Metacore closes Germany and Sweden operations, cuts 159 jobs
Metacore is shutting Germany and Sweden and cutting 159 Finland jobs, a sharp reset that shows how little a single hit now shields mobile studios.
Even the studio behind Merge Mansion is pulling back hard. Metacore confirmed it would cut 159 roles in Finland and shut down its operations in Germany and Sweden, a blunt sign that one durable mobile hit is no longer enough to insulate a live-service company from rising pressure.
The restructuring marks a major narrowing for a developer that built much of its growth story around Merge Mansion. Metacore said the move was designed to better align the company with its core business, improve operational efficiency and respond to an increasingly competitive market. CEO Mika Tammenkoski said the company would focus on Merge Mansion, underscoring how fully the studio is now leaning on its breakout title.
The scale of the cut had been foreshadowed in May, when Metacore said it was considering up to 160 layoffs in Finland and was reviewing its Germany and Sweden operations. On June 5, 2026, it confirmed the final number at 159 roles in Finland and said the foreign operations would be closed. The company said it had already completed change negotiations in Finland before announcing the decision, and its support package includes severance, the option to keep work devices, extended occupational healthcare and wellbeing services, plus transition support.
The move says a lot about the economics facing mobile studios in 2026. Metacore’s own message makes clear that new investments did not deliver the global traction the company needed, leaving Merge Mansion as the anchor while other bets were scaled back. That is the kind of pressure that has hit across the mobile business as user acquisition gets pricier and live-ops costs keep climbing. Having a hit still matters, but this restructuring shows it no longer guarantees room to keep a broad portfolio alive.
Supercell adds another layer to the story. In May 2026, it said it planned to acquire the rest of Metacore and bring Merge Mansion into its live games portfolio, and reports said Supercell was already Metacore’s largest shareholder. Put together, the layoffs and the acquisition plan point in the same direction: the business is being tightened around the one game that proved it could scale, while everything else gets cleared away.
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