Q: Who owns Klei Entertainment?

A: Klei Entertainment is owned by Tencent, a Chinese multinational conglomerate. The acquisition was finalized in January 2021.

Q: What are some popular games developed by Klei Entertainment?

A: Some of their well-known titles include *Don't Starve*, *Eets*, *Invisible, Inc.*, and *Oxygen Not Included*. These games are praised for their unique art styles and engaging gameplay mechanics.

Q: Where is Klei Entertainment located?

A: Klei Entertainment is headquartered in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. The company was also formed there in 2005.

Klei Entertainment

Canadian independent video game developer

Organization video_game_developer Q3181534

Facts

13 properties

Instance of: video game developer
Inception: July 1, 2005^[6]
Owned by: Tencent^[3]
Headquarters location: Vancouver^[4]
Country: Canada^[2]
Official website: www.kleientertainment.com, klei.com^[8]^[9]
Nominated for: Steam Award for Best Developer^[12]
Employees: +35^[11]
Industry: video game industry^[5]
Legal form: business corporation^[13]
Location of formation: Vancouver^[7]
Product or material produced: Eets^[10]
Social media followers: 379k (132k–379k, n=8)^[14]^[15]^[16]^[17]^[18]^[19]^[20]^[21]

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🔖 Identifiers · 20

Crunchbase organization ID: klei-entertainment
Facebook username: kleientertainment
Freebase ID: /m/02qphww
GRY-Online company ID: 5096
GamesIndustry.biz tag ID: companies/klei-entertainment
Indie DB company ID: klei-entertainment
Instagram username: kleientertainment
Media Arts Database ID: C45450
MobyGames company ID: 9578
MobyGames company ID (former scheme): klei-entertainment-inc
Mod DB company ID: klei-entertainment
Steam curator ID: 112393

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TV Tropes ID: Creator/KleiEntertainment
Tabakalera ID: 124339
TikTok username: kleientertainment
Topic's main category: Category:Klei Entertainment
VGC company ID: 2497
VideoGameGeek company ID: 14678
X (Twitter) username: klei
YouTube channel ID: UCzbYAkDCuQYdZ_fKz9MLrWA

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🔗 Connections

← Developer 12

Don't Starve, Oxygen Not Included, Mark of the Ninja, Shank, Shank 2, Invisible, Inc., Eets, Hot Lava +4 more

← Publisher 9

Don't Starve, Oxygen Not Included, Crypt of the NecroDancer, Invisible, Inc., Eets, Hot Lava, Griftlands, Don't Starve Together +1 more

Country 1

Canada

Headquarters location 1

Vancouver

Industry 1

video game industry

Instance of 1

video game developer

Location of formation 1

Vancouver

Owned by 1

Tencent

Product or material produced 1

Eets

← Category combines topics 1

Category:Klei Entertainment games

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Klei Entertainment is a video game developer. It is based in Canada.

It was established on July 1, 2005.

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

[2] ↑ Klei Entertainment — country (P17): Canada. wikidata.org.
[3] ↑ Klei Entertainment — owned by (P127): Tencent. Retrieved 2021-01-23. wikidata.org.
[4] ↑ Klei Entertainment — headquarters location (P159): Vancouver. wikidata.org.
[5] ↑ Klei Entertainment — industry (P452): video game industry. wikidata.org.
[6] ↑ Klei Entertainment — inception (P571): July 1, 2005. wikidata.org.
[7] ↑ Klei Entertainment — location of formation (P740): Vancouver. wikidata.org.
[8] ↑ Klei Entertainment — official website (P856): http://www.kleientertainment.com/. wikidata.org.
[9] ↑ Klei Entertainment — official website (P856): https://klei.com/. wikidata.org.
[10] ↑ Klei Entertainment — product or material produced (P1056): Eets. wikidata.org.
[11] ↑ Klei Entertainment — employees (P1128): {'amount': '+35'}. wikidata.org.
[12] ↑ Klei Entertainment — nominated for (P1411): Steam Award for Best Developer. steamcommunity.com. steamcommunity.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[13] ↑ Klei Entertainment — legal form (P1454): business corporation. wikidata.org.
[14] ↑ Klei Entertainment — social media followers (P8687): {'amount': '+132357'}. wikidata.org.
[15] ↑ Klei Entertainment — social media followers (P8687): {'amount': '+280000'}. wikidata.org.
[16] ↑ Klei Entertainment — social media followers (P8687): {'amount': '+148469'}. wikidata.org.
[17] ↑ Klei Entertainment — social media followers (P8687): {'amount': '+317000'}. wikidata.org.
[18] ↑ Klei Entertainment — social media followers (P8687): {'amount': '+152745'}. wikidata.org.
[19] ↑ Klei Entertainment — social media followers (P8687): {'amount': '+352000'}. YouTube API. Retrieved 2023-03-22. wikidata.org.
[20] ↑ Klei Entertainment — social media followers (P8687): {'amount': '+370000'}. YouTube API. Retrieved 2024-03-23. wikidata.org.
[21] ↑ Klei Entertainment — social media followers (P8687): {'amount': '+379000'}. YouTube API. Retrieved 2025-03-30. wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

[1] ↑ Klei Entertainment is an instance of video game developer (Q210167) [P31, primary]. Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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