At Best Startup California we track over 300,000 Californian startups and over 1,500,000 people who hold key positions in these companies. We use this directory of startups to highlight top employees, founders and organisations we think deserve more appreciation than they are currently getting.
We’ve ranked the top 96 Casual Games companies in California, United States. The companies, startups and institutions listed in this article are all exceptional companies, well worth a follow. We have included links to their websites, socials and CrunchBase (if you’re interested in their financials).
We selected the organisations listed in this article based on:
- Track record
- Executive leadership
- Market share
- Innovation
- ESG rating
Our Data – We source our data from OSINT (open source intelligence) and public directories such as Crunchbase, SemRush and many more. The data from these sources should be treated with a degree of caution and verified yourself.
Top Casual Games Companies & Startups (California, United States)
Pixowl
Pixowl is working to build a big entertainment family brand on mobile.
Founder(s): Adrien Duermael, Arthur Madrid, Laurel Duermael, Sebastien Borget
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Casual Games, Mobile, Video Games
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Lowkey
The home for watching and creating short gaming videos
Founder(s): Jesse Zhang, Vili Vaananen
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Casual Games, eSports, Gaming, Mobile, Video Games
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KIXEYE
KIXEYE is an independent game developer responsible for titles like Desktop Defender, Backyard Monsters, Battle Pirates and War Commander.
Founder(s): David Scott, Paul Preece, Will Harbin
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Casual Games, Developer Platform, Gamification, Gaming, PC Games, Video Games
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Kongregate
Kongregate is a mobile game publisher and web gaming portal.
Founder(s): Emily Greer, Jim Greer
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Casual Games, Gaming, Internet, iOS, Mobile, Social Network
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Bebopbee
BebopBee crafts exceptional, emotive and enduring casual gaming experiences
Founder(s): Rajeev Nagpal
Location: Menlo Park, California, United States
Industries: Casual Games, Gaming, Mobile Apps
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Drivetime
Drivetime provides an online platform designed to help users play games while they drive.
Founder(s): Cory Johnson, Justin Cooper, Niko Vuori
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Apps, Audio, Automotive, Casual Games, Consumer Software, Gaming, Information Technology, Media and Entertainment, Software, Video Games
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Unblockable
Unblockable empowers sports fans to buy, sell, and use blockchain based digital collectibles of individual athletes.
Founder(s): Eben Smith, Greg Dean, Jeb Terry, Kedric Van de Carr
Location: Manhattan Beach, California, United States
Industries: Blockchain, Casual Games, Collectibles, Sports
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Knock Knock
Maker of Frictionless Games and Technologies
Founder(s): Andrew Friday, Andrew N. Green, Sean Maher
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Casual Games, Gaming, Messaging, Mobile Apps, Social Media, Video Games
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TapZen
TapZen creates unforgettable games for iOS and Android tablets.
Founder(s): Amir Rahimi, Mike Verdu
Location: Los Angeles, California, United States
Industries: Casual Games, PC Games, Social, Toys
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Roboto Games
Roboto Games is a small scrappy studio made up of plucky game industry vets.
Founder(s): Curt Bererton, Mathilde Pignol
Location: San Mateo, California, United States
Industries: Casual Games
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nWay
nWay develops and publishes online mobile multiplayer games.
Founder(s): Dave Jones, Taehoon Kim, Tony Harman
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Casual Games, Video Games
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ReadyUp
ReadyUp is the interactive event platform that fuels vibrant game communities by making it easier to find, follow, and join in the action.
Founder(s): Johnathan Wendel, Roderick Alemania, Sean Allen
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Casual Games, Console Games, eSports, Event Promotion, Events, Online Games, PC Games, Serious Games, Video Games
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MadOverGames
California based social gaming startup with multiple offices in India
Founder(s): Atul Gosain
Location: Santa Clara, California, United States
Industries: Casual Games, Online Games, Video Games
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N3TWORK
Creating, publishing, and scaling the very best in mobile games.
Founder(s): Alan Yu, Bob Stevenson, Erik Lammerding, Neil Young, Steve Detwiler
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Analytics, Casual Games, Gamification, Gaming, Mobile, Mobile Apps, Publishing, Software, Video Games
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Goko
Goko is a platform enabling developers to build, distribute and monetize HTML5 social games.
Founder(s): Kevin Binkley, Ted Griggs
Location: Redwood City, California, United States
Industries: Casual Games, Gaming, Online Games
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Cosmic Forces
Cosmic Forces is a computer game company developing horror series, goosebumps night of scares, and original titles.
Founder(s): Sarah Seirafi, Ziad Seirafi
Location: Los Angeles, California, United States
Industries: Casual Games, Video Games
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GameApart
GameApart brings team members, friends, and families together in an increasingly remote world.
Founder(s): James Simmons, Justin Simmons
Location: Huntington Beach, California, United States
Industries: Apps, Casual Games, Online Games, Video Conferencing, Virtual Workforce
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Volley
Volley builds voice-controlled entertainment experiences for Amazon Alexa, Google Assistant, and smartphones.
Founder(s): James Wilsterman, Max Child
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Audio, Casual Games, Consumer Software, Digital Entertainment, Digital Media, Media and Entertainment, Podcast, Software, Speech Recognition, Virtual Assistant
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Camelot.ai
Camelot is a platform where everyone can join the world of sports betting.
Founder(s): Jesse Zhang, Matthew Huang, Melissa Yu
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Casual Games, eSports, Gaming, Mobile, PC Games, Video Streaming
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Tales
Visual, audible, and interactive storytelling
Founder(s): Thomas Wu, Shawn Chiao, Sam Gutierrez
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Casual Games, EBooks, Enterprise Software, Mobile Apps, Mobile Devices, Publishing
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Machine Zone
Machine Zone develops applications and games for users of social networks and mobile devices.
Founder(s): Gabriel Leydon, Halbert Nakagawa, Michael Sherrill
Location: Palo Alto, California, United States
Industries: Casual Games, Cloud Infrastructure, MMO Games, Mobile, Real Time
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Piepacker
Piepacker is a free cloud gaming platform to hang out and plays premium retro games online.
Founder(s): Benjamin Devienne, Jules Testard
Location: Santa Clara, California, United States
Industries: Casual Games, Cloud Data Services, Online Games, Video Games
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Mad Brain Games
Mad Brain Games is a casual game company that develops free-to-play mobile games.
Founder(s): Avi Asher, Tomer Waintroub
Location: Beverly Hills, California, United States
Industries: Casual Games, Gaming, Software
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NoxMob
Nox Mobile is a global mobile game publisher.
Founder(s): Harry Liu
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Casual Games, Gaming, Mobile
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San Francisco 49ers
San Francisco 49ers is an American football team that plays in the West Division of the National Football Conference in the NFL.
Founder(s): Tony Morabito
Location: Santa Clara, California, United States
Industries: American Football, Casual Games, Gaming
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StatsRoyale.com
StatsRoyale.com is a fan site for players of Supercell’s popular mobile game Clash Royale.
Founder(s): Steve Rabouin
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Casual Games
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iWin
iWin develops, publishes, and distributes mass-market online social and casual games.
Founder(s): CJ Wolf, David Fox
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Casual Games, E-Commerce, Gaming, Publishing
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ABCmouse
ABCmouse renders online educational animations, puzzles, games, songs, books, art and printables related to school grades curriculum.
Founder(s): Doug Dohring
Location: Glendale, California, United States
Industries: Casual Games, E-Learning, Education
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Winistry VR
Winistry Games is a Virtual Reality Interactive Gaming-as-a-Platform Company with a Premium Social Casino offering.
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Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Android, Casino, Casual Games, iOS, Machine Learning, Virtual Reality
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Turtle Rock Studios
Turtle Rock Studios is wanted to design a game that encouraged and supported cooperative gameplay between players.
Founder(s): Chris Ashton, Phil Robb
Location: Lake Forest, California, United States
Industries: Casual Games, Gaming, Virtual Reality
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Ritz Deli Games
Ritz Deli Games is a gaming studio that develops social and casual games.
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Location: Oakland, California, United States
Industries: Casual Games, Gaming, Information Technology
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June Software
June Software is a San Francisco-based company that develops mobile apps for the education and healthcare sectors.
Founder(s): Avinash Pandey, Roby John
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Casual Games, Computer, Education, Software
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Exent
Exent is a digital entertainment media company that stays abreast of the latest technological trends in offering mobile and PC games.
Founder(s): Zvi Levgoren
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Casual Games, Consumer Applications, Digital Entertainment, Mobile, PC Games, Software, Telecommunications, Video Games
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Speedcubeshop
Speedcubeshop is a puzzle store that focuses on selling puzzle cubes, accessories, lubricants, stickers, spare parts and lifestyle products.
Founder(s): Cameron Brown
Location: Bakersfield, California, United States
Industries: Casual Games, Consumer Goods, E-Commerce, Lifestyle, Retail
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Freeze Tag
Freeze Tag develops and publishes casual games for tablets and smartphones.
Founder(s): Craig Holland, Mick Donahoo
Location: Tustin, California, United States
Industries: Casual Games, Developer Tools, Gaming, iOS, Publishing, Software
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Terminal3
Terminal3 is a leading global platform for game monetization, distribution and promotion in 200+ countries.
Founder(s): Honor Gunday
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Casual Games, E-Commerce, Fraud Detection, Gaming, MMO Games, Mobile Payments, Online Games, Payments, PC Games, Transaction Processing
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boxPAY
boxPAY offers a mobile payment platform that enables its users to pay for digital contents using their phone number.
Founder(s): Gavin McConnon, Iain McConnon
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Casual Games, E-Commerce, Mobile Payments, Virtual Currency
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Banana & Co.
Developer of high quality iOS and Android games including Blackjack 21, Hearts, Mahjong, Spider Solitaire, Tic Tac Toe, Chess and Sudoku.
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Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Android, Casual Games, iOS, Mobile Apps
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Color Switch LLC
The indie gaming studio and creator of the hit mobile game, Color Switch, with over 200 million downloads and number one in 150 countries.
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Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Casual Games, Gaming, Mobile, Mobile Apps
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Finch Care
Gamified self care that makes proactive mental health rewarding.
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Location: Menlo Park, California, United States
Industries: Casual Games, Health Care, Leisure, Personal Health, Wellness
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Critical Hit Software
Critical Hit Software is a successful casual games developer and publisher.
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Location: San Diego, California, United States
Industries: Casual Games, Publishing
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Mossmouth, LLC
Mossmouth is a personal studio created by Derek Yu in 2009, where he develops exciting, uncompromising games.
Founder(s): Derek Yu
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Casual Games, Software Engineering, Video Games
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Intrepid Studios
Intrepid Studios is an online game development company and has developed games such as ashes of creation.
Founder(s): John Moore
Location: San Diego, California, United States
Industries: Casual Games, Gaming, Online Games
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Handipoints
Handipoints is a website with a chore chart component and a virtual world containing a range of online games and activities for children.
Founder(s): Viva Chu
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Casual Games, Gaming, Video Games
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Poker VR
Poker VR is a social application for playing multiplayer poker in virtual reality.
Founder(s): Marco Kobelt
Location: San Mateo, California, United States
Industries: Apps, Casino, Casual Games, Virtual Reality
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Mesmo
Mesmo was a leading social game portal on Facebook.
Founder(s): Davin Miyoshi, Debarshi Kar, Jesse Hull
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Casual Games, Online Games
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Brainquake
We provide the world with a fun and entertaining way to realize its true math proficiency.
Founder(s): Keith Devlin, Randy Weiner, Steve Mays
Location: Petaluma, California, United States
Industries: Casual Games, Education, Mobile
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NMR Brands
NMR Brands is a provider of branded and licensed games, playing cards, puzzles and lifestyle products.
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Location: Valencia, California, United States
Industries: Casual Games, Consumer Goods, Retail
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Modern Games
Modern Games is a new studio working to create games that combine physical and digital play.
Founder(s): Amanda Kifer, Justin Kifer
Location: Los Angeles, California, United States
Industries: Casual Games, Product Design
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Built Games
Founded in 2014, Built Games is an indie mobile game developer and publisher that rocks out amazing games with sass and style.
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Location: Los Angeles, California, United States
Industries: Casual Games, Mobile, Video Games
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Wild Needle
Wild Needle is an early-stage social mobile gaming studio that builds female-focused casual games.
Founder(s): Heidi Carson, Rick Thompson
Location: Mountain View, California, United States
Industries: Casual Games, Digital Entertainment, Mobile
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DressupGirl.net
DressupGirl.net is an online gaming company that provides coloring pages, doll makers, cooking, animal, dress-up games for girls and kids.
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Location: Orange, California, United States
Industries: Casual Games, Online Games, PC Games
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Laughing Buddha Games
Laughing Buddha Games is a gaming company that focuses on empowering social change by connecting games and players to relevant causes.
Founder(s): Sunitha Kumar Girish
Location: Clayton, California, United States
Industries: Casual Games, Media and Entertainment, Mobile, Online Games, Social, Video Games
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AEG
AEG is an entertainment publisher of board games, role-playing games and card game products via the online store.
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Location: Ontario, California, United States
Industries: Casual Games, EBooks, Publishing
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Bird Rock Games LLC
A boutique game studio, based in San Diego, California.
Founder(s): Mark Holmberg
Location: San Diego, California, United States
Industries: Casual Games, Mobile Apps
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Street Food Cinema
Street Food Cinema is an outdoor movie series that includes tasty food, live music, and interactive games.
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Location: Los Angeles, California, United States
Industries: Casual Games, Food Trucks, Media and Entertainment, Music Streaming
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Heart Machine
Heart Machine is a game studio building games with engaging stories.
Founder(s):
Location: Los Angeles, California, United States
Industries: Casual Games, Digital Entertainment, Online Games
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FunkyFundz
The stock market simulator where stocks are songs!
Founder(s): Marvin Rhone
Location: Berkeley, California, United States
Industries: Casual Games, Mobile Apps
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PlayCrafter
PlayCrafter offers a flash-based website that enables its users to create and share games.
Founder(s): Curt Bererton, Mathilde Pignol
Location: California City, California, United States
Industries: Casual Games, Gamification, Gaming
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FaunaFace, Inc.
Applying FUN to things that matter.
Founder(s): Amar Chitimalli
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Apps, Augmented Reality, Casual Games, Gamification, Gaming, Mobile, Publishing, Virtual Reality
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SunsOut
SunsOut is a manufacturer and whole sale distributor of wide range of puzzles and accessories for kids and children.
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Location: Costa Mesa, California, United States
Industries: Casual Games, Children, Manufacturing, Wholesale
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MinoMonsters
Mino Games is a mobile games developing company based in San Francisco.
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Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Casual Games
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CMP Game Group
Technology, a unit of United Business Media and the parent company of the Game Developers Conference.
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Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Casual Games
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Twisted Games
Twisted Games is a premier high qaulity game publishing company located in Torrance.
Founder(s):
Location: Torrance, California, United States
Industries: Casual Games, Gaming, Online Games
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Say Design
Say Design is a innovator of digital media, experiential design and games.
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Location: Aliso Viejo, California, United States
Industries: Casual Games, Consumer Electronics, Internet, iOS, MMO Games, Software, Video Games
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Syntek Industries LLC
Skill Based Gaming – Making a competitve skill based game that players can take each others money in.
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Location: Glendale, California, United States
Industries: Casual Games, Gambling, Gamification, Gaming, Online Games, PC Games, Serious Games, Video Games
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YooMee Games
YooMee Games is an interactive social games portal where the users can play collectively.
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Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Casual Games, Gaming, Online Games
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Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk
Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk is a seaside park that provides events, games, lodging, beaches, amusement park and entertainment.
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Location: Santa Cruz, California, United States
Industries: Casual Games, Events, Parks, Tourism
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Pirate Software
Pirate Software is a game development company that makes pirates games.
Founder(s):
Location: Santa Ana, California, United States
Industries: Casual Games, Gaming, Online Games, Software
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Santa Cruz Seaside Company
Santa Cruz Seaside Company engages in the amusement and entertainment business.
Founder(s):
Location: Santa Cruz, California, United States
Industries: Amusement Park and Arcade, Casual Games, Recreation, Restaurants
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AppTout
Mobile game and app publishing company focusing on casual games and apps.
Founder(s): Paul Rivera
Location: San Diego, California, United States
Industries: Android, Apps, Casual Games, Gaming, Mobile Apps
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LootWorks
LootWorks develops first person 3D casual games with a game engine for both casual and expert players.
Founder(s):
Location: Saratoga, California, United States
Industries: 3D Technology, Apps, Casual Games, Gaming, Software, Sports
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LOViE
Mobile app developper
Founder(s):
Location: Los Angeles, California, United States
Industries: Casual Games, Mobile Apps, Online Games
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Modern Combat Sports
Modern Combat Sports is the emerging leader in combat games, promoting special events and league play.
Founder(s):
Location: Vista, California, United States
Industries: Casual Games, Sports, Wholesale
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SERENFLIPITY
SERENFLIPITY offers a card game that helps people discover more serendipity, connection, and adventure.
Founder(s): Cara Thomas
Location: Los Angeles, California, United States
Industries: Adventure Travel, Casual Games, Wellness
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Mindclash Games
Mindclash Games designs and publishes thematic board games.
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Location: Irvine, California, United States
Industries: Casual Games, Gaming, Sales
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AviaGames
AviaGames is a mobile skill gaming company that creates a game competition platform that’s easy for everyone to play and win real money.
Founder(s): Ping Wang, Vickie Yanjuan Chen
Location: Mountain View, California, United States
Industries: Casual Games, Gaming, Software, Video Games
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MindFuse
Mindfuse produces massively multiplayer online games (MMOG) such as Gatheryn, a steampunk MMO for casual gamers.
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Location: Berkeley, California, United States
Industries: Casual Games, Gaming, MMO Games
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Wesh
Fun game where players must guess what their random partner most likely think and feel about an image.
Founder(s): Laurent Martenot
Location: Los Gatos, California, United States
Industries: Apps, Casual Games, Information Technology, Internet, Mobile Apps, Online Games, Web Apps
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ToTT Global
ToTT Global is a platform that consistently aims to create fine art, both accessible and interactive for everybody.
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Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Art, Casual Games, Consumer Goods
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Hive Media
Hive Media creates social media games that allow fans to live their favorite hit movies and TV series via Facebook and mobile devices.
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Location: California City, California, United States
Industries: Casual Games, Gaming, Mobile
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Portable Zoo
Portable Zoo is a Santa Clara-based game development studio that focuses on iPhone, casual games, and social network gaming.
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Location: Santa Clara, California, United States
Industries: Casual Games, Gaming, Online Games
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The Imagineering Company
Creative marketing agency located in San Francisco, CA.
Founder(s):
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Casual Games, Marketing, Packaging Services, Public Relations
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Big Bonus Slots
Big Bonus Slots is a gaming application.
Founder(s):
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Casual Games, Gaming, Mobile Apps
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Motion Stride
Game studio that creates meaningful mobile games to raise awareness and encourage to participate in a good social movement.
Founder(s): Kate Jachimowicz, Sylvester Kaczmarek
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Casual Games, Gaming, Mobile, Online Games
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MobJoy
MobJoy develops casual games for multiple mobile platforms.
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Location: Burlingame, California, United States
Industries: Casual Games, Gaming, Mobile
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Gamepression
Game Monetization Platform
Founder(s):
Location: Los Angeles, California, United States
Industries: Advertising, Advertising Platforms, Casual Games, Consumer Electronics, Internet
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Gamook
Gamook is a platform enabling people to play and share online casual games.
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Location: Menlo Park, California, United States
Industries: Casual Games, Gaming, Internet
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California Midstate Fair
California Midstate Fair provides concerts, entertainment, livestock and horse shows.
Founder(s):
Location: Paso Robles, California, United States
Industries: Casual Games, Concerts, Music
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Ensomniac Studios
Ensomniac Studios is an entertainment company that creates interactive, unique and compelling visual content using the latest technology.
Founder(s):
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Apps, Casual Games, Media and Entertainment
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Glendora Country Club
Glendora Country Club is focusing on golf competitions.
Founder(s):
Location: Glendora, California, United States
Industries: Casual Games, Golf, Outdoors
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KissAppGames
Kissapp was a mobile game development studio.
Founder(s): Maura Sparks
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Casual Games, Developer Platform, Gaming, Media and Entertainment
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Eagle Club Indoor Golf
Eagle Club Indoor Golf is a place to practice your golf game in downtown SF.
Founder(s):
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Casual Games, Fantasy Sports, Gaming
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Blueyes Games, Inc
Blueyes Games develop a series of free-to-play mobile games.
Founder(s):
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Apps, Casual Games, Gaming, iOS, Mobile, Mobile Apps
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Gorin Tennis
Gorin Tennis is a coaching center that offers junior tennis athletes, summer camps, tennis coaching and programs.
Founder(s):
Location: Granite Bay, California, United States
Industries: Casual Games, Fitness, Sports
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Tables Of Fun
Tables Of Fun – Game Tables For Home, Business, & Everything In Between
Founder(s):
Location: Lake Forest, California, United States
Industries: Casual Games, Sports, Toys
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