Best Mobile Gaming Companies in Vancouver, Canada
The 48 best Mobile Gaming companies in Vancouver, Canada in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: This Game Studio.
Ranked: Best Mobile Gaming companies in Vancouver
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Stage | Founder | Founded | Tech stack | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | This Game Studio Mobile games developer | $5M | 136 mo ago | Series A | Heather Lyell Price CEO | 2014 | — | — |
| 2 | Archiact Developer of VR experiences and games | $3M | 125 mo ago | Series A | Frank Shen Founder & CEO | 2013 | — | — |
| 3 | Eruptive Games Game development studio focusing on web games | $1M | 169 mo ago | Deadpooled | Julian Ing Founder & CEO | 2009 | — | — |
| 4 | Mouse Haunt NFT-based trading platform for mouse characters games | $400K | 55 mo ago | Funding Raised | Pedro D'Andrea CEO | 2021 | — | — |
| 5 | Roadhouse Interactive Mobile games development company | — | 133 mo ago | Deadpooled | James Hursthouse Founder & ex-CEO | 2009 | — | — |
| 6 | Compass Engine Game development studio | — | 205 mo ago | Deadpooled | Ben Hesketh Co-founder | 2009 | — | — |
| 7 | A Thinking Ape Mobile game development company based in Canada | — | 217 mo ago | Acquired | Saurabh Founder | 2008 | UbuntuNginxGoogle Font API+5 | 1 job opening |
| 8 | Abstract Software Independent video game development studio | — | — | Unfunded | Harrison Walters CEO | 2018 | WixSentryBootstrap+10 | — |
Top 7 Mobile Gaming companies in Vancouver
#1
Funding Raised · Vancouver, British Columbia · founded 2021$399.5Kraised▾
NFT-based trading platform for mouse characters games. It enables users to buy, sell, collect NFTs, farm tokens, breed characters and build levels to earn money. Players can play as the heroes, as the villains, and as the architects of the castles
- Dec 2021ICO$399.5K
#2
Series A · Vancouver, British Columbia · founded 2014 · 38 employees$5Mraised▾
This Game Studio is a Canada based Mobile games developer with a focus on games that are based on licensed entertainment brands and IP. As of December 2015 they are working on their first game and have not yet released details about the game. The founding team is composed of veterans of Exploding Barrel Games and its parent company, Kabam.
- Apr 2015Series A$5M
#3
Series A · Vancouver, British Columbia · founded 2013 · 108 employees$3.2Mraised▾
Developer of VR experiences and games. The company is focused on creating virtual reality games, including "DOOM 3", "Evasion" "FREEDIVER" and "Journey to Foundation". The games are available on various platforms, including PSVR, Meta Quest, and Pico.
- Mar 2016Series A$3.2M
#4
Deadpooled · Vancouver, British Columbia · founded 2009$1Mraised▾
Founded in 2010, Eruptive Games is a game studio. Produced action based multi-player games like Rise of Villains and Mercenaries of War. Mercenaries of War reportedly hit a 1 million players and monthly actives of about 500,000 in 2012. Had announced the next game, Citizen GRIM, a RPG game supported on mobile devices but the company was closed in 2013.
- Jul 2012Seed$1M
#5
Deadpooled · Vancouver, British Columbia · founded 2009—raised▾
Roadhouse Interactive is a Vancouver based mobile game development company founded in 2009. The company focuses on the development of mid-core games and develops games under its own banner as well as for clients. developer focused on mid-core tablet, smartphone and browser games. Some of their popular game title include 'Warhammer: Carnage' - the mobile adptation of Games Workshop®’s Warhammer 40K action game and 'Bike Unchained' - a mountain bike action game developed in associated with Red Bull Media House. The company also offers game publishing and user acquisition services.
- 2015Conventional Debt—
#6
Deadpooled · Vancouver, British Columbia · founded 2009—raised▾
Founded in 2009, Compass Engine Games was a game development studio based in Vancouver, Canada. The company focuses on the development of location based mobile games. Popular games include ‘Catch the Canary’ and ‘Bounty Island.Compass Engine was part of the January 2011 cohort at the now defunct Bootup Labs and has also received financing from Mike Edwards' Initio Group. The company was acquired by East Side Games in September, 2011.
- 2009Seed—
#7
Acquired · Vancouver, British Columbia · founded 2008 · 108 employees—raised▾
A Thinking Ape is a mobile game development company specializing in casual and mid-core genres. It has developed multiple games including "Kingdoms of War" (turn-based MMORPG) and "Smash Monsters" (MMORTS). The games are available on the Google Play store and Apple store. Has been awarded as "Canada's Top Small & Medium Employers 2018". It generates revenue through advertisements and in-app purchases.
- 2008Seed—
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