Spillrapporten 2026: Norge

Spillrapporten 2026: Norge is published by Norsk filminstitutt together with Virke Produsentforeningen and covers the Norwegian game industry, with figures for 2023 and 2024. The data come from a survey sent to Norwegian game companies, to which 34 companies responded; 30 of them had published at least one game. The authors state that these companies account for most of the total turnover of Norwegian game companies, based on a comparison with accounts from the Brønnøysund register.

Total turnover fell 19% in 2024 compared with 2023, and total development budgets fell 18%. The authors describe the decline as largely in line with expectations and link it to global conditions after the pandemic, including more competition for attention and harder financing. Total staff rose from 790 to 838 over the same period.

Respondents released 14 games in 2024, up from 11 in 2023. Premium game sales were 2.92 million units in 2023 and 2.81 million in 2024, according to the chart.

Women made up 22% of all employees in 2024, down from 23% in 2023. In projects applying for NFI funding, women made up 17% of producers, art leads and game designers in 2024, down from 21% in 2023, with 8% among game designers. The report notes that Europe stood at 25% in 2024, according to Video Games Europe, while cautioning that many larger European companies have more administrative staff.

The Up 3 talent programme, completed in June 2024, gave eight women game developers 15 months of development support, the first such programme for the game industry.