69 Best Video game industry Startups to Watch in 2024

Developer of fully interactive advanced lab simulations designed to create scalable science training software. The company's simulations offer a virtual laboratory based on mathematical algorithms that support open-ended investigations along with molecular three-dimension animations, quiz questions, and background theory.

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

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

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.

Online learning tool with courses created by its community

Wooga is a german company founded in 2009 by Jens Begemann.

Darewise Entertainment is a platform providing interactive, socially-connected online gaming experiences founded in 2015.

Uk-based provider of dvd-by-mail and streaming video on demand in the uk and germany

Fable is a New York City-based company.

Machinima is a Los Angeles-based company founded in 2004 by Strange Company, Third Wave Digital and Philip DeBevoise.

Big Fish Games is a Seattle-based company founded in 2002 by Paul Thelen.

Gaia Interactive is a company founded in 2003.

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

NaturalMotion Games is a United Kingdom-based company founded in 2001.

Jump Ramp Games is a company founded in 2011 by Alex Betancur.

OpenSea is an online marketplace for buying and selling cryptocollectibles. The company is located in New York City and was founded in 2017.

Kabam is a company founded in 2006 by Kevin Chou.

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

Cheng Guang is a Beijing-based company founded in 2012.

Ramp is a multi-chain DeFi lending platform.

Fractal is a gaming marketplace developed to facilitate non-fungible tokens (NFTs).

Braintrust is a decentralized talent network. Braintrust is a blockchain-powered freelancer marketplace that connects skilled tech experts with clients.

Microsoft is an American multinational technology company that develops, manufactures, licenses, supports, and sells computer software, consumer electronics, personal computers, and related services.

Gazillion Entertainment is a Foster City, California-based company founded in 2005 by Bhavin Shah.

Roblox provides an online entertainment platform that allows users to build and play games and share them with others.

Immutable provides a blockchain infrastructure that transforms digital asset ownership in the video gaming industry.

Tool to play all Bitcoin games and use any Bitcoin Lightning apps

1047 Games is a Zephyr Cove, Nevada-based company.

Nifty League is a company founded in 2021 by Andrew Mahoney-Fernandes, Ali Timnak and Mike Scott.

Storehouse is a company founded in 2013.

Sunrise is a japanese animation studio founded in 1963.

OMGPop is a company developing social games for Facebook, iPhone and the open web. It participated in the S06 cohort of Y Combinator. Zynga acquired OMGPop in 2012.

Unikrn is a Seattle-based eSports betting site. The company was acquired by Entain in 2021.

Mojiworks is a Guildford-based company founded in 2016 by Alan Harding.

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.

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

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

Open Drives is a Santa Monica, California-based company founded in 2011 by Kyle Jackson.

Building middleware for the metaverse to empower players like never before

100 Thieves is an esports and gaming lifestyle company founded in 2017 by Dan Gilbert, Scooter Braun, Nadeshot, Matthew Haag and Drake.

STEPN is a Web3 lifestyle app with Social-Fi and Game-Fi elements.

Hoolai Games is a Beijing-based company founded in 2011.

Humble Bundle is a startup company providing a platform that allows people to pay what they want for downloadable content and give portion of the payments to charities of their choice.

Electronic Arts is a Redwood City, California-based company in the video game industry founded in 1982 by Trip Hawkins, Jeff Burton and Stewart J Bonn

RockYou is an Oakland, California-based company founded in 2005 by Jia Shen.

E4C: Final Salvation is a the first Esports metaverse game founded by Johnson Yeh.

Software company with a real-time engine and flexible real-time tools used by game developers and creators across industries and applications in 2D, 3D, VR, and AR.

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

Rec Room is a Seattle-based company founded in 2016 by Nick Fajt, Dan Kroymann, Bilal Orhan, Cameron Brown, John Bevis and Josh Wehrly.

A network of decentralized marketplaces and communities built on the d0xINFRA framework.

Gracenote is a company that works with entertainment data and technologies for music, videos, and sports

Atari is a third party video game developer, publisher, and distributor.

Joost is a company founded in 2006 by Niklas Zennström.

51wan is a Beijing-based company.

Mobile Premier League is a company founded in 2018 by Sai Srinivas Kiran G.

Plain Vanilla is an Iceland-based company founded in 2011.

Mirage is a San Francisco-based company.

Chukong Technologies is a Beijing-based company founded in 2009.

Digital Chocolate is a San Mateo, California-based company founded in 2003 by Trip Hawkins.

5211game is a Shanghai-based company.

Strips Finance is the FIRST revolutionary interest rate derivatives exchange on Arbitrum

Mauj Mobile is a company founded in 2006.

Galaxy Fight Club - it is a real-time PvP game that brings all the other different NFT collections together on one platform.

Vulcun is a San Francisco-based company.

GameFly is a Los Angeles-based company founded in 2002.

mo9 is a Shanghai-based company.

Thatgamecompany is a video game development studio founded in 2006 by Jenova Chen.

Zoom is a computer software company providing remote conferencing services to businesses and organizations. Zoom is a San Jose, California-based company founded in 2011 by Eric S. Yuan.