AI accounting for video game studios
Video game accounting.
Books that keep up with the build.
Ship the game. Keep runway in view.
Long dev cycles, contractor-heavy teams and lumpy platform payouts make studio finances hard to read. Zeni keeps the books current all month and our finance team closes them, so you always know your burn and runway. The same platform closes the books for 1,000+ customers.¹
Zeni sets everything up for your studio and connects your banks, cards, payroll and payment tools. Our team manages the AI agents and reviews the work. With other accounting software, keeping the agents working is your job. With Zeni, it's ours.
Platform payouts, coded
Payouts from storefronts and payment processors are coded to revenue as they hit the bank, with the AI's reasoning attached.
Contractors and tools, tracked
Freelance artists, engine licenses and cloud costs are categorized and tagged to the project or title they belong to.
Burn and runway by title
Tag spend by class and project, so you can see what each game costs and how long your cash lasts.
R&D credit support
Clean, categorized books make R&D tax credit work easier, and Zeni's tax team can help you claim it.
An AI Accountant for the books.
An AI CFO for the answers.
The AI Accountant keeps your studio's books current all month. The AI CFO turns them into answers.
Connect your studio. Get closed books.
Zeni's AI and finance team handle the bookkeeping in between. You review the numbers and ask the questions.
Connect your stack: link banks, cards, payroll and payment tools like Stripe and PayPal, so every payout lands in the books.
The AI Accountant works the month: it codes payouts, contractor bills and tooling spend, matches receipts and reconciles accounts.
Your Zeni team closes and reports: we close the month, review prepaid and accrual schedules, and deliver your financials.
Close work drafted by AI
What is video game accounting?
Video game accounting is bookkeeping and reporting for studios that build and publish games. It covers platform and storefront payouts, contractor and licensing costs, spend tracked by title, and the records needed for R&D tax credits. Zeni's AI Accountant codes activity as it lands, and your Zeni team closes the books each month.
Every number comes with its reasoning.
Each AI suggestion arrives with its reasoning and confidence, so you and your Zeni team can see why a platform payout or engine license landed where it did. Approval rules enforce separation of duties, and nothing changes in a closed period. Change history on every entry keeps investor and audit reviews simple.
AI CFO · answers from live booksA CFO between milestones.
Zeni's AI CFO answers questions on burn, runway and spend by title from your live books, shows how every number was calculated, and builds a 13-week cash forecast,² so investor and publisher updates start from numbers you trust.
Your studio's month-end close, in one workspace.
Thought process on every AI callCoded, with the reasoning attached.
Every platform payout, contractor bill and engine license gets a category, class and vendor, plus an explanation of how the AI decided.
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Prepaid schedule drafted, waiting on your approvalSchedules that post themselves.
Prepaid software, fixed asset and accrual schedules are built and maintained automatically, and every entry waits for approval before it posts.
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Receipt matched to its charge, on the recordNever chase a receipt again.
Zeni flags every tool or card charge missing a receipt, gives your team one place to upload or email them, and matches each receipt to its charge.
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AI CFO explains the spike: up 167% from SeptemberCatch the swing before your investors do.
Month-over-month variances by vendor and department, with a drill-down into hosting and contractor trends and an AI CFO summary of what changed.
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Found 3 statement transactions missing from the booksMatched to the bank, to the penny.
Zeni compares each statement to the cleared balance, finds transactions missing from the books, and suggests the entries to create.
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Every close task has an owner, a due date and time trackedSee who owns every close task.
Every close task has an owner, a priority and a due date, so your finance lead can see where the month stands before investor updates.
Explore month-end close →Run more of your studio's finance work in one place.
Invoicing
Invoice publishers and partners for milestone payments, track what's been paid, and follow up on past-due invoices automatically.
Task management
Give every close task an owner, a priority and a due date, so your producer or finance lead sees who owns what.
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Commenting
Ask a teammate about a receipt or a contractor charge right on the transaction, @mention them, and keep the answer on the record.
Explore commenting →What studio founders ask. What the AI CFO answers.
Built for the people who run the studio.
Your team, plus an AI Accountant and AI CFOStudio founders and heads
Founders who want accurate books and investor updates without hiring a full finance team.
- Know burn and runway any day of the month
- Send investor and publisher updates from numbers you trust
- Books ready for R&D credit and tax work
Producers and finance leads
The people who track budgets by title and need a fast close and reports they don't rebuild.
- Spend tagged by title and project
- Contractor bills routed for approval
- Flux analysis that explains every change
Build great games. Keep the books right.
See the AI Accountant and AI CFO on a game studio's books.
Video game accounting FAQs.
- Zeni internal figures, October 2026, and customer results from Zeni's published case studies.
- AI CFO is in beta and can make mistakes; check anything important against the books.
See how Zeni's AI bookkeeping and accounting software works for other teams like yours.
