Best PC & Console Gaming Companies in Canada
The 242 best PC & Console Gaming companies in Canada in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Dapper Labs.
Canada's PC & Console Gaming sector has 242 companies on the radar, sitting on $758M in disclosed funding with a single unicorn in the mix. That unicorn is Dapper Labs, which alone accounts for $666M of that total, making every other figure in this directory look like a rounding error by comparison. So if you're benchmarking funding momentum here, Dapper Labs sets the ceiling hard. Stadium Live Studios ($10M) and Psychedelic Games ($4M) are the next names worth tracking. Meanwhile the global PC and console gaming market is forecast around $60.3B in 2025, and I'd flag that the trajectory isn't purely upward, with projections sliding toward $47.0B by 2030 at a negative-adjusted CAGR of roughly 7.2%, driven by next-gen console cycles, AI infrastructure investment, and persistent memory chip supply constraints.
Coverage across Canadian companies is largely flat right now, but the hot search themes tell you where attention is actually moving: gaming notebooks, high-performance laptops, gaming GPU setups. Portable, high-spec hardware is the gravitational pull this quarter. Newzoo's recent read on the shifting PC and console market reinforces that hardware-forward momentum is reshaping where players and investors focus. Median install growth across 23 gaming apps is running at roughly +11% YoY, which tells you the audience engagement is still real even as the funding picture consolidates around fewer, bigger bets.
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Ranked: Best PC & Console Gaming companies in Canada
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Stage | Founder | Employees | Tech stack | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dapper Labs 🦄 Blockchain-based games developer for PC and console | $666M | 48 mo ago | Series D | Roham Gharegozlou Co-Founder & CEO | 549 | SentryZendeskApple iCloud Mail+33 | — |
| 2 | CryptoKitties ERC-721 token-based gaming platform | $27M | 91 mo ago | Series A | Mack Flavelle Co-Founder | — | Node.jsErlangstyled-components+21 | — |
| 3 | Stadium Live Studios Developer of a metaverse-based social network platform for sports fans | $10M | 46 mo ago | Series A | — | 28 | WebflowGSAPSlick+8 | — |
| 4 | WGAMES Independent video game development studio | $10M | 84 mo ago | Series A | Daniel Kajouie CEO | 45 | WordPressMySQLPHP+20 | — |
| 5 | Frima Video game development company | $8M | 134 mo ago | Series B | — | 175 | WordPress Block EditorWordPressMySQL+24 | 1 job opening · 1 partnership |
| 6 | Hypixel Studios Developer of role-playing PC and console-based games | $7M | 88 mo ago | Acquired | Aaron Donaghey Chief Executive Officer | 53 | Apple iCloud MailGoogle WorkspaceNode.js+11 | — |
| 7 | Hibernum Game and application development studio | $5M | 139 mo ago | Deadpooled | — | 143 | — | — |
| 8 | Twin Suns Corp Video game developer | $4M | 61 mo ago | Seed | — | 54 | — | — |
| 9 | Psychedelic Games Developer of a multiplayer online battle arena game with heroes | $4M | 6 mo ago | Series A | Mason Richman Co-Founder & COO | — | — | — |
| 10 | Archiact Developer of VR experiences and games | $3M | 123 mo ago | Series A | Frank Shen Founder & CEO | 108 | — | — |
| 11 | BR1 Developer of PC and console-based shooter games | $3M | 39 mo ago | Seed | — | 18 | UbuntuTailwind CSSNginx+8 | — |
| 12 | Vendetta Games Online platform offering NFT games | $2M | 27 mo ago | Funding Raised | Alexander McConnell Founder & CEO | — | Wix eCommerceWixSentry+13 | 1 launch |
| 13 | Gaggle Fun Video-chat-enabled gaming platform | $2M | 61 mo ago | Seed | Benjamin Gallego Co-Founder | 24 | Cart FunctionalityFourthwallSkolengo+19 | — |
| 14 | Breaking Walls Console game developer specializing in core games | $2M | 74 mo ago | Seed | Nathanael Dufour Co-Founder | 10 | — | 2 launchs |
| 15 | Graffiti Games Video game publisher | $2M | 62 mo ago | Seed | Mihalis Belantis Co-Founder | 5 | WordPressMySQLPHP+19 | — |
| 16 | City From Naught Developer of casual games for PC & platforms | $1M | 39 mo ago | Seed | Nanyi Jiang Co-Founder | 9 | WebflowSwiperjQuery+14 | — |
| 17 | Eruptive Games Game development studio focusing on web games | $1M | 167 mo ago | Deadpooled | Julian Ing Founder & CEO | — | — | — |
| 18 | Massive Damage Studios Game development studio | $700K | 56 mo ago | Seed | Ken Seto Co-Founder & Co-CEO | 26 | WordPressMySQLPHP+22 | — |
| 19 | Noctua Interactive Game development studio | $595K | 16 mo ago | Seed | Rachel Stahlman EVP - Art Director and Founder | — | — | — |
| 20 | Mouse Haunt NFT-based trading platform for mouse characters games | $400K | 53 mo ago | Funding Raised | Pedro D'Andrea CEO | — | — | — |
| 21 | Typhoon Studios Independent game developer based in Canada | $225K | 104 mo ago | Acquired | Reid Schneider Co-Founder | 30 | — | — |
| 22 | ReadFi Provider of a metaverse lifestyle app with built-in cultural relationships and socialfi | $150K | 45 mo ago | Funding Raised | James Diaz Founder | — | — | — |
Top 12 PC & Console Gaming companies in Canada
#1
Series A · Montreal, Montreal · founded 2021$3.5Mraised▾
Developer of a multiplayer online battle arena game with heroes. The game features ship combat, treasure hunting, and team-based battles. Players can select heroes with distinct styles and roles. The game offers a free-to-play experience with matches lasting approximately twenty minutes.
- Dec 2025Series A$3.5M
#2
Series D · Vancouver, British Columbia · founded 2018 · 549 employees$665.6Mraised▾
Blockchain-based games developer for PC and console. It has built Cryptokitties, a blockchain-based game that allows users to collect and breed digital cats. It has also developed KittyVerse, which allows users to build and play third-party games.
- May 2022Series D$5.1M
- Nov 2021Series D$23M
- Jul 2021Series D$250M
- Mar 2021Series C$305M
#3
Seed · Vancouver, British Columbia · founded 2022$595Kraised▾
Game development studio. It develops various categories of games. It develops games for PC and consoles.
- Jan 2025Seed$595K
#4
Funding Raised · Chalk River, Ontario · founded 2023$2.5Mraised▾
Online platform offering NFT games. It offers a web3 gaming platform that uses the Vendetta token as its in-game currency. It also offers NFTs collectibles.
- Mar 2024ICO$2.5M
#5
Series A · Toronto, Ontario · founded 2020 · 28 employees$10Mraised▾
Developer of a metaverse-based social network platform for sports fans. It offers a platform where users can create avatars, play games, and unlock rewards with other sports fans. Users can share and stream live content and create teams on the platform. Its application is available for download on Android and iOS stores.
- Jul 2022Series A$10M
- Jul 2020Seed$2.2M
#6
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
#7
Series A · Vancouver, British Columbia · founded 2017$27Mraised▾
ERC-721 token-based gaming platform. Allows users to collect and breed various unique digital cats. Each cat is an ERC-721 token which is different from a regular ERC-20 token in the sense that no two ERC-721 tokens are the same, and hence not exchangeable.
- Nov 2018Series A$15M
- Mar 2018Series A$12M
#8
Series A · Toronto, Ontario · founded 2017 · 45 employees$10Mraised▾
WGames is an independent video game development studio that specializes in developing social & casual games such as arcade, casino, etc. Some of the games developed by the company are "Neverland Casino & "Lurking in the Shadows". The games allow free to play subscription & it can be played on Windows, PlayStation, Android, Steam, etc platforms.
- Jun 2019Series A$10M
#9
Seed · Toronto, Ontario · founded 2019 · 9 employees$1Mraised▾
Developer of casual games for PC & platforms. The company is focused on creating immersive and interactive narrative-based strategy games. which includes "Keyword - A Spider's Thread", a narrative thriller set in a cyberpunk-inspired city in the near future. The game requires players to use logical deduction skills to solve puzzles and find a missing daughter.
- Mar 2023Seed$1M
#10
Seed · Canada · founded 2021 · 54 employees$3.9Mraised▾
Video game developer. The company is focusing on games for PCs and consoles
- May 2021Seed$3.9M
#11
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
#12
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
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