Scopely

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Updated Aug 5, 2026

Overview

Scopely is a privately held, global mobile-first interactive-entertainment company that develops, publishes, and operates free-to-play games and associated live services. It combines game-making, publishing, live operations, analytics, marketing, and proprietary infrastructure, and is an independent subsidiary of Savvy Games Group. Its portfolio includes MONOPOLY GO!, Pokémon GO, Stumble Guys, Star Trek Fleet Command, MARVEL Strike Force, WWE Champions, Yahtzee With Buddies, Pikmin Bloom, and Monster Hunter Now.

Primary product

A portfolio of free-to-play, live-service mobile games; its flagship is MONOPOLY GO!, supported by the proprietary Playgami™ publishing and technology platform.

Founded

2011

Headquarters

Culver City, California, United States

Team size

More than 3,000 employees across 30+ countries (official March 2026 statement); other company-profile estimates are approximately 2,400.

Work style

Hybrid

Industry

Entertainment / video games

Sub-industry

Mobile gaming, game development and publishing, live-service interactive entertainment

Offices

Culver City/Los Angeles, United States

San Francisco, United States

Barcelona, Spain

Seville, Spain

London, United Kingdom

Dundee, United Kingdom

Dublin, Ireland

Porto, Portugal

Bangalore, India

Singapore

Business model

Free-to-play mobile games with in-app purchases

Live-service game operations and recurring player monetization

Game publishing and licensing of major entertainment IP

Acquisition and operation of established game studios and franchises

Proprietary technology and publishing infrastructure supporting internal and partner games

Funding

Stage

Privately held; venture-backed company acquired by Savvy Games Group in 2023

Total raised

$998.5M

Latest round

Acquisition by Savvy Games Group · Jul 2023

Latest amount

$4.9B

Acquisition

Jul 2023 · Savvy Games Group

$4.9B

Series E

Oct 2020 · Wellington Management and NewView Capital

$340M

Series D-II

Mar 2020 · Advance and The Chernin Group

$200M

Series D

Oct 2019 · NewView Capital

Series C-II

Jun 2018 · Revolution Growth

$100M

Series C

Jun 2017 · Revolution Growth

$60M

Series B

Jul 2016 · Greycroft

$55M

Series A

Jan 2014

Seed

Sep 2012 · Anthem Venture Partners

$8.5M

People & investors

Leadership

Walter Driver

Co-CEO and co-founder

Javier Ferreira

Co-CEO

Ankur Bulsara

Chief Technology Officer and co-founder

Tim O’Brien

Chief Revenue Officer and Board Member

Eunice Lee

Chief Operating Officer

Ben Webley

Chief Marketing Officer

Phil Hardin

Chief Financial Officer

Ed Wu

President, Games

Founders

Eric Futoran

Eytan Elbaz

Investors

Work & culture

The company emphasizes “Inspire Play, Every Day,” mutual respect and mindfulness, creative risk-taking, inclusion, player communities, and long-term live-service excellence. Its stated cultural tenets include play to win, care deeply, ignite passion and earn loyalty, iterate to greatness, and embrace the adventure.

Work style

Hybrid

Compensation

Public job-market evidence indicates compensation may include base salary plus performance bonuses and, for some roles, equity; exact ranges are location- and role-specific. No single authoritative company-wide compensation table was found.

Benefits

Health, dental, and vision insurance (location-dependent)

Parental and family leave

Flexible spending and other local benefits

Tuition assistance and training/conference support

Customized development tracks

Performance bonuses and/or equity in some roles

Office snacks and drinks and other location-specific perks

Product & market

Pricing

Free-to-play: games are generally free to download, with in-app purchases and live-service monetization; some titles may include advertising or other title-specific monetization.

Differentiators

—Portfolio of durable, globally recognized live-service franchises
—MONOPOLY GO! and other category-leading titles
—Playgami™ shared infrastructure and publishing platform
—Expertise licensing and operating major entertainment IP
—Community-driven, continuously updated games designed for long lifetimes
—Global studio, publishing, live-ops, and creative footprint
—Scale from acquisitions including GSN Games, FoxNext Games, and Niantic’s games business

Technology

Playgami™ proprietary publishing and game-operations platform

Cloud/backend infrastructure

Analytics and machine-learning systems

Live-ops tooling

Game telemetry and experimentation

Unity and Unreal Engine (role-dependent)

Python

Kotlin

Java

C++

React

Firebase

Redis

MySQL

PostgreSQL/RDS

gRPC

Protocol Buffers

Jenkins

GitHub/GitLab

Bazel

Customers

Players of MONOPOLY GO!

Pokémon GO players and Trainers

Stumble Guys players

Star Trek Fleet Command players

MARVEL Strike Force players

WWE Champions players

Pikmin Bloom players

Monster Hunter Now players

Players of Yahtzee With Buddies, Scrabble GO, and other Scopely titles

Competitors

King

Playtika

Socialpoint

Electronic Arts / EA Mobile

Take-Two Interactive / Zynga

Supercell

Niantic

Bandai Namco Entertainment

Activision Blizzard / mobile games

Scale & contact

Estimated revenue

Approximately $1B–$2B annual revenue based on third-party company-profile estimates of about $1.5B; official materials additionally report more than $15B in lifetime revenue by March 2026.

Signals & risks

Acquisition

Jul 2023

Savvy Games Group, owned by Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund, completed its acquisition of Scopely for $4.9 billion; Scopely continues as an autonomous/independent operating company under Savvy.

Source

Acquisition

May 2025

Scopely completed its reported $3.5 billion acquisition of Niantic’s games business, including Pokémon GO, Pikmin Bloom, Monster Hunter Now, Campfire, and Wayfarer.

Source

Acquisition

Jan 2021

Scopely acquired GSN Games from Sony Pictures Entertainment for approximately $1 billion.

Source

Acquisition

Jan 2020

Scopely acquired FoxNext Games from Disney, adding MARVEL Strike Force and related game capabilities.

Source

Latest news

Inside the Deal: Scopely leaders reflect on the Niantic games acquisition one year in

Scopely · May 2026

Scopely described post-acquisition integration and reported double-digit growth in some acquired games, a 10% increase in Pokémon GO engagement, and strong Campfire and Wayfarer participation growth.

Scopely at 15: Celebrating a milestone anniversary and the power of play

Scopely · Mar 2026

Scopely reported more than 3,000 employees across 30+ countries, more than $15 billion in lifetime revenue, and more than 150 billion hours played.

Scopely expands in Barcelona with new game-making, tech and creative hub

Scopely · Jul 2025

The company opened an 8,500-square-metre Barcelona hub, bringing together more than 700 employees; it reported more than 1,000 employees across Barcelona and Seville.

Scopely to acquire Niantic games business, including Pokémon GO

Scopely · Mar 2025

Scopely announced the approximately $3.5 billion acquisition of Niantic’s games business, including Pokémon GO, Pikmin Bloom, Monster Hunter Now, Campfire, and Wayfarer.

Scopely acquired by Savvy Games Group for $4.9 billion

Variety · Apr 2023

Variety reported Savvy’s agreement to acquire Scopely for $4.9 billion and summarized Scopely’s prior $340 million round, $3.3 billion valuation, and major investors.

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Jobs and careers at Scopely

158 jobs at Scopely

QA Engineer

On-site

Live Games Portfolio

IN - Bangalore, India; Bangalore

1d ago

On-site

Full-time