Closing Theory Studios

Closing Theory Studios, Inc. is an independent mobile game studio founded in 2023 and based in Austin, Texas, on a mission to bring the real world into games. Its debut title, Househunt (the officially licensed ZillowGoneWild game), lets the 70 million-plus people who browse Zillow for fun buy, guess prices on, renovate, flip, and manage real houses in a casual mobile experience aimed at "non-gamers." The studio was co-founded by Ankith Harathi and Nitin Rajinikanth and raised a $2.3M round led by a16z GAMES SPEEDRUN, with participation from Powerhouse Capital and angel Seth Sivak (founder of Proletariat, acquired by Blizzard). Closing Theory Studios ships consumer mobile games on iOS and Android and does not currently publish a public developer API, SDK, or API documentation surface.

Closing Theory Studios is profiled on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include Company, Gaming, Mobile Games, Game Studio, and Real-Estate.

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9.2/100 minimal ▬ flat Agent 0/100 human only Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-08-21 · rubric v0.12.0

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Company Gaming Mobile Games Game Studio Real-Estate Entertainment Consumer Apps

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Composite quality — 9.2/100 · minimal

Contract Quality 0.0 / 25

Developer Ergonomics 0.0 / 20

Access Clarity 4.2 / 20

Operational Transparency 0.0 / 13

Contract Governance 0.0 / 12

Discoverability 5.0 / 10

Agent readiness — 0/100 · human only

Machine-Readable Contract 0 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 0 / 10

Documented Reversibility 0 / 6

MCP Server 0 / 12

Machine-Readable Auth 0 / 10

Idempotency 0 / 9

Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8

Request/Response Examples 0 / 7

Rate-Limit Signaling 0 / 7

Typed Event Surface 0 / 6

Agent Skills 0 / 5

Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4

Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3

A2A Agent Card 0 / 8

Dry-Run / Simulate Mode 0 / 4

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Access & Security 1

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

DomainSecurity

DomainSecurity

Commercial 2

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

PrivacyPolicy

PrivacyPolicy

TermsOfService

TermsOfService

Company 2

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Website

Website

LinkedIn

Other 2

Properties that don't map to a standard resource type

AppStore

AppStore

GooglePlay

GooglePlay

Source (apis.yml)

aid: closing-theory-studios
accessModel:
  pricing: unknown
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Unknown
  confidence: low
  source: []
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/closing-theory-studios.png
name: Closing Theory Studios
description: Closing Theory Studios, Inc. is an independent mobile game studio founded in 2023 and based in Austin, Texas,
  on a mission to bring the real world into games. Its debut title, Househunt (the officially licensed ZillowGoneWild game),
  lets the 70 million-plus people who browse Zillow for fun buy, guess prices on, renovate, flip, and manage real houses in
  a casual mobile experience aimed at "non-gamers." The studio was co-founded by Ankith Harathi and Nitin Rajinikanth and
  raised a $2.3M round led by a16z GAMES SPEEDRUN, with participation from Powerhouse Capital and angel Seth Sivak (founder
  of Proletariat, acquired by Blizzard). Closing Theory Studios ships consumer mobile games on iOS and Android and does not
  currently publish a public developer API, SDK, or API documentation surface.
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/closing-theory-studios/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
x-type: company
x-source: vc-portfolio
x-backed-by:
- a16z
x-tier: stub
x-tier-reason: portfolio-lead
specificationVersion: '0.23'
created: '2026-07-17'
modified: '2026-07-18'
tags:
- Company
- Gaming
- Mobile Games
- Game Studio
- Real-Estate
- Entertainment
- Consumer Apps
tags_raw:
- Company
- Gaming
- Mobile Games
- Game Studio
- Real Estate
- Entertainment
- Consumer Apps
apis: []
common:
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/closing-theory-studios-domain-security.yml
- type: Website
  url: https://closingtheory.com/
- type: PrivacyPolicy
  url: https://playhouserush.com/privacy
- type: TermsOfService
  url: https://playhouserush.com/termsofservice
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/closingtheory
- type: AppStore
  url: https://apps.apple.com/us/developer/closing-theory-studios-inc/id1689311809
- type: GooglePlay
  url: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.househunt.app
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
- FN: APIs.json
  email: info@apis.io
x-enrichment:
  date: '2026-07-19'
  status: backfilled
  pass: local-v1
  note: backfilled from .gitignore signal + verified work evidence

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