What they do:
Create, Share, Play Mobile Games on the iPad.
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HQ: London, Canada
Top Gaming Startups
This list has 116 startups and was last updated on Oct 15, 2026. 18 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:
Chat game universe
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HQ: New York, NY, United States
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Building Products and Datasets for Frontier Models
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
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Talk & play multiplayer games with your friends!
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HQ: New York, NY, United States
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Build games at the speed of thought
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
What they do:
Play the latest games in your browser with no downloads
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HQ: Los Angeles, CA, United States
What they do:
Anyone can create real games with AI
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
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ideate.xyz is an AI-powered 3D art suite on the web
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HQ: London, United Kingdom
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Robinhood for sports prediction markets
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Orca lets you build, discover, and play Minecraft games with friends.
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
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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
What they do:
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:
Host a Poker Club and Make Money
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HQ: Jaco, Costa Rica
YC S26Early stage
What they do:
Mashup any game
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
YC F26Early stage
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
What they do:
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
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$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
A Thinking Ape
Acquired
What they do:
We build communities through massively multiplayer mobile games
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Quell
Acquired
What they do:
Get fit fighting your way through a fantasy world.
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HQ: London, United Kingdom
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
What they do:
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
What they do:
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
What they do:
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
What they do:
Capture, create, & share gaming moments (Acquired by Niantic!)
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States