suzhou snail digital technology co., ltd. (chinese: 蜗牛 苏州蜗牛数字科技股份有限公司; pinyin: wōniú sūzhōu wōniú shùzì kējì gǔfèn yǒuxiàn gōngsī), doing business as snail (chinese: 蜗牛; pinyin: wōniú), is a chinese video game company and a virtual network operator headquartered in suzhou, china, which has branches snail games and snail mobile. its division, snail usa, is responsible for bringing snail games products to audiences in north america and south america. with a focus on free-to-play online games, snail games acts as a developer and publisher of original ip across multiple genres and distribution channels, including massively multiplayer online (mmos), real-time strategy (rts), and casual games. its global registered user base has reached over 70 million accounts,[1] largely driven by its independent games portal woniu.com. the u.s. operation anticipates the launch of its portal for western audiences in q2 2011, playsnail.com, to further drive its efforts abroad.