What Rocket Science Group does

Rocket Science Group is a privately held holding company founded in 2022 by Brian Corrigan and Thomas Daniel that organizes specialized service studios serving video game developers and publishers. Headquartered in New York's Capital Region (Schenectady/Troy/Albany), with additional offices in Austin, Texas and a European headquarters in Cardiff, Wales, the group operates through five divisions: Atomic Theory (game co-development — gameplay, UX/UI, engine, and pipeline services), Terminal Velocity (backend platform, martech, and build engineering), Super Collider (growth, talent, and creative strategy), Space Rangers (gaming recruitment), and Multiplay (managed game server hosting and LiveOps, acquired from Unity and transitioning to Rocket Science infrastructure in late Q1 2026).

The underlying technology stack combines a multi-language backend (C#, Golang, Java, Python, Kotlin, Rust) with PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB and NoSQL data layers, infrastructure-as-code and orchestration via Terraform, Docker and Kubernetes, CI/CD through GitHub Actions, Jenkins and ArgoCD, and a modern data platform built on BigQuery, Snowflake, Redshift, Databricks, Airflow, dbt and AWS Glue. Multiplay adds a managed server hosting and LiveOps platform. Security posture is anchored by SOC 2 Type II and ISO/IEC 27001 certifications, annual third-party penetration testing, SSO with 2FA, least-privilege access and quarterly access reviews.

Rocket Science generates revenue primarily through professional services engagements (co-development, backend engineering, recruitment, growth strategy) supplemented by managed services revenue from Multiplay server hosting. Pricing is quote-based and not publicly disclosed, with multi-year contracts. Go-to-market is regional direct enterprise sales — Ed Valiente for EMEA, Celia Popescu and Alejandro Ura for North America — with CEO-led executive engagement via LinkedIn. The customer base is exclusively external game developers and publishers, with no named customer logos disclosed in the available data. The company has been supported by non-dilutive public funding, including a £825,000 Welsh Government Economy Futures Fund grant (2023) tied to the Cardiff expansion and NYS Video Game Tax Credit support.

Name

Rocket Science Group

Legal name

Rocket Science Corporation

Website

https://rocketscience.gg

Company type

Private

Founded year

2022

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Rocket Science Group is a privately held holding company, founded in 2022, that operates specialized service studios delivering game co-development, backend platform engineering, recruitment, growth strategy, and managed server hosting (Multiplay) to video game developers and publishers across North America and EMEA.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Schenectady

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices5 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Operations

Revenue model

1. Game Co-Development Services (Atomic Theory): Professional services studio delivering gameplay, UX/UI, engine, and pipeline work for game developers and publishers; project-based revenue tied to co-development engagements.
2. Backend Engineering & Platform Services (Terminal Velocity): Professional services for platform, martech, and build engineering, providing scalable backend solutions for partner games' global rollout.
3. Managed Server Hosting (Multiplay): Recurring managed services revenue from game server hosting and LiveOps, transitioning from Unity to Rocket Science infrastructure in Q1 2026 with an existing developer community.
4. Gaming Recruitment Services (Space Rangers): Recruitment and talent placement services for the games industry, including job search, hiring, and team-building engagements.
5. Growth, Talent & Creative Strategy (Super Collider): Professional services spanning growth marketing, talent strategy, and creative services for game industry clients.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

Rocket Science Group is a multi-studio holding company serving video game developers and publishers through five specialized divisions: Atomic Theory delivers game co-development services (gameplay, UX/UI, engine, pipeline); Terminal Velocity provides backend engineering for platform, martech and build infrastructure; Space Rangers offers gaming recruitment and team-building services; Super Collider supplies growth, talent and creative strategy services; and Multiplay provides managed game server hosting and LiveOps, transitioning from Unity ownership onto Rocket Science infrastructure in late Q1 2026.

Product overview

Rocket Science Group is a multi-studio holding company for the games industry rather than a single unified product. It operates a platform-plus-modules architecture: Terminal Velocity supplies the shared backend platform, martech, and build infrastructure, while Atomic Theory is the dedicated game co-development studio that handles gameplay, UX/UI, engine, and pipeline work for partner titles. Space Rangers is the embedded gaming recruitment arm for hiring and team-building, and Super Collider provides growth, talent, and creative strategy services. Layered on top of this stack is Multiplay, the dedicated game server hosting and LiveOps platform inherited from Unity and being transitioned onto Rocket Science infrastructure (going live Late Q1 2026 as Multiplay by Rocket Science).

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Atomic Theory: Game Co-Development studio offering Gameplay, UX/UI, Engine, and Pipeline Services.
• Terminal Velocity
• Super Collider
• Space Rangers
• Multiplay

Products and services

• Atomic Theory Game co-development studio offering gameplay engineering, UX/UI design, engine work and pipeline services for partner game studios and publishers across Console, AR/VR, PC and Mobile platforms.
• Terminal Velocity Backend engineering division building platform services, martech integrations and build/CI infrastructure that underpin game launches and live operations for partner titles, including telemetry pipelines, analytics platforms and data warehouse/lakehouse solutions.
• Space Rangers Gaming recruitment division providing job search, hiring and team-building services tailored to the games industry, connecting studios with specialized talent.
• Super Collider Growth, talent and creative strategy division providing growth marketing, talent strategy and creative services for game publishers and developers.
• Multiplay Managed game server hosting and LiveOps platform acquired from Unity by Rocket Science Group, providing server scaling and live operations services for multiplayer games, with broader backend services planned after the late Q1 2026 relaunch as Multiplay by Rocket Science.

Quantifiable outcome

• 50 jobs created at Cardiff European HQ (2023)
• +3 more outcomes

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature5 records

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered flagship platform acquisition / strategic transition partner., core technology integration partner. and minor vendor / creative partner..

• Unityflagship platform acquisition / strategic transition partner.Strategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2025Unity entrusted the Multiplay game server hosting platform and its developer community to Rocket Science Group; the Multiplay brand and infrastructure is transitioning from Unity to Rocket Science, with official go-live planned for Late Q1 2026.
• k-IDcore technology integration partner.Technology or Integration · 1 January 2024k-ID partnered with Rocket Science Group (announced 2024, covered by VentureBeat) to deliver age verification / compliance tooling for Rocket Science's game co-development work.
• Superhero Studiosminor vendor / creative partner.Strategic or Co-development PartnerSuperhero Studios designed and developed the rocketscience.gg website in collaboration with the Rocket Science team (per footer credit).

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights7 records

Direct peers

• Keywords Studios: Keywords Studios is a global provider of game services including co-development, QA, localization, and player support, with a multi-discipline studio model very similar to Rocket Science's Atomic Theory, Terminal Velocity, and Super Collider offerings. It is the most direct public-market comparable for Rocket Science's professional services group.
• Virtuos: Virtuos is a large-scale game co-development and art production house serving AAA publishers across console, PC, and mobile. It directly competes with Rocket Science's Atomic Theory studio for co-development engagements on major publisher titles.
• Improbable: Improbable offers backend platform and infrastructure technology (SpatialOS) for large-scale multiplayer games, closely overlapping with Rocket Science's Terminal Velocity backend engineering and Multiplay server hosting offerings. Both target publishers building persistent multiplayer experiences at scale.
• Edgegap: Edgegap provides low-latency game server hosting and orchestration for multiplayer games, competing head-to-head with Rocket Science's Multiplay platform in the dedicated game server hosting category.
• Sumo Digital: Sumo Digital is a UK-headquartered game developer and co-development services provider serving major publishers. It is a geographic and capability peer to Rocket Science's Cardiff-headquartered Atomic Theory co-development studio.
• SIDE (now part of PTW): SIDE provides game services including audio production, QA, and co-development support to major publishers, and is part of PTW. It is comparable to Rocket Science as a multi-discipline game services group, though it is broader in scope.

Broad incumbents

• PlayFab (Microsoft): PlayFab is Microsoft's game backend platform providing live ops, matchmaking, leaderboards, and economy services. It is a broad incumbent alternative to Rocket Science's Terminal Velocity backend engineering and Multiplay hosting for studios building on Microsoft/Azure.

Emerging players

• Hathora: Hathora is a developer-focused game server orchestration and hosting platform that offers a modern, cloud-native alternative to legacy providers like Multiplay. It competes with the Multiplay by Rocket Science offering for newer multiplayer titles.
• Hadean: Hadean provides distributed cloud infrastructure specifically built for large-scale multiplayer games and simulations, overlapping with the LiveOps and infrastructure layer of Multiplay and Terminal Velocity at Rocket Science.
• Beamable: Beamable offers a backend-as-a-service platform for live game operations, including identity, economy, and matchmaking. It competes with Terminal Velocity's platform engineering services for studios seeking a managed backend alternative.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/rocketsciencegg
• GitHubgithub.com/rocketsciencegg
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/rocketsciencegg
• Instagraminstagram.com/rocketsciencegg
• Facebookfacebook.com/rocketsciencegg

Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles9 records

Subsidiaries5 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds2 records

Investors2 records

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M&A

Investments

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