Butterfly (Effect) Games

Butterfly (Effect) Games is a Swedish games developer based in Stockholm. The company is widely famous for its hugely successful VRMMORPG "Empirical". It was formerly a military strategy simulation indie company known as Ragged Colours.

Started in 2009 by Freidrik Vanhaus, the company originally began producing niche RPG multiplayer games in the interests of military history enthusiasts. Eventually this led to the creation of Empirical, designed for a small number of strategists and casual historians.

When the game encountered wildly unforseen, record breaking numbers of downloads and active players, Friedrik opened Butterfly (Effect) Games into a publicly trading company, with himself as a sole majority shareholder.

Now a burgeoning giant in the industry, Butterfly have enormous influence across tens of millions of people across the world, and regulate activities within their games through the Moderation.