Best Gaming Companies in Austin, United States
The 110 best Gaming companies in Austin, United States in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Restream.
Our analysis of 71 Gaming companies
$20.0b in tracked funding; 97% of the stack-profiled cohort runs cloud-native; funding activity peaked in 2025.
Ranked: Best Gaming companies in Austin
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Stage | Founder | Employees | Tech stack | Patents & IP focus | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Restream Provider of a platform to stream video content to other streaming platforms | $56M | 65 mo ago | Series A | Andrew Surzhynskyi Co-Founder & CTO | 85 | Apple iCloud MailGoogle WorkspaceNode.js+36 | 3 patents Real-time fluid composition analysis and chemical sensing for dynamic mixtures | — |
| 2 | Virtuix Omni Provider of a treadmill for moving freely and naturally in a VR game 35Tech top 21%Funding top 22%News top 25%Product top 28% All 11 signals ▾Techtop 21% Fundingtop 22% Newstop 25% Producttop 28% Moattop 31% Growthbottom 46% Marketbottom 42% Talentbottom 40% Globalbottom 37% Fin. healthbottom 28% Customersbottom 2% Tech: 65 technologies across 6/8 capability areas · Cloud: Amazon Cloudfront, Amazon S3 Funding: Raised $43.4M across 13 rounds · 13 rounds over 12 yrs (1.1/yr) rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 35/100 | $43M | 0 mo ago | Public | Jan Goetgeluk Founder & CEO | 23 23 → 39 (+70%) | Builder.ioShopifySentry+30 | — | 3 launchs |
| 3 | ArtCraft Entertainment Video game developer focusing on MMORPGs | $29M | 76 mo ago | Acquired | — | 11 | Amazon Web ServicesZendeskGoogle Workspace+3 | — | — |
| 4 | InfiniGods Developer of web3 games 22Talent top 38%Moat top 39%Funding top 40%Customers top 44% All 9 signals ▾Talenttop 38% Moattop 39% Fundingtop 40% Customerstop 44% Techtop 47% Productbottom 48% Globalbottom 36% Marketbottom 35% Growthbottom 18% Talent: 2 named leaders on record · 2 C-suite/founder profiles curated Moat: Editorial + unicorn rating 7/10 · 9 curated direct competitors tracked rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 22/100 | $17M | 25 mo ago | Series A | Owen Odonoghue Co-Founder | 30 | Node.jsGoogle Sign-inApple Sign-in+13 | — | — |
| 5 | Nexus Online platform for the creation of video game store | $16M | 40 mo ago | Series B | — | 20 | TypeScriptGraphQLNode.js+23 | 121 patents Microfluidic diagnostic and analysis platforms integrating thin-film centrifugation and assay automation | — |
| 6 | Certain Affinity American video game development studio | $15M | 104 mo ago | Acquired | Max Hoberman Founder & President | 207 207 → 177 (-14%) | WordPressApple iCloud MailGoogle Workspace+27 | — | — |
| 7 | Challenge Games Online multiplayer game development company | $14M | 213 mo ago | Acquired | Andrew Busey Founder | 35 | — | — | — |
| 8 | Heatwave Independent game development studio | $13M | 191 mo ago | Deadpooled | Anthony Castoro ex-CEO & Co-Founder | 15 | — | 2 patents Portable heating devices for warming articles, such as food or personal items. | — |
| 9 | Bee Cave Games Casino Games developer targeting Mobile and Web platforms | $11M | 132 mo ago | Deadpooled | Erik Bethke CEO & Founder | 22 | — | — | — |
| 10 | Aquifer Developer of an animation platform for creating animated brand content | $10M | 44 mo ago | Acquired | Chen Zhang Co-Founder & CEO | 24 | Webflow EcommerceWebflowSentry+16 | — | — |
| 11 | 3thix Gaming wallet for web3 games and building gaming technology | $8M | 29 mo ago | Series A | Ankur R Co-Founder and Chief Operating Officer | — | — | — | — |
| 12 | Pocket Worlds Developer of a platform for user-generated virtual worlds and social experiences | $8M | 64 mo ago | Series A | Gordon Su Co-Founder | 83 | Node.jsRadix UIPanda CSS+10 | — | — |
| 13 | GameSalad Game development software provider for non-programmers | $7M | 86 mo ago | Series A | — | 10 | WordPressMySQLPHP+25 | 3 patents Monetization plug‑ins, template code generation, and interactive multimedia app authoring tools. | — |
| 14 | GameGPT AI-Driven platform for blockchain games | $6M | 29 mo ago | Funding Raised | Victor Tan Co-Founder | — | Monaco EditorTailwind CSSReact+10 | — | — |
| 15 | Owlchemy Labs XR studio crafting playful VR games and experiences with spatial interactions | $5M | 118 mo ago | Acquired | — | 50 | Squarespace CommerceSquarespaceTypeScript+14 | — | — |
| 16 | Nifty Island Provider of online community-based gaming platform | $5M | 57 mo ago | Series A | — | 37 | SentryNode.jsRadix UI+22 | — | — |
| 17 | Windwalk Online gamers community | $4M | 20 mo ago | Series A | Cristoforo Feo Co-Founder & CTO | 26 | — | — | — |
| 18 | Metacrafters Developer of a multichain learn-to-earn game for PC and console | $4M | 48 mo ago | Funding Raised | Kevin Yang Co-Founder | — | Node.jsVimeoHeadless UI+24 | — | — |
| 19 | Moon Beast Productions Game development studio | $4M | 24 mo ago | Series A | Peter Hu Co-Founder | — | WixSentryBootstrap+10 | — | — |
| 20 | Million on Mars Developer of PC and console-based blockchain games | $3M | 41 mo ago | Series A | Erik Bethke Co-Founder | 16 | — | — | — |
| 21 | AstroBeam VR game studio focused on multiplayer | $3M | 31 mo ago | Seed | Devin Reimer Founder & CEO | — | — | — | 1 launch |
| 22 | Game Jolt Online gaming platform offering arcade-style multiplayer games | $3M | 56 mo ago | Seed | — | 15 | MagentoErlangElixir+13 | — | — |
| 23 | Closing Theory Studios Game development studio offering casual games | $2M | 35 mo ago | Seed | Ankith Harathi Co-Founder & CEO | — | — | — | — |
| 24 | Arctic7 Developer of PC and mobile-based casual games | $2M | 51 mo ago | Seed | Alan Slyke Co-Founder | 71 | — | — | — |
| 25 | Tribe Gaming Esports player organization | $1M | 58 mo ago | Seed | Jonathan Sakoucky Co-Founder | 47 | WordPressMySQLPHP+17 | — | — |
| 26 | Spawn Labs Cloud gaming technology provider | $1M | 201 mo ago | Acquired | David Wilson ex-President & CEO | — | — | 6 patents Cloud-based game streaming and remote access platform for interactive entertainment | — |
| 27 | BrightLocker Crowd-supported game developer and publisher | $805K | 108 mo ago | Deadpooled | — | 20 | — | — | — |
| 28 | Leap Computing Gaming software company providing cloud-hosted desktops | $778K | 120 mo ago | Deadpooled | Alex Nataros CEO | 10 | — | 5 patents GPU virtualization and remote graphics streaming for virtual machines | — |
| 29 | Midnight Studios Developer of a cross-platform video game | $542K | 179 mo ago | Seed | Charles Normann Founder & CEO | — | — | 3 patents Creation and management of unique digital assets for virtual economies | — |
| 30 | Sneaky Games Web game development studio | $325K | 190 mo ago | Acqui-Hired | David Godwin CEO | — | — | — | — |
| 31 | Airship Syndicate Independent video game development studio | $125K | 66 mo ago | Seed | Joe Madureira Co-Founder & CEO | 49 49 → 26 (-47%) | Squarespace CommerceSquarespaceTypeScript+13 | — | 1 launch |
| 32 | Superpowered Cross-platform audio, networking, and cryptography SDKs for interactive app development | $120K | 111 mo ago | Acquired | Patrick Vlaskovits Cofounder & CEO | — | PleskNginxAMP+9 | 3 patents Secure, high‑efficiency digital signal processing and encryption for streaming media | — |
| 33 | Signum City Operator of a platform for discovering and acquiring expired domain names | $100K | 82 mo ago | Deadpooled | Lauren Winfield Founder & CEO | 2 | — | — | — |
| 34 | Uconnect Online sponsorship maketplace for esports organizations | $100K | 82 mo ago | Seed | Dylan Liu CEO | — | — | — | — |
Top 12 Gaming companies in Austin
#1
Public · Austin, Texas · founded 2013 · 23 employees$43.4Mraised▾
Provider of a treadmill for moving freely and naturally in a VR game. The motion-sensing treadmill allows users to stand up and traverse virtual worlds with the natural use of their own feet. The base of the Omni is a grooved, low-friction surface. It also offers special pinned shoes to keep the foot stabilized and prevent lateral sliding.
- Oct 2025Series A$1.3M
- Sep 2024Series A$500K
- Mar 2023Series A$411.2K
- Mar 2021Series A$278.4K
#2
Series A · Austin, Texas · founded 2018 · 26 employees$4.5Mraised▾
Operator of a game development studio intended to build online computer games. The company's studio specializes in the development of online multiplayer games that combine hidden roles gameplay with exciting real-time combat and requires social tactics as reflexes, enabling players to enjoy competitive online games.
#3
Series A · Austin, Texas · founded 2021 · 30 employees$17Mraised▾
Developer of web3 games. The company focuses on the development of strategy and battle games using blockchain technologies which includes InfiniTowers, InfiniRealms, and InfiniArena.
- Apr 2024Series A$8M
- May 2022Seed$9M
#4
Series A · Austin, Texas · founded 2015 · 85 employees$56.5Mraised▾
Provider of a platform to stream video content to other streaming platforms. It allows users to stream videos to streaming platforms such as Twitch, Hitbox, Ustream, and others. Users can stream videos on various platforms simultaneously. Allows producers to analyze and interact with their viewers across platforms.
- Jan 2021Series A—
- Aug 2020Series A$50M
- Mar 2019Seed$3.4M
- 2018Seed—
#5
Series A · Austin, Texas · founded 2023$8.5Mraised▾
Gaming wallet for web3 games and building gaming technology. The platform offers features such as buying, selling, trading, and playing games on the blockchain. It supports various payment methods, including credit cards, ACH, Google and Apple pay, and gasless trading OTC.
- Jan 2024Series A$8.5M
#6
Series B · Austin, Texas · founded 2015 · 20 employees$16.3Mraised▾
Online platform for the creation of video game store. Users can streamline their content on the platform. They can monetize their games by linking merch, tipping streamers, and more. The platform also allows users to select their favorite games from the library, write reviews, and grow their channel.
- Jan 2023Series B$10M
- Nov 2022Series A$9.1M
- Nov 2019Series A$5.3M
- Dec 2018Conventional Debt$1.2M
#7
Series A · Austin, Texas · founded 2013$4.5Mraised▾
Game development studio. It develops PC based games. It develops multiplayer roleplay based games. It is having principals on Diablo, Diablo 2, Diablo 3, Nox, Hellgate London, Torchlight, Torchlight 2, Marvel Heroes Online, and many more.
- Jun 2024Series A$4.5M
#8
Funding Raised · Austin, Texas · founded 2021$6.5Mraised▾
AI-Driven platform for blockchain games. It is an AI-driven game builder supporting blockchain games using token $DUEL. It offers a platform for game developers to create gaming experiences.
- Jan 2024ICO$6.5M
#9
Acquired · Austin, Texas · founded 2019 · 24 employees$10.5Mraised▾
Developer of an animation platform for creating animated brand content. The platform provides tools to produce animated videos starring brand characters. It offers features such as text-based animation, automatic lip sync, facial expressions, and body animations. The platform also includes camera shot options and video export capabilities. It allows users to create educational videos, short episodes, and social media content.
- Oct 2022Seed$3M
- Dec 2021Seed$2M
- Aug 2021Seed$4M
- Oct 2020Seed$1.3M
#10
Acquired · Austin, Texas · founded 2013 · 11 employees$28.7Mraised▾
ArtCraft Entertainment is a video game developer focusing on MMORPGs. It is developing its first title known as "Crowfall" - blend of an MMORPG and a large-scale game of territorial conquest. Players take the roles of knights and villains, kings and queens, all vying for control of a virtual throne. Has won "Best of 2015 - Most Anticipated MMO" at "MMORPG.com".
- Jan 2020Series A$11.7M
- Jan 2019Series A$2.5M
- Dec 2017Series A$6M
- Nov 2017Series A$2.1M
#11
Seed · Austin, Texas · founded 2023$3Mraised▾
VR game studio focused on multiplayer. It offers human ways to hangout and have fun with friends in VR. The company is emphasizing natural hand tracking and voice communication with both friends and non-playable characters (NPCs) to create a multiplayer VR environment.
- Nov 2023Seed$3M
#12
Series A · Austin, Texas · founded 2013 · 83 employees$8.3Mraised▾
Developer of a platform for user-generated virtual worlds and social experiences. The platform enables users to create immersive worlds and interactive games. It provides tools for builders and designers to create content. The company focuses on empowering creators and building digital experiences.
- Jan 2021Series A$8.3M
- Dec 2019Seed$10K
- Aug 2018Seed$2M
- May 2018Seed$740K
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