Where Worlds Get Built
Gaming Companies
Find your place in the business behind the games.
Explore studios, publishers and platforms—and the people, product, finance and technology teams that make them work.
205 Reviewed Companies · Corporate Careers · Entry Level to VP+
Find Your Next Team
Explore Gaming Companies
Gray entries have limited LAYIQ job coverage. Every company has a profile and a career-page link. Searchable companies may have no current openings.
1–40 of 205 companies
Valve
Company Site OnlyStudios & Publishers
Riot Games
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Rockstar Games
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Epic Games
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Electronic Arts
Company Site OnlyStudios & Publishers
Roblox
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Take-Two Interactive
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2K
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Zynga
Searchable in LAYIQStudios & Publishers
Activision
Company Site OnlyStudios & Publishers
Blizzard Entertainment
Company Site OnlyStudios & Publishers
King
Company Site OnlyStudios & Publishers
Ubisoft
Company Site OnlyStudios & Publishers
Nintendo of America
Searchable in LAYIQStudios & Publishers
Sony Interactive Entertainment / PlayStation
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Naughty Dog
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Insomniac Games
Searchable in LAYIQStudios & Publishers
ZeniMax Media
Company Site OnlyStudios & Publishers
CD PROJEKT RED
Company Site OnlyStudios & Publishers
Larian Studios
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SEGA of America
Searchable in LAYIQStudios & Publishers
Bandai Namco Entertainment America
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Square Enix America
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Scopely
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Warner Bros. Games
Company Site OnlyStudios & Publishers
Behaviour Interactive
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Gearbox Software
Searchable in LAYIQStudios & Publishers
Funcom
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NC America
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NetEase Games
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HoYoverse
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Capcom U.S.A.
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KRAFTON
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Nexon America
Company Site OnlyStudios & Publishers
Bungie
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Obsidian Entertainment
Company Site OnlyStudios & Publishers
Unity
Company Site OnlyPlatforms & Tools
Discord
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Supercell
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Jam City
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Find Your Way In
Breaking Into Gaming
Start with the work you want to do, then build a credible connection to the industry. You can explore game creation, the business behind it or the platforms that support other teams.
The starting points and exercises below are LAYIQ’s qualitative research takeaways, not measured hiring-outcome research. Published employer guidance is identified and linked separately. The advice for career switchers and leaders is our interpretation; early-career programs do not establish a route into a senior role.
Starting Your Career
Entry-Level Roles & Student Programs
Choose a function—production, community, data, design or engineering—and compare the qualifications in real entry-level postings. For student programs, check enrollment, work authorization and location requirements before investing time in an application.
Changing Industries
Finance · Marketing · Product · People · Operations
Start with work you can already demonstrate. Translate a business result into the target team’s needs, then identify the games-specific knowledge the role asks for. A concise case study can be more relevant to a business role than an unrelated game prototype.
Bringing Senior Experience
Experienced Specialists, Managers & Leaders
Compare leadership scope and industry requirements before choosing a level to target. Prepare examples of strategy, budgets, team leadership and delivery that match the position. Use the employer’s requirements to judge where your experience transfers and where you need more context.
Published Employer Guidance
What the Hiring Teams Actually Say
- Epic Games
- Its early-career guide includes a Business track spanning finance, product, marketing and communications. It also recommends showing your contribution and the result of your work. Read Epic’s Guidance (opens in a new tab)
- Riot Games
- Its interview guide describes role-dependent assessments and portfolio reviews, asks about prior work, and says a referral is not required to apply. Read Riot’s Guidance (opens in a new tab)
- Electronic Arts
- Its early-career page includes examples in production, marketing operations and product management alongside creative and technical work. These are program examples; check current postings for openings. Explore EA’s Programs (opens in a new tab)
LAYIQ Exercise Ideas
Make the Evidence Fit the Role
These are optional ways to practice and explain your skills. Follow the actual posting’s application requirements, and use work you are allowed to share.
| Your Function | A Useful Example | What to Explain |
|---|---|---|
| Product & Production | A short feature brief or launch plan | The audience, trade-offs, dependencies and how you would judge the result. |
| Marketing & Community | A campaign outline or community-response playbook | Who you are trying to reach, how you would listen and what you would measure. |
| Finance, People & Operations | A forecast or process-improvement case using public or synthetic data | Your assumptions, the decisions they support and the business outcome. |
| Technical & Creative Roles | A focused portfolio, small prototype or finished project | Your individual contribution, tools, constraints and what you learned. |
Learn the Work. Meet the People.
Build Context Before You Ask for a Job
Game designer Liz England’s The Door Problem (opens in a new tab) shows how one ordinary feature involves many specialties. It is a practitioner’s illustration of the work, not evidence about hiring success.
Our suggestion: take one specific question or work sample to a relevant community, ask for focused feedback and use what you learn to improve your next application.
Look for active local events and check each event’s access and cost.
Find peers around a discipline, professional interest or affinity.
A structured, member-only program. Check participation requirements and matching details.
A Manageable First Move
Turn Interest Into Something You Can Show
- Compare a few postings for one function and level.
- Choose one skill gap and one useful piece of evidence.
- Get specific feedback from a peer, community or mentor.
- Tailor your application to the team’s actual work.
Explore Different Kinds of Employers
Sources Reviewed November 14, 2026 · Program eligibility and availability can change. More Career Resources From IGDA (opens in a new tab)
Know the Business
One Industry. Different Kinds of Teams.
Choose the work and the business model together. A studio building a new title, a publisher managing a portfolio and a platform serving other developers can offer very different roles.
- Studios & Publishers
- Research the development stage, release schedule and who owns the project. Ask how launch priorities affect your team.
- Platforms, Tools & Commerce
- Look for transferable experience in software, payments, developer relations, infrastructure or marketplaces. Customers may be developers as well as players.
- Services, Media & Esports
- Check whether work follows client contracts, production milestones or events. Confirm the employing entity, contract length and travel expectations.
Go In With Your Eyes Open
A Creative Industry With Real Trade-Offs
A love of games can help you understand the audience. Your fit still depends on the work, the manager, compensation and the stability of the team.
of respondents to GDC’s November 2026 survey reported a layoff within the previous two years.
Read the GDC Findings ↗A respondent survey, not an industry-wide employment rate. GDC notes greater participation from people affected by layoffs.
Ask About the Next Milestone
What is funded, what needs to ship and how might priorities change after launch? A well-known franchise does not establish a team’s stability.
Make Workload Concrete
Ask about recent peak weeks, release coverage, time off and how overtime is handled. Include community, support and business teams in that conversation.
Check the Actual Employer
A studio may recruit through its parent’s career site. Confirm the legal employer, team, location and whether the role is permanent or contract.
Match the Experience Level
Entry-level routes and senior openings are different searches. Check portfolio expectations, shipped-title requirements and whether the team provides structured coaching.
Take the Next Step
Useful Places to Learn More
Careers & Community
IGDA Career Center (opens in a new tab)
Explore industry roles, career advice, jobs, mentorship and professional communities. Some programs require membership.
Working Conditions
GDC Industry Research (opens in a new tab)
Read the November 2026 survey findings on layoffs, overtime and how game companies operate. Use the stated survey limits when interpreting the results.
Roles in Practice
Riot Games Careers (opens in a new tab)
Compare real role descriptions across business and game teams. Look for the skills, location and experience required for the specific position.
A Different Hiring Model
Valve Hiring (opens in a new tab)
See how Valve describes its experienced hiring approach. An evergreen application is different from a dated vacancy.
Labels & Corporate Teams
Take-Two Careers (opens in a new tab)
Research opportunities across corporate functions and publishing labels. Confirm which organization would employ you.
Where This Comes From
Sources, Scope & Review
This is LAYIQ’s independent, curated Gaming directory. Each employer is linked to its official career page; the collection includes developers, publishers, platforms and specialist services. It excludes casino and betting businesses.
Roster Reviewed · 205 Companies · Curated Scope
How Companies Are Selected
We check first-party company and career sources and resolve the employing identity before adding a company. Shared career boards do not make studios interchangeable. Broad parent companies are excluded where their gaming work cannot be separated from other businesses.
This is not a complete worldwide census, a workplace ranking or a promise that every company is hiring in the United States.
What the Coverage Labels Mean
Searchable in LAYIQ includes companies connected to LAYIQ search, even when they have no current openings. Company Site Only marks entries whose job coverage is limited or unverified; those rows are gray. Both retain a company profile, a direct career-page link and a company-specific LAYIQ search.
Check the employer’s current posting for location, eligibility, employment type and deadlines. Your role, level and work-arrangement preferences still apply when you search.
Research & Visual Sources
Industry research and career resources were reviewed November 14, 2026. Company marks use LAYIQ’s company-logo sources, including Brandfetch where available. The illustrated world is original directory artwork. Names and logos identify listed employers; inclusion does not imply affiliation, sponsorship or endorsement.