Top Mobile Games Startups in 2024

Sitting at the intersection of social networking and gaming, we empower creativity and connection in a digital world. Our mission is to build deep, rich virtual worlds where everyone belongs. We have been working towards this mission for a decade. We are the creators of Highrise, the first virtual world on mobile, which has seen extraordinary growth over the last few years and now boasts over 20 million users across iOS and Android. Every day, the citizens of Highrise come together to hangout, explore, create, collect, and trade in our metaverse, and we are on the precipice of making history once again with our expansion into Highrise World. We're a completely remote company with a diverse set of employees spanning 18 different countries. We are connected by a singular mission of building amazing games that bring our players together.

Wildlife Studios is one of the 10 largest mobile gaming companies in the world. Founded in Brazil in 2011, our studio has grown to become a truly global organization. We have offices in the United States, Brazil, Argentina and Ireland, and are still expanding. Today, our portfolio of over 70 games engages billions of players around the world. We develop and publish mobile games that will be remembered and shared for generations.

We are convinced that the fantasy sports community needs a solution that allows for the storing and transferring of funds easily, quickly, & securely. We expect our strongest market segment to be season-long league users who leagues require a pay in to participate. According to our research, more than 40 million people played fantasy sports in North America during 2014, the equivalent of 30% of U.S. adult males. The average player spends $100 a year on fantasy. Together users spent $11 Billion on the activity in 2014. Popularity is at all time high with no signs of slowing down and season-long leagues, which have been around for decades, continue to thrive especially now that fantasy is being endorsed by major pro leagues. Additional market segments include daily fantasy sports players who find value and convenience in the ability to store value collected from multiple mobile sites on one platform. This could increase our target market by an additional 10 million people.

Skillz is the leading marketplace platform that helps players discover mobile games and compete against other players around the world. At the same time, the company helps developers build multi-million dollar franchises by enabling social competition in their games. Leveraging its patented technology, Skillz has hosted over 2 billion tournaments entries for 30 million mobile players worldwide and distributes over $60 million in prizes each month. Headquartered in San Francisco and Portland, the company is backed by leading venture capitalists, media companies, and professional sports leagues and franchises including the investment arm of the NFL and owners of the New England Patriots, Milwaukee Bucks, New York Mets and Sacramento Kings. Skillz has also earned recognition as one of Fast Company’s Most Innovative Companies, CNBC’s Disruptor 50, Forbes’ Next Billion-Dollar Startups, and the #1 fastest-growing company in America on the Inc. 5000.

Crunchyroll connects anime and manga fans across 200+ countries and territories with the content they love. Best known as a top streaming service delivering AVOD and SVOD content, Crunchyroll also provides experiences to deepen fan engagement through content distribution, social, events, games, consumer products, and manga publishing. Fans have access to the largest collection of licensed anime through Crunchyroll, Anime Digital Network (in partnership with Citel, a subsidiary of Média-Participations), and Anime on Demand video streaming services, translated in multiple languages for viewers worldwide. Viewers can also access simulcasts — top series available immediately after Japanese broadcast. Crunchyroll's services also extend to licensing of theatrical, TV, home video, and consumer product rights. Fans engage further with events (including owned events Crunchyroll Expo, Anime Awards, Crunchyroll Movie Nights, KAZÉ Movie Nights), consumer products through eCommerce and retail partners (Crunchyroll, KAZÉ, AV Visionen), Crunchyroll Games, KAZÉ Games, and manga (KAZÉ Manga, Crunchyroll Manga app, Crunchyroll Manga Store). Crunchyroll was founded in 2006 and is headquartered in San Francisco, with offices in Los Angeles, Tokyo, Paris, Lausanne, Berlin (AV Visionen) and Chisinau. VRV (U.S.) and Eye See Movies (Germany) are also Crunchyroll brands.

We quite simply, create and produce story driven games which immerse players into worlds and universes which captivate and delight their interests and make gaming, at its core, about those playing the games.

Pragma provides a “backend as a service” solution for multiplayer and social games. Our core feature set includes: accounts, player data, lobbies, matchmaking, social systems, telemetry, and store fulfillment.

Mistplay is the first Loyalty Program for mobile gamers. Players use our platform to play games, connect with friends, and earn awesome rewards; such as Amazon gift cards and prepaid Visas. We make sure that everything we do has a positive impact on our users and our community. We leverage a wealth of in-game data and Machine Learning to recommend the best games to our users and encourage mobile game studios to really engage with players around the world through our Loyalty Program. With a growth of over 9 million users in under 3 years, Mistplay is one of the fastest growing companies in North America. Due to our growing popularity, we are also looking to grow our team - come be a part of our journey!

Finch is reimagining how to make daily self care feel rewarding and fun! We are a small team passionate about mental health with a mission to make everyone in the world feel happier and more supported each day. Our team is 100% remote with most of us based in the US.

Sapient is a stealth startup revolutionizing the gaming industry with its cutting-edge enterprise Generative AI game mechanics platform. We're addressing a $47B market by simplifying and reducing the cost of creating hyper-immersive character mechanics for enterprise game development studios. Our mission is to equip game developers with the tools to accelerate development and craft digital experiences that redefine storytelling and immersion. We're pioneering the seamless integration of AI in gaming, and we're committed to leading this exciting frontier.