One Rule Games, a new mobile games studio founded by industry veterans, announced the successful close of its seed funding round, led by Griffin Gaming Partners, one of the leading venture capital firms focused on gaming and interactive content.
The investment backs One Rule Games at the earliest stage of its journey, recognizing the studio as a standout 0–1 team in mobile gaming: a team purpose-built to go from concept to category-defining hits.
The founders bring prior leadership experience at Voodoo and Homa, as well as deep expertise in creating and scaling top-grossing mobile games. They previously led the development of hits like Paper.io, Crowd City, Hole.io, and All in Hole, overall creating over 20 hit games with 1.6B downloads.
“We’re excited to invest in One Rule Games, a leading 0–1 team in mobile gaming.
The team has a rare ability to start from first principles and build with clarity, speed, and strong creative conviction.
Their work also reflects the continued strength of the exceptional creative and technical talent emerging from France, and we believe they’re laying the foundation for a breakout mobile studio.”
Pierre Planche, partner at Griffin Gaming Partners
“A huge thank you to our lead investor, Griffin Gaming Partners, and all the incredible backers who believe in our vision.
With this capital, we’re accelerating our mission to create games that blend casual fun with deeper engagement for endless replayability.”
Alexander Willink, co-founder at One Rule Games
Willink also thanked the team’s angel investors, who bring a wealth of experience; Simon Hade, Saad Choudri, Elad Drory, Charles Chapman, Matej Lancaric, Ed Chin, Phil Mansell and The Games Angels.
Griffin Gaming Partners invested in One Rule Games based on the founding team’s clear vision, strong product intuition, and to fuel the development of the next big hit in mobile games.
One Rule Games Background
From its Montpellier, France headquarters, One Rule Games is gearing up for a strong launch in 2026. The studio was founded by four industry veterans, including CEO Alexander Willink.
The name highlights the first principle design process that has led to the team’s blockbuster successes. The One Rule being there are No Rules. With a proven hit-making formula focused on identifying trending mechanics, optimizing progression for high LTV, and scaling through efficient UA, the studio aims to achieve category-defining hits.
