The Gaming Industry in 2025 by the Numbers — An Overview from GamesIndustry

The end of the year is approaching. To mark the occasion, the editorial team at GamesIndustry has published its traditional infographic summarizing key figures for the gaming industry. We’ve highlighted the most important insights from it.

Mario Kart World

In its review, GamesIndustry relied on data from Newzoo, Nielsen GfK, Circana, Famitsu, Sensor Tower, and several other analytics companies.

• The global video game market’s revenue in 2025 reached $197 billion, a 7.5% increase compared to 2024. Nearly half of this sum came from the mobile segment—$108 billion (+7.7%). The console games segment earned $45 billion (+4.2%), while the PC games segment made $43 billion (+10.4%).

• In the US, Battlefield 6 became the best-selling console and PC game from January to November 2025. Joining it in the top five were NBA 2K26, Monster Hunter Wilds, Borderlands 4, and EA Sports College Football 26. It’s worth noting that the US statistics did not include sales of games bundled with consoles, which partly explains why Mario Kart World is absent from the list.

• In the UK, Mario Kart World topped the sales charts from December 29, 2024, to December 13, 2025. Following it were EA Sports FC 26, Pokémon Legends: Z-A, Hogwarts Legacy, and EA Sports FC 25. It’s important to note that UK analysts considered only physical game sales.

• The top sellers in Japan from December 30, 2024, to November 30, 2025, were Mario Kart World, Pokémon Legends: Z-A, Monster Hunter Wilds, Pokémon Legends: Z-A – Nintendo Switch 2 Edition, and Super Mario Party Jamboree.

• The year’s top-grossing mobile game worldwide was Last War: Survival, earning $2.12 billion. Whiteout Survival came in second with $1.33 billion, followed by Honor of Kings at $1.31 billion.
• In 2025, the most downloaded mobile games were Roblox (288 million), Block Blast (284 million), Free Fire (272 million), Subway Surfers (203 million), and Pizza Ready (154 million).
• The top three mobile game publishers by revenue were Tencent ($8.75 billion), Scopely ($2.96 billion), and Century Games ($2.73 billion).
• The top three mobile game publishers by downloads were Tencent (1.41 billion), Azur Games (1.02 billion), and Onesoft (775 million).

• In 2025, Western media wrote most about GTA VI, Battlefield 6, and Fortnite—with over 20,000 publications on each game. Among companies, Nintendo, Xbox, and PlayStation were the most frequently mentioned in the press.

• On TikTok, the most popular videos centered around Roblox, Minecraft, and Fortnite, amassing a total of 45.87 billion views.