Following a remarkably successful 2025, Türkiye’s gaming ecosystem is kicking into overdrive for 2026. This week, Grand Games made waves with a fresh $70 million Series B investment, building on the massive momentum established earlier this year when the country minted its newest gaming unicorn, Loom Games.
In this article, we provide a detailed overview of the Turkish gaming companies that received investment in 2026, the announced funding amounts, and the impact of these investments on the industry.
Turkish Gaming Companies That Received Investment in 2025:
- Loom Games (Seed Round + Scopely’s Acquisition)
- Grand Games ($70 million)
- TaleMonster Games ($30 million)
- Vento Games ($4 million)
- Mission Control Games ($4 million)
- Mindtail ($2 million)
- Winter Wolves Studios ($1.5 million)
- Ace Games (Undisclosed)
- HOGO Games ($10 million valuation)
Other Local Companies in the Gaming/App Industry That Received Investment
- Playable Factory (Acquired by Tamatem)
- MobileAction (Acquired by InMobi)
- Hardal ($1.55 million)
- Game Actor ($400,000)
Loom Games
- Explosive Market Impact: Just three months after launch, Pixel Flow achieved 7-figure daily revenues and crossed the 10-million-player milestone. Over the past year, it cemented its market dominance by becoming the only casual title to consistently rank among the top 20 highest-grossing mobile games in the U.S.
- Strategic Funding & Scaling: To accelerate this momentum, the team closed a seed investment round backed by e2vc and industry veteran Akın Babayiğit. The funding fueled rapid scaling efforts, proving that hybrid-casual games can marry massive mainstream appeal with elite-tier monetization.
- The Billion-Dollar Valuation: Culminating this rapid growth, the company entered into a monumental agreement with Scopely. While exact financials remain undisclosed, the multi-year, performance-based deal officially values the studio at over $1 billion.
- “Scopely shares our passion for games and brings deep experience in developing and scaling products, all while caring about players. Their unique ecosystem will allow us to maintain our creative autonomy while also learning from each other and continuing to build games that can become a meaningful part of players’ lives for the long term,” said Studio CEO Kübra Gündoğan.
Grand Games
- Grand Games has increased its total investment to $103 million with a $70 million Series B round led by Balderton. The round comes approximately one year after its Series A round, which was led by the Balderton Early Fund. Existing investors Bek Ventures, Laton Ventures, and Mert Gür also participated in the round.
- In the past year, the company has grown its revenue nearly fivefold. With a portfolio of six active games and over 50 million downloads, Grand Games reached the top two spots on the U.S. iOS download charts with its titles Magic Sort and Block Out.
- Grand Games attributes its growth to an autonomous organizational model consisting of five independent studios. These teams have full decision-making power over their products while sharing a central infrastructure, ensuring both speed and quality. Strategically, the company distinguishes itself by focusing on the hybrid-casual puzzle market.
- “With this investment, we aim to grow our team and reach wider audiences,” said Grand Games Co-founder and CEO Bekir Batuhan Çelebi
TaleMonster Games
- TaleMonster Games announced that it has raised a $30 million Series A round led by Arcadia Gaming Partners and Andreessen Horowitz (a16z). The round also included participation from Point72 Ventures and General Catalyst.
- TaleMonster’s first game, Match Valley, stands out as a casual title that blends classic puzzle mechanics with elements from hero and tower defense genres. As a result of this innovative combination, the game is delivering exceptional early performance, alongside industry-leading metrics such as an average daily playtime of 100 minutes.
- “Our goal is to set new standards for what casual games can offer“, said TaleMonster Co-Founder and CEO İrem Sümer.
- TaleMonster Games secured $7M seed round led by General Catalyst in May 14 2025.
Vento Games
- Vento Games, a fast-growing mobile games studio, has raised $4M in a seed funding round co-led by Makers Fund and Arcadia Gaming Partners to create long-lasting, family-friendly, visually rich, and innovative games that appeal to players of all ages.
- The funding will accelerate the studio’s mission to grow its portfolio of charming, brain-building mobile puzzle games, including its new IP, Blossom Word Search, a captivating flower-themed word puzzle game that just hit Google Play and the App Store.
- “We are focused on creating long-lasting, innovative puzzle games that are both mentally stimulating and that spark joy in players of all ages and skill levels,” said Mustafa Dağlı, Co-Founder and CEO, Vento Games.
Mission Control Games
- Mission Control Games announced its launch and the close of a $4 million pre-seed funding round led by General Catalyst, with participation from Arcadia Gaming Partners and e2vc.
- The studio is building within the casual puzzle genre, but not replicating it. Mission Control’s ambition is to create entirely new sub-genres: experiences that feel familiar enough to welcome players in, yet original enough to define a new category.
- “We want to move fast using emerging capabilities of AI and build games that feel alive. Our ambition is to become the largest mobile gaming company with the smallest team.” said Kivanc Okutur, Co-Founder and CEO at Mission Control Games
Mindtail
- Led by APY Ventures, this pre-seed investment process was carried out alongside Inveo Ventures and Ak Portföy GSYF.
- The company aims to triple its team size in the short term, with its first game announcement expected soon.
- Mindtail aims to develop the next generation of hybrid casual puzzle games using an AI-supported production model. The founding team brings together experience from industry leaders such as Dream Games, King, Tactile, Ace Games, and Codeway.
- By combining what we’ve learned from products reaching hundreds of millions of players with an AI-native production model, we aim to set a new standard in the hybrid casual puzzle category.” said Mindtail Co-founder and CEO R. Tamer Özgen.
Winter Wolves Studios
- Winter Wolves Studios, an independent studio building story-driven, community-focused Roblox experiences, with a focus on accessible gameplay and strong presentation operating under Düzce Teknopark, has secured an investment at a $1.5 million valuation, marking a milestone for Türkiye’s gaming ecosystem.
- What makes this development particularly noteworthy is the broader regulatory context: Roblox remains inaccessible in Türkiye following the platform’s ban in 2024.
- According to the Turkish Roblox Developers Network, the investment signals a structural shift in how Roblox development is perceived within the local ecosystem.
Ace Games
- The investment was announced by the Türkiye Development Fund, which positioned the deal as support for Ace Games’ growth and Türkiye’s accumulation of technology know-how. Financial terms were not disclosed.
- Ace Games is currently focused on scaling two puzzle and board-driven projects: Cluedo Chase and Mystery Trail. Cluedo Chase is a dice-rolling, case-solving board experience built around the “CLUE” universe, while Mystery Trail is presented as a story-driven puzzle title.
HOGO Games
- HOGO Games secured investment from Nokta Games at a $10M valuation
- The studio currently operates with a 13-person team and says all three of its released PC games(Rock Star Life Simulator, Cinema Simulator 2025, Business Simulator 2026) have performed in Steam’s top 5% globally by sales and revenue performance.
- HOGO Games will use the new funding to grow its team, improve internal capabilities, and expand its production pipeline to increase development speed across both PC and mobile. The team is currently working on five PC games alongside ongoing mobile production.
- “Following the investment from a successful company like Red Axe Games last year, we see the decision of another successful company, like Nokta Games, to join us on our journey, trusting in our dreams, plans, and skills, not just as financial support but as an endorsement,” said HOGO Games Founder and CEO Ahmet Çetinli
Other Local Companies in the Gaming/App Industry That Received Investment
MobileAction joins InMobi
- MobileAction, a pioneer in app analytics and the growth partner for apps and games on organic and paid user acquisition, founded by Aykut Karaalioğlu, has joined InMobi as part of its next growth phase, focused on AI-driven marketing and privacy-first advertising ecosystems.
- The company also expanded its market presence in 2025 through the acquisition of Skai’s Apple Ads business, a move that Karaalioğlu said brought larger customers, additional talent, and increased scale to the business.
- “Together, we are better positioned to help brands acquire users and grow in a privacy-first, AI-driven world,” said Aykut Karaalioğlu.
Tamatem acquires Playable Factory
- Founded in 2021 in Istanbul, Playable Factory has created over 30,000 playable ads and built industry-leading technology that enables game developers and publishers to scale user acquisition through interactive ad formats, delivering up to 8x higher install conversion rates, 40% higher retention, and significantly stronger lifetime value.
- With this acquisition, Tamatem is entering a new phase as an AI-first gaming platform.
- In 2025, Playable Factory secured a strategic investment from Ludus Ventures.
- “With Playable Factory, we’re bringing one of the most advanced playable ads technologies in the world into our platform. This allows us to combine content, distribution, payments, and now world-class advertising technology to build a fully integrated gaming ecosystem.” said Hussam Hammo, CEO of Tamatem
Hardal
- Turkish data infrastructure platform Hardal has raised $1.55 million in a funding round led by Simya VC, with participation from Invest101, Maxis Ventures, and Sharks and Partners.
- The company plans to use the new investment to accelerate its global expansion, grow its team, and strengthen its artificial intelligence infrastructure.
- “We developed Hardal as a solution to the data loss and measurement challenges we faced in web, iOS, and Android applications. We believe that data infrastructure is now critical not only for analytics but also for powering artificial intelligence systems.” said Hardal Co-founder and CEO Barış Gürbüzler.
Game Actor
- Gametech platform Game Actor has raised a total of $400,000 in funding—$300,000 from Entertech GSYF and $100,000 from PlayGate Ventures GSYF.
- Based in Istanbul and launched in 20223 by Türkay Beyazay and Giray Kayan, the company offers a social hub where players can share their game statistics, achievements, and experiences under a single profile, while also providing opportunities to find gaming friends and socialize.
- “Game Actor will now reach more players, connect with more developers and studios, and make a significant impact in the gaming world,” said Türkay Beyazay, Co-Founder at Game Actor
