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Best Gaming Companies in Hyderabad, India

The 76 best Gaming companies in Hyderabad, India in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Head Digital Works.

76companies tracked
$108.2Mdisclosed funding
0unicorns
12have raised
FLIAR INTELLIGENCE · GAMING × HYDERABAD

Our analysis of 50 Gaming companies

$3.0b in tracked funding; 85% of the stack-profiled cohort runs cloud-native; funding activity peaked in 2024.

50companies analysed
85%cloud-native stacks
2024funding peak (by rounds)
4unicorns
2021median founding year
88kcombined LinkedIn audience
60%of audience held by top 3
9companies hiring publicly (12 mo)

Ranked: Best Gaming companies in Hyderabad

#CompanyRevenueDisclosed fundingLast roundEmployeesTech stackWeb popularityRecent signals
1Head Digital Works
Provider of online skill-based gaming platforms
50Moat top 21%Tech top 37%Market top 39%Customers top 39%
All 11 signals ▾
Moattop 21%
Techtop 37%
Markettop 39%
Customerstop 39%
Fundingtop 43%
Fin. healthbottom 49%
Productbottom 47%
Talentbottom 45%
Growthbottom 42%
Globalbottom 39%
Newsbottom 36%
Moat: Top 4% by revenue among 97 tracked Gambling Tech companies · Editorial + unicorn rating 8/10
Tech: 35 technologies across 4/8 capability areas · Cloud: Amazon Cloudfront, Amazon S3
rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 50/100
$95M
FY2025
$91M109 mo ago534Node.jsYouTubeReact+11Top 10M
2Nautilus Mobile
Developer of mobile-based sports games
$5M
FY2025
$5M52 mo ago35
35 → 55 (+57%)
WixSentryBootstrap+12Top 100k
3ClassicRummy
Online multilingual gaming portal to play Rummy
$3M
FY2025
64Node.jsUbuntuTailwind CSS+10Top 5M
47Seas Entertainment
Developer of online and mobile games across multiple genres
$2M
FY2025
28
28 → 69 (+146%)
PHPparticles.jsYouTube+16Top 10M7 job openings · 1 internship · 1 expansion
5Flecks Labs
Developer of mobile-based casual games for kids
$1M
FY2025
WixSentryBootstrap+14Top 5M
6BigCode
Mobile game publishing and development company specializing in racing, action, casual and arcade games
$509K
FY2022
17
17 → 15 (-12%)
Top 50M
7Tiny Tactics
Developer of mobile games featuring match three puzzle game play
$349K
FY2025
$388K71 mo ago14Squarespace CommerceSquarespaceTypeScript+16Top 5M
8Must Play Games
Game development studio based out of India
$263K
FY2018
WordPressMySQLPHP+14Top 10M
9GoLive Games
Game development studio
$139K
FY2025
$122K59 mo ago10
10Destiny Interactive
Developer of cross-platform games providing art, animation, and UI/UX design
$100K
FY2025
WordPressMySQLPHP+9Top 50M2 job openings
11Playcent
Online reward based gaming platform
$98K
FY2025
$1M63 mo ago6
12BornMonkie
Video game developer focusing on PC, and console games
$87K
FY2025
12WordPress Block EditorElementorWordPress+19Top 50M
13Gamitronics
Developer of virtual reality games and immersive brand experiences
$78K
FY2025
$2M39 mo ago19
19 → 18 (-5%)
NginxIsotopeSwiper+4Top 50M
14Bluboy
Developer of MMO games
$7K
FY2025
9WordPressMySQLPHP+17Top 10M
15HarSar Studios
Developer of Metaverse games
$3K
FY2023
16HitWicket
Online platform offering mobile-based cricket strategy game and simulation experience
37Customers top 24%Tech top 33%Funding top 41%Growth top 47%
All 11 signals ▾
Customerstop 24%
Techtop 33%
Fundingtop 41%
Growthtop 47%
Talentbottom 49%
Productbottom 40%
Newsbottom 39%
Globalbottom 39%
Fin. healthbottom 38%
Moatbottom 34%
Marketbottom 28%
Customers: Play-Store rating 4.38★ across 270,595 ratings (1 apps) · Review volume +17% in 6 mo
Tech: 28 technologies across 6/8 capability areas · Cloud: Amazon S3, Amazon Web Services
rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 37/100
$983
FY2025
$4M1 mo ago68Node.jsThree.jsGoogle Sign-in+12Top 1M1 partnership

Top 11 Gaming companies in Hyderabad

#1
Seed · Hyderabad, Telangana · founded 2012 · 68 employees
$3.9Mraised

Online platform offering mobile-based cricket strategy game and simulation experience. It is a mobile gaming company that offers a cricket strategy game where users can play as the owner, coach, and captain of their own cricket team.

Fliar Intelligence Index™ 37how this company ranks against its industry peers
Customers
top 24%
Tech
top 33%
Funding
top 41%
Growth
top 47%
Talent
bottom 49%
Product
bottom 40%
Customers: Play-Store rating 4.38★ across 270,595 ratings (1 apps) · Review volume +17% in 6 mo
Tech: 28 technologies across 6/8 capability areas · Cloud: Amazon S3, Amazon Web Services · Devops: Envoy, Nginx
Funding: Raised $3.9M across 9 rounds · 9 rounds over 11 yrs (0.8/yr) · Last round Conventional Debt (Apr 2026)
Audience (LinkedIn): 12k LinkedIn followers — 13.3% of this cohort's audience
Activity (LinkedIn): 1 partnerships (incl. Google Play business community) announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
  • Apr 2026Conventional Debt$20M
  • Apr 2024Angel
  • Nov 2022Seed$3M
  • Mar 2022Seed$181K
Founders & team
Keerti SinghCo-founder and VP-Growth
Investors
AvA GROUP, TCA, Mecheri, Shead Investment Holdings, AVA, TicketGoose
Tech stack
AdjustAmazon S3Amazon Web ServicesAnimate.CssCdnjsCloudflare
#2
Series A · Hyderabad, Telangana · founded 2005 · 534 employees
$91Mraised

Provider of online skill-based gaming platforms. This company develops and operates platforms for online rummy, poker, and fantasy games. The offerings focus on providing a secure and engaging experience for players. The portfolio includes established brands within the online gaming sector. The company's technology supports various game formats and ensures fair play.

Fliar Intelligence Index™ 50how this company ranks against its industry peers
Moat
top 21%
Tech
top 37%
Market
top 39%
Customers
top 39%
Funding
top 43%
Fin. health
bottom 49%
Moat: Top 4% by revenue among 97 tracked Gambling Tech companies · Editorial + unicorn rating 8/10 · Soonicorn
Tech: 35 technologies across 4/8 capability areas · Cloud: Amazon Cloudfront, Amazon S3 · Security: Http/3
Market: 534 employees (top 14% of Mobile) · Revenue ~$95.1M · ~2% of tracked Gambling Tech revenue (97 cos, FY2025)
Funding rounds
  • Apr 2017Series A$81.9M
Founders & team
Hari EmaniSenior Director - HR & TA
Investors
Burman Family, Midland Trust Company, Clairvest, Midland States Bank, Windy Investment, SFG Ventures
Tech stack
Amazon CloudfrontAmazon S3Amazon Web ServicesApache Http ServerContact Form 7Elementor
#3
Funding Raised · Hyderabad, Telangana · founded 2022
$2.9Mraised

Provider of block-chain based virtual racing game. The game developed by the company include R-garage an online space 3d interactive game for PC and mobile platforms.

Fliar Intelligence Index™ 11how this company ranks against its industry peers
Talent
top 45%
Tech
bottom 43%
Funding
bottom 41%
Global
bottom 25%
Market
bottom 16%
Talent: 2 named leaders on record
Tech: 17 technologies across 3/8 capability areas · Cloud: Cloudflare · Security: Hsts, Http/3
Funding: Raised $2.9M across 1 rounds · 1 rounds over 2 yrs (0.5/yr) · Last round ICO (Apr 2024)
Funding rounds
  • Apr 2024ICO$2.9M
Founders & team
Abhishek PegadaCo-Founder & CEORubina NaazCo-Founder
#4
Seed · Hyderabad, Telangana · founded 2024
$91.6Kraised

Publisher of PC and console games supporting creators. This entity provides funding and ongoing support to developers, from concept to post-launch marketing and technical assistance. They foster a collaborative environment, prioritizing fair contracts and transparent communication. The focus is on empowering creators to develop bold, imaginative games and nurturing their creative visions throughout the entire development lifecycle. They work with studios of all sizes, aiming to bring unique gaming experiences to players worldwide.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 1k LinkedIn followers
Activity: 1 product launches · 1 partnerships · 1 awards (incl. We Are So Cooked and The Misadventures of Spaceman Biff) announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
  • Feb 2025Seed$91.6K
Founders & team
Mantena RavitejaCo-FounderDeepak GurijalaCo-Founder
Investors
Tamarind Village Ventures, PurpleTalk
Tech stack
Core-JsElementorGodaddyGoogle Font ApiGoogle WorkspaceGsap
#5
Acquired · Hyderabad, Telangana · founded 2013 · 35 employees
$5.4Mraised

Developer of mobile-based sports games. The company focuses on the development of cricket simulation games, which include Real Cricket, Real Cricket Premier League, and Real Cricket Test Match. The games are available for iOS and Android users.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 5k LinkedIn followers — 5.8% of this cohort's audience
Activity: 1 product launches · 1 awards announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
  • Feb 2022Series A$5.4M
Investors
Krafton
Tech stack
BootstrapGoogle CloudGoogle Cloud CdnGsapHstsHttp/3
#6
Seed · Hyderabad, Telangana · founded 2017 · 19 employees
$1.5Mraised

Developer of virtual reality games and immersive brand experiences. The company provides platforms for interactive entertainment and digital storytelling. It offers a suite of services from video games to immersive experiences. The business aims to redefine engagement through interactive mediums.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 4k LinkedIn followers — 4.2% of this cohort's audience
Funding rounds
  • Mar 2023Seed$1.5M
Founders & team
Rajat OjhaCo-Founder & CEORajiv ChilakaCo-Founder
Investors
Big Viking Games
Tech stack
Apache Http ServerGoogle Font ApiIsotopeJqueryReddit AdsSwiper
#7
Deadpooled · Hyderabad, Telangana · founded 2015 · 2 employees
$1.9Mraised

Empower Labs provides a free to play mobile game named Delta-T, which uses augmented reality. When gamers log on to Delta T, they see their actual location, using their phone's GPS as the point where the game begins. They need to move around in the real world and interact with people, things and places to play the game. Part of the ALPHA class of 2016 at the Surge Conference, Bangalore.

Funding rounds
  • Dec 2018Angel$565.7K
  • Aug 2017Seed$874.5K
  • Jun 2015Seed$470.8K
Founders & team
Srinivas IsolaCo-Founder
Investors
Inventcorp, Revathi Biotech, Vataruksham Agro-Farms, Vishay Engineering and Holdings, Ayon Capital
#8
Seed · Hyderabad, Telangana · founded 2020 · 6 employees
$1Mraised

Online reward based gaming platform. It provides in-game items, tokens, and rewards for playing games. It provides users with a platform that helps users to earn money by playing games. Users can find the games based on interests. It is an app based platform and is made available on playstore and appstore.

Funding rounds
  • Mar 2021ICO$220K
  • Feb 2021Seed$1M
Founders & team
Sandeep SudaganiCo-Founder & CEO & DirectorJaykishan NammiCo-Founder & Director
Investors
GBV Capital, Lotus Capital, Moonwhale Ventures, Phoenix VC, Blocksync Ventures, Cronus Ventures
#9
Seed · Hyderabad, Telangana · founded 2017 · 14 employees
$388Kraised

Developer of mobile games featuring match three puzzle game play. The company designs games with the goal of providing long-term player engagement. They focus on creating experiences that encourage players to apply logic and intuition. The company aims to build immersive mobile game experiences for casual game players.

Funding rounds
  • Jul 2020Angel$79.9K
  • Nov 2019Angel$238K
  • Sep 2018Angel$70K
Founders & team
Prabodh PalluCo-Founder & CEOJang Rana BahadurCo-Founder & Creative DirectorTrilok Singh YadavCo-Founder & Director
Investors
Kayam Jeevan Reddy, Ushma Kayam, Girish Nara, Devasani Gopinath Reddy, Nikhil Choudavaram
Tech stack
AngularCore-JsGodaddyGoogle AnalyticsGoogle Font ApiGoogle Workspace
#10
Seed · Hyderabad, Telangana · founded 2008 · 10 employees
$122.4Kraised

Game development studio. The studio has developed Jungle Book - a platformer game for Android platforms based on the popular comic the Jungle Book. It also develops physics game frameworks and also partners with publishers and IP holders for game development. The portfolio of games includes Robin Hood, Jungle Book, Dark Runner, Demon Escape, and Peter Pan among others.

Funding rounds
  • Jul 2021Seed$122.4K
Founders & team
Jonathan MathaiCo-FounderRavi KiranFounder & CEOOvl Kiran KumarCo-Founder
Investors
Hyper Hippo, Venture Gurukool, CIE IIITH
#11
Seed · Hyderabad, Telangana · founded 2018 · 7 employees
raised

Developer of mobile-based hypercasual games. The company is working on casual and hypercasual mobile games. Also, offers marketing and designing services for game developers.

Funding rounds
  • Feb 2022Seed
Founders & team
Vamsi RajuFounder & CEO
Investors
SucSEED Indovation

Funding & investor landscape

$108.2Mtotal disclosed funding
10companies funded
23disclosed rounds
1rounds last 90 days
Most active investors
Click Labs2 rounds
18 Ventures1 rounds
AVA1 rounds
Acsys Investments1 rounds
Almora Capital1 rounds
AvA GROUP1 rounds
Ayon Capital1 rounds
Big Viking Games1 rounds
Blocksync Ventures1 rounds
Burman Family1 rounds

Notable founders

Keerti Singh
Co-founder and VP-Growth · HitWicket
Hari Emani
Senior Director - HR & TA · Head Digital Works
Abhishek Pegada
Co-Founder & CEO · R Games
Rubina Naaz
Co-Founder · R Games
Mantena Raviteja
Co-Founder · 1312 Interactive
Deepak Gurijala
Co-Founder · 1312 Interactive
Rajat Ojha
Co-Founder & CEO · Gamitronics
Rajiv Chilaka
Co-Founder · Gamitronics
Srinivas Isola
Co-Founder · Empower Labs
Sandeep Sudagani
Co-Founder & CEO & Director · Playcent
Jaykishan Nammi
Co-Founder & Director · Playcent
Prabodh Pallu
Co-Founder & CEO · Tiny Tactics
Prism market signals · India · country-scoped Prism corpus, 105,650 docs

Market landscape — 10 sub-themes by coverage

Share of Gaming coverage by sub-theme.

Regulatory-risk over time rising

Funding & growth over time

funding flat · growth rising

RESEARCH SIGNALS · India

How research on Gaming Technology is moving in India

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 88 India-affiliated papers.

research sentiment over time
202220232025
enthusiastic · positive · guarded tone
Tone is overwhelmingly optimistic and steady — the enthusiastic (strongly-positive) share moved 81% → 81% across 2022–2025.
top research entities
  • Chitkara University5
  • International Institute of Information Technology, Hyderabad5
  • Vellore Institute of Technology University5
  • Indian Institute of Technology Bombay4
  • Microsoft Research3
leading researchers
P. J. Narayanan · Lei Yang · Yu-Chiu Tse · Pedro V. Sander · Jason Lawrence · Diego Nehab · Sriram Kashyap · Rhushabh Goradia
Breakthroughs33 · 38%
▲ 0%→44% share
1 median citations58% since 2021mostly methods-led
Breakthroughs are rising (0%→44% of field), led by Real-time rendering.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
  • Real-time rendering1→6
  • Rendering (computer graphics)11→15
  • Game engine1→4
Landmark Image-based bidirectional scene reprojection · 38 cites
Advancements39 · 44%
▲ 0%→44% share
1 median citations54% since 2021mostly methods-led
Advancements are rising (0%→44% of field), led by Game engine.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
  • Game engine2→11
  • Video game development1→4
  • Rendering (computer graphics)10→12
Landmark Game Development using Unity Game Engine · 26 cites
Concerns8 · 9%
▲ 0%→3% share
7 median citations38% since 2021mostly empirical
Concerns are rising (0%→3% of field), led by Rendering (computer graphics).
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
  • Rendering (computer graphics)5
  • Computer graphics (images)4
  • Game engine3
  • Ray tracing (physics)2
  • Graphics pipeline1
Landmark Efficient management of last-level caches in graphics processors for 3D scene rendering workloads · 23 cites
RESEARCH HOTSPOTS · India

Where gaming tech is researched across India

Location clusters by institution affiliation — each city's volume, stance tone, and a quick read on its hot topic, what's advancing, the opening opportunity, and the main concern.

Delhi-NCR7 · +0.46
Hot · Rendering (computer graphics)
Mumbai6 · +0.23
Hot · Computer graphics (images)Opportunity · Game engineConcern · Rendering (computer graphics)
Hyderabad6 · +0.80
Hot · Computer graphics (images)Advancing · Rendering (computer graphics)Opportunity · Radiance
PATENT SIGNAL · India

Who's filing gaming tech patents in India

India gaming tech patent filing is steady — 8 filings from 8 assignees (2016–2024), led by SOUL Vision Creations, Kalra Nitin, Pathak Ashish; annual filings 1→1.

8 filings8 assigneespeak 6/yr2016–2024
filing momentum (YoY 2016–2024)
top patent filers
  • SOUL Vision Creations5
  • Kalra Nitin2
  • Pathak Ashish2
  • Prakash RAVI2
  • Setia Lokesh2
  • Bluestack Systems2
  • JAIN Nikita1
  • Vinnakota Devicharan1

Common questions

How many Gaming companies are there in Hyderabad, India?
Radar tracks 76 indexable Gaming companies headquartered in Hyderabad, India, India, that meet our profile-completeness bar.
What is the total funding raised by Gaming companies in Hyderabad, India?
The Gaming companies in Hyderabad, India on this list have raised a combined $108.2M in disclosed equity funding across 10 funded companies.
Which is the highest-funded Gaming company in Hyderabad, India?
Head Digital Works is the highest-funded Gaming company in Hyderabad, India, with $91M in disclosed equity funding.
How many Gaming companies in Hyderabad, India are funded?
10 of the 76 Gaming companies in Hyderabad, India on this list have disclosed at least one equity funding round.
How many Gaming unicorns are there in Hyderabad, India?
None of the Gaming companies in Hyderabad, India on this list currently has a disclosed valuation of $1B or more.
Who are the top investors in Hyderabad, India Gaming companies?
The most active investors in Hyderabad, India Gaming companies on this list include Click Labs, 18 Ventures, AVA, Acsys Investments, Almora Capital.
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