Gaming companies made deals worth $20.3 billion in six months
Analysts from Aream & Co., based on InvestGame data, prepared a report on the state of the gaming investment market in the first half of 2025. Below are the main conclusions summarized.
- In the gaming industry, 285 deals were struck over the half-year period. This is 81 fewer than the previous year.
- However, their total monetary volume increased by 57.4% to $20.3 billion.
- Almost half of this amount came from initial and secondary public offerings of companies on stock exchanges — $10 billion (+134%). From January to June, gaming-related companies conducted (or announced) public offerings 26 times.
- Mergers and acquisitions collectively amounted to $9.5 billion (+144%). A total of 82 such deals were made.
- The private investment sector continued to decline. Its volume decreased to $0.8 billion (-77%). There were 177 private investments — the worst result in the last five years.
You can find information on the largest gaming deals at the end of the second quarter in this material.