforms. We build games and apps. The depth that comes from doing one thing exclusively is why our code quality, art standards, and QA processes are significantly above what a generalist agency can offer.

Client Testimonials

What Our Clients Say

Trusted by studios, publishers & brands across the UK, Europe, and beyond.

★★★★★
Mobile Game
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Nine Pixels delivered our mobile game on time and on budget. Their Unity team was exceptional, they anticipated problems before they became blockers and the quality of the final product exceeded everything we had scoped. We’re already in talks for our next title.

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Rob Hartley
CEO, Ironforge Studios · London, UK
★★★★★
Hyper Casual
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We brought Nine Pixels in to build our hyper casual title. Best call we made on that project. The team knew exactly what they were doing and we shipped two months ahead of schedule.

KO
Karen O'Brien
Head of Production, Apex Interactive · Manchester
★★★★★
Dedicated Team
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The dedicated team model was perfect for us. Nine Pixels assigned us developers, a 3D artist, and a QA lead, they felt like an extension of our own studio from day one. Our game hit 500K downloads in the first week of launch.

AK
Ahmed Khan
Founder, NovaByte Games · Dubai, UAE
★★★★★
WebGL
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Nine Pixels built our WebGL game from the ground up, browser optimisation, game economy, cross-platform support, everything. Their expertise across both Unity and web deployment is rare. Huge commercial success and we’re building a sequel together.

TN
Tom Nakamura
Co-founder, PlayForge Labs · Singapore
★★★★★
Co-development
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What sets Nine Pixels apart is that they think like game developers, not contractors. They pushed back when our design decisions would have hurt the player experience, and they were right every time. Our retention metrics are the best we’ve ever seen across 12 titles.

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Luca Ferrara
VP Product, Stormgate Entertainment · Milan
★★★★★
Staff Augmentation
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We needed senior Unity developers urgently mid-project. Nine Pixels had them onboarded and contributing within 72 hours. Their talent pool is genuinely impressive and the communication was flawless throughout. We’ll use them again without hesitation.

CD
Claire Dubois
CTO, PixelPulse Studios · Toronto, Canada
Quick Answers

Common Questions

Can you handle the full project or just part of it?+
Both. We work on full-cycle projects from concept through launch, and we also take on specific scopes, a port, a QA cycle, an art production batch, or a single feature. Tell us what you need and we’ll scope appropriately.
Do you work with studios outside the UK?+
Yes. We’ve worked with studios across Europe, North America, Asia, and Australia. For any engagement requiring real-time collaboration, we agree time zone overlap as part of the brief. Remote-first since founding.
What’s your minimum project size?+
For fixed price projects, our minimum is typically £8,000. For staff augmentation there’s no minimum, we can place a developer for a single sprint. For dedicated teams, we ask for at least a 4-week initial commitment.
How quickly can you start?+
Staff augmentation developers can start within 72 hours. Fixed price projects typically begin within 1–2 weeks of contract signing (after discovery). Dedicated teams are assembled and onboarded within 2–3 weeks.
Which game engines does Nine Pixels specialise in?+
Our primary expertise is Unity and Unreal Engine 5. We handle full-cycle Unity and Unreal projects including mobile, PC, console, and cross-platform ports. We also build HTML5 and WebGL games using Phaser and native JavaScript, and develop mobile apps in Flutter and React Native.
Do you offer post-launch support and live ops?+
Yes. Our live ops and post-launch support service covers content updates, A/B testing, monetisation optimisation, performance patches, and crash fixing. We work on retainer or milestone basis and can take over support for a game originally built by another studio.
Can Nine Pixels provide 2D and 3D art separately from development?+
Absolutely. Our art production team operates independently from engineering. We take on standalone 2D art and animation briefs, 3D character and environment modelling, UI/UX design, concept art, and complete visual identity work for games at any stage of development.
How do you price a project?+
We offer three commercial models: fixed price (defined scope, fixed cost), dedicated team (monthly rate per developer), and staff augmentation (individual developers embedded in your team). We’ll recommend the right model after a brief discovery call to understand your project and timeline.