Top Palo Alto, CA Gaming Startups (31)

Strategize, battle, and play your favorite video games, board games, or tabletop RPGs — now with mind-blowing 3D graphics that mix with your surroundings, right on your table. Tilt Five® is the first and only augmented reality (AR) system that uses an innovative projection technology to connect you and your friends to the games you love – in-person or online!...

Established in 2019, 31st Union is a San Francisco Bay Area studio formed with a common purpose of crafting highly engaging entertainment and a commitment to putting fans first. We are an association of diverse game makers driven by a passion for our art and inspired by a culture of inclusivity to build games that thrill players everywhere. We cherish...

Nex is helping families reconnect with the joy of movement through fun, social, and interactive content that’s accessible to all ages. Its award-winning Nex Playground console, launched in December 2023, uses cutting-edge AI, mobile and vision technologies to merge digital and physical worlds, immersing players in the experience using their natural body movement. Nex Playground games range from original sports...

Branch Technologies was founded in 2020 under the visionary leadership of Dayton Mills. Our mission at Branch is to inspire and enrich people around the world by seeding worlds where dreams take root and thrive, sparking joy, wonder, and delight through unforgettable entertainment. Branch Technologies was founded in 2020 under the visionary leadership of Dayton Mills. Our mission at Branch is...

SUBPAC is revolutionizing how sound is experienced. Our personal Tactile Audio Systems allow users to be physically immersed in sound, providing a deeper connection to music, games, VR and other media. SUBPAC is a company devoted to the development of disruptive audio technology, delivered to the masses via the grassroots. We are made up of a cross-disciplinary team of engineers,...

Nexon, a world leader in online games, is building a workplace based on mutual respect, good humor, and the pursuit of excellence because we believe that great games can only be built by amazing people. Our vision is to create high quality, innovative online games that create unforgettable experiences for players around the world.

Our vision is to be the go-to virtual place for sports and e-sports fans to Connect, Compete, Collect, Create and Contribute. At its core, we seek to authentically measure and reward fandom in a world built for next generation sports and esports fans. Our goal is to create an authentic experience where you can team up with friends and go...

At Magic Fuel Games we are focused on developing games that capture and ignite the imagination of players.

Now fully embracing a remote reality, Cryptic Studios is on a bold new mission to develop fun and challenging online games like no one else has done before! Our passionate and talented team brings the excitement of innovative gameplay to life, all while allowing employees to decide where they do their best work. We build what we love and love...

Osmo is an award-winning accelerated learning system that is changing the way children interact with games. Osmo games combine physical interactions with digital experiences to make learning fun. Osmo was recently acquired by Byju’s, a highly successful company focused on making learning fun. This puts Osmo in a unique position, still acting as a small company, but with the backing and...

SuperTeam Games is creating the next generation of sports games. By embracing cross-platform play and investing in blockchain integration, we are focusing on what matters. We believe games should be free to play, users should have true ownership of the items they buy in the games they love and that competitive real-time multiplayer games are the future of the genre....

LegionFarm is a platform where you can hire PRO players for in-game coaching and companionship services in a variety of games loved by millions Funded by Y Combinator, Twitch co-founder, and dozens of VCs and Angels. The Legionfarm platform is used by gamers from 50+ countries around the world. We are a USA-based company, headquartered in San Francisco, with an operating team...

Cold Iron Studios was founded in 2015 by three industry veterans who had a goal of creating games they want to play and building a team they love working with. Since then, the team has expanded to 45+ awesome developers. We’re a diverse group of passionate gamers with decades of experience developing and launching award-winning shooter and action titles. Currently,...

Backbone is creating the software and devices platform for the future of gaming—specifically cloud game streaming and core gaming on mobile devices. The team hails from Google, Meta, Microsoft, Lyft, Skyworks, and more.

Manticore Games is the developer and operator of Core. Core is an endless universe of games to play and worlds to explore designed by a global community of creators. It’s a radically accessible game construction kit and social game-playing platform, all-in-one. Whether you’re interested in playing unexpected takes on shooters, RPGs, and party games, exploring massive and spectacular worlds with...

Uplandme, Inc. is a globally distributed organization. Its headquarters are in Silicon Valley where it was founded in 2018 by serial entrepreneurs Dirk Lueth, Mani Honigstein and Idan Zuckerman. The R&D center is located in Ukraine and there are further team members across Europe and the US.

XY Gaming is one of the largest esports tournament platforms, where users compete for cash prizes across games like League of Legends, Dota 2 and Smite. XY Gaming organizes asynchronous esports tournaments, where we automatically monitor the players in-game statistics and award them scores based on their performance, creating a convenient and hassle free way to compete.

Playco has connected more than 100 million people together through play. But the work we’re doing to transform the future of gaming is just starting. At Playco, our teams have deep experience working across nearly every single major gaming platform out there. We leverage that experience, creativity, and hustle to build and scale the best games across every genre. We...

Super Evil Megacorp is a mobile-first, cross-platform, AAA developer with a mission to create incredible shared game experiences. We’re on a quest to build the very best home for the most talented game makers around the world, passionate about breaking creative and technical boundaries. After creating Vainglory, the MOBA perfected for touch, we built Catalyst Black, the battleground shooter designed for...

CrowdStar is a global leader in mobile and social gaming developing entertainment for women. The company's flagship fashion styling game Covet Fashion entertains millions of women daily. Founded in 2008, CrowdStar has deep roots in designing inventive games for women. The company is backed by strategic investors Time Warner and Intel Capital and boasts global partnerships with Tencent, NHN and...