This article showcases our top picks for the best New York City based Video Games companies. These startups and companies are taking a variety of approaches to innovating the Video Games industry, but are all exceptional companies well worth a follow.
We tried to pick companies across the size spectrum from cutting edge startups to established brands.
We selected these startups and companies for exceptional performance in one of these categories:
- Innovation
- Innovative ideas
- Innovative route to market
- Innovative product
- Growth
- Exceptional growth
- Exceptional growth strategy
- Management
- Societal impact
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Top New York City Video Games Startups
Data sourced from Crunchbase and SemRush.
Genvid Holdings
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Genvid Technologies is a software company that provides interactive livestreaming technologies and services for MILEs.
Tilting Point
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Tilting Point is a leading, award-winning free-to-play games publisher that empowers independent developers to grow and flourish.
Atari
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Atari produces, publishes, and distributes interactive entertainment software for gaming platforms.
Statespace
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Statespace provides performance analytics and a suite of tools for casual gamers and esports athletes to maximize their potential.
Whistle
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Whistle is a global sports and entertainment company that creates, curates, and distributes positive brand safe original content.
VENN
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VENN is a 24/7 post-cable network aimed at gaming, esports and entertainment audiences.
Vindex
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Vindex is a global esports and technology company that serves as the connective tissue between games and gamers.
GameCo
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GameCo created Video Game Gambling Machines (VGM) a category of Video Game Gambling on casino floors.
ReKTGlobal
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ReKTGlobal is a business authority in e-sports and competitive gaming.
Avalanche Studios
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Avalanche Studios is an independent and privately held video game developer based in both Stockholm, Sweden and New York, USA.
PlayDate
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PlayDate is building out an ecosystem of pet tech for the connected home.
Ready
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Ready democratizes gaming with The Ready Games- DIY game tournaments- and Ready Maker, a platform for gaming and robotics.
Lootcakes
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Lootcakes empowers gamers to harness their purchase data, and helps game publishers acquire the world’s biggest spenders.
Take-Two Interactive
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Take-Two Interactive Software is an American publisher, developer, and distributor of video games.
GameClub
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The home of mobile gaming’s greatest hits — all in one subscription. Available across iOS and Android.
Geopipe
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Geopipe uses ML to build immersive digital twins of the real world for gaming, simulation, architecture, and beyond.
Atari VCS
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Atari VCS is a fully-functional PC-compatible game controller.
Rockstar Games
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Rockstar Games is a multinational video game development and publishing company.
Tapinator
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Tapinator develops and publishes mobile games for iOS and Android platforms.
One Earth Rising™
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One Earth Rising™ is a video game development & entertainment company bridging the gap between great immersive experiences & social impact.
5 More Minutes Ltd
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5 More Minutes (aka TeacherGaming) is an independent game development company that expands game-based learning into classrooms worldwide.
StatsHelix
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StatsHelix is a b2b gametech company focused on enhancing esports and gaming experiences through data.
Glow Up Games
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Glow Up Games is creating and publishing mobile games featuring diverse stories, to unlock the largest hidden market within games.
Draftstreet
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Draftstreet.com is a gaming destination enabling fantasy sports players to participate against anyone in the U.S.
Esports Hero Inc.
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Esports Hero brings the excitement of live esports tournaments online where players of all skill levels compete for cash prizes and glory.
Dito
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Dito operates as a business to business software developer, creating scalable and adaptable modular mobile platform.
Space Racers
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Space Race operates an animated web series for teaching children about space and the solar system.
MyStream
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MyStream is a Patented Cloud Platform providing live sync directly between devices, enabling entirely new dynamic functionalities wirelessly
Electronic Gaming Federation
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EGF is a collegiate and high school esports, media, and data company.
Campaign.TV
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Campaign.TV is a platform that connects celebrities with their fans over online video games
The Strong
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The Strong is an interactive, collections-based museum and educational institution devoted to the study and exploration of play.
Herotainment
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Herotainment introduces Herotopia.com, a dynamic social online game with engaging characters and stories.
SuperData Research
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SuperData is the leading provider of market intelligence on digital games and interactive media.
FreshPlanet
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FreshPlanet is a social, casual gaming company developing online games for the iPad and Facebook.
Clubs Poker
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Start a poker game with your friends in 30 seconds
Vicarious Visions
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Video Game Developer and subsidiary of Activision based in upstate New York best known for handheld expertise & Skylanders: Swap Force
Anthem Sports & Entertainment
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Anthem Sports & Entertainment is a global leader in operating targeted specialty video channels on linear, digital and mobile platforms.
UGO Entertainment
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UGO Entertainment creates quality lifestyle content that delivers daily coverage of the latest developments in games and entertainment.
Boonty
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Boonty is a developer of online casual games that focus on enhancing social interactions.
SurrealVR, Inc
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Surreal Games is an immersive game world where players engage in real-time interactive adventures of their choosing.
Private Division
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Private Division is a developer-focused publisher that empowers independent studios to develop the games.
Alliance Media Holdings
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Alliance Distributors Holding is a leading wholesale distributor of video games, video game hardware, and accessories.
MediaMall Technologies
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MediaMall Technologies provides PlayOn software that enables users to access Netflix, Hulu, CBS.com, ESPN, CNN and YouTube on TV.
World of Ether
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A decentralized collectible dueling game on the Ethereum blockchain.
Streamline Studios
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We specialize in integrated partnerships with the best studios worldwide.
GameBattles
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GameBattles is the world leader in online video game competition.