67 Best Video Game Startups to Watch in 2025

The Definitive Seedtable Ranking of Video Game Startups

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There are 337 start-ups with an aggregate funding of $6.4b. The average funding per company in this subset is $95.1m.

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$454.1m

Money raised

Mythical Games is a Los Angeles-based video game development company developing games for playable non-fungible tokens to identify game characters that players can own and offers players a secondary market.

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7

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$612.4m

Money raised

Dapper Labs is a software developer that creates blockchain-based video games and platforms.

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7

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$194.0m

Money raised

Rec Room is a Seattle-based augmented and virtual reality software company.

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8

Funding Rounds

$1.2b

Money raised

Scopely - leading mobile game development company.

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4

Funding Rounds

$95.2m

Money raised

VRChat is a virtual reality communications platform. It was founded in 2014 and is located in San Francisco, California.

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2

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$27.7m

Money raised

One More Game is a Seattle-based startup that specializes in the development of online video games.

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3

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$95.5m

Money raised

PlayVS is a company providing a platform for e-sports competitions for high school students.

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3

Funding Rounds

$5.1m

Money raised

Rainway is a Seattle-based developer of real-time, low-latency tools for streaming, intended for developers and organizations to develop interactive streaming.

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6

Funding Rounds

$11.0m

Money raised

A brain-computer interface company building software and hardware products, neurotechnology tools that interpret human intent, measure emotion and provide telekinetic control of the digital world based on EEG signals.

4

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$53.3m

Money raised

Horizon's Sequence platform will provide a scalable Ethereum architecture for third-parties to build and launch decentralized games that are provably fair, enable true digital ownership, and that reward activity by players on the network.

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$46.0m

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Independent, innovative, and utterly player-focused; we are a AAA video game developer passionate about creating next-generation experiences that players will remember forever.

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1

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$12.0m

Money raised

Faceit is an independent competitive gaming platform.

2

Funding Rounds

$4.0m

Money raised

A mobile application company connecting gamers to like-minded teammates. Its headquarters are located in New York City, New York and the company was founded in 2018.

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1

Funding Rounds

$8.5m

Money raised

Heavy Rain is a video game founded in 2018 by Manoj Duggirala.

1

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$5.0m

Money raised

Blockade Games specializes in integrating blockchain and alternate reality components into puzzles and games.

3

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$30.1m

Money raised

B2B company providing on-demand software developers, designers, and product managers.

5

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$14.2m

Money raised

Fast Travel Games is a virtual reality (VR) game developer founded in 2016.

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$15.0m

Money raised

Developer and publisher of fulfilling free-to-play online games. Available across browsers, mobile and social networks. Learn more.

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2

Funding Rounds

$4.5m

Money raised

Monetizr is a blockchain company founded by Martins Bratuskins.

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6

Funding Rounds

$525.0m

Money raised

Dream Games is a Turkey-based mobile game development company.

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5

Funding Rounds

$72.4m

Money raised

Tapjoy is a mobile advertising company

2

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$5.0m

Money raised

Arkadium is a New York City-based company founded in 2001 by Kenny Rosenblatt.

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2

Funding Rounds

$45.0m

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Metacafe is a Palo Alto, California-based company founded in 2003 by Eyal Hertzog, Arik Czerniak and Noam Copel.

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2

Funding Rounds

$14.0m

Money raised

Neurofenix invented the NeuroBall, an intelligent controller for special video games, aimed at making stroke rehabilitation fun.

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2

Funding Rounds

$460.5m

Money raised

Bigpoint Games is an Hamburg-based company founded in 2002.

5

Funding Rounds

$590.5k

Money raised

Phoenix Labs is a company founded in 2014 by Jesse Houston.

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2

Funding Rounds

$6.3m

Money raised

Starform was started by industry veterans with the goal of changing the way people play games together.We believe that the best teams make the best games - teams that have a shared vision that they want to build together and bring to players around the world. Our teams work directly with players and chart their own course.

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1

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$5.2m

Money raised

Supersocial is a Columbus, Ohio-based video game company.

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1

Funding Rounds

$10.0m

Money raised

rct AI is a build Metaverse with AI generated content founded in 2018 by Xiankun Wu.

4

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$18.2m

Money raised

Also known as MinoMonsters, Mino Games is a company developing mobile games. It participated in the W11 cohort of Y Combinator.

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3

Funding Rounds

$67.7m

Money raised

Azra Games is a blockchain-based developer of collectible and combat games.

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6

Funding Rounds

$150.0m

Money raised

PortalOne is a gaming startup delivering live game experiences with stunning visuals and next level interactivity.

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4

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$17.0m

Money raised

Tamatem is an Amman-based company founded in 2013 by Hussam Hammo.

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2

Funding Rounds

$9.7m

Money raised

Piper is a San Francisco based STEAM education technology company and creator of the Piper Computer Kit.

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1

Funding Rounds

$7.0m

Money raised

Plexchat is a Redwood City, California-based company.

3

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$33.3m

Money raised

A gaming company that is developing a cloud-native sandbox massively multiplayer online game. It was founded in 2019 and is located in Helsinki, Finland.

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2

Funding Rounds

$6.0m

Money raised

Kongregate is a company founded in 2006.

2

Funding Rounds

$26.5m

Money raised

Anzu.io is an in-game advertising platform.

2

Funding Rounds

$14.1m

Money raised

Turnip is a live game streaming and community platform.

1

Funding Rounds

$90.0m

Money raised

Pocket Gems is a San Francisco-based company founded in 2009.

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1

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$5.8m

Money raised

Snatch is an AR Gaming Experience.

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2

Funding Rounds

$46.5m

Money raised

A game development team with a focus on creating virtual universes.

2

Funding Rounds

$1.5m

Money raised

Battlefy is a company founded in 2012 by Justin Wong.

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2

Funding Rounds

$29.5m

Money raised

A gaming studio that designs technology for cross-platform gaming experiences.

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1

Funding Rounds

$7.5m

Money raised

Rovio Entertainment is a finnish video game developer and entertainment company founded in 2003.

1

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$5.0m

Money raised

A startup that makes it easier for game developers, ecommerce marketers and product designers to collaborate online and manage massive digital files.

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2

Funding Rounds

$3.7m

Money raised

Pixowl is a company founded in 2011 by Arthur Madrid.

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$250.0k

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Tailored Games is a browser-based games curated for kids and family.

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$17.5m

Money raised

GameDuell is a Berlin-based company founded in 2003 by Kai Bolik, Michael Kalkowski and Boris Wasmuth.

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$17.5m

Money raised

Developer of multiplayer games intended to bring players together. The company operates a game studio to create immersive non-violent multiplayer video games designed to be a fun place to hang out with friends on mobile and computer platforms, enabling players to gain meaningful experiences and create inclusive communities.

3

Funding Rounds

$693.2m

Money raised

Coda Payments is a Singapore-based company founded in 2011 by Paul Leishman, Bobby Choi and Neil Davidson.

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6

Funding Rounds

$67.6m

Money raised

Admix is an in-game advertising platform founded in 2017 by Samuel Huber.

7

Funding Rounds

$113.3m

Money raised

Klang Games is a game developers founded in 2013.

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1

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Geometric Intelligence is a New York, United States-based artificial intelligence company.

1

Funding Rounds

$35.0m

Money raised

Misfits Gaming is an American esports organization based in Miami

3

Funding Rounds

$140.0m

Money raised

Playco is a developer of instant-play games across a variety of platforms.

1

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$3.5m

Money raised

Gameflip is creating the commerce engine for the gaming Metaverse

1

Funding Rounds

$1.5m

Money raised

Ludia is a Montreal-based company founded in 2007.

7

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$13.2m

Money raised

Artomatixis a software company that uses Artificial Intelligence to create realistic 3D art creation.

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5

Funding Rounds

$23.1m

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Modl.ai is a Copenhagen-based developer of artificial intelligence-driven tools for game development.

4

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$7.3m

Money raised

Cubios Inc. is a company founded in 2017 by Ilya V Osipov, Anna Prasikova, Semyon Orlov, Max Filin and Savva Osipov.

3

Funding Rounds

$8.3m

Money raised

Playdek is a Carlsbad, California-based company founded in 2011.

5

Funding Rounds

$255.0m

Money raised

Spyke Games is a mobile Gaming Company founded in 2020.

3

Funding Rounds

$126.0m

Money raised

N3TWORK is a company founded in 2013 by Neil Young, Bob Stevenson, Erik Lammerding, Steve Detwiler and Alan Yu.

1

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$5.9m

Money raised

Pandascore is an esports data & odds provider founded in 2015.

2

Funding Rounds

$3.9m

Money raised

codeSpark is a company founded in 2014.

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Funding Rounds

$303.0m

Money raised

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