Brazil Games Industry: 2023 Fact Sheet

The 2023 Fact Sheet, produced by Abragames with ApexBrasil and based on the 2023 Brazilian Gaming Industry Survey with data collected through July 2023, presents an overview of Brazil's games industry. It covers the international presence of Brazilian studios, studio growth and geographic distribution, technology and engine use, diversity, events, investment, and revenue sources, and refers to 2022 figures for most measures. The document reports that demand for games in Brazil grew 3% in 2022 while global demand declined 4.3% in the same year, citing Newzoo data. It estimates at least 1,042 studios in 2022, with the Southeast holding 58% of companies. Within the survey, 58% of developers sold internationally, and the United States and Latin America were the primary markets for companies selling abroad, at 57% each. Unity was used by around 80% of studios in 2022, down from 83% in 2021. Entertainment games accounted for 86% of companies' main revenue sources. The document notes that 44% of companies named computers as the platform generating the most revenue. The vast majority of studios rely on their own company's and entrepreneurs' resources (46%).