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As of 4 November 2026, 5,711 games development & publishing companies are based in United States; 93 are hiring right now and San Francisco has the most.
As of 4 November 2026 · refreshed daily · counts move as websites, DNS and career sites are re-read.
- Companies
- 5,711
- Hiring now
- 93 · 24 new in 30 d
- Largest niche
- Game studios · 2,682
- Top city
- San Francisco · 253
- Parent market
- Media & content · 224,343
Games development & publishing in United States, broken down
| companies | share | |
|---|---|---|
| Game studios | 2,682 | 47% |
| Mobile casual game studios | 1,643 | 29% |
| Game portals | 1,294 | 23% |
| Tabletop game publishers | 970 | 17% |
| Other games development & publishing | 441 | 8% |
| Private game servers | 308 | 5% |
| Game development service studios | 289 | 5% |
| Video game media | 250 | 4% |
| Other user content aggregator platforms | 22 | 0% |
| Webcomic & comic creators | 14 | 0% |
| Book publishers | 12 | 0% |
| Anime manga fandom media | 11 | 0% |
| Youtube channels | 11 | 0% |
| Price comparison shopping portals | 8 | 0% |
| Social media influencers | 8 | 0% |
| companies · hiring | |
|---|---|
| Self-employed | 3,988 · 3 |
| 2-10 employees | 752 · 19 |
| 11-50 employees | 760 · 35 |
| 51-200 employees | 166 · 17 |
| 201-500 employees | 26 · 10 |
| 501-1000 employees | 5 · 3 |
| 1001-5000 employees | 8 · 6 |
| 5001-10000 employees | 1 · 0 |
| 10,001+ employees | 5 · 0 |
| companies | share | |
|---|---|---|
| San Francisco | 253 | 4% |
| New York | 129 | 2% |
| Bellevue | 99 | 2% |
| Austin | 90 | 2% |
| Topeka | 83 | 1% |
| Denver | 69 | 1% |
| Seattle | 63 | 1% |
| Chicago | 62 | 1% |
| Sacramento | 48 | 1% |
| Las Vegas | 44 | 1% |
| San Diego | 42 | 1% |
| Miami | 39 | 1% |
The biggest games development & publishing companies in United States
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The stack of games development & publishing in United States
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Other segments of media & content in United States
Media & content in United States, the whole market →
News & content portals · 93,627 →
User content aggregator platforms · 33,586 →
Visual art galleries & prints · 23,847 →
Music & radio · 19,433 →
Writers & independent publishing · 19,109 →
Books publishing & retail · 17,803 →
Travel blogs guides · 13,347 →
Creator channels & influencers · 10,366 →
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5,711 games development & publishing companies are based in United States; 93 are hiring right now and San Francisco has the most. (Breaknorm, 4 November 2026, https://breaknorm.co/market/media_content/united-states/games_development_and_publishing)
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- ClassificationEvery company is classified from its own website into vertical, sub-vertical and leaf with a confidence score; this page counts industry confidence ≥ 0.7 and country confidence ≥ 0.8.
- Company listRich profiles with a LinkedIn-known headcount only; job boards, directories, portals and non-organisations are left out.
- HiringOpen roles read hourly from the company's own career system.
Games development & publishing in United States: questions
How many games development & publishing companies are there in United States?
5,711 with a confident classification, read from their own websites.
What is a sub-vertical?
The middle level of our industry tree: Media & content → Games development & publishing → leaf niches such as game studios, mobile casual game studios, game portals. Each company carries all three with a confidence score.
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