Best Gaming Companies in Italy
The 108 best Gaming companies in Italy in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Taroverse.
Italy's Gaming sector isn't the loudest room in European tech, but if you track where early capital is moving, 108 companies and $16M in disclosed funding tell a real story. Taroverse leads the pack at $5M, QLASH follows at $4M, and TimeShuffle rounds out the upper tier at $2M. The global market was valued at roughly $202.7B in 2022, and even with a revised trajectory toward $117.2B by 2028 at a 9.24% CAGR, the structural demand drivers, AR/VR adoption and post-pandemic habit formation, haven't faded. Loot box regulation is the friction point worth watching: it's reshaping monetization models across Europe, and Italian studios aren't immune.
So what does momentum look like on the ground? Median install growth of roughly +11% YoY across 23 gaming apps signals the audience is still expanding, even as editorial coverage stays flat. The hot hardware themes, gaming laptops and high-performance GPUs, suggest where consumer spending is consolidating. Globally, deals like Nodwin's $55M Starladder acquisition show how aggressively operators are building scale, and I'd expect Italian studios to feel that competitive pressure acutely. You're looking at a market where the top-funded local players are still sub-unicorn, but investors like Europa and LVenture Group are clearly betting the gap closes.
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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 Italy
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Stage | Founder | Employees | Tech stack | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 34 Big Things Developer of racing and combat video games for multiple platforms | — | — | Unfunded | — | 55 | WordPressMySQLPHP+16 | — |
| 2 | Abyte Entertainment Indie game development studio | — | — | Unfunded | Giulio Marra Co-Founder & CEO | — | WordPress Block EditorWordPressMySQL+16 | — |
| 3 | AlmaBox Gaming company developing AR-games and technology | — | — | Funding Raised | Alessandro Febbrari Founder & General Manager | 3 | WordPressMySQLPHP+28 | — |
| 4 | Artematica Developer of video games and software based out of Italy | — | — | Unfunded | Riccardo Cangini Founder | — | — | — |
| 5 | Balzo Mobile game and application development studio | — | — | Funding Raised | Giuseppe Lapenta Co-Founder | 7 | — | — |
| 6 | Besteam Game Provider of an NFT-based fantasy sports platform | — | — | Unfunded | Enrico Coviello Co-Founder & CEO | — | — | — |
| 7 | Celeste (Italy) Developer of a musical gaming application designed to offer soundtrack based video gaming experiences. | — | — | Deadpooled | — | 5 | — | — |
| 8 | Chubby Pixel Video game development studio for PC, mobile and VR devices | — | — | Public | Fabio Ferrara Co-Founder | — | WordPressPleskMySQL+22 | 5 launchs |
Top 12 Gaming companies in Italy
#1
Funding Raised · Turin, Piedmont · founded 2013$334.7Kraised▾
Video game developer specializing in core games
- Oct 2023Grant (prize money)$158.8K
- Sep 2020Grant (prize money)$175.9K
#2
Seed · Milano, Umbria · founded 2021$290.6Kraised▾
Videogame assessment platform for companies for recruiting and training. The company offers an assessment tool that uses video games to discover and enhance the skills and aptitudes of people in the company to improve the processes of selection and enhancement of each person's potential.
- Jul 2023Seed$290.6K
#3
Seed · Villorba, Veneto · founded 2017 · 67 employees$3.9Mraised▾
Esports player organization. It has teams for various games like Clash Royale, FIFA, Fortnite, Hearthstone, Brawl Stars, Tekken, League of Legends, Rainbow6, Apex Legends, PUBG, Call of Duty, and more. It also has an online store offering merch.
#4
Funding Raised · Saint Vincent, Aosta Valley · founded 2021$4.7Mraised▾
Developer of PC and mobile-based metaverse games. It offers a play-to-earn cross-platform metaverse island that allows players to socialize and play a variety of games. It also offers an NFT chest and cards as a reward.
- Apr 2022ICO$4.7M
#5
Funding Raised · Acireale, Catania · founded 2016$320.2Kraised▾
Developer of PC and console-based casual games. The games developed by the company include Remothered a survival horror game, and Batora a story-driven action role-playing game for PC platforms.
- Mar 2023Grant (prize money)$160.2K
- Mar 2023Grant (prize money)$160K
#6
Seed · Saint Vincent, Aosta Valley · founded 2021$2.1Mraised▾
Online gaming platform that enables players to trade in in-game assets. The game features different battlefields, balanced factions, and heroes, in-game items and consumables as well as team swaps and various engaging game modes.
- May 2022Seed$2.1M
#7
Funding Raised · Rome, Lazio · founded 2013 · 23 employees$160.9Kraised▾
Storm in a Teacup is an indie game development studio based in Italy. It has developed multiple games including "ENKI", "N.E.R.O.: Nothing Ever Remains Obscure", and "Lantern". The games are available on Steam, PlayStation Store, and Windows store. It generates revenue through paid games.
- Jan 2023Grant (prize money)$160.9K
#8
Seed · Florence, Tuscany · founded 2021 · 4 employees$700Kraised▾
NFT-based battle video game. The game allows users to farm, loot, and trade NFTs. Users have to create a wallet that supports FINA tokens.
- Oct 2021ICO$700K
- Sep 2021Seed—
#9
Seed · Naples, Campania · founded 2020 · 22 employees$541.1Kraised▾
Online platform offering esports tournaments. The platform allows users to organize and participate in various gaming tournaments. Users can earn cash rewards by participating in the tournaments. The company also streams its tournaments on platforms like Twitch. The app is available for Android and iOS users.
- May 2021Angel$541.1K
#10
Seed · Milano, Lombardy · founded 2021 · 13 employees$18.2Kraised▾
Provider of a collectible gaming platform to buy, collect, and trade celebrity collectibles. It offers a platform that allows gamers to purchase digital assets and make up the 3D image of artists and celebrities for digital and social media.
- Dec 2022Seed$18.2K
#11
Seed · Rome, Lazio · founded 2013 · 14 employees$720Kraised▾
GamePix is a game publishing platform for game developers and game publishers. It enables game developers and publishers to upload their games on the platform for gamers. Allows gamers to play games on the platform.
- 2015Seed$450K
- 2014Seed$135K
- 2013Seed$135K
#12
Series A · Milano, Umbria · founded 2012 · 3 employees$1.2Mraised▾
Developer of PC and mobile-based casual games. The company develops casual and mid-core games on mobile devices, PC, and connected TVs. The company's games inlcude Dengen Chronicles, Little Briar Rose, Ninja Clone, and more.
- Oct 2015Series A$1.2M
- Feb 2013Seed—
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