Singapore headquartered online games developer and publisher behind Free Fire, and the digital entertainment arm of NYSE listed Sea Limited.
garena.comFounded
2009
Headquarters
1 Fusionopolis Place, #17-10, Galaxis, Singapore 138522
Legal name
Garena Online Private Limited (Singapore UEN 200908142H)
Parent company
Sea LimitedRevenue (FY2025)
US$2.4 billion GAAP revenue, up 26.1% year on year
Market Cap
US$64.24 billion for parent Sea Limited (as of July 2026). Garena isn't separately listed.Listed on
NYSE via parent Sea Limited (ticker SE)
Employees
1,001 to 5,000 listed on LinkedIn (6,468 profiles shown); parent Sea Limited reports 102,700
Industry
Online game development and publishing
Website
garena.com
Garena is an online games developer and publisher founded in 2009 and headquartered at 1 Fusionopolis Place in Singapore. It operates as Garena Online Private Limited (UEN 200908142H) and is the digital entertainment arm of Sea Limited, the Singapore technology group listed on the NYSE under the ticker SE alongside Shopee in e-commerce and Monee in digital financial services. Garena says it reaches more than 160 markets.
The company's flagship title is Free Fire, a self-developed mobile battle royale that Garena describes as the most downloaded mobile game in its genre for seven consecutive years, citing Sensor Tower. Garena also licenses and publishes third-party titles in selected markets, including Arena of Valor, Call of Duty: Mobile and Delta Force, and it runs a large esports calendar built around the Free Fire World Series. Forrest Li said Garena connected on average with more than 100 million players daily through 2025.
Financially, Garena is reported as Sea's digital entertainment segment. For the full year 2025 it posted GAAP revenue of US$2.4 billion, bookings of US$2.9 billion and adjusted EBITDA of US$1.7 billion. Momentum carried into 2026: first quarter bookings rose 20.1% to US$931.4 million on 666.5 million quarterly active users and 72.6 million paying users, which Sea called Garena's best quarter since 2021. Hiring is centred on Singapore, with additional teams across Southeast Asia, Taiwan, China, India and Latin America.
President, Garena
Founder, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Sea Limited
Chief Financial Officer, Sea Limited
Chief Operating Officer, Sea Limited
Interview experience
Favourable (8 out of 10)
Interview difficulty
Medium (5 out of 10)
Interview process length
About two weeks
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Q: Solve a coding problem in a shared online editor, then state the time and space complexity of your solution.
A: Talk through your approach before typing, get a working solution down first, then optimise. Close by stating big O for both time and space and naming the input size that drives it.
Q: Explain how the TCP protocol works, including the details of how a connection is set up.
A: TCP is a connection oriented, reliable transport that uses sequence numbers, acknowledgements and retransmission. A connection opens with the three way handshake: SYN, SYN-ACK, then ACK.
Q: How does HTTPS work, and what is the role of a Certificate Authority?
A: HTTPS is HTTP over TLS. The client and server negotiate a session key using the server's certificate, then encrypt traffic symmetrically. A Certificate Authority signs that certificate so the client can trust the server is who it claims to be.
Q: Write a SQL query for the given tables that requires a LEFT JOIN, then discuss the complexity of that query.
A: Use LEFT JOIN when you need every row from the left table even where no match exists, then filter with care because a WHERE clause on the right table quietly turns it into an inner join. Discuss cost in terms of the join strategy and which columns are indexed.
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June 23, 2026
Free Fire opens month-long 9th anniversary celebration
Garena kicked off Free Fire's 9th anniversary from June 24 to July 26 under the theme "Fighting in Unison, Partying as One", with a 3D party lobby, a Skill Boost system and a Weapon Awakening mechanic. A new anniversary theme song, "Made for the Fire", was released on June 24.
#FreeFire #Gaming #Community
View postMay 12, 2026
Garena posts best quarter since 2021 in Sea's Q1 2026 results
Sea Limited reported Garena bookings of US$931.4 million, up 20.1% year on year, with GAAP revenue of US$696.6 million and 666.5 million quarterly active users. Forrest Li credited Free Fire's sustained strength plus a record contribution from Arena of Valor.
#Earnings #Garena #SeaLimited
View postMarch 3, 2026
Sea Limited reports FY2025 results with Garena revenue at US$2.4 billion
Garena's full year 2025 bookings reached US$2.9 billion, up 37.3%, with GAAP revenue of US$2.4 billion and adjusted EBITDA of US$1.7 billion. Sea's group revenue was US$22.9 billion and net income US$1.6 billion.
#Earnings #Gaming #Singapore
View postJanuary 22, 2026
Garena unveils Free Fire 2026 esports roadmap
The Free Fire World Series Global Finals expands from 18 to 24 teams and moves to Bangkok from November 6 to 29, 2026. Garena also added a standalone regional Clash Squad tournament from March and a US championship circuit with a US$60,000 combined prize pool.
#Esports #FreeFire #Bangkok
View postNovember 11, 2025
Digital entertainment bookings jump 51% in Sea's Q3 2025
Garena's segment bookings hit US$840.7 million in the third quarter of 2025, up 51.1% year on year and 27.1% quarter on quarter, with segment adjusted EBITDA of US$465.9 million. Sea's group revenue for the quarter was US$6.0 billion.
#Earnings #Garena #Growth
View postGarena develops and publishes online games. Its flagship title is Free Fire, a self-developed mobile battle royale, and it also licenses and publishes third-party titles such as Arena of Valor, Call of Duty: Mobile and Delta Force in selected markets. It runs a large esports calendar built around the Free Fire World Series.
