Mythical Games

Web3 gamingUSA
New to Unitard
βœ‚οΈ Markdown
PeakΒ $1.25 BillionToday
~-23%
from peak
  1. πŸ¦„
    Became a unicorn
    Nov 2021
  2. πŸ“ˆ
    Peak valuation
    $1.25 Billion ’21
  3. πŸ’”
    Became a Unitard
    2023
  4. πŸ’Έ
    Last valuation
    ~$963M
Current status
Down round to $965M pre-money (2023); Series D Oct 2025, valuation undisclosed

The rise & fall

6 moments Β· 2018–2025

The key moments, with employee sentiment along the way.

2018
Founded by games-industry veterans
A Web3 studio betting that players will want to own β€” and trade β€” what they earn in games.
Wikipedia
Nov 2021
The peak: a $1.25B Series C$1.25B
Joins the unicorn club at the very top of the blockchain-gaming boom.
BusinessWire
2022
Crypto winter chills Web3 gaming
NFT enthusiasm cools and the sector's funding climate turns with it.
CNBC
From the inside Β· Glassdoor reviews, 2022–24
Glassdoor reviews from the markdown years described repeated layoff waves β€” several employees counted six or more across 2022-24 β€” along with frequently shifting strategy and acquisitions reviewers said were poorly integrated and later wound down; many still praised colleagues, pay and unlimited PTO even as they lamented the churn.
2023
Down round: $965M β€” slips out of the club$965M
A raise at ~$965M pre-money pushes the studio back below the $1B line.
PitchBook
Oct 2025
A Series D at an undisclosed valuation
The new round may have carried Mythical back across $1B β€” the price wasn't disclosed.
PitchBook

πŸ’¬ entries paraphrase anonymous, unverified reviews posted publicly on Glassdoor β†—; dated facts carry their source.

How it happened

Mythical Games is a U.S. Web3 gaming studio that reached a ~$1.25B valuation in 2021 during the blockchain-gaming boom. As crypto and NFT enthusiasm cooled, it raised a 2023 round at a ~$965M pre-money valuation β€” a down round that pushed it below the $1B mark. A later Series D in October 2025 may have re-crossed $1B.

Source: BusinessWire ($1.25B Series C 2021); ~$965M 2023 per PitchBook

Founders

  • John Linden
    co-founder & CEO
    Still there β€” CEOLinkedIn β†—
  • Jamie Jackson
    co-founder & chief creative officer
    Still there β€” CCOLinkedIn β†—
  • Rudy Koch
    co-founder
    Now Co-Founder & CEO at JOA LiveLinkedIn β†—

Current roles as self-reported on LinkedIn, retrieved 2026-08-21. See our methodology.

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