Nightmare Games: Funding, Investors & Team (Oct 2026)
Nightmare Games is a Canadian interactive entertainment studio based in Cambridge, Ontario, developing Entrapment, the first player designed game platform for the adult PC gaming market. Players are the content creators. One player builds and controls the dungeon as the Devil's Advocate while four others raid it as Special Task Force Unicorn. No two sessions are the same because every dungeon master builds something new. The platform targets the core adult PC gamer, an audience of hundreds of millions on Steam that no UGC platform has been built for. The UGC gaming market is projected to reach $24.8B by 2032. Nightmare Games was selected as one of 7 Ontario projects in a highly competitive provincial grant process with a sub 18% approval rate. The studio is backed by the Canada Media Fund and Ontario Creates, with letters of support from a federal MP and a provincial MPP. The team carries AAA credits across Call of Duty, FIFA, Avatar Frontiers of Pandora, League of Legends, and Dead Rising. 3rd party Industry advisor brings 20 plus years at MechWarrior, EA, Activision, Gearbox, and 2K. Entrapment is currently in pre-production with a September 2026 development start and a 2028 launch target on Steam."
Nightmare Games has raised $220k across 1 funding round on record, the most recent a Pre-Seed of $220k announced in May 2026.
That round is below the $4.1M median round size for Gaming companies tracked on FundedIQ over the last two years.
Nightmare Games Company Profile and Key Stats
Latest funding round on record: May 2026.
Nightmare Games Funding Rounds
Nightmare Games Founders and Leadership Team
Contact details for the Nightmare Games team: 2 have a LinkedIn profile.
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Nightmare Games Funding FAQs
What does Nightmare Games do?
Nightmare Games is a Canadian interactive entertainment studio based in Cambridge, Ontario, developing Entrapment, the first player designed game platform for the adult PC gaming market. Players are the content creators. One player builds and controls the dungeon as the Devil's Advocate while four others raid it as Special Task Force Unicorn. No two sessions are the same because every dungeon master builds something new. The platform targets the core adult PC gamer, an audience of hundreds of millions on Steam that no UGC platform has been built for. The UGC gaming market is projected to reach $24.8B by 2032. Nightmare Games was selected as one of 7 Ontario projects in a highly competitive provincial grant process with a sub 18% approval rate. The studio is backed by the Canada Media Fund and Ontario Creates, with letters of support from a federal MP and a provincial MPP. The team carries AAA credits across Call of Duty, FIFA, Avatar Frontiers of Pandora, League of Legends, and Dead Rising. 3rd party Industry advisor brings 20 plus years at MechWarrior, EA, Activision, Gearbox, and 2K. Entrapment is currently in pre-production with a September 2026 development start and a 2028 launch target on Steam."
How much funding has Nightmare Games raised?
Nightmare Games has raised $220k across 1 round on record. The most recent is a Pre-Seed of $220k announced in May 2026.
When did Nightmare Games last raise funding?
Nightmare Games' most recent funding round on record is a Pre-Seed of $220k, announced in May 2026.
Who founded Nightmare Games?
FundedIQ lists Benjamin Goodwin (Founder), Jack Ketchum (Founder) at Nightmare Games.
Where is Nightmare Games headquartered?
Nightmare Games is based in Cambridge, Ontario, Canada.
How many employees does Nightmare Games have?
Nightmare Games is in the 1-10 employee band.
How does Nightmare Games' funding compare to other Gaming startups?
Nightmare Games' latest round of $220k is below the $4.1M median round size for Gaming companies on FundedIQ across 564 tracked companies over the last two years.
About FundedIQ's Nightmare Games Funding Data
FundedIQ tracks announced funding rounds and refreshes this profile every week. Round dates, stages and amounts are normalised to a single format, converted to US dollars, and de-duplicated: two records of the same round announced days apart are merged, and two genuinely different rounds are kept apart on the amounts they disclose. Amounts shown are the disclosed figures only — a round announced without a number is listed and excluded from the total rather than estimated.
Employee counts are reported bands, not exact headcounts. Founder and executive names carry the job title on record. Anything we do not hold for Nightmare Games is left off this page rather than filled in.
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