Best Gaming Companies in Quebec, Canada
The 47 best Gaming companies in Quebec, Canada in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Frima.
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 Quebec
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Stage | Founder | Founded | Tech stack | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Frima Video game development company | $8M | 136 mo ago | Series B | — | 2012 | WordPress Block EditorWordPressMySQL+24 | 1 job opening · 1 partnership |
| 2 | Hypixel Studios Developer of role-playing PC and console-based games | $7M | 90 mo ago | Acquired | Aaron Donaghey Chief Executive Officer | 2016 | Apple iCloud MailGoogle WorkspaceNode.js+11 | — |
| 3 | BR1 Developer of PC and console-based shooter games | $3M | 41 mo ago | Seed | — | 2021 | UbuntuTailwind CSSNginx+8 | — |
| 4 | Paralog Developer of AI based non-player character behaviors in video games | $20K | 38 mo ago | Seed | Carle Cote Co-Founder | 2023 | — | — |
| 5 | Bravo Ready Developer of NFT-based shooting games for multiple platforms | — | 41 mo ago | Seed | Jonathan Cohen Co-Founder | 2022 | — | — |
| 6 | Hypixel Cloud-based gaming server and map for Minecraft | — | 92 mo ago | Funding Raised | Philippe Touchette Co-Founder & CFO | 2013 | XenForoCart FunctionalityMySQL+19 | — |
| 7 | Voxel Farm Game engine proider for core games | — | 140 mo ago | Seed | Miguel Cepero Founder & CEO | 2012 | — | — |
| 8 | A42 Games Developer of mobile-based casual video games | — | — | Unfunded | Mikhail Silin Co-Owner | 2016 | — | — |
Top 7 Gaming companies in Quebec
#1
Seed · Montreal, Quebec · founded 2021 · 18 employees$3Mraised▾
Developer of PC and console-based shooter games. It offers Infinite Royale game which is survivalist gameplay based on blockchain technology that evolves into an all-out urban battleground.
- Feb 2023Seed—
- Jul 2022Seed$3M
#2
Seed · Montreal, Quebec · founded 2023$20Kraised▾
Developer of AI based non-player character behaviors in video games. It is an AI middleware company that uses machine learning to simplify and accelerate the production of non-player character behaviors in video games.
- 2023Seed$20K
#3
Acquired · Trois Rivieres, Quebec · founded 2016 · 53 employees$7Mraised▾
Developer of role-playing PC and console-based games. The company's game Hytale is a block game combined with a sandbox. The engine supports block-by-block castle construction to scripting and customization.
- Feb 2019Series A$7M
#4
Series B · Quebec City, Quebec · founded 2012 · 175 employees$7.5Mraised▾
Video game development company. The company has developed multiple games for web, console and mobile devices. The company has developed multiple games including Chariot, A Space Shooter for Blitz, and Half the Sky Movement. The company has also developed a VR game Fated. The games are available on Steam and PlayStation Store. It generates revenue through the paid games.
- Apr 2015Series B$7.5M
#5
Seed · Montreal, Quebec · founded 2022—raised▾
Developer of NFT-based shooting games for multiple platforms. The company has created "BR1 - INFINITE" a never-ending battle royale game that uses NFTs and is described as the world's first pay-to-spawn, kill-to-earn shooting game. The game is available on PC platforms.
- Mar 2023Seed—
#6
Funding Raised · Quebec City, Quebec · founded 2013 · 72 employees—raised▾
Hypixel is a cloud-based gaming server and map for Minecraft. It enables gamers to play Minecraft games and mini-games with their friends. Also provides leaderboards information and forum page for game discussion.
#7
Seed · Brossard, Quebec · founded 2012—raised▾
Voxel Farm is a core game engine provider. It provides different products based on the needs of the clients. The different products provided are next-generation environment generator, for developing PC focused games, for multiplatform development, and more. The clients of the company include DayBreak, EA, Trimble, and more.
- Dec 2014Seed—
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 Canada
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 92 Canada-affiliated papers.
- University of Toronto9
- University of Waterloo9
- Carleton University8
- McGill University6
- Advanced Micro Devices6
- Rendering (computer graphics)9→13
- Computer vision1→5
- Real-time rendering3→7
- Virtual reality2→6
- Computer graphics (images)7→8
- Rendering (computer graphics)17
- Computer graphics (images)13
- Real-time rendering11
- Game engine8
- Human–computer interaction7
- Rendering (computer graphics)3
- Image-based modeling and rendering2
- Real-time rendering2
- Architecture2
- Game engine2
Where gaming tech is researched across Canada
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 Canada
Canada gaming tech patent filing is accelerating — 19 filings from 8 assignees (2016–2025), led by ATI Technologies ULC, Kinematicsoup TECH, Advanced Micro Devices; annual filings 1→6.
- ATI Technologies ULC10
- Kinematicsoup TECH5
- Advanced Micro Devices4
- YU CHUN HUNG2
- LI LI1
- YU Chunhung1
- PANG SHUO1
- ZHOU Jiehan1
Common questions
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