LVL Zero Incubator

Applications to LVL Zero are now officially closed. To every founder who applied, thank you! Putting your startup, your vision, and your months & years of work out into the world takes real courage. We’re excited to review every application & will be announcing the cohort soon.

Honoured to welcome Jestr as our Game Marketing Partner at LVL Zero Incubator. Their deep understanding of the gaming ecosystem and player-first marketing approach will be instrumental in helping our cohort scale and succeed. Looking forward to building together ✨

Thrilled to have Mahdeen A, Co-founder & CEO of Jestr, join us as a mentor. His experience in helping games break through the noise will be invaluable for our cohort as they navigate growth, positioning, & player acquisition. Excited for what our founders will learn from him!

At LVL Zero, mentor Per-Arne Lundberg shared sharp insights on Steam, community, and launch readiness. Big lesson: Steam readiness needs to be part of building a commercial game!

From building chart-topping games with Fox, Cartoon Network, Sony, and DreamWorks to advising the next generation of Indian studios. Welcome Imtiaz Hussain - Strategy & Growth Mentor, LVL Zero. He's been in the rooms where deals get done. Now he's helping our cohort get there.

Three brothers. One mother managing the books. One studio with serious receipts Arckon Arts is a genuine family operation & they have already proved they can build hits. Sarkar Infinite crossed significant downloads and gave them the foundation to go after something much larger

Mani & Mayank are not just making PHI: The Broken Strings, a 3D narrative puzzle platformer for PC and console - they are building toward a studio with a point of view. That is exactly what LVL Zero is for. Stay tuned for our last Cohort 01 studio reveal!

Something happened to Sarah🕯️ That is the question at the heart of Trox: The Reversal, a narrative psychological horror game by Trojan Productions that puts you in a world where every detail matters and trust is the first thing that breaks.

One person. One studio. One very unhinged spaceman. 🚀 Vignesh Sathyamoorthy is building The Misadventures of Spaceman Biff entirely solo under Prescription Studios. LVL Zero Cohort 01. Keep watching this space! 3 studios to go!

Last Day Lockdown by Wrought Studios is a 3D narrative escape room that takes the most mundane setting imaginable and makes it genuinely tense. Kunal and Srujan are building games inspired by everyday moments. This one might make you look at your colleagues differently!

@sid_says_hmm Siddharth Gupta started with a choice. He wanted to make games🤖That choice became a goal. That goal became: Mech It Happen, a sandbox builder puzzle game designed to bring out the creativity in everyone who plays it. LVL Zero Cohort 01. 5 more to go. Stay tuned!

10 million downloads. Now they are building something bigger ⚔️ Xigma Games already proved they can make hits. Metal Haven is their shot at a global midcore 4X strategy game built out of India. The work starts now. LVL Zero Cohort 01. 6 more studios to go.

Next up: Chicklet's Human Products by YK Studios 🐔🎮 One of those games that makes you pause and go, “wait, what?” in the best way. Built by Yash Kaushik, combining humour with bold, experimental design. Glad to have this game as part of LVL Zero Cohort 01🚀

Next up for our Cohort 01 reveal: Twin Flames by Rudrac Games 🔥 Built by one founder with a relentless vision. 8 games to go. Watch this space for more.

Cohort 01 reveal starts now. First up: Rahi by Studio KALP🛺 A cozy game that feels like a late night drive through a city you grew up in. 9 games left. Watch this space for more!

Ignition Day wasn’t just about bringing people together, it was about perspective. From building real support systems to thinking global from day one, these were some of the lines that stayed with us.

10 studios. 100 days. One mission. LVL Zero Cohort 01 is here. We have been quiet. Now you know why. Across India, 10 studios are deep in the build. Thrillers that will get under your skin. Cozy worlds you will move into. Strategy that will humble you.

Co-Founder & CEO of Reforged Labs, Robert Huynh is building Boa, an AI-powered creative intelligence platform helping mobile marketing and UA teams make smarter creative decisions, test faster, and scale what works. At LVL Zero, he’ll mentor founders on Marketing, Content & UA.

From building 150+ games to shaping the next generation of studios, Deepak Gurijala joins LVL Zero as a mentor One of India’s most awarded and respected game creators, Deepak Gurijala has spent over a decade designing and producing games played by millions worldwide.

We’re excited to welcome @Lysto_GG as the official play testing partner. From understanding player behavior to mapping progression curves, Lysto helps founders see what players actually think not just what the data says.

From scaling fintech to shaping gameplay systems, Sadiq Ahamed joins LVL Zero as a mentor Founder at Lysto, an entrepreneur, product strategist, and business leader with 15+ years across SaaS & digital payments, Sadiq was part of the founding team at Qwikcilver.