Game Industry Layoffs: 10,526 people lost their jobs in the gaming industry in 2023

It wasn't a good year for many colleagues of ours.

Game Industry Layoffs provide approximate figures. The information is gathered from open sources, and the numbers are likely even higher.

• The highest number of people were laid off in November 2023 - 2,775 individuals.

• The leaders in layoffs in 2023 were Unity (1,165 people), ByteDance (1,000 people), Embracer Group (962 people), Epic Games (830 people), and Amazon (715 people).

• A total of 162 rounds of layoffs were publicly announced throughout the year.

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