Top 50 Game Dev Influencers in 2026

1. Alanah Pearce

Bio 🇦🇺🎮🎥🎭📝🎙️Malevola in DISPATCH. Lana in CYBERPUNK 2077. Writer/producer @watchgodmother, indie game dev @layersdeepgame. 📧 *****@optshift.co Instagram Handle @charalanahzard Instagram Followers 645.6K Type Macro Gender Female Get Email Contact Request 173 Game Dev Instagram Influencers with email contacts in a spreadsheet or csv file. Email us at anuj@feedspot.com Copy emailEmail us

2. Emily Pitcher

Bio Game dev, indie games, and entrepreneurship💌: *****@underscoretalent.comLA 📍more at @sonderingemWishlist lily's world XD ⬇️ Instagram Handle @sonderingemily Instagram Followers 335.5K Type Macro Gender Female Get Email Contact

3. Maciej Drabik

Bio Digital artist and art director. Animation and game development. 📝 Business: *****@gmail.com🖼️ Prints 🎓 Patreon Instagram Handle @maciejdrabik_art Instagram Followers 291.9K Type Macro Gender Male Get Email Contact

4. Rebecca Lemker

Bio pixome ˖ art ˖ pixels ˖ design ˖ ux👇 pixome, shop, collab, brushes & more 👇 *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @pixebo Instagram Followers 193K Type Macro Gender Female Get Email Contact

5. Ed Boon

Bio Co-Creator of Mortal Kombat / Injustice..... Creative Director at NetherRealm Studios. We make games with Ninjas and SuperHeroes. *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @noobde Instagram Followers 146.2K Type Macro Gender Male Get Email Contact

6. Justin Scott

Bio 🎮 Just a GameDev sharing his knowledge and experience to inspire 🫶💼 Senior Game Programmer @ Lessmore📽️ YouTube in link#gamedev #programming *****@justinbieshaar.com Instagram Handle @justinbieshaar Instagram Followers 147.5K Type Macro Gender Male Get Email Contact

7. Matthew Divito

Bio motion graphics artist / liminal horror / indie game dev Instagram Handle @mrdiv.gif Instagram Followers 116.5K Type Macro Gender Male Get Email Contact

8. Ryan Haight

Bio REALLY COOL Seattle based game dev and pixel artist 🏞️ Working on an Awesome fishing game!WISHLIST HEADWATERS BABYYYYY ⬇️ Instagram Handle @my_art_bytes Instagram Followers 52.1K Type Micro Gender Male Get Email Contact

9. SomeHumbleOnion

Bio 🍄 Creator of Smushi Come Home - OUT NOW on Steam and Switch!Working on something new... 🧅 Instagram Handle @somehumbleonion Instagram Followers 52.5K Type Micro Gender Male Get Email Contact

10. Gilberto Magno

Bio Character Artist | Game Dev 🇧🇷 🌎Worked in: God of War, Overwatch, Doom, Rainbow Six, Warhammer, Ghost in the Shell..BR workshop:*****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @gilberto_magno Instagram Followers 35.1K Type Micro Gender Male Get Email Contact

11. Vinamra Kaushik

Bio MUJ’25Making "Bound to die"Game developer | Indie game devfor any inquiry - ✉️ *****@gmail.comJoin the best gaming community here 👇 Instagram Handle @vinamra_44 Instagram Followers 27.9K Type Micro Gender Male Get Email Contact

12. Deepesh Kumar

Bio I build Games with bugs 🐛Business - *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @the.lazydeveloper Instagram Followers 29.4K Type Micro Gender Male Get Email Contact

13. Rahul Sehgal

Bio 🎮 Game industry veteran 🔥 I turn people into Pro game-makers 🚨India's only central govt partnered gamedev programs 👇🏻 *****@gamer2maker.com Instagram Handle @sehgalrahul1 Instagram Followers 25.4K Type Micro Gender Male Get Email Contact

14. Jeff Mumm

Bio Hi, I’m Jeff! I'm making a completely hand-drawn game as a solo dev! Demo and art shop⬇️ *****@joegp.com Instagram Handle @gpigparkour Instagram Followers 24K Type Micro Gender Male Get Email Contact

15. Whitney Lanier

Bio ✍️3D by day 2D by night … daydreaming always🎮 Artist in game development 📍Atlanta *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @who.what.whit.art Instagram Followers 18.3K Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact

16. Nikhil Malankar

Bio CEO of @gameeonstudios/Game Developer/Gamer/YouTuber/Author & more#gamedev #author #youtuberHusband of @_biebelicious26_ ❤️ *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @nikmlnkr Instagram Followers 22.1K Type Micro Gender Male Get Email Contact

17. Mihir Thakar

Bio Unity Game Developer 🕹 Instagram Handle @game_developer_unity Instagram Followers 18.2K Type Micro Gender Male Get Email Contact

18. Trishant

Bio •GᗩᗰEᗪEᐯ•YOᑌTᑌᗷE : Iᗰ TᖇISᕼᗩᑎT•ᕼEᒪᒪOTᖇISᕼᗩᑎT@GᗰᗩIᒪ.ᑕOᗰ *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @im_trishant Instagram Followers 16.5K Type Micro Gender Male Get Email Contact

19. Ken Egu

Bio - Award Winning Director & Artist 🏁- Digital Artist 🎨 Filmmaker 🎥 Game Designer 🕹 Educator 🎓- L.A 📍USC Trojan- him @echoes.city @forerunners.gospel *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @booksofegu Instagram Followers 15.4K Type Micro Gender Male Get Email Contact

20. Thomas Brush

Bio Follower of Christ, husband, dad. TIME Magazine acclaimed indie game auteur & filmmaker. Play games, learn game dev in link! *****@fulltimegamedev.com Instagram Handle @thomasbrushdev Instagram Followers 13.6K Type Micro Gender Male Get Email Contact

21. Mado Games

Bio Game developer inspired by cute art styles 💖My mission is to inspire others through my games!#BatDollapp#moonsCloset#mimistarapp *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @madogames Instagram Followers 11.4K Type Micro Get Email Contact

22. Salaar & Gabriel

Bio 🌍 full-time indie game developer⁣🎯 Wishlist 'Gunstoppable' now! *****@cagestudios.net Instagram Handle @cagestudios Instagram Followers 10.2K Type Micro Gender Male Get Email Contact

23. Mike Gaboury

Bio I live to create | designer, artist, candlemancer | co-founded @filthycasualco @ashborneco @ghostvibesco | 🖤🦖🎮✍️☕️ *****@filthycasual.com Instagram Handle @mikegaboury Instagram Followers 9.9K Type Nano Gender Male Get Email Contact

24. David Wehle

Bio Unlock your game dev potential, and share your story with the world. *****@gamedevunlocked.com Instagram Handle @gamedevunlocked Instagram Followers 6.7K Type Nano Gender Male Get Email Contact

25. Sebastian Gomez

Bio VideoGame Developer🎮🖥️-------------------------------------------------------PLAY NOW! 👇🏻👇🏻 *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @sg_videogames Instagram Followers 5K Type Nano Gender Male Get Email Contact

26. Paul Wedgwood

Bio Eight US/UK #1 hits, 4 Exits🎮 Wolfenstein, Doom, Quake, Batman, Gears of War🎥 The Kill Room, Samuel L. Jackson, Uma Thurman, and Joe Manganiello *****@rogersandcowanpmk.com Instagram Handle @paulwedgwood Instagram Followers 5.1K Type Nano Gender Male Get Email Contact

27. Bobby Mojsovski & Zhanko Mojsovski

Bio 🎮 2-Brother Indie Studio👁 Makers of Mirror Forge & Chasmal Fear🕯 Saint of Chains – Retro Survival Horror FPS🔗 Wishlist on Steam! *****@mystivedev.com Instagram Handle @mystivedev Instagram Followers 5K Type Nano Gender Male Get Email Contact

28. Sean Young

Bio Indie game developer. Working on Monsterpatch. *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @seanyoungsg Instagram Followers 4.1K Type Nano Gender Male Get Email Contact

29. Phil Morg

Bio highlights for the streams! *****@phisnom.com Instagram Handle @phisnomshorts Instagram Followers 3.6K Type Nano Gender Male Get Email Contact

30. Asia Piazza

Bio 🇮🇹 | 🇬🇧 documenting my journey ingame design from scratchby sharing my improvements 🎮 *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @asiamakesgames Instagram Followers 3K Type Nano Gender Female Get Email Contact

31. Omel Macle Aguilar

Bio 🔴OPEN COMMISSION🔴Gmail: *****@gmail.comPixelartist & Gamedev Instagram Handle @omelpixela Instagram Followers 5.1K Type Nano Gender Male Get Email Contact

32. Meca Games

Bio 🇧🇷 Indie game *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @mecagames Instagram Followers 2.9K Type Nano Gender Male Get Email Contact

33. Garry Newman

Bio *****@facepunch.com Instagram Handle @garryjnewman Instagram Followers 3.2K Type Nano Gender Male Get Email Contact

34. Malang

Bio kumpulan makhluk hidup di kota Malang yang hobi nulis, nggambar, main musik dan ngoding untuk bikin video game. pengen tau lebih jauh kuy gabung. 😉🎮 *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @gamedevmalang Instagram Followers 2.7K Type Nano Gender Male Get Email Contact

35. Gadas

Bio Game Developer Arek Suroboyo, a game development community based on Surabaya,Jawa Timur, Indonesia#Surabaya#Community#Gamedev *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @gamedevsby Instagram Followers 2.4K Type Nano Gender Male Get Email Contact

36. Patrick Burns

Bio Game DeveloperComic Artist2D+3D Character Artist *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @burnsyart Instagram Followers 2K Type Nano Gender Male Get Email Contact

37. Tirza

Bio 🧑‍💻Youngsters who love making games 👩‍💻📍 Indonesia 🇮🇩📩 DM or EMAIL for any inquiries ✨️*****@gmail.com ⬇️ Check out our games 🎮 Instagram Handle @renala.games Instagram Followers 2K Type Nano Gender Female Get Email Contact

38. Raffaele Mandese

Bio Mandese Games, created by Raffaele Mandese, produces games with apocalyptic themes. The first title is Evil Seal, an intense action horror. *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @mandesegames Instagram Followers 1.5K Type Nano Gender Male Get Email Contact

39. Pascal Bestebroer

Bio 🎮Independent game dev📹Youtuber with weekly videos😁Drop on this site for all games and video content 👇 *****@orangepixel.net Instagram Handle @orangepixelgames Instagram Followers 1.5K Type Nano Gender Male Get Email Contact

40. Chris van der Kuyl

Bio *****@tayforth.com Instagram Handle @cvdk Instagram Followers 1.4K Type Nano Gender Male Get Email Contact

41. Yan Chernikov

Bio I make videos, music, and game engines. Melbourne • 🇦🇺 *****@studiocherno.com Instagram Handle @thecherno Instagram Followers 20.1K Type Micro Gender Male Get Email Contact

42. Caleb Wood

Bio Animation artist, game dev dabbler, temporal anomaly *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @kbibwod Instagram Followers 56.9K Type Micro Gender Male Get Email Contact

43. Morris

Bio Hi there! This is my adventurous journey to develop the game, Seablip. Join Discord, DM or leave a comment. 🏝🌠Peace and love, padawan Jardar🙋‍♂️⬇️ *****@seablip.com Instagram Handle @not_morris Instagram Followers 8.5K Type Nano Gender Male Get Email Contact

44. Gamestache

Bio 🎮 Indie game developer from Sydney 🇦🇺 👾 All games developed can be found on Linktree or my website!#indiegamedev #indiegame #gamer *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @gamestache_ Instagram Followers 1.5K Type Nano Gender Male Get Email Contact

45. Kai Valentine

Bio Fight For The Universe.BLACK. Byronic Hero. Art. Game Dev. Bassist. *****@kainonaut.com Instagram Handle @kainonaut Instagram Followers 16K Type Micro Gender Male Get Email Contact

46. Brackeys

Bio JUST MAKE GAMES ALREADY! 🎮 *****@brackeys.com Instagram Handle @brackeysteam Instagram Followers 14.3K Type Micro Gender Male Get Email Contact

47. Kitty

Bio Youtube/Site ⏩indiegamelover.com⏪Chief #PitchYaGame🐷Co-own @indieworldorder/#IWOCon🦜Tag #IndieGameLover🥰 *****@indiegamelover.com Instagram Handle @indiegamelover Instagram Followers 12K Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact

48. Jason Weimann

Bio Game dev / guy on YouTube, with cool kiddos *****@game.courses Instagram Handle @jasonweimann Instagram Followers 2.1K Type Nano Gender Male Get Email Contact

49. Ankit Rawat

Bio 𝘼𝙡𝙡 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙥𝙤𝙨𝙩 𝙗𝙚𝙡𝙤𝙬 𝙞𝙨 𝙢𝙮 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙠.🍃Unreal engine Developer 🍃 *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @tesrekt Instagram Followers 3.1K Type Nano Gender Male Get Email Contact