Grand Games raises $70 million to scale hybrid-casual hits

Grand Games has raised a $70 million Series B, giving the Istanbul-based studio serious fuel for its hybrid-casual growth plans. The company has already seen major momentum with titles such as Magic Sort and Block Out, which helped it reach tens of millions of downloads and strong positions on the US iOS charts. Hybrid-casual remains one of mobile gaming’s most competitive spaces because it sits between simple hypercasual accessibility and deeper long-term monetisation.

That means the winners need fast prototyping, sharp analytics, strong ad buying and enough content depth to keep players after the first few sessions. Grand Games’ autonomous team structure appears designed for exactly that kind of speed. The funding should let the company scale marketing, expand its pipeline and keep testing new ideas while the genre continues to evolve.