Frontier Developments

Frontier Developments plc
FormerlyFrontier Developments Limited (1994–2013)
TypePublic limited company
AIM: FDEV
ISINGB00BBT32N39
IndustryVideo games
Founded28 January 1994 (1994-01-28)
FounderDavid Braben
HeadquartersCambridge Science Park, ,
Key people
  • Jo Cooke (CEO)
  • David Braben (President & Founder)
  • Ilse Howling (Non-Executive Director and Chairman)
Products
RevenueIncrease £90.6 million (2025)
Increase £12.7 million (2025)
Increase £16.4 million (2025)
Number of employees
696 (2025)
Subsidiaries
  • Complex Games
Websitewww.frontier.co.uk

Frontier Developments plc is a British video game developer founded by David Braben in January 1994 and based at the Cambridge Science Park in Cambridge, England. Frontier develops the construction management simulators Planet Coaster and Planet Zoo, and has produced several games in David Braben's Elite series, including Elite Dangerous. The company takes its name from the earliest titles in the Elite series with which it was involved, a port of Frontier: Elite II and development of Frontier: First Encounters. In 2013, the company was listed on the AIM segment of the London Stock Exchange. It published third-party games under the Frontier Foundry label between 2019 and 2022. In December 2025, Jo Cooke became the company's current CEO. Cooke returned to Frontier as Chief Marketing Officer in August 2025, having previously worked at Frontier as Marketing and Publishing Director as the studio began self-publishing games, overseeing the launches of Elite Dangerous and Planet Coaster.