Best Gaming Companies in Oregon, United States
The 38 best Gaming companies in Oregon, United States in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Kratos Studios.
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 Oregon
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Stage | Founder | Founded | Tech stack | Patents & IP focus | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kratos Studios Provider of development services for gaming industry | $20M | 42 mo ago | Seed | Ishank Gupta Co-Founder | 2022 | — | — | — |
| 2 | Teak Marketing automation solution provider for games | $8M | 108 mo ago | Series A | — | 2013 | Framer SitesReactAtlassian Statuspage+11 | 22 patents High‑performance nonblocking packet scheduling and bandwidth control for network switches | — |
| 3 | W!CKED SAiNTS Developer of PC and console-based core games | $6M | 38 mo ago | Series A | Alicia Clifton Co-Founder | 2019 | Cart FunctionalitySquarespace CommerceSquarespace+9 | — | — |
| 4 | Superbloom Developer of mobile-based social lifestyle games | $3M | 53 mo ago | Seed | Emily Yim Co-Founder & CEO | 2021 | Cart FunctionalitySquarespace CommerceSquarespace+13 | — | — |
| 5 | Drop-In Gaming Esports gaming platform for gamers | $2M | 36 mo ago | Seed | Jason Atwood Co-Founder | 2018 | WordPressMySQLPHP+21 | — | — |
| 6 | Underworld Esports Gaming organization to compete in esports tournaments | $1M | 104 mo ago | Seed | — | 2013 | — | — | — |
| 7 | Alchemon Platform providing a play-to-earn card game and an NFT marketplace to trade in-game assets | $1M | 49 mo ago | Seed | Clifford Cannon Co-Founder & CEO | 2021 | — | — | — |
| 8 | Nightdive Studios Independent video game development studio | $1M | 85 mo ago | Acquired | — | 2012 | WordPressMySQLPHP+22 | — | — |
| 9 | Gameway Chains providing video game lounges | $714K | 26 mo ago | Seed | Emma Walbridge Co-Founder | 2018 | WordPressMySQLPHP+11 | — | — |
| 10 | Soma Games Developer of games | $100K | 146 mo ago | Seed | — | 2008 | WordPressMySQLPHP+20 | — | — |
Top 11 Gaming companies in Oregon
#1
Seed · Tualatin, Oregon · founded 2018 · 4 employees$714.2Kraised▾
Chains providing video game lounges. The business offers airport lounges with video games. Customers can play video games at their stations. The company provides amenities such as gaming headphones, charging stations, snacks, beverages, and internet access.
#2
Seed · Remote, Oregon · founded 2022 · 4 employees$20Mraised▾
Provider of development services for gaming industry
- Feb 2023Seed$20M
#3
Seed · West Linn, Oregon · founded 2018 · 8 employees$2Mraised▾
Esports gaming platform for gamers. The platform organizes matches and tournaments. The company also has an online merch store and users can earn real money by participating on the platform.
- Aug 2023Seed$100K
- Sep 2022Seed$400K
- Jul 2021Seed$470.2K
- Jan 2021Seed$500K
#4
Series A · Medford, Oregon · founded 2019 · 6 employees$5.7Mraised▾
Developer of PC and console-based core games. The company offers adventure activism games which include Pitfall and World Reborn. The games are based on behavioral technology.
- Jul 2023Series A$4.6M
- Mar 2022Seed$1.1M
#5
Seed · Remote, Oregon · founded 2021 · 24 employees$3Mraised▾
Developer of mobile-based social lifestyle games. The company focuses on developing next-generation lifestyle games that connect women through play. It develops and publishes games on mobile and metaverse platforms.
- Apr 2022Seed$3M
#6
Seed · Portland, Oregon · founded 2021 · 2 employees$1Mraised▾
Platform providing a play-to-earn card game and an NFT marketplace to trade in-game assets. It is a monster-collecting NFT staking, crafting, and trading card game on the Algorand Blockchain.
- Jul 2022Seed$1M
#7
Series A · Portland, Oregon · founded 2013 · 3 employees$7.8Mraised▾
Teak provides marketing automation solutions for game studios to reduce churn, increase revenue, and reach their players across different channels and devices. Provides behavioral analytics, targeted notifications, and A/B testing solutions to build organic traffic for the game. Features include the live dashboard, audience targeting, cohort analysis, social sharing, in-game rewards etc.
- Aug 2017Series A$5.8M
- Oct 2013Seed$20K
#8
Acquired · Portland, Oregon · founded 2012 · 24 employees$1Mraised▾
Nightdive Studios is an independent video game development studio that specializes in developing games for PC and console devices. It has developed multiple games including "System Shock" (an action-adventure survival game for PC & console devices) and "Turok 2: Seeds of Evil" (first-person shooter game for PC & console devices). The games are available on Steam and Amazon Store. It generates revenue through paid games.
- Aug 2019Seed$1M
#9
Seed · Portland, Oregon · founded 2013$1.2Mraised▾
Gaming organization to compete in esports tournaments
#10
Seed · Newberg, Oregon · founded 2008 · 19 employees$100Kraised▾
SOMAGAMES is a developer of games. Its games include wind up robots, the lost legends of redwall, g prime, and Santa's Giftship.
- 2014Seed$100K
#11
Funding Raised · Medford, Oregon · founded 2016 · 40 employees—raised▾
Developer of PC and console-based core games. The games developed by the company include Immortal Gates of Pyre - a free-to-play battle strategy game that can be played in various formats like 1v1, 2v2, and 3v3.
- Jan 2022Grant (prize money)—
Funding & investor landscape
Notable founders
Market landscape — 10 sub-themes by coverage
Share of Gaming coverage by sub-theme.
Regulatory-risk over time rising
Funding & growth over time
funding rising · growth rising
How research on Gaming Technology is moving in the United States
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 670 United States-affiliated papers.
- Carnegie Mellon University23
- Nvidia20
- University of Utah16
- University of California, Davis16
- Cornell University15
- Image-based modeling and rendering7→15
- Alternate frame rendering2→10
- Gaussian4→9
- Augmented reality2→7
- 3D rendering9→13
- Context (archaeology)3→4
- Rendering (computer graphics)25
- Computer graphics (images)19
- Game engine10
- Real-time rendering9
- Human–computer interaction8
Where gaming tech is researched across United States
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.
Who's filing gaming tech patents in the United States
United States gaming tech patent filing is accelerating — 406 filings from 157 assignees (2016–2025), led by Sony Interactive Entertainment, SONY Interactive Entertainment A, Microsoft; annual filings 10→50.
- Sony Interactive Entertainment98
- SONY Interactive Entertainment A50
- Microsoft41
- Google36
- Intel35
- Tencent America21
- Nvidia18
- Electronic ARTS14
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