Finance and sales

The Russian anime horror game MiSide has brought significant profits to its creators. According to data from the analytics service VG Insights, it has generated over 25 million dollars since its release on Steam on December 11, 2024

Recently in China, Where Winds Meet was released on PCs and smartphones — a role-playing game by Everstone Studio and NetEase, set during the period of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms. At least on mobile devices, the new game has shown excellent initial results

Dragami Games has shared a new milestone for the Lollipop Chainsaw remaster. The action game turned out to be a success for the Japanese company.

Infinity Nikki by Infold Games has amassed $16 million in player expenditures within its initial month on mobile platforms

Scopely is one of the most successful publishers and developers of mobile games. In an official blog post, the company revealed a number of metrics it achieved by the end of last year.

It’s been a month since the global launch of Marvel Rivals, a hero shooter made by Chinese tech giant NetEase. According to new estimates, the game appears to be an immense success.

Pokémon TCG Pocket is one of the mobile hits of 2024. The game performed so well that DeNA, the company involved in its development, had to revise its financial forecast for October-December 2024

The mobile card game Pokémon TCG Pocket continues to show excellent performance. Analysts at Sensor Tower have calculated that it has generated over $300 million worldwide

This year, fewer new game releases have been sold in Europe compared to last year. Regional sales of new releases have decreased by almost a third compared to 2023.

The Spanish gambling market regulator (DGOJ) has released new data on the legal online gambling sector for the third quarter of 2024. Below are the key figures and trends

The highest-grossing game on Steam for the past week is once again Counter-Strike 2. However, in light of discounts from the winter sale and other factors, the rest of the chart underwent quite a few changes

It’s time to wrap up 2024, and here’s a sneak peek at the best-selling video games of the year in Europe. It seems that new releases haven’t performed that great compared to older hits.

On December 18, miHoYo released patch 1.4 for Zenless Zone Zero, titled “A Storm of Falling Stars.” As a result, the game has seen impressive growth in its daily revenue on iOS and Android.

On December 18, 2024, the Chinese company miHoYo released a major patch 1.4 for Zenless Zone Zero. According to data from the AppMagic service, the mobile version of the game set a new personal record for net daily IAP revenue following this update.

In 2024, the video game industry in Australia reported revenues amounting to $339.1 million AUD, equivalent to $211.9 million USD

Investors of the Japanese media conglomerate Kadokawa reacted coolly to the deal with Sony. As noted by Kantan Games analyst Serkan Toto, the company's stock sharply dropped in the post-market on December 19. Their price fell by 15.95% at once

The Nintendo Switch has become the second best-selling console in the American market of all time, according to analyst Mat Piscatella from Circana. Until recently, this title belonged to the PlayStation 2.

CyberAgent’s subsidiary QualiArts has released its financial report for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2024. The Japanese developer has recorded impressive growth in its annual earnings.

The Tales of series is celebrating its 30th anniversary. In honor of this occasion, Bandai Namco Entertainment has revealed the current sales figures for Tales of Berseria, one of the latest entries in the series, which had its global release in 2017 on PC and PlayStation

The SteamDB service published a list of the top-grossing products on Steam for the week of December 10 to 17. Counter-Strike 2 claimed the first spot, pushing the previous leader, Path of Exile 2, to second place.

QualiArts is a Japanese mobile game development studio that is part of the internet company CyberAgent. The last financial year (October 2023 - September 2024) was extremely successful for them

Shares of Polish company 11 bit studios have plummeted to the lowest level in seven years. Investors are concerned that the studio is allegedly planning to cancel a game currently in development and write off its assets

Despite the recent success of Frostpunk 2, 11 bit studios has been struggling on the stock market. The fact that the Polish company may potentially cancel one of its projects in development has caused panic among investors.

2024 has been a big year for indie games, with two major releases — Balatro and Buckshot Roulette — recently hitting new sales milestones.

The developer LocalThunk and publisher Playstack have announced that the card game Balatro has reached a new milestone. It has sold 3.5 million copies worldwide

Nintendo has completed its acquisition of Monolith Soft by purchasing the remaining shares, after initially holding a 96% stake in the studio.

Grinding Gear Games has achieved another milestone. Path of Exile 2 topped the list of highest-grossing products on Steam for the week of December 3 to 10.

Wishlists are one of the key metrics that developers pay attention to when preparing to launch their games. Here’s an interesting new analysis of how wishlists are converting to sales, and what that says about the state of Steam in general.

The new mobile puzzle game from the Turkish studio Dream Games had a strong start. According to the analytics service AppMagic, two weeks after its release, Royal Kingdom earned $1.83 million in net IAP revenue, after deducting store commissions and taxes.

Nintendo’s stock has been on the rise for more than a week. Several positive factors are helping Japanese publisher reach a new all-time high.

Dungeon Clawler is a turn-based card strategy game with roguelike elements where players draw items for their deck using a claw from an arcade machine. The game debuted on Steam and mobile devices on November 21, 2024, and to date, it has sold over 100,000 copies

On the morning of December 5, Nintendo set a new record for its stock price. At the start of trading on the Tokyo Stock Exchange, one share of the company was priced at 9,332 yen ($62.3)

Byterunners studio and publisher Movie Games have reported that more than 200,000 people worldwide have purchased Drug Dealer Simulator 2. The game reached this milestone just over five months after its release.

The marketing company AppsFlyer published a report on mobile app monetization for the third quarter of 2024

In October 2024, Newzoo's analysis identified Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2/3/Warzone/Black Ops 6 as the highest-earning game in six markets, namely France, Germany, Italy, Spain, the UK, and the US

The Polish publisher PlayWay released a financial report for January-September 2024. The company reported that House Flipper remains its main hit even six years after its release

PlayWay has released its financial report for the third quarter ended September 30, 2024. The Polish publisher posted significant growth across key business metrics.

According to estimates from AppMagic, the Pokémon Trading Card Game Pocket has reportedly generated $208 million in revenue during its initial month.

The Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB) has introduced the Design for Every Game initiative to assist developers in creating games that are accessible to individuals with sight loss.

The American company Motorsport Games announced that on December 31, 2024, it will cease sales of a whole range of its games. It will remove all its NASCAR-branded projects and their DLCs from the shelves of digital stores

Casual games remain one of the largest segments in the mobile market. Here are the top publishers by in-app revenue generated in 2024.

The analytics service AppMagic compiled a list of mobile casual game publishers that earned the most from IAP* from January to November 2024. Scopely took the first place in the ranking

Many gaming companies today are publicly traded. Their stocks are traded, and dividends are earned from their securities. But how actively are the employees of these gaming companies themselves involved in this?

The PlayStation 2 has achieved global sales of 160 million units, holding its record as the best-selling console in history

On the evening of November 26, CD PROJEKT released its financial report for the third quarter of 2024. The Polish group of companies reported a decrease in revenue and profit along with increased spending on game development. They also boasted about the sales of Cyberpunk 2077

CD Projekt Group unveiled its third-quarter financial results for 2024, highlighting "strong sales" of Cyberpunk 2077 and The Witcher 3. However, the company's sales revenue experienced a significant decline, falling 49% from a year ago, decreasing from €102.7 million ($107.5 million) to €52.8 million ($55.2 million)

CD Projekt has released its financial report for the third quarter ended October 31, 2024. The Polish company faced an expected decline in both revenue and profit following last year’s success of Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty.

It has been almost a week since the release of S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl. GSC Game World has already reported impressive launch sales, but here is some data from analytics platform Video Game Insights.

Larian Studios has recently filed accounts for its Irish office in Dublin. The report sheds light on the company’s financial success following the 1.0 launch of Baldur’s Gate 3.

The analytical service VG Insights shared its sales statistics for S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl on the social network X. It conducted a detailed analysis of the game's performance on Steam