Monthly Mobile Game Industry Report: January 2022

Key insights

7 takeaways

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Turkey's game industry was the sector receiving the most investment in 2021, with investment rising from 13.1 million dollars in 2020 to 266 million dollars.See it on page 5
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Per the cited survey, 52% of all US gamers use at least one gaming subscription service.See it on page 6
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Twitter reported 2.4 billion tweets about games in 2021, the highest number to date.See it on page 7
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Action genre mobile game player spending reached $966.8 million in 2021, up 68.9 percent, making it the fastest-growing genre by revenue according to Sensor Tower.See it on page 14
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PUBG: Mobile was the top-grossing mobile game worldwide in December 2021, with $244 million in player spending.See it on page 11
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The 4X strategy genre was the highest revenue-generating mobile genre in 2021, with about $9.70 billion in player spending.See it on page 12
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Mobile RPGs generated 21.3% of mobile gaming revenues in 2020, and China, Japan and South Korea accounted for around 70% of the $18.5 billion mobile RPG revenue.See it on page 10

Summary

The document is a January 2022 monthly mobile game industry report compiled from third-party sources, including Newzoo, Sensor Tower, Pangle, Startup Centrum, Twitter, Interpret and SafeBettingSites data. It covers industry investment in Turkey, gamer subscription habits in the United States, Twitter activity about games, NFT interest among console and PC players, and mobile game revenue and downloads for 2021.

In Turkey, the game industry received the most investment of any sector in 2021, with 54 gaming startups receiving investment, up from 10 in 2020. Investment in the Turkish game industry rose from 13.1 million dollars in 2020 to 266 million dollars in 2021. Regarding subscriptions, 52% of all US gamers use at least one gaming subscription service, according to the report's cited survey.

The report states that 2021 was the year with the highest number of tweets about games, at 2.4 billion. Action genre mobile game spending reached $966.8 million in 2021, up 68.9 percent from the previous year, according to Sensor Tower. Mobile RPGs generated 21.3% of mobile gaming revenues in 2020 according to Newzoo and Pangle, and the report notes that China, Japan and South Korea accounted for around 70% of the $18.5 billion mobile RPG revenue.