
Gaming Landscape of the United States
6,666 Gaming companies in the United States, in one picture: who is hiring, who is raising money, who founded them, where they are based, what the news is about, which skills employers want and where the research is going. Updated August 2026.
Who leads Gaming in the United States
Tracks 6,666 U.S. gaming firms, highlighting which are hiring, which have recent funding rounds, and which are most frequently covered in media.
- 01Wolf Suit Games13last posted Aug 2026
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Scopely12last posted Aug 2026
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GameStop11last posted Jun 2026
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activision blizzard11last posted May 2026
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Xsolla11last posted Aug 2026
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Skillz11last posted Jun 2026
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Reworld11last posted Jun 2026
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Rockstar Games10last posted Jul 2026
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Epic Games$8.1BSeries F · Feb 2024
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Unity$3.1BPost IPO · Feb 2025
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GameStop$2.1BPost IPO · Apr 2025
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Zynga$2BPost IPO · Dec 2020
- 05Activision Blizzard$1.8BPost IPO · Oct 2021
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Scopely$1BSeries E · Oct 2020
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Discord$978.3MSeries I · Mar 2022
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Roblox$918.2MSeries H · Jan 2021
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activision blizzard$2.2BFY2023 filing
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Take-Two Interactive$1.7BFY2024 filing
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Roblox$1.4BFY2026 filing
- 04Fabula$1.2BFY2022 filing
- 05Wolf Suit Games$959.8MFY2012 filing
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Unity$508.2MFY2025 filing
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Niantic$236.6MFY2024 filing
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Devolver Digital$104.8Msnapshot Dec 2024
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Take-Two Interactive11,580tracked employees
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activision blizzard10,000tracked employees
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Unity7,703tracked employees
- 04Fabula7,500tracked employees
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Nintendo1,677tracked employees
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Razer1,526tracked employees
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Wizards of the Coast1,461tracked employees
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Asmodee Group1,302tracked employees
- 01Fabula15.3%455 tracked events
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GameStop14.1%419 tracked events
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Nintendo9.5%281 tracked events
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Roblox6.8%202 tracked events
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Electronic Arts5.7%170 tracked events
- 06Wolf Suit Games5.7%169 tracked events
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Take-Two Interactive2.5%73 tracked events
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Epic Games2.3%69 tracked events
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Nintendo10,097articles in the window
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Electronic Arts4,737articles in the window
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Kiwi4,675articles in the window
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Roblox4,423articles in the window
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Rockstar Games3,030articles in the window
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Epic Games2,385articles in the window
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Betty2,241articles in the window
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Super League1,457articles in the window
See all 6,666 Gaming companies in the United States
Filter by funding, headcount, hiring and location, and export the list.
How the Gaming ecosystem in the United States grew, 2016–2025
Shows the number of gaming companies founded each year, peaking at 568 in 2021 and dropping to 40 in 2025.
Where Gaming companies in the United States are based
Lists the cities with the most gaming companies, led by San Francisco (505), Los Angeles (391), and New York City (318).








The Gaming market map of the United States: what these companies actually do
Breaks down the types of games produced and the primary revenue models, with consumer digital games and subscription models being the most common.
- Consumer Digital4,789 companies · $24.1B raised · 151 hiring
- Casual Game Developers2,303 companies · $7.1B raised · 62 hiring
- Mobile Game Developers1,741 companies · $11B raised · 58 hiring
- Pc and Console Game Developers1,458 companies · $12.7B raised · 75 hiring
- Enterprise Tech1,168 companies · $20.9B raised · 45 hiring
- Online Gaming Platforms611 companies · $2.9B raised · 11 hiring
- Enterprise Software553 companies · $13.6B raised · 22 hiring
- Spatial Computing485 companies · $16.4B raised · 22 hiring
- Blockchain in Gaming481 companies · $4B raised · 9 hiring
- Web 3.0473 companies · $5.3B raised · 10 hiring
- Decentralized Finance398 companies · $4.8B raised · 7 hiring
- Fintech335 companies · $4.2B raised · 7 hiring
Monetization
How Gaming companies make money
How many companies earn revenue each way. Plenty use more than one model, so the counts add up to more than the sector.
Funding, M&A and the deals moving Gaming in the United States
Counts 1,750 corporate events over the past two years, including earnings releases, M&A activity, and lawsuits.
- FundingSierra, an enterprise AI startup co-founded by OpenAI Chairman Bret Taylor and former Google executive Clay Bavor, has completed a $950 million Series E funding round, valuing the company at $15.8 billion post-money.2026-05-05
- M&AL&H CPAs & Advisors announced its role in supporting The Fun Pimps, the studio behind 7 Days to Die, in connection with its sale to Behaviour Interactive.2026-05-04
- M&AGameStop has proposed to acquire eBay in an unsolicited cash-and-stock deal worth approximately $56 billion, targeting a company nearly four times its own size.2026-05-04
- M&ADoubleU Games has made an offer to acquire all of the outstanding shares that it does not currently own in DoubleDown Interactive.2026-04-30
- M&Aa consortium led by Tencent swooped for 20% of UMG in 2020–2021, for around $7 billion (UMG was valued at approx. USD $37 billion at the time).2026-04-29
- M&AGerman media company ProSiebenSat.1 has sold its North American creator business, operating under the Studio71 US brand, to Fixated, as part of its strategy to focus on its entertainment operations in the DACH region.2026-04-21
- M&AWe recently announced our agreement to acquire the Misfits Ads Division.2026-04-20
- M&ATamatem, the leading mobile games publisher in the MENA region, today announced the full acquisition of Playable Factory, one of the world’s most advanced and widely deployed playable ads platforms, serving top gaming companies globally and generating more than 30 billion impressions.2026-04-17
- M&ASnap acquired select assets from video game developer and publisher Rec Room to strengthen its immersive and social gaming capabilities.2026-04-08
- FundingOn Tuesday, Latitude announced that it raised $8 million in a round led by NEA with participation from Lightspeed Faction, Coinbase, Paxos, and Solana Foundation, among others.2026-03-31
Mergers and acquisitions
Deals from the last 24 months where a Gaming company in the United States was the buyer or the one bought, newest first. “Undisclosed” means the price was never published — not that the deal was worth nothing.
| Acquirer | Target | Deal value | Status | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $69B | Pending | 2026-07-18 | ||
| undisclosed | Announced | 2026-06-26 | ||
| Misfits Ads Division | undisclosed | Completed | 2026-05-06 | |
| eBay Inc. | $55.5B | Announced | 2026-05-04 | |
| undisclosed | Completed | 2026-05-04 | ||
| $11B | Announced | 2026-05-01 |
Who is listing, hiring leaders, launching and winning work
Details specific events such as IPO filings, leadership changes, product launches, and contract wins.
FractalIPO · BSE SME · 5 reportsMar 2026
Virtuix OmniIPO · Nasdaq · VTIX · 3 reportsMar 2026
DiscordIPO · United States · 3 reportsFeb 2026
RobloxIPO · 1 reportDec 2025
FaZe ClanSPAC · 1 reportDec 2025
Electronic ArtsIPO · 1 reportSep 2025
ZyngaIPO · Nasdaq · ZNGA · 4 reportsAug 2025
SlideIPO · Nasdaq · SLDE · 1 reportJun 2025
Jam CityChul‑min Sim · Appointment → Chief Executive OfficerApr 2026
Jam CityJoshua Yguado · Resignation → Board MemberApr 2026
RobloxSunil Rao · Appointment → Managing DirectorApr 2026
RobloxJoost Hagesteijn · Appointment → General Manager for EuropeApr 2026
KiwiMohit Bedi · Resignation → AdvisorApr 2026
LatitudeJoan Blackwell · Promotion → Vice President of Strategic InitiativesApr 2026
Epic GamesJosh D’Amaro · Appointment → Observer on Epic Games BoardMar 2026
KiwiSumeet Basrani · Appointment → Chief Business OfficerMar 2026
SierraGhostwriter (AI Agent)Apr 2026
RazerRazer V4 Pro (Gaming mouse)Mar 2026
DoodlesDoodles AI (AI creative tool)Mar 2026
FractalLLM Studio (Enterprise AI platform)Mar 2026
Fractalnew intelligent agents within Flyfish.ai (Revenue acceleration platform)Mar 2026
XsollaXsolla Agency (IP licensing service)Mar 2026
NintendoSwitch (gaming console)Feb 2026
XsollaXsolla Pay Station – Paidy Integration (Payment integration)Jan 2026
Amazon Gameswon maverick gamesFeb 2026
TCGplayer.comwon Communication Workers of AmericaFeb 2026
Nintendowon Bandai Namco Studios SingaporeNov 2025
donut labwon Cova PowerOct 2025
Wizards of the Coastwon Giant SkullJun 2025
Midnightwon Health Shield Friendly SocietyMar 2025
Epic Games~1,000 roles reported · business downturnMay 2026
Iron Galaxy Studiosscale undisclosed · business downturnApr 2026
Rec Roomscale undisclosed · cost reductionMar 2026
Pixelberry Studiosscale undisclosed · cost reductionMar 2026
PlayStudiosscale undisclosedMar 2026
Red Storm~105 roles reported · economic forcesMar 2026
Robloxinvestigated for CSAM reporting deficiencies — Senate Judiciary CommitteeApr 2026
Discordinvestigated for CSAM reporting deficiencies — Senate Judiciary CommitteeApr 2026
Tenjinapproved for use in programme — Turkish governmentMar 2026
UMG Gamingpending regulatory approvalJan 2026
- Gregory Hoffert, Prashant Sharan v nintendoUnjustified enrichment via US punitive tariffs · OngoingApr 2026
- Elon Musk’s X Corp v World Federation of Advertisers, lego, mars, cvs, nestlé, ørantitrust conspiracy involving advertiser boycott · DismissedMar 2026
Half of these companies grew revenue faster than +7.2%, half slower.
Who is building Gaming in the United States
Profiles 2,466 founders and CEOs, noting top alma maters like Stanford (54) and common prior employers such as Microsoft (36).
Ex-Barnes & Noble.
Scopely, ex-Capitol Records, ex-Dick Clark Productions, California State University-Northridge, 2015
Ex-Activision Blizzard, King, McKinsey. Western University BA 1991, Queen's University MA 1992, Yale University MBA 2001
Founder Baszucki Group, The Paley Center for Media, ex-Founder Baszucki and Associates, Founder Knowledge Revolution. Stanford University BS
Co-Founder Bright Saver, Gen.G esports, SuperLayer, ex-Rally. University of California Berkeley - Haas School of Business
Ex-Electronic Arts, PointCast, Claris. UC Berkeley AB 1990
Niantic · Ex-Google, Mission Blue · University of California, Berkeley, 1996
Jam City, ex-Fox Networks, ex-Mtv Networksnickelodeon, Harvard Business School
Co-Founder VineLight Holdings, ex- Co-Founder CastleLine Companies, Altisource, Ivy Asset Management, Merrill Lynch, Skadden Arps…
- flagged as repeat founders22
- no repeat-founder flag2,112
- women205
- men2,010
Look up the people behind Gaming companies in the United States
Search founders, executives and operators by company, role and location.
Who funds Gaming in the United States
Records 1,458 funding rounds since 2016 from 2,037 investors, with a typical round size of $3 million.
| Investor · most active investors since 2016 | Rounds | Led | Latest |
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| BITKRAFT Ventures | 55 | 37 | Oct 2025 |
| Andreessen Horowitz | 53 | 29 | Mar 2025 |
| Animoca Brands | 41 | 20 | Oct 2025 |
| Y Combinator | 38 | 15 | May 2026 |
| Makers Fund | 29 | 15 | Oct 2023 |
| 1Up Ventures | 29 | 5 | Oct 2024 |
| Techstars | 28 | 18 | Mar 2024 |
| Galaxy Interactive | 23 | 13 | Sep 2024 |
| Griffin Gaming Partners | 22 | 11 | May 2025 |
| HHS | 21 | — | Nov 2025 |
The typical round is $3M — half were bigger, half smaller.
The biggest Gaming funding rounds in the United States
Highlights the largest disclosed round—Epic Games’ $2 billion Series F—and lists ten other large recent rounds.
| Company | Round | Size | When | Backers |
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| Series Fmega-round | $2B | Apr 2022 | KIRKBI A/S, Sony | |
| Series Emega-round | $1.8B | Aug 2020 | Sony, Baillie Gifford, Fidelity Investments +5 more | |
| Series Fmega-round | $1.5B | Feb 2024 | The Walt Disney Company | |
| Series Emega-round | $1.2B | Oct 2018 | KKR, Kleiner Perkins, Lightspeed Venture Partners +4 more | |
| Series Emega-round | $1B | Apr 2021 | Sony, Fidelity Investments, Baillie Gifford +9 more | |
| Series Bmega-round | $725M | Nov 2021 | Kora, Sea Capital, Huuuge Games +12 more | |
| Series Hmega-round | $520M | Jan 2021 | Altimeter Capital, Dragoneer Investment Group, Santa Barbara +1 more | |
| Series Imega-round | $500M | Sep 2021 | Dragoneer Investment Group, Baillie Gifford, Coatue +2 more | |
| Seedmega-round | $450M | Mar 2022 | Andreessen Horowitz, Animoca Brands, The Sandbox +6 more | |
| Series Dmega-round | $400M | May 2017 | Silver Lake |
250 venture rounds with a disclosed amount in the window.
Series AundisclosedMay 2026
SeedundisclosedMay 2026
Series AundisclosedMay 2026
Series BundisclosedMay 2026
Series B$20MApr 2026
Series A$15MApr 2026
Seed$5.2MApr 2026
- Seed$3MApr 2026
What the news says about Gaming in the United States
Indexes 129,233 news articles from the last year, with frequent coverage of betting, cryptocurrency, and sports fantasy topics.
What the coverage is about
The subjects that dominate Gaming news in United States. The arrow shows whether each one is being written about more or less than a year ago.
- Horse racing betting tips34,582▼-15%
- Cryptocurrency impact on forex markets14,327▲+28%
- Sports betting and fantasy leagues10,359▼-81%
- Professional league updates9,778▼-57%
- College athletics news9,435▼-47%
- Betting on nfl football games8,727▼-77%
- Nba team histories and rivalries6,849▼-64%
- Over/under totals in sports gambling6,773▼-84%
- Horse racing and thoroughbred breeding6,705▼-26%
- Prop bets for major sporting events6,687▼-84%
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231 Gaming companies here were named in the news over this period.
Watch Gaming coverage in United States as it happens
Prism follows these subjects story by story — which companies are named, what is said about them and how the tone moves.
Momentum
The words getting louder — and quieter
Which terms are showing up in more stories than a year ago, and which are fading. The percentage is the change in how many articles mention them.
The pressures the press keeps returning to
Three recurring angles in United States Gaming coverage, and whether each is getting more attention year on year (through 2025).
Gaming jobs in the United States: who is hiring and what they ask for
Aggregates 6,614 job postings from 329 firms, noting top skills like Python and a median salary of $90 k per year.
Demand
The Skills Employers Ask For
What Gaming employers in the United States put in their job ads. The bar is how many postings ask for it; the arrow shows whether demand grew or shrank against the year before.
- python273▲
- typescript172▲
- c++166▲
- sql163▲
- excel154▲
- react139▲
- aws127▲
- kubernetes121▲
- go101▲
- ai96▲
- Manager$96k/yr (n=320)
- Senior$138k/yr (n=109)
- Lead$162k/yr (n=57)
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What Gaming research in the United States is working on
Summarizes 670 papers from India-affiliated institutions, most of which (536) identify opportunities in the field.
United States-affiliated Gaming literature runs 2.0× more “breakthrough” than science at large (51.8% vs 26.2% baseline).
99% positive · 1% neutral · 0% negative, across 670 papers.
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ranked by how often their work is cited
Pratul P. Srinivasan · Paul Debevec · Qianqian Wang · Zhicheng Wang · Kyle Genova · Howard Zhou · Justus Thies · Rui Wang
- Rendering synthetic objects into real scenes · 969 cites
- IBRNet: Learning Multi-View Image-Based Rendering · 654 cites
- Advances in Neural Rendering · 316 cites
- Floating Textures · 143 cites
- Frequency analysis and sheared reconstruction for rendering motion blur · 126 cites











- Rendering9 papers
- Computer graphics4 papers
- Game engine2 papers
- Shading2 papers
- Locality1 papers
Which of these themes are growing fastest
Tracks how the share of research themes has shifted worldwide between 2022 and 2025.
Go deeper on Gaming research and innovation
Research themes, patent activity and the companies commercialising them, in one place.
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