Dmitri Bukhman co-founded Playrix in 2004 with his brother, Igor. They would initially focus on developing games for the PC market, before pivoting into the mobile games sector in 2012.
The company has had several hit games on mobile, including Township and Gardenscapes. In 2017, the company was ranked as one of the top 10 mobile game developers in the world for the first time.
Through a combination of acquisitions and organic growth, Playrix today is one of the largest mobile games publishers in the European market.