Funko Games

Funko Games was a Seattle-based tabletop game design studio and publisher focused on adapting film, television and other pop culture properties into board games. Its work encompassed analog game invention, mechanics development, playtesting, graphic design, rulebook writing and art direction. Despite the wider Funko brand’s presence in digital entertainment, the studio’s core business was physical tabletop games.

The studio took shape in February 2019 when Funko acquired Forrest-Pruzan Creative, an established Seattle game design business. Following the acquisition, the design office operated under the Funko Games name while retaining Prospero Hall as an imprint for signature games. Its output ranged from strategy and party games to puzzle adventures and collectible miniature experiences, with approximately 200 original tabletop and board game experiences attributed to the studio in the research.

Notable releases included the modular Funkoverse Strategy Game, aviation strategy title Pan Am, The Goonies: Never Say Die, Rear Window and Scream: The Game. Other projects included Star Wars Rivals, Star Trek Cryptic: A Puzzles and Pathways Adventure and the Kickstarter legacy game Jurassic World: The Legacy of Isla Nublar.

In January 2024, Funko sold the game business’s assets, inventory and brand portfolio to Goliath Games alongside an exclusive worldwide licensing and distribution agreement. The internal Seattle design and development team was laid off, ending Funko Games’ operation as an in-house development studio. Goliath continued to market existing catalog titles under license, while former members of the creative team subsequently formed the independent tabletop studio Tempest Workshop.