Blue Frog Gaming

bluefroggaming.com

HQ: Akron, OH, USA

11-50

Consumer

Company research

Public company, workplace, funding, and market signals

Updated Jul 29, 2026

Overview

Blue Frog Gaming is an Akron-based social game studio founded in 2007 that built Facebook/web strategy and sci-fi MMO games, including Starfleet Commander, Stardrift Empires, and ShadowRift.

Primary product

Starfleet Commander

Founded

2007

Headquarters

Akron, Ohio, United States

Team size

1-10

Industry

Software Development

Sub-industry

Social Gaming / Online Game Development

Offices

4040 Embassy Parkway Suite 180, Akron, OH 44333, United States

1512 Lake Center St NW, Uniontown, OH 44685, United States

Akron, Ohio, United States

Business model

Social game development

Game publishing

Free-to-play virtual goods monetization

Funding

Stage

Series A / former VC-backed

Total raised

$1.2M

Latest round

Series A · Apr 2010

Latest amount

$1.2M

Series A

Apr 2010

$1.2M

Seed

Jun 2007 · Y Combinator

People & investors

Leadership

Matthew Maroon

CEO / Owner

Founders

Chad Remesch

Co-Founder & CTO

Investors

David Parker

Langley Steinert

Y Combinator

Work & culture

Described as a very fun, casual company culture with a small team of software craftsmen, pixel-perfect artists, and game enthusiasts.

Compensation

Public signals suggest competitive salary and benefits; LinkedIn review snippets rate compensation around 3.8/5, and third-party salary pages estimate average annual pay around $66k, but no formal pay bands are public.

Benefits

Competitive salary and benefits

Free drinks

Weekly dinner on game night

Powerful computers with lots of RAM and SSDs

Product & market

Pricing

Free-to-play social games monetized through virtual goods / in-app purchases

Differentiators

—Sci-fi MMO and strategy-game focus
—Facebook-first social gameplay
—Alliance-building and multi-universe rulesets
—Collaborations such as Syfy Games
—Small, craft-oriented team

Technology

Google Workspace

Apache HTTP Server

Amazon Web Services

jQuery

Ruby

RackCache

Facebook Login

Twitter Ads

Twitter Widgets

Customers

Players of Facebook/social games

Online strategy-game players

Syfy Games / Stardrift Empires audience

Competitors

Scopely

CCP Games

FunPlus

Scale & contact

Estimated revenue

$5M-$10M

Estimated monthly visits

972

Traffic estimate as of Dec 2021

1-330-666-3366

Signals & risks

Other

May 2026

Tracxn classifies the company as deadpooled, but Y Combinator and LinkedIn still show active status, so the public status is contradictory.

Source

Latest news

Blue Frog Gaming Facebook post: Starfleet Commander Universe 10 is now live

Blue Frog Gaming Facebook · Dec 2022

The company posted that Starfleet Commander Universe 10 was live, indicating the game and Facebook community were still active in late 2022.

Blue Frog Gaming Facebook post: Starfleet Commander Extreme Universe 7 is now live

Blue Frog Gaming Facebook · Dec 2020

The company announced a live launch/update for Starfleet Commander Extreme Universe 7.

Tech Czar Talk: Akron deserves props for being an emerging center for games, software

cleveland.com · Nov 2014

Michael C. DeAloia’s column discussed Blue Frog Gaming as an Akron-based gaming company, noted Starfleet Commander’s scale, and said the company had raised about $2 million from Boston investors.

SYFY Ventures launches new social game

SciFiFX · Mar 2012

The article said Syfy Games launched Stardrift Empires, described as a massively multiplayer strategy game developed by Blue Frog Gaming.

Stardrift Empires, the Sequel to the Best Facebook Game You Never Played

Kotaku · Aug 2011

Kotaku covered Blue Frog Gaming’s follow-up to Starfleet Commander, including the partnership with Syfy Games and the Facebook launch of Stardrift Empires.

Jobs and careers at Blue Frog Gaming

9 jobs at Blue Frog Gaming

Snowflake Engagement Manager

Remote

Operations

Onshore

1mo ago

Remote

Full-time