Analytics

In April 2025, the mobile puzzle game Candy Crush Saga earned $108.25 million in net IAP revenue, according to AppMagic data. As noted by our colleagues at MobileGamer, the service only recorded a higher monthly revenue for the game once before—in October 2021, and even then, it was only higher by $38,000

Elden Ring is one of the most successful games in recent years. The analytical company Alinea Analytics shared its statistics on the project, including sales, revenue, and audience engagement levels.

In the coming five years, Nintendo might emerge as the "primary partner" for third-party publishers

Russian gaming companies need government support, but only a small number have managed to obtain it. This conclusion was reached by the industry association APRIORI, the Internet Development Institute (IRI), and the legal firm EBR based on a survey conducted in March

The United Kingdom Interactive Entertainment Association (UKIE) unveiled its newest Consumer Market Valuation Report, indicating that the games market was valued at £7.63 billion in 2024, marking a 1.8% reduction from the previous year's total. While hardware sales declined by 5.1%, software sales experienced a 0.58% rise, largely fueled by an 8.1% year-on-year increase in expenditures on mobile games

As of April 29, 2025, Ubisoft has released a statement addressing the complaint. According to Eurogamer, the company is currently examining the issues mentioned. "We are aware of the complaint and are looking into it," a spokesperson stated. "Ubisoft is dedicated to safeguarding players' personal data across our websites and games

Matthew Emery, the founder of Turbine Games Consulting, decided to find out which platform was easier to achieve success on last year — PC or mobile. To do this, he compared the revenue of around 8,000 new releases from 2024

The analytics company Newzoo has named the highest-grossing and most popular games on PC and consoles for March 2025.

Assassin's Creed Shadows secured the second position on Newzoo's overall revenue chart for March after its launch in the latter half of the previous month.

SMBC Consumer Finance surveyed a thousand Japanese individuals aged 20-29 about their spending habits in various areas. It turned out that young Japanese people are actively making in-game purchases and sometimes spend much more money on them than they should

Consulting firm Aream & Co. analyzed the situation in the gaming deals market from January to March 2025. The report utilized data from InvestGame.

Last year, global expenditure on PC and console gaming dropped by 2%, reaching $80.2 billion. However, this figure is projected to increase to $85.2 billion by 2025

The analytics company Newzoo released a comprehensive report on the state of the console and PC games market in 2024. Below is a brief summary of the main points.

The analytics company Newzoo examined the release performance of Kingdom Come: Deliverance II. It collected data on the game's revenue and audience for the debut month (February 2025). Below are a few figures from the report

A significant portion of the daily active users (DAU) for Steam, PlayStation, and Xbox is concentrated around a relatively small number of games. Analyst Simon Carless examined how these users are distributed.

Last year was rich with indie horror games on Steam. The Valve platform saw the release of hundreds of new games, yet only a few achieved success. This was the conclusion reached by gaming marketer Dmitry Afanasyev, who studied the situation in this niche

The media holding Rambler&Co and the service “Kuper” surveyed 32.7 thousand Russians on the topic of video games. Here are some figures from the study.

Activision's user research employees have cast their votes in favor of unionization

A week ago, Supercell released a new game—a mobile action RPG called mo.co. Journalists from PocketGamer, citing the analytics company Sensor Tower, shared the project's initial results

Innopolis University attempted to find out the current state of affairs for game developers in Russia. To achieve this, they surveyed a hundred representatives of the domestic game development industry

Last week, Sensor Tower announced its acquisition of Video Game Insights to expand into console and PC games data. The question is, what could be the consequences of consolidation in the gaming analytics sector? Here’s our deep dive into Sensor Tower’s M&A strategy and the potential risks it poses to the market.

Last week, Sensor Tower announced its acquisition of the Video Game Insights platform with the aim of enhancing its product with data on console and PC games. This raises the question: what are the implications of consolidation in the gaming analytics sector? Today, we will take an in-depth look at the objectives of Sensor Tower's M&A strategy and the potential risks for the market

The analytics company Newzoo shared a ranking of the highest-grossing and most popular PC and console games as of February 2025

Monster Hunter Wilds entered Newzoo's overall revenue rankings for February in the third position, even though it was released on the month's last day

The worldwide gaming sector is forecasted to grow by 4.6% in 2026, reaching $236.9 billion, and is anticipated to hit $280.1 billion by 2031

For its presentation at GDC 2025, the analytical firm Newzoo prepared an overview of the state of the gaming industry. Below are the key data points about the PC market

The consolidation in the gaming analytics market continues. Sensor Tower announced the acquisition of the platform Video Game Insights (VG Insights)

This morning, March 10th, it became known that the Internet Development Institute (IDI) proposed that BRICS countries unite efforts to regulate the gaming industry. Anton Gorelkin, a deputy of the Russian State Duma and deputy chairman of the committee on information policy, commented on this idea in his Telegram channel

The Hurun Research Institute has released a list of the 500 most valuable companies based in China. Let’s take a closer look at the enterprises related to the games industry and how their rankings have changed from the previous year.

Two short-selling firms have issued reports on AppLovin, accusing the company of inflaiting its metrics and engaging in illegal practices. This led to sotck market turmoil, with the CEO refuting all the claims and calling them misleading.

Between 2022 and 2024, the largest portable gaming PCs sold a total of 6 million units, reports The Verge, citing a study by IDC. The main bestseller was the Steam Deck

Marvel Rivals advanced to the Top Five on Newzoo's overall revenue chart for January 2025, climbing one position after its debut on December 6, 2024.

WN Media Group has announced a new format of its business events called Lounge. These are small-scale meetups focused on networking and topics related to the iGaming sector.

The gaming market will not return to the revenue growth rates seen during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the research firm MIDiA Research. In their view, the "era of double-digit growth" has ended.

The African gaming market is growing six times faster than the global market, according to companies Carry1st and Newzoo. Last year, its revenue amounted to $1.8 billion, showing a growth of 12.4%

Crytek has announced mass layoffs that will reduce its workforce by 15%. The German developer also put the development of the next Crysis game on hold.

At the end of last year, Russian lawmakers proposed making it mandatory to add several authentication options for gamers from Russia in games with an authentication feature — authentication via phone number, through the Gosuslugi service, or using biometrics. The sociological agency "Weber" found through a survey that Russians themselves do not support this idea

In recent years, the share of games on proprietary engines in Steam has significantly decreased, according to data from the analytics service VG Insights. While in 2012, they were used in 71% of new releases on the platform, by 2024, this figure had dropped to only 13%

Circana has released its annual report on the US video game market. Here are the key findings on consumer spending and best-selling titles.

Dungeon & Fighter Mobile was released in China in May 2024 and became a huge success for Tencent and Nexon. According to estimates from analysts at Niko Partners, by the end of last year, the mobile game generated nearly $2.5 billion in China

In December, Fortnite once again led Newzoo's overall revenue and engagement charts.

The analytics company Sensor Tower has published a report on the state of the mobile app market in 2024. Below is a brief overview of the gaming segment.

We continue to summarize the results of 2024 with gaming (or gaming-related) teams and experts. This time, we spoke with Alexander Mikheev, head of VK Play

Gamelight is a user acquisition platform for mobile developers and publishers. We’ve discussed the company’s data-driven approach, dedicated AI algorithm, rewarded UA/marketing, and more in an exclusive interview with founder Günay Azer.

Each year, there are more and more visual novels that offer partial or full support for the Russian language. It has been noted online that last year, almost a thousand such titles were released.

Very few mobile games manage to achieve success. Anton Slashchev, the director of Playhero studio, calculated that only 2.7% of games released on Google Play and the App Store in the past three years have reached even relative popularity

We continue to wrap up the year 2024 with gaming (or gaming industry-related) teams. Next up is an interview with Kirill and Roman Gursky, managing directors of the gaming division at the investment group GEM Capital

We continue our 2024 wrap-up together with top managers and experts from the games industry (and related fields). Up next is an interview with Roman and Kirill Gurskiy, managing directors at GEM Capital.

Will McCahill, the Director of Business Development at the American studio World's Edge, analyzed the positivity levels of user reviews on Steam from 2014 to 2024. According to his observations, reviews have become more negative over time, and this trend is evident across all languages

We continue our review of 2024 together with top managers and experts from the games industry (and related fields). Up next is an interview with Lisa Kretschmer, Studio Manager at IO Interactive.