In 2025, India's gaming market revenue will exceed one billion dollars — analysis
This is the fastest-growing gaming market among the countries of Asia, the Middle East, and North Africa, reports the analytics company Niko Partners.
Battlegrounds Mobile India — the version of PUBG Mobile for India
Revenue growth coincides with the increasing number of gamers in India. Analysts forecast that by the end of the year, there will be over 500 million gamers. To put this in perspective, according to data from Worldometers, the total population of the country is currently 1.47 billion people. So, if this information is accurate, every third resident in India is interested in video games.
Interestingly, over the last five years, there has been a noticeable increase in the proportion of female gamers in India. As reported by Niko Partners, in 2020, it was 22%, and by the end of 2025, it is expected to reach 40%.
Most local gamers, Niko Partners notes, do not spend money on games. Nevertheless, the paying audience in the country is quite significant — 26.5% or 126 million people.
95% of Indian gamers play on mobile devices, and the most popular genre in the country is battle royale.