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Top 25 Video game development studios based in the United States

Name: Video game development studios based in the United States
Creator: RevenueBase
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Compiled by the RevenueBase Data Team Data refreshed Sep 22, 2026 1,790 companies tracked

RevenueBase identified 1,790 video game development studios headquartered in the United States as of September 2026 and tracks 37,967 professional contacts across them, including 10,911 with verified work emails. Los Angeles is the largest hub.

This list covers video game development studios headquartered in the United States, matched on what each company actually does as described in its own words. Ranked by team size, largest first. Every row shows the company's own description, its RevenueBase Smart Search rating, and when it was last checked. Data refreshed September 22, 2026.

Published by RevenueBase, a B2B data infrastructure company. This list was built with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search RevenueBase customers use to build their own targeted lists and unlock verified emails and direct dials at the companies on them. How these lists are built and judged.

How to read this list HQ checked on every row RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row Refreshed Sep 22, 2026 86% judged on-target in blind review

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37,967Contacts tracked

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The 25 largest video game development studios based in the United States

Ranked by team size

Top 25 of 1,790 video game development studios based in the United States, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 22, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to video game development studios: strong evidence (its own description names it), partial (names part of it), indirect (matched on the rest of its profile rather than the description shown). Click a contact count to view that company's people.
#	Company	RevenueBase Smart Search	Headquarters	Employees	Contacts
1	Activision	Indirect evidence	Santa Monica, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 22, 2026	5,001-10,000	2,385 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “We create the most iconic brands in gaming and entertainment and are driven by our mission to deliver unrivaled gaming experiences for the world to enjoy, together.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
2	2k	Partial evidence	Novato, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 22, 2026	1,001-5,000	1,890 contacts →
	Partial evidence “At 2K, we create unforgettable games that turn players into fanatics.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
3	Globalstep	Strong evidence	Dallas, TX, United StatesHQ checked Sep 22, 2026	1,001-5,000	1,580 contacts →
	Strong evidence “GlobalStep provides creative and technical outsourced solutions to the video games industry.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
4	Activision Blizzard	Indirect evidence	Santa Monica, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 22, 2026	5,001-10,000	1,440 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Activision Blizzard, Inc.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
5	Valve Corporation	Indirect evidence	Bellevue, WA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 22, 2026	201-500	1,299 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Valve is an entertainment software and technology company founded in 1996 and based in Bellevue, Washington.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
6	Saber Interactive	Indirect evidence	Fort Lauderdale, FL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 22, 2026	1,001-5,000	881 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “est.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
7	Naughty DOG	Partial evidence	Santa Monica, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 22, 2026	201-500	798 contacts →
	Partial evidence “For 40 years, Naughty Dog has been crafting best-selling, critically acclaimed games that constantly push the boundaries of interactive storytelling, gameplay, and technology.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
8	THQ	Indirect evidence	Agoura Hills, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 22, 2026	501-1,000	722 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “THQ Inc.(NASDAQ: THQI) is a leading worldwide developer and publisher of interactive entertainment software.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
9	Sperasoft	Strong evidence	Burbank, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 22, 2026	501-1,000	693 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Sperasoft is a leading international game development company (a contributor to such franchises as Halo, Battlefield, Assassin’s Creed, Rainbow 6) headquartered in Burbank, CA.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
10	Respawn Entertainment	Indirect evidence	San Fernando Valley, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 22, 2026	501-1,000	672 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Founded in 2010 by the original creators of the Call of Duty Franchise, Respawn was created with the philosophy that when talented people have creative freedom, they’ll make…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
11	Bethesda Softworks	Strong evidence	Rockville, MD, United StatesHQ checked Sep 22, 2026	51-200	598 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Headquartered just north of Washington, D.C, with offices in North America, Europe, Australia and Asia, ZeniMax Media is a video game publisher, managed by an experienced group of…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
12	Mega CAT Studios	Strong evidence	Pittsburgh, PA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 22, 2026	201-500	581 contacts →
	Strong evidence “We are an independent video game development studio with a global team.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
13	Santa Monica Studio	Partial evidence	Los Angeles, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 22, 2026	201-500	466 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Our studio is composed of a group of diverse, ambitious, highly collaborative creatives who empower one another, while working as a team to deliver high quality narrative-driven…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
14	Sega Of America, INC	Indirect evidence	Irvine, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 22, 2026	201-500	440 contacts →
	Indirect evidence Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
15	Warner Bros. Games	Indirect evidence	Burbank, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 22, 2026	1,001-5,000	413 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Applicants – please be advised that all email correspondence by official Warner Bros.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
16	Arenanet	Partial evidence	Bellevue, WA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 22, 2026	201-500	372 contacts →
	Partial evidence “We’re ArenaNet- and we’ve created a studio that makes online worlds infused with innovation, hand- crafted excellence, and creative passion.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
17	Zenimax Media	Indirect evidence	Rockville, MD, United StatesHQ checked Sep 22, 2026	1,001-5,000	361 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “ZeniMax creates and publishes original interactive entertainment content for consoles, the PC, and handheld/wireless devices.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
18	Crystal Dynamics	Strong evidence	San Mateo, TX, United StatesHQ checked Sep 22, 2026	201-500	345 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Crystal Dynamics is an award-winning, top of class game development studio located just south of San Francisco in sunny San Mateo, CA.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
19	Raven Software	Partial evidence	Middleton, WI, United StatesHQ checked Sep 22, 2026	201-500	339 contacts →
	Partial evidence “RAVEN SOFTWARE is the developer of numerous award-winning games, including significant contributions to the blockbuster Call of Duty series.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
20	ID Software	Indirect evidence	Richardson, United StatesHQ checked Sep 22, 2026	51-200	326 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “id – defined by Freud as the primal section of the human psyche; id Software, located in Richardson, Texas, was founded in 1991.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
21	That's NO Moon	Strong evidence	Los Angeles, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 22, 2026	51-200	292 contacts →
	Strong evidence “That's No Moon is an independent studio of storytellers and game-makers who believe in the power of narrative-driven experiences.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
22	Bandai Namco Entertainment America INC	Strong evidence	Irvine, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 22, 2026	51-200	264 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Bandai Namco Entertainment America Inc, part of the Bandai Namco Group, is a leading global publisher and developer of interactive entertainment for major video game consoles, PC…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
23	Trick Studios	Strong evidence	Los Angeles, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 22, 2026	201-500	263 contacts →
	Strong evidence “We are a US based and operated Game and Software development company with origins in Argentina.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
24	Iron Galaxy Studios	Strong evidence	Chicago, TN, United StatesHQ checked Sep 22, 2026	201-500	255 contacts →
	Strong evidence “We are an independent video game developer who has worked on some of your favorite titles.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
25	Obsidian Entertainment	Strong evidence	Irvine, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 22, 2026	201-500	242 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Obsidian Entertainment, an Xbox Game Studio based in Irvine, California, is one of the world's leading developers of role-playing games.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026

RevenueBase Smart Search

RevenueBase Smart Search assesses information from a company’s LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website, and other publicly available sources. It uses that information to rate how closely the company relates to this list’s category: video game development studios. Every row carries its rating and the description the rating was read from, so each one can be checked rather than taken on trust.

Strong evidence: The company's own public description of its business names video game development studios.
Partial evidence: Its own public description names part of video game development studios, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
Indirect evidence: The description shown does not name video game development studios. The match rests on the rest of the company's public profile rather than the one sentence quoted here, so this is the rating to check first.

RevenueBase Smart Search is how these lists are built: RevenueBase's data engine and AI assemble the companies that match a category defined in a user's own words, so a list can be about what companies actually do rather than about whichever industry code they were filed under.

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Video game development studios based in the United States at a glance

As of Sep 22, 2026

28.7%Verified-email coverage

21.2Average contacts per company

1-10Median size (employees)

7.2%Largest-city concentration · Los Angeles

Sep 22, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10

1,102

11-50

494

51-200

139

201-500

501-1,000

1,001-5,000

5,001-10,000

10001+

Email recency for this list is measured worldwide rather than for United States, so it is reported there. Company counts and contact totals on this page are exact for United States, over 1,790 companies.

How this list was built

Company categories are rarely black and white. RevenueBase reads each company's own description of its business to decide whether it belongs among video game development studios, so some rows will be adjacent to the category rather than pure plays. The description and RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row are there so you can check each match yourself.

Source: The RevenueBase company graph: 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts resolved from primary sources, queried with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search available to every RevenueBase user.
What qualifies: Companies headquartered in the United States whose own description of what they do matches “video game development studios”. Matching reads each company's description, not its industry code or its name.
RevenueBase Smart Search: RevenueBase Smart Search is how this list is assembled and how each row is rated. RevenueBase's data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to a category defined in a user's own words. Each row is rated strong evidence (its own description names video game development studios), partial evidence (it names part of the category) or indirect evidence (the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile). The description supporting each rating is quoted on the row.
What we exclude: Companies whose own description does not clearly place them among video game development studios, and records with no verified work email. Companies headquartered outside United States are excluded even when they keep an office there.
Match quality: In blind human judging of this matching method, 86% of matched companies were on target. Expect roughly 1 in 7 rows to be adjacent to the category rather than a pure play. Every row shows the company's own description and its RevenueBase Smart Search rating so you can judge each match yourself. Read the full methodology: how the lists are built, how the judging worked, and what the figure means.
Ranking: Team size, largest first: companies are ordered by the number of professionals RevenueBase tracks at each one. Employee ranges shown are reported bands, for context.
Verification: Every listed company carries at least one verified work email, 10,911 across the full list. Contacts re-verify on a rolling cadence, and each contact's own verification date is shown inside RevenueBase.
Refresh: This page's figures were pulled from the company graph on September 22, 2026. Lists refresh periodically as the graph is re-checked.
Corrections: Wrong category, wrong headquarters, or a company that has closed? Use “Report an issue” on any row. Reports go to the RevenueBase Data Team and feed back into the company graph.

Video game development studios by metro

Video game development studios in Los Angeles128
Video game development studios in Seattle70
Video game development studios in New York63
Video game development studios in Austin57
Video game development studios in San Francisco47
Video game development studios in Orlando38
Video game development studios in Chicago27
Video game development studios in Dallas26
Video game development studios in San Diego26
Video game development studios in Irvine25

Frequently asked

What is RevenueBase Smart Search?

RevenueBase Smart Search is how RevenueBase decides which companies belong on this list and how strongly each one fits. Its data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to the category the list is about. Each row is rated strong evidence when the company's own description names video game development studios, partial evidence when it names part of the category, and indirect evidence when the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile.

How many video game development studios are there based in the United States?

RevenueBase identified 1,790 video game development studios headquartered in the United States as of September 2026, matched on each company's own description of what it does rather than its industry code.

What is the largest company on this list?

Activision, headquartered in Santa Monica, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which city has the most video game development studios?

Los Angeles leads with 128 headquartered companies, followed by Seattle (70) and New York (63).

How do I get contact information for these companies?

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How current is this list?

The list refreshes periodically as the company graph is re-checked. This page's figures were pulled on September 22, 2026.

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About this data

RevenueBase is a B2B data infrastructure company. Its company graph covers 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts, with emails verified on a rolling cadence rather than scraped once and left to decay. These company lists are generated directly from that graph with RevenueBase Smart Search, the same natural-language company search every RevenueBase user has: describe a market in plain words, get the companies that match, and add verified emails and direct dials for the people at them. It is the same data that powers RevenueBase's B2B data products, and a free account includes 500 credits to start. How these lists are built and judged.