Sitemap - 2023 - GameDev Reports
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Weekly Gaming Reports Recap: December 25 - December 29 (2023)
The total sales of Anthem seem to have exceeded 5M copies
Rush Royale has surpassed the $280M revenue mark
Monster Hunter Now has surpassed the $100M revenue mark
Omdia: Sales of VR devices will decline until 2026
data.ai: In 2023, 19 mobile games surpassed the $1 billion revenue mark
Ampere Analysis: PlayStation 5 in 2023 Outpaced Xbox Series S|X Sales by 3 times
80LV: Culture, Mental Health, and HR Trends in the Gaming Industry in 2023
The PlayStation 5 has surpassed the 50M sales mark
StreamElements & Rainmaker.gg: State of the Streaming Market in November 2023 and year's results
NZGDA: New Zealand Gaming Industry in 2023
IGEA: Australian Gaming Industry in 2023
Weekly Gaming Reports Recap: December 18 - December 22 (2023)
CGIGC: The Chinese gaming market recovered in 2023
GameRefinery: Trends in casual and midcore games in November 2023
Ampere Analysis: PlayStation and Xbox players spent almost 1.5 billion hours in Fortnite in November
GSD: Game sales in Europe declined, but console sales soared by 59% in November
[Editorial] Lethal Company: The indie success of the year
Weekly Gaming Reports Recap: December 11 - December 15 (2023)
Ampere Analysis: Alan Wake II console sales less than 1M copies
Circana: The American Gaming Market Declined by 7% in November
Tenjin & ObtainAds: How to make your advertising creatives more effective
GSD & GfK: Call of Duty was unable to save the British market from decline in November 2023
Google: The most popular games in Search in 2023
Newzoo: Comparison of Launches of EA Sports FC 24 and FIFA 23
Weekly Gaming Reports Recap: December 4 - December 8 (2023)
June’s Journey - the second game from Germany that has earned more than $1B
Sensor Tower: Monster Strike revenue exceeds $10B
data.ai: What awaits mobile games in 2024
Ultra & Atomik Research: How PC Gamers Discover and Purchase Games
Story: The first paid mount in WoW earned more than StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty
Maliyo Games: The State of the African game industry (2024)
Ampere Analysis: Gaming subscription services in the Q3'23
Take-Two Interactive Software: Sales of the GTA series have exceeded 410M copies
Supercell: "We need to make our games fucking famous, and become part of pop culture."
Apptica & Gamelight: The Mobile Market in Q3 2023
Weekly Gaming Reports Recap: November 27 - December 1 (2023)
AppMagic: Top Mobile games of November 2023 by Revenue and Downloads
Nintendo FY'24 Q1-Q2 Report: Numbers and insights
Niko Partners: The markets of South Korea, Japan, and Chinese Taipei will grow to $30.8B by 2027
Shorooq Partners: The MENAP market will grow to $2.8 billion by 2026
Niko Partners: The gaming market in China will grow by 5.2% in 2023
The ESA: Most American children want video games connected gifts for the New Year holidays
DDM: Gaming Investment Market in Q3 2023
AppsFlyer: Best sources of advertising traffic on mobile devices (Version 16)
Weekly Gaming Reports Recap: November 20 - November 24 (2023)
StreamElements & Rainmaker.gg: The State of the Streaming Market in September and October 2023
BFI UK: 51.9% of all British game developers work in companies owned by foreign entities
SuperScale: 83% of launched mobile games die within 3 years
GSD: Game sales in Europe slightly decreased in October 2023
Roblox: Trends in Digital Fashion and Beauty in 2023
GfK & GSD: The UK gaming market in October 2023 experienced a significant decline
Weekly Gaming Reports Recap: November 13 - November 17 (2023)
InvestGame: Gaming Market investment activity in Q3 2023
Famitsu: Super Mario Bros. Wonder became the leader of the Japanese chart in October 2023
Circana: The American gaming market in October 2023 fell by 5%
Newzoo: The Gaming Industry in 2023
Lumikai & Google: The Indian Gaming Market in 2023 and Forecast until 2027
AppMagic: Top Mobile games of October 2023 by Revenue and Downloads
Editorial: Warcraft Rumble earned $6 million in the first week
Weekly Gaming Reports Recap: November 6 - November 10 (2023)
Axios: 2023 is already a record year for games with 90+ ratings on Metacritic
Newzoo: IP & Brand Collaborations in Games in 2023
Sony: Over 46.6M PS5 units are sold worldwide
Mistplay: North American players behaviour in Mobile Games in 2023
Drake Star: The State of the Video Game Investment Market in Q3 2023
SNJV: The State of the French Gaming Industry in 2023
Sensor Tower: The Mobile Gaming Market in South Korea in 2023
Omdia: Gaming subscriptions will grow to $22 billion by 2027
The audience of EA Sports FC 24 reached 14.5 million players in the first month
Weekly Gaming Reports Recap: October 30 - November 3 (2023)
AppMagic: Marvel Snap earned more than $116M on mobile devices in the first year
Unity: Toxicity in Multiplayer games Report 2023
Sensor Tower: The Japanese Mobile Market in 2023
dataspelsbranschen: Sweden Gaming Industry in 2023
Weekly Gaming Reports Recap: October 23 - October 27 (2023)
Sensor Tower: Pixel Hero is the leader in the Korean mobile market by downloads
Apptopia: Less than 1% of Netflix's monthly audience plays their games
TikTok & Newzoo: Promoting games on PC and Consoles in 2023
Tinuiti: A Gamer's Portrait in 2023
Newzoo: Starfield ranks third in MAU on PC among all RPGs in September
Farm Heroes Saga has earned over $1 billion
Newzoo: Top 10 Games by MAU on PC and Consoles in September 2023
Niko Partners: The 6 largest gaming markets in Southeast Asia will reach $5.8 billion in 2023
Marvel's Spider-Man 2 sold 2.5 million copies on the first day
ESA: Games help cope with stress; socialize; become better
GSD & GfK: Console sales in the UK jumped by 44% in September
GSD: Console and PC game sales in Europe declined in September
Circana: The US gaming market grew by 10% in September
Weekly Gaming Reports Recap: October 16 - October 20 (2023)
WN Media Group: Salary Survey of the Russian-speaking Industry in 2023
AppMagic: Netflix games have been downloaded over 82M times
Newzoo: How different generations interact with games in 2023
data.ai: Best mobile games of Q3 2023
AppMagic: Users have spent over $7B in Scopely games
Minecraft now has more than 300M copies sold
Ipsos & Video Games Europe: How children spend money in Games
Newzoo: Remnant II metrics in August 2023
The profitability of Sony's gaming business does not reach 15%
Weekly Gaming Reports Recap: October 9 - October 13 (2023)
Sensor Tower: RPG is the main mobile genre in South Korea
AppMagic & WNHub: Top Games by Revenue & Downloads in September 2023
Sensor Tower: Konami dominates the sports mobile game market
EA Sports FC 24 launched 20% better than FIFA 23
Sensor Tower: How Bethesda and Microsoft Launched Starfield
In 2023, layoffs affected more than 6,000 employees
AppMagic: Hypercasual Market in Q3 2023
Weekly Gaming Reports Recap: October 2 - October 6 (2023)
CD Projekt RED: Development of Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty cost $63M
Sensor Tower: Goddess of Victory: Nikke surpassed $500M milestone
Gamalytic: 67% of games on Steam earned less than $5k
Monster Hunter Now has become Niantic's third-highest-grossing game in history
data.ai: State of the mobile market in Q3 2023
The launch of EA Sports FC 24 is one of the most significant moments in EA's history
data.ai: League of Legends: Wild Rift surpasses $1B in revenue
Township celebrates its 10th Anniversary - Playrix shares key figures
Weekly Gaming Reports Recap: September 25 - September 29 (2023)
Ubisoft: The Crew: Motorfest becomes the most successful launch in the franchise's history
The launch of PayDay 3 on Steam encountered problems
Sensor Tower: Maple Story M surpasses $50 million mark in China faster than any Korean game
King: Candy Crush Saga's revenue has surpassed the $20 billion mark
StreamElements & Rainmaker.gg: State of the game streaming market in August 2023
Newzoo: The US, Russia, and the UK - top countries for Baldur's Gate III by MAU in August 2023
Values Value & inGameJob: European Game Industry Employment Study in 2023
Omdia: Nintendo Switch users spend 5 times less on DLC than PlayStation and Xbox owners
Sensor Tower: Top Mobile Games by Revenue & Downloads in August 2023
Cyberpunk 2077 CCU on Steam increased 8-fold following the release of update 2.0
Sensor Tower: Simulation Mobile Games Market in 2023
Valheim sales have exceeded 12M copies
Weekly Gaming Reports Recap: September 18 - September 23 (2023)
AppMagic & WNHub: Top Games by Revenue & Downloads in August 2023
Niko Partners: The Indian Gaming Market in 2023
Leak: Xbox Series S is three times more popular than Xbox Series X
Starfield's audience exceeded 10M users
Naavik: Honkai: Star Rail revenue surpassed $1B on all platforms
GSD: Games and hardware sales in Europe grew in August 2023
Leak: Microsoft's estimated expenditures on acquiring games for Xbox Game Pass
data.ai: Brawl Stars passed $2B in Revenue
GSD: Starfield is fifth in the ranking of the largest launches in Europe this year
Newzoo: PC and Console Market in 2023
Circana: The revenue of the US gaming market in August 2023 increased by 3%.
Weekly Gaming Reports Recap: September 11 - September 15 (2023)
GameRefinery: Key Updates in Mobile Games in the US, China, and Japan in August 2023
GfK: PS5 sales in the H1 2023 in Germany tripled
Sensor Tower: The Japanese mobile gaming market returned to growth in 2023
GfK & GSD: Console Sales in the UK increased again in August 2023
Video Games Europe: The European gaming industry in 2022
Sensor Tower: Mobile Puzzle games earned $42B in 11 years
6M people are playing Starfield already
Marvel Snap has reached the $100M revenue mark
Tenjin: Hypercasual (Hybrid-Casual) games market in H1 of 2023
Weekly Gaming Reports Recap: August 28 - September 1 (2023)
Newzoo: Diablo IV is the leader in MAU among RPGs in July 2023
Kadokawa ASCII: Japanese gaming market grew against global trends in 2022
data.ai & IDC: Mobile Gaming Market to reach $108B in 2023
Tencent: The number of registered users in Arena Breakout has exceeded 80M
GameDiscoverCo & Gamalytic: Insights from Steam reviews
Circana: The US gaming market returns to growth
Sensor Tower: Whiteout Survival is the revenue leader in South Korea in category
Niko Partners: Youth gamers in Japan
GameRefinery: Key mobile game updates in the US, China, and Japan in July 2023
Twitch: Viewers watched Baldur's Gate III for over 41M hours
Sensor Tower: Top 10 Mobile Games by Revenue and Downloads in July 2023
Sensor Tower: Honkai: Star Rail reaches $500 million in revenue on Mobile
InvestGame: The gaming investment market in H1 2023
Circana: Remnant II tops the US game sales in July 2023
GSD: Sales of PC and console games in Europe grew by 34% in July
DDM: Gaming investment market overview in Q2 2023 & H1 2023
Belgian Embassy in China: Baldur's Gate III sales reached 5.2M copies
data.ai: Pokemon GO is #4 in the list of the most downloaded mobile games in the USA
Simon Carless (GameDiscoverCo): Study of the share of top games on PC and consoles
AppMagic: Melsoft Games' titles surpass $1 billion
War Robots surpasses 250 million users
GamesIndustry.biz & IIDEA: The Video Game Industry and Market of Italy in 2022
Game Data Library: PlayStation 5 sales trend in Japan outpaces PS4 and PS3
Circana: American players spent over 5 hours a day playing Baldur’s Gate III on weekends
Sensor Tower: Royal Match! has reached $1.2 billion in global revenue
StreamElements & Rainmaker.gg: State of the Streaming Market in July 2023
Famitsu: Game and Console Sales in Japan in July 2023
The Super Mario Bros. Movie is the highest-grossing among game adaptations
Newzoo: Diversity and representation are becoming increasingly important for the gaming audience
AppMagic: Top Games by Revenue & Downloads in July 2023
GameDiscoverCo: The Most Important Games for PlayStation Owners
Ampere Analysis: The Console gaming market in June 2023
Sensor Tower: Odin: Valhalla Rising is the top-grossing title in South Korea for the last two years
Adjust & data.ai: The Mobile Gaming market in Japan in 2023
CADPA: The Chinese Gaming Industry Revenue in H1 2023 dropped
Newzoo: The Gaming Market in 2023
StreamElements & Rainmaker.gg: State of the Streaming market in June 2023
Circana: The US Gaming market in June 2023 grew by 9%
game: The German gaming industry is back to active growth in 2023
PlayStation 5 surpassed 40M sales
data.ai: Users spent 2.5T hours in front of their mobile screens in H1 2023
Sensor Tower: Japanese mobile market in H1 2023
Sensor Tower: Top Mobile Games by Downloads in June 2023
AppMagic: miHoYo mobile titles surpassed $8B in revenue
Apptica: Mobile gaming market in H1 2023
Call of Duty: Mobile revenue exceeded $3B
Niko Partners: Console game market in China in 2023
Drake Star: Gaming investments in Q2 2023
GSD: Hogwarts Legacy & Diablo IV are leaders by sales in Europe in H1 2023
How to Market a Game: 2022 became the worst year for indie developers on Steam
SEGA President: Games for a new console generation will cost $70M+ to develop
Carry1st & Newzoo: Sub-Saharan African countries gaming revenue reached $863M in 2022
GSD: European game sales increased by 20% in June 2023
Polish Agency for Enterprise Development: Polish Gaming Industry in 2023
Famitsu: Japanese gaming market in H1 2023
Niko Partners & AppMagic: 5 main mobile genres in Asia & MENA
GSD: The UK game sales in June 2023 increased by 7% YoY
Sensor Tower: Top Mobile Games by Revenue in June 2023
data.ai: Mobile gaming market in H1 2023 showed a further decline in revenue
Konvoy Ventures: VC funding in gaming dropped by 38% in Q2 2023
Abragames: Brazilian game industry in 2022
Harry Potter: Magic Awakened worldwide release is worse than Chinese by times
BattleBit Remastered reached 1.8M copies in two weeks since the launch
Niko Partners: 37% of Asian gamers are female
Rush Royale reached $230M in revenue
Microsoft reported about 21M+ sold Xbox Series S|X
SGDA: Slovak game industry turnover dropped to €77.1M in 2022
Square Enix: Final Fantasy XVI sold more than 3M copies in less than a week
data.ai: Tencent is the most successful publisher of 2022
AppMagic: Top Games by Revenue & Downloads in June 2023
GameRefinery & Liftoff: Mid-core games in 2023
Sony: Call of Duty franchise brought PlayStation $800M in the US in 2021
The Last of Us: Part II & Horizon Forbidden West development cost Sony more than $200M each
Circana: The US gaming market grew in May thanks to The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
Capcom world sales reached 500M copies
StreamElements & Rainmaker.gg: State of game streaming market in May 2023
KOCCA: In 2022 the South Korean gaming market revenue was $16.4B
Sensor Tower: FIFA Mobile reached $1B in revenue; South Korea is the largest mobile FIFA market
Mini-games in WeChat have 400M+ MAU
Sensor Tower: Honkai: Star Rail earned more than Genshin Impact in May outside of China on Mobile
data.ai: Diablo Immortal earned $525M in the first year on mobile
Newzoo: 10 best-selling games on PC and Consoles in the US and UK in 2023 (January - May)
Famitsu: The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom sold 1.5M retail copies in May in Japan
PwC: The US gaming market revenue in 2022 grew only by 2.4%
Newzoo: How consumers engage with video games in 2023
Unity: Mobile Games Monetization in 2023 Report
AppMagic: Top Mobile Games of May 2023 by Revenue and Downloads
The GameDiscoverCo: Rating of games from E3 2023 show replacements
AppMagic: Genshin Impact in May 2023 showed the worst revenue on Mobile since the launch
Circana: Game subscriptions revenue growth in the US almost stopped
Sensor Tower: PUBG Mobile earned $10B
Diablo IV is the most successful launch in Blizzard Entertainment's history
The GameDiscoverCo: Genshin Impact on PlayStation has 400k DAU
GSD: Game sales in Europe in May 2023 increased by 33%
Niko Partners: Chinese Gaming market in 2022 surged to $45.5M; the Chinese PC market is gigantic
Newzoo: DLCs effect in PC and Console titles
Street Fighter 6 reached 1M copies in 4 days
GSD: The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom dominated the UK market in May
Newzoo: Transmedia in games: trends, success factors, market insights
StreamElements & Stream Charts: New streaming platform Kick Report
Sony: PlayStation VR 2 tapped 600k copies in the first 6 weeks
GTA V sales reached 180M copies
Nintendo: The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom sales exceeded 10M copies in the first 3 days
Neogames: The Finnish Game Industry in 2022
AppMagic: Honkai: Star Rail earned $132.3M in the first month on Mobile
Newzoo adjusted the Gaming market size in 2022 - it's dropped worse than expected
InvestGame: Gaming Investment Deals Report - Q1 2023
GSD: Game sales in Europe dropped in April 2023; hardware sales skyrocketed
data.ai: State of Mobile Games Revenue 2023
Circana: The US Gaming Market dropped by 5% in April 2023
Apptica: Mobile Puzzles market in Q1 2023
Skillsearch: 80% of Gaming Industry workers would like to try a 4-day working week
Newzoo: Cross-platform players are spending more time & buying more often in games
GSD: The UK Gaming market in April declined
AppMagic: Top Mobile Games by Revenue & Downloads in April 2023
Tenjin: Hypercasual and Hybridcasual market in 2022 Report
SocialPeta: Mobile Game Marketing Trends in Q1 2023
Hogwarts Legacy earned $1B+ in Q1 2023
AppMagic: Pokemon GO in April 2023 reached the minimum revenue in 5 years
Newzoo: Hogwarts Legacy is the top-grossing title on PC & Consoles in Q1 2023 in the US & UK
Sony is breaking records with PlayStation 5
Star Wars is the most popular IP in the UK gaming retail since 1993
Stream Hatchet: Video Games Streaming in Q1 2023
SGA: Serbian game industry in 2023
The GameDiscoverCo: The geography of PlayStation, Xbox & Steam users (2023)
Dead Island 2 reached 1M copies sold
AARP: 45% of 50+ aged in the US are playing games
Circana: The US Gaming market Revenue dropped by 5% in March 2023
data.ai: Top Mobile Games by Revenue and Downloads in Q1 2023
StreamElements & Rainmaker.gg: State of the Streaming market in March 2023
Liftoff: Casual Game Market in 2023
GSD: European game sales in Q1 2023 dropped by 11%; March numbers declined by 4%
Resident Evil 4 Remake launch outperformed the original RE4 launch in the UK
Adjoe & appinio: The German mobile gamer in 2023
game: The German gaming market grew by 1% in 2022
War Robots earned $750M in lifetime
Konvoy Ventures: The Gaming Market will grow to $201B in 2023
Famitsu: Nintendo Switch returned the leadership in Japan in March 2023
DFC: Gaming audience worldwide reached 3.7B
GSD & GfK: The UK gaming market grew in Q1 2023; March was unable to support the positive trend
StreamElements & Rainmaker.gg: The streaming market in February 2023
Subway Surfers reached 4B downloads
Niko Partners: In 2023 twice more licenses will be issued in China compared to 2022
Omdia: Steam Deck sales will surpass 3M by the end of 2023
DappRadar & BGA: Activity in blockchain games in Q1 2023 declined
Nexters: Misleading ads survey (2023)
Gaming in Turkey: The Turkish gaming market fell hard by 47.9% in 2022 in dollars
Ampere Analysis: EA is the largest publisher by MAU on PlayStation & Xbox
AppsFlyer: Mobile Gaming Fraud in 2023
AppMagic: Top Mobile Games by Revenue and Downloads in March 2023
UKIE: The UK Gaming market dipped in 2022 to £7.05B
Famitsu: PlayStation 5 outperformed Nintendo Switch by monthly sales in Japan for the first time
Newzoo: Cloud Gaming Ecosystem Snapshot 2023
Newzoo: Who is playing Hogwarts Legacy
Adjust: Mobile Gaming Trends 2023
Circana: The Gaming market in the US increased by 6% in February 2023
data.ai: Mobile Gamers have been spending $1.6B+ weekly in Q1 2023
SELL: The French gaming market dipped to €5.5B in 2022
Newzoo & MPL: The PCG Games market will grow to $16B in 2024
Sensor Tower: Mobile Gaming Market in 2023
Epic Games Store: 2022 Results
Newzoo: PC & Console Markets in 2023
Unity: Gaming industry in 2023
AppsFlyer: State of Mobile Gaming Marketing in 2023
Among Us reached 500M downloads on Mobile
data.ai: Mobile Gaming Markets of Brazil, Mexico & LATAM, in general, grew in 2022
Newzoo: Top-20 on Nintendo Switch by MAU is more diverse than on PlayStation and Xbox
Appodeal: Yearly eCPM Report (2023 Edition)
GSD: Hogwarts Legacy is the largest European release of the last 6 years (excluding FIFA)
GSD & GfK: The UK market came back to growth in February 2023
AppMagic: Top Mobile Games of February 2023 by Revenue and Downloads
AppMagic: Mobile Gaming Market in 2022
Warner Bros. Interactive: Hogwarts Legacy sold 12M copies in the first two weeks
Liftoff: Mobile Ad Market Index in 2023
Microsoft shared the number of Xbox users in the European Union
Ampere Analysis: The UK gaming market declined in 2022 for the first time in 10 years
China Audiovisual and Digital Publishing Association: Chinese market declined by 10.33% in 2022
inworld.ai: 99% of American gamers do want to see AI NPCs
Sensor Tower: Apex Legends Mobile results
GSD: European Game sales dropped in January 2023; PS5 sales skyrocketed
ExpressVPN: Millennials in the US & the UK are playing games the most
NPD: The US gaming market in January dropped by 5% YoY
GfK: Hogwarts Legacy is the largest Harry Potter launch in the UK
GSD & GfK: The UK game sales in January 2023 dropped; PS5 sales increased almost twice
Sensor Tower: Mobile Market Downloads in Q4 2022 Report
Niko Partners: Gaming Markets of UAE, Saudi Arabia, and Egypt will reach $2.79B in 2026
DappRadar: Games are responsible for 48% of blockchain activity
Newzoo: PC gaming hardware market insights
Tenjin & GameAnalytics: Hypercasual Games benchmarks in Q4 2022
AppMagic: Top Mobile Games in January 2023 by Revenue & Downloads
SocialPeta: Mobile Games marketing in 2022
Newzoo: How people of different ages interact with digital and real worlds
AppLovin: Mobile Creatives trends in 2022
Apptica: Mobile Advertising in 2022
Newzoo: The Last of Us TV series effect on the game series
GDC: Game Industry Report 2023
Newzoo: 10 trends in Gaming of 2023
StreamElements & Rainmaker.gg: State of the streaming gaming market in December 2022
AppsFlyer: Uninstall benchmarks on Android
GSD: European gaming market of PC & Consoles kept falling in December 2022
NPD: The US gaming market dropped by 5% in 2022
AppMagic: Hypercasual market in Q4 2022
CNG: Chinese gaming market in 2022 dropped for the first time since the stats collection
Le Figaro: Nintendo Switch became the best-selling home console in France in history
Famitsu: Boxed games and consoles sales in Japan reached $2.9B in 2022
GSD: European PC/Console gaming market dropped by 7.1% in 2022
ERA: Videogames remained the largest home entertainment format in the UK in 2022
Steam reached the 10M concurrent playing users
GfK & GSD: The UK Game sales in December 2022 decreased by 8%
AppMagic: Top Mobile Games by Revenue & Downloads in December 2022