Peak Games develops and publishes social games for emerging markets, including Turkey, MENA, Latin America and Mexico. Its catalogue includes titles such as TrendKiz, Okey, Umaykut and Happy Farm. The company recently acquired two strategy game studios, Umaykut and Erlikhan, and signed partnerships with companies including RockYou. Peak reports more than 16 million active players and ranks among the top 10 largest social gaming companies globally. It intends to use new funding for market expansion, additional game studio acquisitions, hiring, and user acquisition. The company operates offices and game studios in Istanbul, Ankara, Amman, Barcelona, Berlin and San Francisco and is led by CEO and founder Sidar Sahin and chief strategy officer Rina Onur. Peak Games develops and publishes social Facebook games localized for emerging markets, with titles including Okey, Okey Plus, Poker Star, Komşu Şehir, and others. The company emphasizes culturally relevant versions of card and board games to achieve higher monetization in its target regions. It reports more than 10 million monthly active users on Facebook and about 2 million daily players across five time zones, four continents, and five languages; Okey alone has over 4.5 million monthly active users. Peak Games has about 50 employees and has released 10 games to date. The company has partnered with Western social game developers such as The Broth and MagnetJoy and competes with firms like Zynga, Disney-Playdom, EA-Playfish, Mentez and Vostu. Management plans to expand its roster of social games into markets such as Brazil and the broader Middle East and expects its reachable Facebook audience to grow significantly by 2015.

Total raised

$17M

Funding rounds

2

Latest round

Series B

Latest activity

Sep 2011