
World Play League (WPL) is the world's first player-owned game platform, designed to integrate card, board, and sport games for both in-person and online play. WPL aims to transform everyday gaming into a rewarding experience by providing a unified platform for recreational and casual gamers to log, track, and earn rewards for their achievements. The platform allows users to select games based on interests, location, or style, join or create contests, leagues, and tournaments. It facilitates peer-to-peer transactions for games of skill, akin to Venmo for games, and provides performance tracking with competitor matching and personal handicaps. WPL also connects performance across games and platforms with genre and location-based rankings, and enables the creation of social competitions to boost player retention and acquisition. Game studios can leverage WPL's API for seamless promotion and utilize its data portal for custom ML modeling to increase player acquisition. WPL has onboarded 25+ digital game studios and has 3 million players in its ecosystem, with plans to release hundreds of card, board, and in-person game options.

World Play League (WPL) is the world's first player-owned game platform, designed to integrate card, board, and sport games for both in-person and online play. WPL aims to transform everyday gaming into a rewarding experience by providing a unified platform for recreational and casual gamers to log, track, and earn rewards for their achievements. The platform allows users to select games based on interests, location, or style, join or create contests, leagues, and tournaments. It facilitates peer-to-peer transactions for games of skill, akin to Venmo for games, and provides performance tracking with competitor matching and personal handicaps. WPL also connects performance across games and platforms with genre and location-based rankings, and enables the creation of social competitions to boost player retention and acquisition. Game studios can leverage WPL's API for seamless promotion and utilize its data portal for custom ML modeling to increase player acquisition. WPL has onboarded 25+ digital game studios and has 3 million players in its ecosystem, with plans to release hundreds of card, board, and in-person game options.
What: Player-owned platform and league for card, board, sport, and in-person/online skill games
Founded: 2022
Scale claimed: 3 million players; 25+ digital game studios onboarded
Funding: Pre-seed round announced May 18, 2023
Headquarters / Legal: World Play League Collective Inc, Wilmington, Delaware
Improving player retention, acquisition, and monetization across casual and recreational games by standardizing competition, tracking, and rewards.
2022
Gaming
Pre-seed round disclosed on May 18, 2023; amount obfuscated in available records.
“Genesis Vault Capital led the pre-seed round”