Nightmare Games
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 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 round. Its most recent round was a Pre-Seed of $220k in May 2026. Full funding history, investors, and team are detailed below.
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