Game Industry Layoffs: 14,600 people lost their jobs in 2024
Heartbreaking stats.
Game Industry Layoffs only report public cases of layoffs in the industry. When the number of affected individuals is unknown, the portal provides its estimate.
In 2024, 14,600 people lost their jobs. The largest rounds of layoffs occurred at Microsoft (2,800 people), Unity (1,800 people), and Sony (1,339 people).
The peak of layoff announcements occurred in January 2024 - 33 cases were reported. In February, an additional 26 rounds of layoffs were announced. In the remaining months, there were no more than 18 announcements.
Layoffs in 2024 were 39% more extensive than in 2023. At that time, 10,500 people lost their jobs.
In 2022, 8,500 people lost their jobs.