# Forge

> Forge is a San Francisco gaming platform that gives game developers no-code tools to playtest, market, and sell their titles - turning static Steam landing pages into interactive hubs powered by quests, loyalty rewards, and verified-gamer audiences. Spun out of GGWP in late 2023 with $11M in seed funding, Forge has crossed one million users and partnered with 75+ studios.

- **Founded:** 2023
- **Headquarters:** San Francisco, California, United States
- **Founders:** Kun Gao (Co-Founder & CEO), Dennis 'Thresh' Fong (Co-Founder), George Ng (Co-Founder)
- **Team size:** ~24
- **Products:** Forge Direct, Playtester.gg, Quests & Engagement, Marketing Pages, Data & Analytics
- **Notable:** Crossed 1 million registered users in 2024, Powered 25M+ completed in-game and community quests, Closed $11M seed in 2023 - one of the year's larger gaming infra rounds

## Products & services

- **Forge Direct** — Gamified hub for community-powered growth - replaces a static Steam landing page with an interactive site.
- **Playtester.gg** — Community network for recruiting verified playtesters and gathering structured feedback.
- **Quests & Engagement** — Multi-step quests, points, leaderboards and loyalty rewards that turn players into ambassadors.
- **Marketing Pages** — No-code, customizable game landing pages with custom domains, pixel tracking and WYSIWYG editing.
- **Data & Analytics** — Custom dashboards tracking campaign ROAS, traffic attribution, and user-journey correlation.
- **Forge API & MCP Server** — Developer API and Model Context Protocol server for extending Forge inside studios' own stacks.
- **Mentat AI** — Specialized AI agents that automate community moderation, content drops and engagement workflows.

## Achievements

- Crossed 1 million registered users in 2024
- Powered 25M+ completed in-game and community quests
- Closed $11M seed in 2023 - one of the year's larger gaming infra rounds
- Welcomed Ava Labs and Sui Foundation as strategic investors in 2024
- Launched Forge Direct in March 2025

## Latest updates

- **2025-03** — Launched Forge Direct - the first gamified hub for community-powered growth.
- **2024-09** — Crossed 1M users; added Ava Labs and Sui Foundation as investors; expanded to 60+ partner games.
- **2024-07** — Pivoted product focus toward community-led marketing tools for developers.
- **2023-10** — Announced $11M seed funding led by Makers Fund, Bitkraft, Animoca.

## Links

- Website: https://forge.gg
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/forgegg
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/Forge
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/forge.gg/
- Facebook: https://facebook.com/ForgeGG

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Last updated: 2026-06-29