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Table of Contents UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington , D.C. 20549 FORM 20 - F ( Mark One ) ☐ ☑ ㅁㅁ Registration Statement Pursuant to Section 12 ( b ) or ( g ) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 Annual Report Pursuant to Section 13 or 15 ( d ) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 for the Fiscal Year Ended December 31 , 2020 Transition Report Pursuant to Section 13 or 15 ( d ) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 Shell Company Report Pursuant to Section 13 or 15 ( d ) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 Commission File Number : 001-39349 DoubleDown Interactive Co. , Ltd. ( Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter ) Republic of Korea ( Jurisdiction of incorporation or organization ) 13F , Gangnam Finance Center 152 , Teheran - ro Gangnam - gu Seoul 06236 , Republic of Korea + 82-2-501-7216 ( Address of principal executive offices ) Joseph A. Sigrist , Chief Financial Officer c / o DoubleDown Interactive , LLC 605 5th Avenue , Suite 300 Seattle , Washington 98104 + 1-206-408-1545 ( Name , Telephone , E - mail and / or Facsimile Number and Address of Company Contact Person ) Securities registered or to be registered pursuant to Section 12 ( b ) of the Act : None Securities registered or to be registered pursuant to Section 12 ( g ) of the Act : American Depositary Shares , or ADSs , each twenty ( 20 ) ADSS representing the right to receive one ( 1 ) Common Share Common Shares , par value W10,000 per share ( Title of Class ) Securities for which there is a reporting obligation pursuant to Section 15 ( d ) of the Act : None Indicate the number of outstanding shares of each of the issuer's classes of capital or common stock as of the close of the period covered by the annual report : As of December 31 , 2020 , there were 2,214,522 Common Shares , par value W10,000 per share , issued and outstanding . Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well - known seasoned issuer , as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act . □ Yes No If this report is an annual or transition report , indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or 15 ( d ) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Yes No Indicate by check mark whether the registrant ( 1 ) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15 ( d ) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months ( or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports ) , and ( 2 ) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days . Yes No Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S - T ( §232.405 of this chapter ) during the preceding 12 months ( or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit such files ) . Yes No Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer , an accelerated filer , a non - accelerated filer , or an emerging growth company . See definition of " large accelerated filer , accelerated filer , and emerging growth company " in Rule 12b - 2 of the Exchange Act .: Large accelerated filer Accelerated filer Non - accelerated filer Emerging growth company If an emerging growth company that prepares its financial statements in accordance with U.S. GAAP , indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13 ( a ) of the Exchange Act . The term " new or revised financial accounting standard ” refers to any update issued by the Financial Accounting Standards Board to its Accounting Standards Codification after April 5 , 2012 . Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has filed a report on and attestation to its management's assessment of the effectiveness of its internal control over financial reporting under Section 404 ( b ) of the Sarbanes- Oxley Act ( 15 U.S.C. 7262 ( b ) ) by the registered public accounting firm that prepared or issued its audit report . Indicate by check mark which basis of accounting the registrant has used to prepare the financial statements included in this filing : U.S. GAAP > International Financial Reporting Standards as Issued by the International Accounting Standards Board If " Other " has been checked in response to the previous question , indicate by check mark which financial statement item the registrant has elected to follow . If this is an annual report , indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company ( as defined in Rule 12b - 2 of the Exchange Act ) . Item 17 Item 18 □ Yes □ No Other