Rare Ltd.

British video game developer
Organization video_game_developer Q642707
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Rare Ltd.

Summary

Rare Ltd. is a video game developer[1]. Rare Ltd. ranks in the top 2% of video_game_developer entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,561 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • A notable work attributed to Rare Ltd. is Battletoads[3].
  • Rare Ltd. is in the country of United Kingdom[4].
  • Rare Ltd.'s instance of is recorded as video game developer[5].
  • Rare Ltd.'s founder is recorded as Tim Stamper[6].
  • Rare Ltd.'s founder is recorded as Chris Stamper[7].
  • Rare Ltd. is owned by Q73801[8].
  • Rare Ltd. followed Ultimate Play the Game[9].
  • Rare Ltd.'s headquarters location is recorded as Twycross[10].
  • Rare Ltd.'s industry is recorded as video game industry[11].
  • 1985 marks the founding of Rare Ltd.[12].
  • Rare Ltd.'s location of formation is recorded as Ashby-de-la-Zouch[13].
  • Rare Ltd.'s parent organization or unit is recorded as Q73801[14].
  • Rare Ltd.'s parent organization or unit is recorded as Microsoft[15].
  • Rare Ltd.'s official website is recorded as https://www.rare.co.uk/[16].
  • Rare Ltd.'s topic's main category is recorded as Category:Rare (company)[17].
  • Rare Ltd.'s product or material produced is recorded as software[18].
  • Rare Ltd.'s replaces is recorded as Ultimate Play the Game[19].
  • Rare Ltd.'s legal form is recorded as joint-stock company[20].
  • Rare Ltd.'s legal form is recorded as privately held company[21].
  • Rare Ltd.'s owner of is recorded as Ultimate Play the Game[22].
  • Rare Ltd.'s on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as NADD Wikidata project[23].
  • Rare Ltd.'s social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+265942'}[24].
  • Rare Ltd.'s social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+169876'}[25].
  • Rare Ltd.'s social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+55300'}[26].
  • Rare Ltd.'s social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+294869'}[27].

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Founding

Founders include Tim Stamper[6] and Chris Stamper[7]. 1985 marks the founding of Rare Ltd.[12]. Rare Ltd.'s location of formation is recorded as Ashby-de-la-Zouch[13].

Identity

Rare Ltd. followed Ultimate Play the Game[9].

Operations

Rare Ltd.'s headquarters location is recorded as Twycross[10]. Parent organizations include Q73801[14], a video game developer[28], in United States[29], founded in 2000[30], headquartered in Redmond[31] and Microsoft[15], a software company[32], in United States[33], founded in 1975[34], headquartered in Redmond[35].

Industry

Rare Ltd.'s industry is recorded as video game industry[11].

Ownership

Rare Ltd. is owned by Q73801[8]. Rare Ltd.'s product or material produced is recorded as software[18].

Why It Matters

Rare Ltd. ranks in the top 2% of video_game_developer entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,561 views/month).[2] Rare Ltd. has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[36] Rare Ltd. is known by 19 alternative names across languages and contexts.[37]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] . LastDodo. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] . wikidata.org.
  5. [8] . wikidata.org.
  6. [9] . wikidata.org.
  7. [10] . wikidata.org.
  8. [11] . wikidata.org.
  9. [12] . wikidata.org.
  10. [13] . wikidata.org.
  11. [14] . wikidata.org.
  12. [15] . wikidata.org.
  13. [3] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . National Software Reference Library. wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [32] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [33] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [34] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  8. [35] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [36] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [37] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 15d ago · Yirba · 2026-05-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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    Topic's main category Category:Rare (company)
    Fandom wiki id rare
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