𝟭. 𝗞𝗲𝘆 𝗠𝗲𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗰𝘀

• Total downloads hit 53.9B (+0.5% YoY).
• In-app purchase (IAP) revenue climbed to $58.9B (+2.9% YoY).
• The average revenue per download (RPD) was $1.17.

𝟮. 𝗠𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗻𝗼𝘁𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗻𝗲𝘄 𝗴𝗮𝗺𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟰:
• My Supermarket Simulator 3D: 64M downloads, $3.6M IAP revenue.
• Squad Busters: 46.1M downloads, $61M IAP revenue.
• Screw Puzzle: 45M downloads, $5.3M IAP revenue.
• Pokemon TCG Pocket: 35M downloads, $160.1M IAP revenue.
• Capybara GO: 14.1M downloads, $52M IAP revenue.

𝟯. 𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗴𝗮𝗺𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗹𝗹:
• 23,095 new games launched.
• New games brought in $3.43B in IAP net revenue (5% of total revenue).
• They accounted for 5.57B downloads (9.7% of total downloads).
• Success rate: ±1.3% (measured as games earning $1M+ in IAP revenue).

𝟰. 𝗧𝗼𝗽 𝗴𝗿𝗼𝘄𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗿𝗲𝘀:
• Match 3D: +46%, $300M.
• Visual Novels: +48%, $615M.
• Merge: +55%, $1.1B.
• Casual Casino: +82%, $2.8B.
• Action/Brawl: +131%, $832M.

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That's a good one (I'd still question 3, 7, 8, and 9).

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The most important infographics of 2024!

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Epic Games decided to make Year in Review, but instead of a personal one they shared it for the whole store.

Oddly enough, Steam outperforms EGS even in active users numbers. Free games are not enough to make people actually play them. Mobile stores are also just kicking in.

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Another interesting update about Mobile Games!

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It seems that people still believe that they mean something to NVIDIA: well, check the chart — their B2B AI hardware is insanely more profitable!

(They have a little odd naming of Financial Years, the FY25 Q4 just ended, which means all this is accurate current data, not predictions).

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There are 18000+ games released on Steam last year and the majority of them earned nothing.

Moreover: the number of games that earned over $100K actually decreased!

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Oddly enough, Turbine analytics suggest that Steam releases are generally less successful. During the last couple of years a lot of small teams shifted from Mobile to Steam, hoping to cash-out, but it cause a significant increase in total released games numbers (12K 2022, 14K '23, and 19K in 2024).

But it's also worth mentioning that the majority of Steam games have cheaper marketing and overall costs per project, which means, even $250K IMO should be considered a success for the majority of them.

In general, I'd say that these markets can't and shouldn't be compared so directly without proper context and adjustments between costs, terms, and then profits.

From LN

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