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Top Gaming companies in San Francisco

Studios, engines, tooling, and platforms across console, PC, mobile, and web. Filtered to companies headquartered in San Francisco.

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Ranked by current headcount across Gaming companies headquartered in San Francisco. Refreshed daily.

  1. 1
    None· San Francisco, California, United States
    • 59.9k employees
    • Founded 1986
  2. 2
    Industrial Light & Magic· San Francisco, California, United States
    • 4.2k employees
    • Founded 1975
  3. 3
    Zynga· San Francisco, California, United States
    • Post-IPO equity
    • 2.8k employees
    • Founded 2007
  4. 4
    Amazon Music· San Francisco, California, United States
    • 2.1k employees
    • Founded 2007
  5. 5
    hims & hers· San Francisco, California, United States
    • Post-IPO debt
    • 2k employees
    • Founded 2017
  6. 6
    Golden State Warriors· San Francisco, California, United States
    • undisclosed
    • 1.7k employees
    • Founded 1946
  7. 7
    San Francisco Giants· San Francisco, California, United States
    • 1.4k employees
    • Founded 1958
  8. 8
    ŌURA· San Francisco, California, United States
    • Series E
    • 1.3k employees
    • Founded 2013
  9. 9
    Lucasfilm· San Francisco, California, United States
    • 1.2k employees
    • Founded 1971
  10. 10
    Fitbit (now part of Google)· San Francisco, California, United States
    • Series D
    • 1.2k employees
    • Founded 2007
  11. 11
    EMPIRE· San Francisco, California, United States
    • 1.2k employees
    • Founded 2010
  12. 12
    Tubi· San Francisco, California, United States
    • Series D
    • 915 employees
    • Founded 2014
  13. 13
    California Academy of Sciences· San Francisco, California, United States
    • 775 employees
  14. 14
    Future· San Francisco, California, United States
    • Series C
    • 745 employees
    • Founded 2017
  15. 15
    GREE International Entertainment, Inc.· San Francisco, California, United States
    • Series unknown
    • 736 employees
    • Founded 2011
  16. 16
    Foodsmart· San Francisco, California, United States
    • Private equity
    • 687 employees
    • Founded 2010
  17. 17
    Exploratorium· San Francisco, California, United States
    • 611 employees
    • Founded 1969
  18. 18
    temp· San Francisco, California, United States
    • Pre-seed
    • 592 employees
    • Founded 2015
  19. 19
    Bleacher Report· San Francisco, California, United States
    • Series unknown
    • 591 employees
    • Founded 2007
  20. 20
    Sandbox VR· San Francisco, California, United States
    • Convertible note
    • 520 employees
    • Founded 2016
  21. 21
    SFMOMA San Francisco Museum of Modern Art· San Francisco, California, United States
    • 495 employees
    • Founded 1935
  22. 22
    San Francisco Opera· San Francisco, California, United States
    • 457 employees
    • Founded 1923
  23. 23
    Rehab· San Francisco, California, United States
    • 453 employees
    • Founded 2002
  24. 24
    PLAYSTUDIOS· San Francisco, California, United States
    • Post-IPO debt
    • 440 employees
    • Founded 2011
  25. 25
    Fortis Games· San Francisco, California, United States
    • 428 employees
    • Founded 2021

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San Francisco has long been a hub for Gaming, and the list above ranks the largest Gaming companies headquartered there by current headcount, drawn from public LinkedIn and Crunchbase records. With 678 matching companies in our index, this is a good map of where the Gaming talent in San Franciscolives — useful whether you’re recruiting, partnering, or sizing a market.

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How this list is built

Refolk pulled Gaming companies headquartered in San Francisco from public LinkedIn and Crunchbase records, ranked them by current employee count, and kept those with at least 10 employees. The list refreshes once a day.

Last refreshed: Thu, 07 May 2026 09:09:03 GMT

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