Bigger Games

Bigger Games is a mobile gaming studio headquartered in Istanbul, Turkey, that has been developing mobile games since 2019. Its flagship and most recent title is Kitchen Masters, a match-3 puzzle game with a cooking theme in which players travel through themed destinations, solve puzzles and team up with a cast of "souschef" characters (Master Chef, Slicer, The Butcher, Mr. Fire and Monk) that each have distinct in-game abilities. The company describes the game as a social cooking adventure and says it is continuously iterating on it to reach a wider audience.

The studio positions its design approach around what its founders call "emotion engines": building games intended to convey a sense of progress, mastery and joy rather than optimising mechanics alone. Bigger Games states values of ownership, progress, user obsession, candor and excellence, and operates from a central Istanbul office. Following its June 2025 Series A, the company is expanding its team across functions and scaling Kitchen Masters, which was in soft launch at the time of the round, to new markets.

Founding story

The studio was founded in 2019 by a team including CEO and co-founder Hakan Ulvan, and is described by investor Index Ventures as part of a new wave of mobile game studios emerging from Istanbul.

Business model

The company develops and operates mobile games, with Kitchen Masters as its current live title being scaled to new markets.

Traction

Index Ventures states that Kitchen Masters is outperforming industry benchmarks on retention and engagement; the game was in soft launch as of June 2025.

Latest developments

In June 2025 Bigger Games announced a $25 million Series A led by Goodwater Capital, with Arcadia Gaming Partners, Index Ventures and Play Ventures participating. The funding is directed at growing the team, scaling Kitchen Masters internationally and expanding beyond the studio's flagship title. Coddy Johnson joined the board as part of the deal.