Best Gaming Companies in Amsterdam, Netherlands
The 45 best Gaming companies in Amsterdam, Netherlands in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Play Logic Games.
Our analysis of 180 Gaming companies
$26.0b in tracked funding; 90% of the stack-profiled cohort runs cloud-native; funding activity peaked in 2024.
Ranked: Best Gaming companies in Amsterdam
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Stage | Founder | Founded | Tech stack | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Play Logic Games Online gaming platform | $19M | 221 mo ago | Deadpooled | Willem Smit CEO | 2002 | — | — |
| 2 | CoolGames Web game development company | $7M | 155 mo ago | Series A | Laurens Rutten Founder & CEO | 2009 | WordPressMySQLPHP+18 | — |
| 3 | Merit Circle Developer of metaverse PC based games | $4M | 56 mo ago | Seed | Marco Heuvel CEO | 2021 | — | — |
| 4 | Bit Hotel Provider of blockchain-based social game for mobile devices | $3M | 56 mo ago | Funding Raised | Bram Hoogenkamp Co-Founder | 2021 | — | — |
| 5 | LOCGame Blockchain-based digital collectible card games developer | $1M | 63 mo ago | Seed | Mik Mironov Founder & CEO | 2021 | Webflow EcommerceWebflowAmazon Web Services+17 | — |
| 6 | Force Field Entertainment Developer of PC and console-based VR games | $1M | 109 mo ago | Acquired | — | 2015 | — | — |
| 7 | Geosophic Location-based social feature provider for mobile game developers | $15K | 172 mo ago | Deadpooled | Yurena García-Hevia Co-Founder & COO | 2012 | — | — |
| 8 | Spil Games Publisher of Casual Mobile and Web Games | — | 177 mo ago | Acquired | — | 2000 | RubyRuby on RailsEnvoy+9 | — |
Top 8 Gaming companies in Amsterdam
#1
Seed · Amsterdam, North Holland · founded 2021$4.5Mraised▾
Developer of metaverse PC based games. The games include Star atlas and Lluvium, Hash rush, and Axie infinity. It is also developing a platform for different games in the metaverse.
- Dec 2021Seed—
- Nov 2021ICO$105.7M
- Oct 2021Seed$4.5M
#2
Funding Raised · Amsterdam, North Holland · founded 2021$3.2Mraised▾
Provider of blockchain-based social game for mobile devices. Bit Hotel is an online social NFT game to connect wallets, play with friends and socialize while making money. Players can trade in-game assets and currencies. The game will be available for iOS, Android, and desktop.
- Dec 2021ICO$3.2M
#3
Seed · Amsterdam, North Holland · founded 2021 · 14 employees$1.2Mraised▾
Blockchain-based digital collectible card games developer. The company has developed a game named Legends of Crypto. The game is available for Android, iOS, Windows, and other platforms.
- May 2021ICO$1.5M
- Apr 2021Seed$1.2M
#4
Deadpooled · Amsterdam, North Holland · founded 2002 · 106 employees$19.3Mraised▾
Play Logic is an online gaming platform. It allows users to play slot games, poker, and other games from multiple developers like IGT, Aristocrat, Bally technologies and more for real money. The games are also supported on mobile devices. Also has an in-house game development studio and also publishes games for other developers.
- Mar 2008PE$3M
- Mar 2008Conventional Debt$4M
- Nov 2007PE$12.3M
#5
Series A · Amsterdam, North Holland · founded 2009 · 40 employees$7.3Mraised▾
Cool games (previously Booster Media) is a web game development company based in the Netherlands. It develops multiplayer casual and social games. Allows gamers to search and play the games based on the genres such as puzzle, sports, and arcade etc on the platform. Also provides white label solutions such as game portals for brands. It generates revenue through the display advertisements.
- Sep 2013Series A$5M
- Feb 2012Seed$2.3M
#6
Acquired · Amsterdam, North Holland · founded 2015 · 65 employees$1.1Mraised▾
Developer of PC and console-based VR games. It is a VR-based development studio that develops games with immersive experiences.
- Jul 2017Series A$1.1M
#7
Deadpooled · Amsterdam, North Holland · founded 2012$15Kraised▾
Geosophic is a location-based social feature provider for mobile game developers. It provides location-based social features for games like leaderboards, tournaments, and analytics. The company claims that this will help developers in player retention and monetize their games.
- Apr 2012Seed$15K
#8
Acquired · Amsterdam, North Holland · founded 2000 · 130 employees—raised▾
Spil Games is a Publisher of Casual Mobile and Web based games through the App Store, Google Play and their web portals. Since its inception the company was focused on their web portals for freemium online casual games - at the peak of this segment they had over 50 websites where people can play games online in 20 languages. In May 2014 the company restructured its strategy and operations to move from website to mobile and tablet games.
- Nov 2011Series A—
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How research on Gaming Technology is moving in the Netherlands
A read on the academic research around Gaming Technology — which themes are gaining ground, the institutions and researchers driving them, and how the tone is shifting. Based on 36 Netherlands-affiliated papers.
- Delft University of Technology11
- University of Groningen4
- Utrecht University3
- Eindhoven University of Technology3
- Amsterdam University of the Arts3
- Rendering (computer graphics)13
- Computer graphics (images)10
- Computer vision4
- Real-time rendering4
- Visualization4
- Rendering (computer graphics)4→5
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