Jul 14, 2025
Milestone
- Century Games
$3 billion
- Date
- Type
- Companies Involved
- Key Datapoint
Jul 10, 2025
Milestone
- Habby
$10 million
Habby's Wittle Defender hits $10m in gross player spending
Jul 10, 2025
Report
- Liftoff
Interactive ads spend up 20%
Interactive ads surge 20% among top apps as advertisers bet big on playables
Jul 10, 2025
Report
- Drake Star Partners
46 M&A deals Q2 2025
Games M&A hits $3bn disclosed deal value in Q2 2025
Jun 17, 2025
Milestone
- Supercell
$3.8 million
Clash Royale hits post-pandemic record of $3.8m daily revenue with new mode Merge Tactics
Jul 7, 2025
Anniversary
- Scopely
- Niantic
$8.8 billion
Pokémon Go celebrates ninth anniversary and $8.8bn in gross player spending
Jul 3, 2025
Anniversary
- HoYoverse
$442.1 million
Zenless Zone Zero celebrates first anniversary with $442.1m, just 23% of Genshin Impact’s year one
Jul 1, 2025
Report
India’s mobile games market booms with 8.45bn installs
Jun 30, 2025
Milestone
- Netmarble
- Warner Bros.
- HBO
$1 million
Game of Thrones: Kingsroad surpasses $1m on mobile after 36 days
Jun 30, 2025
Report
- Newzoo
Games 2025 forecast $188.9bn
Newzoo revises 2025 global games market growth forecast to $188.9bn
Jun 25, 2025
Milestone
- FreePlay
2 billion installs
FreePlay surpasses 2bn lifetime installs after expanding into hybridcasual
Jun 25, 2025
Milestone
- Roblox
21.3 million concurrent users
Roblox’s Grow a Garden hits industry record 21.3m concurrent users, surpassing PUBG, Fortnite and more
Jun 24, 2025
Milestone
- Cygames
$20 million
Shadowverse: Worlds Beyond surpasses $20m in first week
Jun 24, 2025
Milestone
- Century Games
$100 million
Kingshot surpasses $100m in just 117 days
Jun 23, 2025
Milestone
- Bandai Namco
$100 million
SD Gundam G Generation Eternal surpasses $100m in two months
Jun 19, 2025
Anniversary
- Bethesda Game Studios
10th anniversary
Fallout Shelter surpasses 230m downloads
Jun 10, 2025
Milestone
- Netmarble
$1.1 billion
The Seven Deadly Sins: Origin launching this year after Grand Cross surpasses $1bn
Jun 9, 2025
Other
- Supercell
- Tencent
$472,000
Squad Busters makes $472,000 on Chinese App Store as version 2.0 is slow to ignite global fortunes
Jun 5, 2025
Anniversary
- Kuro Games
$317.3 million
Wuthering Waves celebrates first anniversary with $317.3m on mobile and Los Angeles celebration
Jun 4, 2025
Report
- Supercell
- Dream Games
- AppMagic
- Magic Tavern
Albums, battle passes and milestones: Mobile’s top event types to introduce this summer
Jun 2, 2025
Milestone
- Roblox
8.9 million concurrent users
Roblox game Grow a Garden beats Steam with record concurrent user high of 8.9m
May 30, 2025
Report
Minecraft Movie boosts sales
Minecraft mobile revenue surges 44% following movie release
May 29, 2025
Milestone
- NetEase Games
1 million installs
Dunk City Dynasty achieves 1m downloads in first five days
May 28, 2025
Report
- appFigures
$1.52 player spend per install
Mobile games successfully "squeezing" more revenue per install as average player spending rises 11% despite 7% install fall
May 27, 2025
Report
- Nazara
$190.1 million
Nazara’s FY25 revenue up 43% to $190m after pivot to "high margin" games segments
May 22, 2025
Milestone
- DeNA
- The Pokemon Company
$1 billion
Pokémon TCG Pocket surpasses $1bn in just over 200 days
May 21, 2025
Milestone
- Nexon
- Tencent
$1.3 billion
Dungeon & Fighter Mobile surpasses $1.3bn in first year on Chinese App Store
May 20, 2025
Milestone
- Tencent
$100 million
Delta Force surpasses $100m on mobile
May 19, 2025
Report
- NetEase
$2.5 billion profit
NetEase Games revenue rises 12% Y/Y to $3.3bn in Q1
May 19, 2025
Report
$189.3 billion
Games industry growth stalls at $189.3 billion as companies struggle with player retention
May 19, 2025
Report
- Square Enix
$2.2 billion
Square Enix claims "a familiar list" of mobile games reduce odds of success as net sales fall 9% to five-year low
May 15, 2025
Report
- Tencent
$25 billion
Tencent game sales up 24% Y/Y to $25bn in Q1 with Honor of Kings, Delta Force and Brawl Stars pulling their weight
May 15, 2025
Report
- Nexon
$81.5 million
Nexon’s revenue surpasses $780m this Q1 as Dungeon & Fighter Mobile China drives 60% franchise growth
May 13, 2025
Milestone
- Dream Games
$100 million
Royal Kingdom surpasses $100m after record month
May 12, 2025
Report
- Nintendo
$7.9 billion net sales
Nintendo’s net sales down 30% in the final stretch before Switch 2
May 8, 2025
Other
- Konami
- DeNA
- Pokelabo
- The Pokemon Company
- Mixi
- HoYoverse
- Bandai Namco
- Aniplex
- Kuro Games
- First Fun
$81 million
Golden Week 2025: Pokémon TCG Pocket dominates, Fate/Grand Order falls, and a 2012 title makes a surprising rise
May 7, 2025
Other
- Unity
$435 million
Unity reports Q1 2025 revenue of $435m, down from $460m in Q1 2024
May 7, 2025
Report
- Electronic Arts
$1.1 billion from mobile
Mobile accounts for 15% of EA’s FY25 net revenue, but net income falls 12% YoY
May 6, 2025
Report
- UKIE
UK video game consumer spending hits £7.6bn
May 7, 2025
Chart
- Sensor Tower
Middle East growth
Middle East fastest-growing market for game revenue and downloads in 2024
May 6, 2025
Report
- Roblox
$1.04bn
Roblox delivers $1.04bn revenue in Q1 2025 despite $215m net loss
May 1, 2025
Milestone
- Scopely
$5bn
Scopely’s Monopoly Go hits $5bn in two years
Apr 30, 2025
Report
- AppsFlyer
Hypercasual games see 78% boost from story-driven ads despite low spend
Apr 30, 2025
Anniversary
- DeNA
- The Pokemon Company
$915.3m in first six months
Pokémon TCG Pocket usurps Pokémon Go launch as it closes in on $1bn after six months
Apr 30, 2025
Report
- Anzu
Report: Mobile leads in reach while PC and console drive deeper ad engagement
Apr 28, 2025
Milestone
- Capcom
10 million unit sales
Resident Evil 4 remake surpasses 10m unit sales, but mobile may represent less than 1%
Apr 23, 2025
Milestone
- Mixi
$11.4 billion
Monster Strike surpasses $11bn in 11 years with Japanese dominance
Apr 23, 2025
Report
- Roblox
80% Mobile Users
80% of Roblox users are on mobile, contributing 46% of Robux revenue
Apr 15, 2025
Other
- Nintendo
Nintendo mobile apps surge
Nintendo app installs surge after Switch 2 Direct while its mobile games go unnoticed
Apr 16, 2025
Milestone
- Supercell
$2.5 million