What they do:
Orca lets you build, discover, and play Minecraft games with friends.
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Top Gaming Startups in the United States
This list has 95 startups and was last updated on Oct 15, 2026. 16 of them are hiring right now. Biggest hubs: San Francisco (62), New York (10), and Los Angeles (7). Largest teams: Twitch, Machine Zone, and Pocket Worlds. Latest round: Lagomorph Games raised $150K (Oct 13, 2026).
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What they do:
The Marketplace for Complex Hobbies
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
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Crafting simulations for frontier lab model training
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
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Universal, Pure-GPU HTML Renderer
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
What they do:
ai
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
What they do:
Create, edit, and share procedural material graphs.
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HQ: Pittsburgh, PA, United States
What they do:
Create & play AI games with friends
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HQ: New York, NY, United States
What they do:
Mashup any game
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
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Twitch
Acquired
What they do:
A global community creating the future of live entertainment.
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Machine Zone
Acquired
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Pioneers of mobile social gaming.
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
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HQ: Philadelphia, PA, United States
Incorporated: 2023
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$3M · Equity · Jan 2026
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HQ: New York, NY, United States
Funding:
$1.43M · Equity · Jan 2026
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HQ: Seattle, WA, United States
Incorporated: 2021
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$1.38M · Equity · Jun 2026
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HQ: Manchester, NH, United States
Incorporated: 2021
Funding:
$1M · SAFE · Jan 2026
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HQ: Fairfax, VA, United States
Incorporated: 2026
Funding:
$150K · Oct 2026
OMGPop
Acquired
What they do:
An independent flash game studio.
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HQ: New York, NY, United States
Humble Bundle
Acquired
What they do:
Pay what you want for awesome games and other content while giving to…
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Guilded
Acquired
What they do:
Chat for gaming communities
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Eternal
Acquired
What they do:
Own the best moments in streaming
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HQ: Los Angeles, CA, United States
Heyzap
Acquired
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Heyzap (acquired by Fyber for $45m in 2016) is one of the largest…
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Kamcord
Acquired
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Our core thesis at Kamcord was that people do very interesting things on their phone screen but don't have a good way to capture and share those moments.…
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Blitz Esports
Acquired
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Blitz breaks down the complex world of esports and offers new…
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Mayhem
Acquired
What they do:
Mayhem is the easiest way to play with your gaming community.
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Lowkey
Acquired
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Capture, create, & share gaming moments (Acquired by Niantic!)
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Balto
Acquired
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Acquired by FuboTV (NYSE: FUBO) - Contest automation software…
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Launchpad Toys
Acquired
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Creativity at Play. Tablet toys. Acquired by Google, 2015.
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Pursuit
Acquired
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Revlo helps broadcasters on Twitch engage and monetize their fan…
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Escher Reality
Acquired
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The backend for Augmented Reality.
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
SenpAI.GG
Shut down
What they do:
Personal gaming coach for PC gamers globally
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HQ: Boston, MA, United States
Tap to Learn
Shut down
What they do:
Games For Education
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Teevox
Shut down
What they do:
Teevox
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Multiverse
Shut down
What they do:
Multiverse is a web-based game creation system inspired by Dungeons &…
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HQ: Boston, MA, United States
Gamelynx
Shut down
What they do:
Easily watchable cross-platform competitive games.
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HQ: Los Angeles, CA, United States
Sonar
Shut down
What they do:
Minecraft meets Discord
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Vectordash
Shut down
What they do:
Play high-end PC games on your laptop by streaming them.
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Minefold
Shut down
What they do:
Simple multiplayer game servers.
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States