A mashup of Jam City's games.

Mobile game maker Jam City lays off 10% of staff

Jam City, the mobile game maker of titles like Cookie Jam, said it has laid off about 10% of its staff in a restructuring of its 850-person workforce.

“We made the very difficult decision to implement an organizational restructuring that includes reducing our workforce,” said the company in a statement. “This impacts approximately 10% of our team members across all departments and locations. These changes allow us to streamline our operations and focus our resources on the long-term sustainability and future success of the company.”

Jam City said it remains focused on its business strategy to grow its portfolio of core genres and blockbuster mobile games and deliver best-in-class gaming experiences for its players.

“We are deeply grateful for the contributions of all our team members, and we will support our departing Jam Citizens during this transition with severance packages and reverse recruiting efforts,” Jam City said.

The company previously had a 17% layoff in 2022.

Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat at VentureBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.