Jan 7, 2026

Report

Mobile games generated £1.88bn

UK games spending hits £5.4bn in 2025 as mobile powers strongest growth since 2020

Jan 6, 2026

Milestone

• Sega
• Rovio

$772,000

Sonic Rumble jogs to $772,000 in two months

Jan 6, 2026

Milestone

• NetEase Games

$750 million

Eggy Party cracks $750m in mobile player spending

Dec 15, 2025

Report

• Tencent
• Cygames
• Playtika
• Bandai Namco
• Habby
• Dream Games
• Rollic
• NetEase Games
• Century Games
• Superplay

$2.2 billion

Asia dominates 2025’s biggest mobile releases as top 10 new games make $2.2bn

Dec 18, 2025

Report

• Newzoo

$197bn

The global games market is forecast to reach $197bn in 2025

Dec 17, 2025

Milestone

• Top App Games

8 million installs

Ludus: Merge Arena surpasses 8 million installs

Dec 16, 2025

Milestone

• NetEase Games

15 million players

Where Winds Meet hits 15 million players within one month of release

Dec 2, 2025

Milestone

• Century Games

$500 million

Kingshot catapults past $500m with nine months of consecutive growth

Dec 5, 2025

Report

• Niko Partners

$88.97bn

Asia and MENA games revenue set to hit $88.97bn in 2025

Dec 3, 2025

Report

• Mobvista
• Mintegral
• Insightrackr

User Acquisition

The 2025 mobile game UA landscape: Inside XMP & Insightrackr’s newest report

Dec 4, 2025

Report

• Apple
• Google
• Meta
• AppsFlyer
• AppLovin
• Unity
• Mintegral
• Moloco

Apple and Google continue to lead in mobile game ads, but AppLovin wins over select genres

Dec 1, 2025

Milestone

• Scopely
• Niantic

$100 million

Pikmin Bloom hits $100m after four years as 2025 becomes its best year yet

Dec 1, 2025

Report

• Apple
• Google
• AppMagic

DTC up 46%

Google Play in-app purchases fall 29% in RPGs and 50% in casino games

Dec 1, 2025

Report

• Tencent

Franchise's DAUs exceed 50m

Valorant Mobile is China’s most successful mobile launch of 2025 with 50m MAUs

Nov 27, 2025

Anniversary

• Infold Games

$69.9 million

Infinity Nikki’s version 2.0 update arrives as title hits $70m on mobile ahead of its first anniversary

Nov 24, 2025

Anniversary

• Dream Games

$300 million

Royal Kingdom surpasses $300m in first year, beating Royal Match

Nov 25, 2025

Milestone

• Nintendo
• Intelligent Systems
• DeNA

$353,000 in two months

Fire Emblem Shadows makes just $353,000 in two months

Nov 24, 2025

Report

• Xsolla

State of Play Q3 2025

Xsolla releases The Xsolla Report: State of Play Q3 2025 Edition, Vol. 8

Nov 18, 2025

Report

• Plarium
• Modern Times Group (MTG)

$315.5 million

Modern Times Group net sales double to $315.5m in Q3 2025

Nov 17, 2025

Other

• Sega
• Rovio

$228,000 in 10 days

Sonic Rumble earns just $228,000 in first 10 days, with "a future major update" in the works

Nov 11, 2025

Report

• Google
• DeNA
• Epic Games
• Supercell
• King
• Cygames
• Scopely
• HoYoverse
• Sensor Tower
• Dream Games
• Century Games
• First Fun
• Microfun

Top 50 grossers face 20% fees

Top 50 mobile games could all face higher 20% fee under Epic and Google's Play Store plans

Nov 13, 2025

Report

• AppLovin

$1.4 billion

AppLovin revenue rises 68% to $1.4bn in Q3 2025

Nov 11, 2025

Other

• Supercell

Clash Royale's $78m

As a resurgent Clash Royale peaks, does Supercell need a radical change in strategy for new games?

Nov 11, 2025

Report

• Playtika
• Superplay

$674.6 million

Playtika’s DTC revenue rises 20% as SuperPlay secures new Disney collab

Nov 10, 2025

Report

• Unity

$470.6 million

Unity records highest revenue since 2023, up 5% in Q3

Nov 10, 2025

Report

• Netmarble

$492.5 million

Netmarble’s net revenue grows 97% Y/Y in Q3 with two new game launches

Nov 6, 2025

Report

• Tencent
• Niko Partners
• Azur Games
• Century Games

October 2025 charts

October 2025 mobile game charts: New hits rise as PUBG Mobile falls

Nov 5, 2025

Milestone

• Nintendo

10 million unit sales

Nintendo Switch 2 surpasses 10m unit sales in under four months

Nov 4, 2025

Report

Jordan’s $312.8m games market could nearly double by 2030

Nov 3, 2025

Report

• Maliyo Games

Egypt to make $368m in 2025

Report: Egypt leads Africa’s games market with $368m in revenue 

Oct 30, 2025

Report

• Bitkraft Ventures

$7.7bn market size by 2030

India’s games and interactive media sector projected to hit $7.7bn by 2030 

Oct 28, 2025

Anniversary

• DeNA
• The Pokemon Company

$1.3 billion

Pokémon TCG Pocket dethrones Pokémon Go as it celebrates first anniversary and $1.3bn

Oct 29, 2025

Milestone

• Level infinite

260m MAUs

Honor of Kings surpasses 260m global MAUs

Oct 28, 2025

Milestone

• The Pokemon Company

150 million downloads

Pokémon TCG Pocket surpasses 150m downloads in under a year

Oct 28, 2025

Milestone

• Midjiwan

25 million downloads

The Battle of Polytopia surpasses 25m downloads on mobile

Oct 27, 2025

Milestone

• Nintendo
• Intelligent Systems
• DeNA

$200,000

Fire Emblem Shadows makes less than $200,000 in 30 days

Oct 27, 2025

Report

• Stillfront Group

$146.4 million

Up to 40 games at risk as Stillfront net revenue falls 17%

Oct 20, 2025

Report

• InGameJob

26% of professionals laid off

Survey: One in four game professionals laid off in the past year

Oct 15, 2025

Report

• Adjust

11% install rise

Global app installs rose 11% in H1 2025 as APAC led growth

Oct 13, 2025

Other

• Bandai Namco
• Ganbarion
• Bandai Namco Entertainment

$2.1 million

Dragon Ball Gekishin Squadra earns $2.1m in first month, just 8% of Dragon Ball Legends

Oct 10, 2025

Report

• Drake Star Partners

Games industry investment and M&A ticks up in Q3

Oct 9, 2025

Report

• ESA

66% of players play for fun

ESA survey claim just two-thirds of people primarily play games for fun

Oct 9, 2025

Report

• Aream & Co

49 M&A deals in Q3

Games industry M&A activity held steady at 49 deals in Q3 2025

Oct 8, 2025

Milestone

• Cygames
• CyberAgent

$2.5 billion

Umamusume: Pretty Derby hits $2.5bn after most lucrative day in four years

Oct 7, 2025

Milestone

• Roblox

25.4 million concurrent users

Roblox’s Steal a Brainrot becomes first game to surpass 25m concurrent players

Oct 7, 2025

Report

• Aptoide

87% of mobile game developers rely on Google and Apple for most revenue

Oct 2, 2025

Other

• Nintendo
• Intelligent Systems
• DeNA

$90,000 in first week

Nintendo’s Fire Emblem Shadows makes just $90,000 in first week on iOS