The Top 50 Mobile Game Makers of 2026

SOFTOGRAPHY

• Monopoly Go!
• Pixel Flow
• Pokémon Go
• Pikmin Bloom

Choosing the number one Mobile Game Maker in our Top 50 lists is never an easy task.

Factors to make the Top 50 include revenue, quality new game releases, innovation, business expansion, growth, live ops success and other factors. So when considering all these aspects, who should top the list for 2026?

There are a few contenders, but this year, we’re awarding top spot to Scopely. The publisher took the position in 2024, before Century grabbed its place in 2025.

But in the intervening two years, Scopely has been busy. Backed by Savvy Games Group, it splashed $3.5 billion on the acquisition of Niantic’s games business in 2025, which it has now rebranded as Scopely Explore. The team’s portfolio, of course, includes Pokémon Go, which stood as the world’s top grossing mobile game in early September, benefiting from a recent resurgence around its 10th anniversary and a series of Go Fest campaigns. Meanwhile, the on-the-rise Pikmin Bloom has already well outperformed last year’s sales.

This year, Scopely brought a top puzzle game into its portfolio in Pixel Flow, acquiring a majority stake in Istanbul developer Loom Games in a deal that values the business in excess of $1 billion.

One of the big stories right now in the games industry is the rise of Türkiye’s vibrant games hub, which has defied industry trends to become a hotbed of investment activity and hit new releases – and Loom Games is one of its biggest new stars. The studio shone at the Pocket Gamer Mobile Games Awards, picking up Best Developer, Game of the Year and Best Game Innovation, while CEO Kübra Gündoğan was awarded with the Rising Star accolade. Scopely took Best Publisher, Best Forever Franchise and Company Culture Champion to boot.

Meanwhile, Monopoly Go! remains one of the world’s most successful games, hitting $6bn in record time. Scopely has it all: new hit games, successful M&A, innovation and puts itself right at the centre of industry trends.

ASSOCIATED COMPANIES

Savvy Games Group

Loom Games

Scopely Explore