# Gaming Market Map 2026: 914 Startups in 6 Segments

> Market map of 914 gaming startups worldwide in 6 segments, from game engines and tools, game studios and mobile games on.

Source: https://millionrounds.com/market-maps/gaming-market-map (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

## Game engines and tools

324

- [Dream Games](https://millionrounds.com/company/dream-games)
- [Epic Games](https://millionrounds.com/company/epic-games)
- [ZeniMax](https://millionrounds.com/company/zenimax)
- [Voodoo](https://millionrounds.com/company/voodoo)
- [Scopely](https://millionrounds.com/company/scopely)
- [ProbablyMonsters](https://millionrounds.com/company/probablymonsters)
- [Pocket Gems](https://millionrounds.com/company/pocket-gems)
- [Kepler Interactive](https://millionrounds.com/company/kepler-interactive)
- [Tripledot Studios](https://millionrounds.com/company/tripledot-studios)
- [1047 Games](https://millionrounds.com/company/1047-games)
- [CCP Games](https://millionrounds.com/company/ccp-games)
- [*N* nice](https://millionrounds.com/company/nice)
- [52toys](https://millionrounds.com/company/52toys)
- [TaleMonster Games](https://millionrounds.com/company/talemonster-games)
- [*AG* Archosaur Games (Zulong Entertainment)](https://millionrounds.com/company/archosaur-games-zulong-entertainment)
- [Shinezone](https://millionrounds.com/company/shinezone)
- [The Believer Company](https://millionrounds.com/company/the-believer-company)
- [Telltale Games](https://millionrounds.com/company/telltale-games)
- [Super Evil Mega Corp](https://millionrounds.com/company/super-evil-megacorp)
- [Game Insight](https://millionrounds.com/company/game-insight)
- [Theorycraft Games](https://millionrounds.com/company/theorycraft-games)
- [EDGE Markets](https://millionrounds.com/company/edge-markets)
- [Social Point](https://millionrounds.com/company/social-point)
- [Red 5 Studios](https://millionrounds.com/company/red-5-studios)

+300 more

## Game studios

299

- [Vantage Studios](https://millionrounds.com/company/vantage-studios)
- [Zynga](https://millionrounds.com/company/zynga)
- [Brash Entertainment](https://millionrounds.com/company/brash-entertainment)
- [Niantic](https://millionrounds.com/company/niantic)
- [Shanda Games](https://millionrounds.com/company/shanda-games)
- [Trion Worlds](https://millionrounds.com/company/trion-worlds)
- [Lionbridge](https://millionrounds.com/company/lionbridge)
- [Supercell](https://millionrounds.com/company/supercell)
- [*SG* Seasun Games](https://millionrounds.com/company/seasun-games)
- [Grand Games](https://millionrounds.com/company/grand-games)
- [Zupee](https://millionrounds.com/company/zupee)
- [Cloud Imperium Games](https://millionrounds.com/company/cloud-imperium-games)
- [Curse](https://millionrounds.com/company/curse)
- [TOP TOY](https://millionrounds.com/company/top-toy)
- [Manticore Games](https://millionrounds.com/company/manticore-games)
- [Raptr](https://millionrounds.com/company/raptr)
- [Sleeper](https://millionrounds.com/company/sleeper)
- [ZBD](https://millionrounds.com/company/zbd)
- [Wooga](https://millionrounds.com/company/wooga)
- [Mountaintop Studios](https://millionrounds.com/company/mountaintop-studios)
- [Lucra Sports](https://millionrounds.com/company/lucra-sports)
- [Ludeo](https://millionrounds.com/company/ludeo)
- [Delphi Interactive](https://millionrounds.com/company/delphi-interactive)
- [Mightier](https://millionrounds.com/company/mightier)

+275 more

## Mobile games

125

- [Jam City](https://millionrounds.com/company/jam-city)
- [hike](https://millionrounds.com/company/hike)
- [N3TWORK](https://millionrounds.com/company/n3twork)
- [Plug In Digital](https://millionrounds.com/company/plug-in-digital)
- [Good Job Games](https://millionrounds.com/company/good-job-games)
- [*MP* Mobile Premier League](https://millionrounds.com/company/mobile-premier-league)
- [Spyke Games](https://millionrounds.com/company/spyke-games)
- [ngmoco](https://millionrounds.com/company/ngmoco)
- [Cypher Games](https://millionrounds.com/company/cypher-games)
- [Oberon Media](https://millionrounds.com/company/oberon-media)
- [Mobcrush](https://millionrounds.com/company/mobcrush)
- [Circle Games](https://millionrounds.com/company/circle-games)
- [Caret Games](https://millionrounds.com/company/caret-games)
- [*W* WishRoll](https://millionrounds.com/company/wishroll)
- [Pixel Toys](https://millionrounds.com/company/pixel-toys)
- [Bigger Games](https://millionrounds.com/company/bigger-games)
- [Oh BiBi](https://millionrounds.com/company/oh-bibi)
- [GameMine](https://millionrounds.com/company/gamemine)
- [nWay](https://millionrounds.com/company/nway)
- [Kongregate](https://millionrounds.com/company/kongregate)
- [Kooply](https://millionrounds.com/company/kooply)
- [Peak Games](https://millionrounds.com/company/peak-games)
- [BIT ODD](https://millionrounds.com/company/bit-odd)
- [Medal](https://millionrounds.com/company/medal)

+101 more

## Esports

68

- [PlayVS](https://millionrounds.com/company/playvs)
- [100 Thieves](https://millionrounds.com/company/100-thieves)
- [Team Vitality](https://millionrounds.com/company/team-vitality)
- [AviaGames](https://millionrounds.com/company/aviagames)
- [*VE* Vision Esports](https://millionrounds.com/company/vision-esports)
- [Azubu](https://millionrounds.com/company/azubu)
- [Dignitas](https://millionrounds.com/company/dignitas)
- [Prep Network](https://millionrounds.com/company/prep-network)
- [Pixion Games](https://millionrounds.com/company/pixion-games)
- [GGWP](https://millionrounds.com/company/ggwp)
- [Oxygen Esports](https://millionrounds.com/company/oxygen-esports)
- [Nerd Street Gamers](https://millionrounds.com/company/nerd-street-gamers)
- [G2 Esports](https://millionrounds.com/company/g2-esports)
- [*FE* Fighting Esports Group (FEG)](https://millionrounds.com/company/fighting-esports-group-feg)
- [XSET](https://millionrounds.com/company/xset)
- [*EE* EVOS Esports](https://millionrounds.com/company/evos-esports)
- [GAMURS Group](https://millionrounds.com/company/gamurs-group)
- [RFRSH Entertainment](https://millionrounds.com/company/rfrsh-entertainment)
- [*R* ReKTGlobal](https://millionrounds.com/company/rektglobal)
- [Veritas Entertainment](https://millionrounds.com/company/veritas-entertainment)
- [Popdog](https://millionrounds.com/company/popdog)
- [Chobolabs](https://millionrounds.com/company/chobolabs)
- [PlayBrain](https://millionrounds.com/company/playbrain)
- [*H* Hi-Fun](https://millionrounds.com/company/hi-fun)

+44 more

## Web3 games

54

- [Meta World](https://millionrounds.com/company/meta-world)
- [CryptoKitties](https://millionrounds.com/company/cryptokitties)
- [Metatheory](https://millionrounds.com/company/metatheory)
- [BetHog](https://millionrounds.com/company/bethog)
- [Mythical Games](https://millionrounds.com/company/mythical-games)
- [Dapper Labs](https://millionrounds.com/company/dapper-labs)
- [Immutable](https://millionrounds.com/company/immutable)
- [FreshCut](https://millionrounds.com/company/freshcut)
- [Winna.com](https://millionrounds.com/company/winna-com)
- [*I* Illuvium](https://millionrounds.com/company/illuvium)
- [Worldwide Webb](https://millionrounds.com/company/worldwide-webb)
- [Blockade Games](https://millionrounds.com/company/blockade-games)
- [Blok Party](https://millionrounds.com/company/blok-party)
- [Wizzwoods](https://millionrounds.com/company/wizzwoods)
- [The Wildcard Alliance](https://millionrounds.com/company/the-wildcard-alliance)
- [Party Icons](https://millionrounds.com/company/party-icons)
- [Lucid Sight](https://millionrounds.com/company/lucid-sight)
- [3thix](https://millionrounds.com/company/3thix)
- [Capybobo](https://millionrounds.com/company/capybobo)
- [Yeet](https://millionrounds.com/company/yeet)
- [RealGo](https://millionrounds.com/company/realgo)
- [Crypto Raiders](https://millionrounds.com/company/crypto-raiders)
- [Luxon](https://millionrounds.com/company/luxon)
- [Ertha](https://millionrounds.com/company/ertha)

+30 more

## AI in games

44

- [Decart](https://millionrounds.com/company/decart)
- [*AI* Ares Interactive](https://millionrounds.com/company/ares-interactive)
- [*B* Bunch](https://millionrounds.com/company/bunch)
- [*K* KGeN](https://millionrounds.com/company/kgen)
- [Fifth Door](https://millionrounds.com/company/fifth-door)
- [AIZ Entertainment](https://millionrounds.com/company/aiz-entertainment)
- [NPC Labs](https://millionrounds.com/company/npc-labs)
- [*SA* Status AI](https://millionrounds.com/company/status-ai)
- [Ambrus Studio](https://millionrounds.com/company/ambrus-studio)
- [*B* Born](https://millionrounds.com/company/born)
- [Superkind](https://millionrounds.com/company/superkind)
- [Wefight](https://millionrounds.com/company/wefight)
- [*KF* Kyuzo’s Friends](https://millionrounds.com/company/kyuzo-s-friends)
- [*K* KapKap](https://millionrounds.com/company/kapkap)
- [Avalon](https://millionrounds.com/company/avalon)
- [Future Anthem](https://millionrounds.com/company/future-anthem)
- [Evos](https://millionrounds.com/company/evos)
- [Origin Lab](https://millionrounds.com/company/origin-lab)
- [Powder](https://millionrounds.com/company/powder)
- [Spectarium](https://millionrounds.com/company/spectarium)
- [Soteria AI](https://millionrounds.com/company/soteria-ai)
- [Bitmagic](https://millionrounds.com/company/bitmagic)
- [Bullieverse](https://millionrounds.com/company/bullieverse)
- [Slips](https://millionrounds.com/company/slips)

+20 more

## Segment by segment

### Game engines and tools

324 startups · $7.7B raised

- [**Dream Games**](https://millionrounds.com/company/dream-games) Dream Games is a mobile game development company that develops mobile puzzle games. Türkiye $1.3B
- [**Epic Games**](https://millionrounds.com/company/epic-games) Epic Games, Inc. United States $1.3B
- [**ZeniMax**](https://millionrounds.com/company/zenimax) ZeniMax is a media company connecting game developers, artists, designers, programmers, and talents to create entertainment content. United States $888M
- [**Voodoo**](https://millionrounds.com/company/voodoo) Voodoo is a prominent French tech company based in Paris, specializing in the development and publishing of mobile games and apps India $517M
- [**Scopely**](https://millionrounds.com/company/scopely) DIGIT, a Scopely Studio, is an international team of talented and experienced game makers, creating truly unique multiplayer strategy games. United States $459M
- [**ProbablyMonsters**](https://millionrounds.com/company/probablymonsters) ProbablyMonsters is an independent American game company founded in 2016 by Harold Ryan, a former CEO of Bungie. United States $219M
- [**Pocket Gems**](https://millionrounds.com/company/pocket-gems) Pocket Gems is a mobile game developer based in San Francisco, founded in 2009 by Daniel Terry and Harlan Crystal. United States $155M
- [**Kepler Interactive**](https://millionrounds.com/company/kepler-interactive) Kepler Interactive is a global video game publisher and creative studio based in London, England, with a secondary office in Singapore. United Kingdom $127M

### Game studios

299 startups · $6.8B raised

- [**Vantage Studios**](https://millionrounds.com/company/vantage-studios) Vantage Studios operates as a unit behind Assassin’s Creed®, Far Cry®, and Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six® brands. France $1.3B
- [**Zynga**](https://millionrounds.com/company/zynga) Zynga was founded in 2007 with the vision that play would become one of the core activities on the Internet. United States $896M
- [**Brash Entertainment**](https://millionrounds.com/company/brash-entertainment) Brash Entertainment is an American video game publisher focused on licensed games. United States $800M
- [**Niantic**](https://millionrounds.com/company/niantic) We build real world, AR games and apps that encourage people to explore the world, including top hits like Pokémon GO. United States $745M
- [**Shanda Games**](https://millionrounds.com/company/shanda-games) China $514M
- [**Trion Worlds**](https://millionrounds.com/company/trion-worlds) Trion Worlds develops games and delivers social content across video game genres, gaming platforms and mass-market entertainment formats. United States $190M
- [**Lionbridge**](https://millionrounds.com/company/lionbridge) We enable quality game experiences, globally. China $150M
- [**Supercell**](https://millionrounds.com/company/supercell) We are a game company based in Helsinki, Finland, with offices in San Francisco, Seoul, Shanghai and London. Finland $143M

### Mobile games

125 startups · $1.9B raised

- [**Jam City**](https://millionrounds.com/company/jam-city) Jam City is a prominent American mobile entertainment company that develops and publishes engaging video games. United States $495M
- [**hike**](https://millionrounds.com/company/hike) India $261M
- [**N3TWORK**](https://millionrounds.com/company/n3twork) Creating, publishing, and scaling the very best in mobile games. United States $98M
- [**Plug In Digital**](https://millionrounds.com/company/plug-in-digital) Plug In Digital is a video game distributor that helps studios and publishers distributing their games on PC, consoles, and mobile. France $77M
- [**Good Job Games**](https://millionrounds.com/company/good-job-games) Good Job Games is a mobile gaming company based in Istanbul, Turkey, founded in 2017 by Ilker Ilicali and Nazim Akmandil. Türkiye $60M
- [*MP* **Mobile Premier League**](https://millionrounds.com/company/mobile-premier-league) India $56M
- [**Spyke Games**](https://millionrounds.com/company/spyke-games) Spyke Games is a mobile gaming company based in Istanbul, Turkey, founded in 2020 by industry veterans including Fuat Coskun, Bark Türkiye $50M
- [**ngmoco**](https://millionrounds.com/company/ngmoco) ngmoco develops and builds games for mobile devices, smartphones, and gaming platforms. United States $45M

### Esports

68 startups · $752M raised

- [**PlayVS**](https://millionrounds.com/company/playvs) PlayVS is the leading scholastic esports platform in North America, dedicated to providing infrastructure for competitive gaming a United States $110M
- [**100 Thieves**](https://millionrounds.com/company/100-thieves) 100 Thieves is a premium lifestyle brand and gaming organization based in Los Angeles, California. United States $95M
- [**Team Vitality**](https://millionrounds.com/company/team-vitality) Team Vitality is a prominent French esports organization founded in 2013, known for its professional teams across various video game titles. France $57M
- [**AviaGames**](https://millionrounds.com/company/aviagames) Aviagames is a mobile skill-based gaming company that aims to create a global, competitive, and fun gaming platform for everyone. United States $40M
- [*VE* **Vision Esports**](https://millionrounds.com/company/vision-esports) United States $38M
- [**Azubu**](https://millionrounds.com/company/azubu) Azubu is a global broadcast network, delivering premium live and on demand eSports action, programming, news and analysis. Germany $35M
- [**Dignitas**](https://millionrounds.com/company/dignitas) Dignitas is a prominent international esports organization based in Newark, New Jersey. United States $30M
- [**Prep Network**](https://millionrounds.com/company/prep-network) Prep Network provides content and rankings and aggregates third party content of high school players. United States $30M

### Web3 games

54 startups · $390M raised

- [**Meta World**](https://millionrounds.com/company/meta-world) Meta World was started by a community on a mission to innovate in the play-to-earn crypto space. Switzerland $30M
- [**CryptoKitties**](https://millionrounds.com/company/cryptokitties) CryptoKitties is a blockchain-based game and digital collectible platform that allows users to buy, sell, collect, and breed uniqu United States $27M
- [**Metatheory**](https://millionrounds.com/company/metatheory) METATHEORY is a technology-driven entertainment company based in San Francisco, California, founded in 2021. United States $24M
- [**BetHog**](https://millionrounds.com/company/bethog) BetHog is a cryptocurrency-based online casino and sportsbook platform founded by Nigel Eccles and Rob Jones, co-founders of FanDuel. United States $20M
- [**Mythical Games**](https://millionrounds.com/company/mythical-games) Mythical Games is a game technology company focused on integrating blockchain into gaming, allowing players to truly own their in-game items. United States $19M
- [**Dapper Labs**](https://millionrounds.com/company/dapper-labs) Dapper Labs is the venture studio behind NBA Top Shot, Disney Pinnacle, NFL ALL DAY, CryptoKitties, and Flow. Canada $16M
- [**Immutable**](https://millionrounds.com/company/immutable) Immutable is an Australian Web3 technology company based in Sydney, specializing in blockchain gaming infrastructure. Australia $15M
- [**FreshCut**](https://millionrounds.com/company/freshcut) FreshCut is a Web3 gaming community and content ecosystem based in Los Angeles, California. United States $15M

### AI in games

44 startups · $820M raised

- [**Decart**](https://millionrounds.com/company/decart) Decart AI Lab is an innovative artificial intelligence research laboratory and technology company founded in 2023, headquartered i United States $432M
- [*AI* **Ares Interactive**](https://millionrounds.com/company/ares-interactive) United States $70M
- [*B* **Bunch**](https://millionrounds.com/company/bunch) We connect people whose lives are touched by chronic illness to develop trusted networks called bunches. Germany $43M
- [*K* **KGeN**](https://millionrounds.com/company/kgen) India $23M
- [**Fifth Door**](https://millionrounds.com/company/fifth-door) Fifth Door is an AI-powered gaming platform founded in 2025 and based in San Francisco, California. United States $20M
- [**AIZ Entertainment**](https://millionrounds.com/company/aiz-entertainment) aiz Entertainment uses AI technology to generate interesting content. South Korea $19M
- [**NPC Labs**](https://millionrounds.com/company/npc-labs) NPC Labs operates as a web3 gaming infrastructure company. United States $18M
- [*SA* **Status AI**](https://millionrounds.com/company/status-ai) United States $17M

**How this map is made.** Every startup here has raised money in rounds we track. It joins the map when its sectors, read from its rounds, or the opening of its own description say it works in gaming, and goes to the first segment whose words it carries. Each segment shows its best-funded first. Rebuilt nightly; updated 15 November 2026.

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