Vinci Games (YC S22) — Creating genre-defining multiplayer VR games
Vinci Games (YC S22) is building the next generation of social multiplayer VR games. Our first title, Blacktop Hoops, became one of the highest-rated sports games on Meta Quest with a passionate global community and critical acclaim.
Vinci Games is a Y Combinator company in the Summer 2022 batch. Its directory entry describes it as: Creating genre-defining multiplayer VR games. The founders listed are Nathaniel Ventura (Founder), Maciej Szcześnik (Founder) (Y Combinator directory entry, July 20, 2022).
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Vinci Games (YC S22) is building the next generation of social multiplayer VR games.
Our first title, Blacktop Hoops, became one of the highest-rated sports games on Meta Quest with a passionate global community and critical acclaim.
Our second title, Ruffnauts, is already one of the fastest growing F2P releases of 2025 on Meta Quest, with 30K+ reviews at 4.9 stars in its first month of Alpha Early Access. Ruffnauts combines creature catching, chaotic physics, and Gorilla Tag style locomotion into a groundbreaking VR adventure.
The company is led by CEO Nathaniel Ventura (ex-Oculus, Google, Meta) and CTO Maciej Szcześnik, former lead gameplay designer at CD Projekt Red for The Witcher series. Our mission is to create genre-defining VR experiences that bring millions of players together.
Nathaniel Ventura
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Maciej Szcześnik
Founder
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