I think we can all agree that 2025 has been a year of events and occurrences. Sure, many of those have contributed to a general sense that we're trapped in a whirling vortex of societal dysfunction and existential horror. But at least some of our favorite lines are going up! According to the analysts at Newzoo, the games industry is expected to outpace expectations to reach record-breaking revenue growth by the year's end.
"The global games market is expected to reach $197 billion in 2025, growing +7.5% year on year," said Newzoo's Tianyi Gu in a press release detailing the firm's preemptive analysis of January-November 2025 trends ahead of its full end of year global games market report. "This represents an upward revision to earlier forecasts, driven primarily by stronger-than-expected performance on PC and mobile."
