Unity is a real-time 3D development platform founded in 2004 as Over the Edge Entertainment in Copenhagen by David Helgason, Nicholas Francis, and Joachim Ante. The company released its flagship game engine in 2005 with the aim of democratising game development beyond large studios with substantial budgets. Today it operates from more than 45 locations worldwide.
The Unity engine powers the majority of commercially successful games across major platforms. It accounts for over 70% of the top 1,000 mobile games, more than 70% of top-selling VR games on the Meta Store, and at least 28% of the top 1,000 PC games on Steam. Games built on the platform average 3 billion downloads per month. The platform maintains over 1.3 million monthly active users.
Beyond gaming, Unity serves multiple industries including automotive, healthcare, retail, and government. Applications span dashboard visualisation in vehicles, realistic training simulations in healthcare, immersive shopping experiences, and infrastructure project visualisation. The platform's name reflects its founding philosophy that developers achieve more through collaboration than competition.
