Romania reports and market data
5 game industry reports, presentations and talks about romania from writers such as RGDA – Romanian Game Developers Association, newest from 2025. Every document has a summary and key insights with the page they come from, and 5 charts and tables are extracted as data.
Key figures
The Romanian video game industry has nearly tripled its turnover in the last decade, growing from approximately €119 million in 2015 to over €340 million in 2024.
RGDA – Romanian Game Developers Association, 2025 · The Romanian Video Games Development Industry, p. 2
The Romanian video game industry reached a turnover of approximately €6.6 billion in 2023, supported by 350 active studios and a workforce of 6,600 employees.
RGDA – Romanian Game Developers Association, 2023 · Video Games in Romania 2023
The Romanian game development industry generated €218.5 million in revenue in 2020, marking a 19.1% year-on-year growth rate.
RGDA – Romanian Game Developers Association, 2021 · Romanian Game Development Industry Report: 2020, p. 4
The Romanian game development industry generated $188.5 million in 2018, representing a 19.2% year-over-year growth.
RGDA – Romanian Game Developers Association, 2019 · Romanian Game Development Industry Report 2019, p. 3
Documents
The Romanian Video Games Development Industry
The analysis presents a comprehensive overview of Romania’s video-game development sector, focusing on revenue performance, geographic concentration, and workforce trends over the past decade.
- The Romanian video game industry has nearly tripled its turnover in the last decade, growing from approximately €119 million in 2015 to over €340 million in 2024.
- The sector’s workforce has expanded at an annual rate of 12%, with total headcount projected to reach 343,160 employees by 2024.
- Market dominance is held by major multinational publishers like Electronic Arts in Bucharest and Ubisoft in Cluj-Napoca, while mid-size studios such as Amber, Green Horse Games, and Playtika contribute between 5% and 15% of total earnings.
Video Games in Romania 2023
The 2023 analysis of Romania’s video-game sector presents a comprehensive overview of its economic evolution, workforce expansion, and market concentration over the past decade.
- The Romanian video game industry reached a turnover of approximately €6.6 billion in 2023, supported by 350 active studios and a workforce of 6,600 employees.
- The sector experienced a 6.6% contraction in 2022, marking the first decline in a decade due to an unfavorable global economic climate and service-sector volatility.
- Industry activity is highly concentrated in key urban hubs, led by Cluj with 36 studios and Iași, which accounts for 17.5% of the total studio count.
Video Games Development Industry in Romania – 2022 (Summary & Key Insights)
The Romanian video game development industry experienced significant growth in 2022, reaching a total valuation of 332 million EUR.
- The Romanian video game industry generated between €222 million and €332 million in 2022, driven by a highly export-oriented model where over 70% of revenue comes from foreign markets.
- Market concentration is high, with the top three players—Electronic Arts Romania, Ubisoft Romania, and Amber Studio—accounting for approximately 47% of total industry revenue.
- Electronic Arts Romania is the largest single entity in the sector, reporting €106 million in revenue, followed by Ubisoft Romania and Amber Studio, which represent significant market shares of 47.7% and 38% respectively.
Romanian Game Development Industry Report: 2020
The Romanian game-development sector has emerged as a rapidly expanding component of the national digital economy, delivering €218.5 million in revenue in 2020—a 19.1% year-on-year increase that pushed total earnings beyond the €200 million threshold.
- The Romanian game development industry generated €218.5 million in revenue in 2020, marking a 19.1% year-on-year growth rate.
- The broader IT sector, bolstered by state-aid schemes and tax exemptions, employed over 113,000 people and contributed approximately 6.8% of Romania's GDP in 2020.
- Major AAA support studios including EA Romania, Ubisoft, and Gameloft employ roughly 750 developers in the country, contributing to global franchises like FIFA and Assassin’s Creed.
Romanian Game Development Industry Report 2019
The 2019 Romanian Game Development Industry Report establishes that Romania’s gaming sector is rapidly maturing, delivering a notable economic contribution and expanding its global footprint.
- The Romanian game development industry generated $188.5 million in 2018, representing a 19.2% year-over-year growth.
- The sector employs over 6,000 professionals across approximately 103 active entities, primarily concentrated in Bucharest, Cluj-Napoca, and Timișoara.
- 77% of industry firms focus exclusively on game development, while the remainder provide ancillary services like quality assurance, testing, and publishing for international clients.