Best Startup Scotland
At Best Startup Scotland we track over 100,000 Scottish startups and over 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 17 Gaming companies in Edinburgh. 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 Gaming Companies & Startups (Edinburgh)
AdInMo
Immersive in-game brand experiences. Programmatic in-game advertising and monetization platform
Founder(s): Kristan Rivers, Mike Panoff
Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom
Industries: Advertising, Brand Marketing, Digital Entertainment, Gaming, Mobile Advertising, Mobile Apps, Video Games
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DeltaDNA
DeltaDNA provides real-time player relationship management solutions for the deep-dive data analysis of player data.
Founder(s): Christopher Wright, Mark Robinson
Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom
Industries: Analytics, Gaming, Real Time
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GamersFirst
GamersFirst is a global free2play publisher of multiplayer online games.
Founder(s): Joshua Hong
Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom
Industries: E-Commerce, Gaming, Internet, MMO Games, Online Games, Publishing
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Playerbase
Playerbase is a community driven platform for gamers that delivers solutions to improve overall gaming experience.
Founder(s): Callum Martin
Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom
Industries: eSports, Gaming, Internet, Mobile Apps
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Rockstar North
Rockstar North creates and publishes video game franchises such as the Grand Theft Auto Series.
Founder(s): David Jones, Mike Dailly, Russell Kay, Steve Hammond
Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom
Industries: Gaming, Video, Video Games
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TESORO STUDIO
TESORO STUDIO provides outsourcing, game development and design cycle services.
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Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom
Industries: Gaming, Outsourcing
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TopDog
Compete against friends in an accumulator-style tournament for cash!
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Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom
Industries: Events, Gaming, Sports
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Ponup
Ponup is an indie development company looking to make different things differently.
Founder(s): Federico Gascón, Santiago Lizardo
Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom
Industries: Developer Platform, Gaming, Publishing
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Ant Workshop
Ant Workshop is a Develop and TIGA Award nominated microstudio
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Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom
Industries: Gaming
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Incentive Games
Incentive Games is a Software Company that specializes in gamification, rendering games for customer acquisition, retention & monetization.
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Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom
Industries: Apps, Gaming, Software
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Digital Dudz
Digital Dudz is a mobile application and games developer .They used to develop the applications regarding entertainment.
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Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom
Industries: Children, Gaming, Mobile Apps
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Cloudgine
Cloudgine is developing an innovative Cloud Gaming development platform.
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Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom
Industries: Computer, Gaming
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Playne
Playne is a social discovery platform that allows users to discover new games by connecting with their friends.
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Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom
Industries: Gaming, iOS, Location Based Services
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Games Without Frontiers
Simulations for Business – redesigning simulation software to accelerate the way humanity learns, trains and teaches
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Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom
Industries: Corporate Training, Gaming, Simulation, Training
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Tigerface Games
Tigerface Games is a game maker startup.
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Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom
Industries: Gaming, Internet
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Lucky Frame
Lucky frame is a company which makes game apps for iPhone & iPads. Bad Hotel is a game app by the same company with some new exciting
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Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom
Industries: Gaming, Mobile Apps, Online Games
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Black Company Studios
Black Company Studios offer software outsourcing services to other studios in the games industry
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Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom
Industries: Consulting, Gaming, Information Technology, Software
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