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Godot Engine partner firm W4 Games secures $18m Series B funding, signs deal with Tencent to bolster Asia ecosystem

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Godot Engine partner firm W4 Games secures $18m Series B funding, signs deal with Tencent to bolster Asia ecosystem

The deal will see the two companies supporting the "development and adoption" of W4 tech across the region

W4 Games has raised $18 million in a Series B funding round led by Tencent and has signed an agreement with the Chinese giant to scale and bolster the Godot ecosystem in Asia.

This brings the total amount the company has raised to $33 million; in addition to Tencent, OSS Capital, LUX, Naval Ravikant and Tobias Lutke’s family office also contributed to this latest round of investment.

W4 Games was set up in 2022 by the founders of the open-source Godot engine to provide commercial services to developers using the tech, including console porting. Godot itself has seen huge growth in recent years; W4 cites SteamDB data showing that the number of Steam games using the engine rose by over 50% in 2024 and 2025. So far in 2026, 1,262 titles using Godot have been released on the platform.

“Over the past few years, Godot has emerged as one of the world’s fastest-growing game engine technologies, with W4 Games at the forefront of its adoption by major studios and enterprises," Godot engine creator and W4 Games founder Juan Linietsky said in a press release about the deal. "We’re excited to work with Tencent to build on the momentum and further establish Godot Engine as a leading platform for companies creating the next generation of video games."

biz, W4 Games co-CEO Nicola Farronato adds: "We are experiencing an acceleration. We have been building the foundations over the last five years, which have really helped Godot reach its inflexion point.


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