May 29, 2025
Milestone
- NetEase Games
1 million installs
- Date
- Type
- Companies Involved
- Key Datapoint
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 Co.,Ltd.
- 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 Co.,Ltd.
- Pokelabo
- The Pokemon Company
- Mixi
- HoYoverse
- Bandai Namco
- Aniplex
- Kuro Games
- FirstFun
$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 Co.,Ltd.
- 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
Supercell’s Mo.co surpasses $2.5m in under a month
Apr 15, 2025
Milestone
- LoadComplete
- SayGames
$300 Million
SayGames’ idle arcade games portfolio surpasses $300m
Apr 14, 2025
Report
- Konvoy
Gaming VC deals hit $373m
Gaming VC deals rose 35% in Q1 2025 to $373m
Apr 15, 2025
Other
- Microsoft
- Mojang
Minecraft’s daily mobile revenue hits three-year high at $969,000 after A Minecraft Movie’s release
Apr 14, 2025
Milestone
- KLab
100 million installs
Bleach: Brave Souls hits 100m installs ahead of 10th anniversary
Apr 10, 2025
Report
- InvestGame
- Aream & Co
$6.6 billion
Games industry M&A hit $6.6bn in Q1 2025 with mobile domination led by Scopely
Apr 7, 2025
Report
- Smadex
Connected TV
The Smadex Connected TV Guide: A must-read for any marketer
Apr 1, 2025
Other
- DeNA Co.,Ltd.
- The Pokemon Company
267% surge
Pokémon TCG Pocket’s first shiny cards trigger 265% spending surge
Mar 26, 2025
Report
- Game
€9.4bn market value
German games market declined to €9.4bn in 2024 as in-app purchase and hardware sales fell
Mar 25, 2025
Milestone
- Supercell
- Sensor Tower
2.5 million installs
Supercell’s Mo.co hits 2.5m downloads and $570k in first week
Mar 24, 2025
Milestone
- HoYoverse
$2 billion
Honkai: Star Rail rockets past $2bn on mobile in under two years
Mar 24, 2025
Report
- Nintendo
- Ubisoft
- Capcom
- Take-Two Interactive
- MIDiA Research
$236.9 billion
Double-digit games industry growth labelled "a fantasy" as revenue forecast to hit $237bn in 2025
Mar 20, 2025
Other
- The Pokemon Company
$16.5 million
Pokémon Sleep's big revenue strategy returns with first Legendary event of 2025
Mar 18, 2025
Report
- Unity
90% latest game on mobile
90% of devs’ most recent games launched on mobile
Mar 18, 2025
Report
- InGameJob
- Values Value
What makes games industry employees more engaged and loyal?
Mar 17, 2025
Milestone
- Cygames
$2.5 billion
Uma Musume: Pretty Derby gallops past $2.5bn in Japan alone
Mar 17, 2025
Anniversary
- NetEase Games
60 million installs
NetEase’s Blood Strike surpasses 60m mobile installs and $22.9m in time for first anniversary
Mar 13, 2025
Report
- Xsolla
Monetisation
Xsolla releases Q1 2025 report on the future of global gaming and game development: Analysis of metrics and emerging trends
Mar 13, 2025
Report
- Almedia
Half of mobile gamers in the US and UK are earning money playing games, survey claims
Mar 12, 2025
Report
- Scopely
- Niantic
- Savvy Games Group
20 million weekly players
Pokémon Go has 20m weekly active players nearly nine years after its global launch
Mar 12, 2025
Milestone
- Top App Games
5m players
Ludus: Merge Arena surpasses 5m players and races past $3m monthly revenue
Mar 10, 2025
Milestone
- Kuro Games
$250 million
Wuthering Waves rides the wave to $250m after Version 2.0’s major comeback
Mar 5, 2025
Other
- Scopely
- Niantic
$8.9 billion