Dots

Dots is a mobile games studio founded in 2013 by Paul Murphy and Patrick Moberg, known for minimalist, calming puzzle games including Dots, Two Dots, and Dots & Co. The studio focused on well-designed, easy-to-approach games and player-friendly monetization, measuring success by how players feel rather than aggressive in-app spending. Backed by Northzone, Slow Ventures, Tencent, Greycroft, and CrunchFund, Dots was acquired by Take-Two Interactive in August 2020. This is a consumer gaming company with no public developer API surface; it was added to the API Evangelist network as a VC-portfolio stub and this enrichment pass confirmed it exposes no API, SDK, or documentation.

Dots is profiled on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include Company, Consumer, Mobile Games, Gaming, and Puzzle Games.

Dots’ developer surface includes engineering blog and 1 more developer resources.

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7.2/100 minimal ▬ flat Agent 0/100 human only Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-27 · rubric v0.5

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CompanyConsumerMobile GamesGamingPuzzle GamesGame StudioAcquired

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Composite quality — 7.2/100 · minimal

Contract Quality 0.0 / 25

Developer Ergonomics 0.4 / 20

Commercial Clarity 0.0 / 20

Operational Transparency 0.0 / 13

Governance 0.0 / 12

Discoverability 6.8 / 10

Agent readiness — 0/100 · human only

Machine-Readable Contract 0 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 0 / 15

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

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Source (apis.yml)

aid: dots
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/dots.png
name: Dots
description: Dots is a mobile games studio founded in 2013 by Paul Murphy and Patrick Moberg, known for minimalist, calming
  puzzle games including Dots, Two Dots, and Dots & Co. The studio focused on well-designed, easy-to-approach games and player-friendly
  monetization, measuring success by how players feel rather than aggressive in-app spending. Backed by Northzone, Slow Ventures,
  Tencent, Greycroft, and CrunchFund, Dots was acquired by Take-Two Interactive in August 2020. This is a consumer gaming
  company with no public developer API surface; it was added to the API Evangelist network as a VC-portfolio stub and this
  enrichment pass confirmed it exposes no API, SDK, or documentation.
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/dots/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
x-type: company
x-source: vc-portfolio
x-backed-by:
- northzone
- slow-ventures
x-tier: stub
x-tier-reason: portfolio-lead
x-status: acquired
x-acquired-by: take-two-interactive
x-acquired-date: 2020-08
x-founded: '2013'
x-note: No public API. Distinct from the payouts-API company Dots (usedots.com / dots.dev), which is a separate, unrelated
  entity backed by DCM and Y Combinator. www.dots.co and weplaydots.com no longer resolve to live sites following the Take-Two
  acquisition.
specificationVersion: '0.20'
created: '2026-07-17'
modified: '2026-07-18'
tags:
- Company
- Consumer
- Mobile Games
- Gaming
- Puzzle Games
- Game Studio
- Acquired
apis: []
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
- FN: APIs.json
  email: info@apis.io
common:
- type: Website
  url: https://www.dots.co
- type: Blog
  url: https://blog.weplaydots.com
x-enrichment:
  date: '2026-07-19'
  status: backfilled
  pass: local-v1
  note: backfilled from .gitignore signal + verified work evidence