Role Playing Games - Worldwide
Worldwide- Total revenue in the Role Playing Games market is projected to reach US$46.78bn in 2022.
- Total revenue is expected to show an annual growth rate (CAGR 2022-2029) of 7.71%, resulting in a projected market volume of US$73.46bn by 2029.
- In-app purchase (IAP) revenue in the Role Playing Games market is projected to reach US$24.23bn in 2022.
- Paid app revenue in the Role Playing Games market is projected to reach US$134.90m in 2022.
- Advertising revenue in the Role Playing Games market is projected to reach US$22.42bn in 2022.
- The number of downloads in the Role Playing Games market is projected to reach 8.76bn downloads in 2022.
- The average revenue per download currently is expected to amount to US$5.34.
- A global comparison reveals that most revenue is generated China (US$25.06bn in 2022).
Definition:
The Role-Playing Game (RPG) market allows the player to assume the role of a character in order to solve quests, defeat enemies, and become stronger by gaining various skills and equipment. RPGs are dominated by the medieval fantasy theme, although there are also modern and science-fiction RPGs. When it comes to apps, the RPG category accounts for the largest revenue worldwide: approximately 30% of all gaming app revenue. Established in the 1980s, Final Fantasy is a massive RPG franchise that has several app versions. Massively multiplayer online role-playing games (MMORPGs) such as World of Warcraft, in which hundreds of players from around the world interact in a fantasy universe, also generate large amounts of revenue from subscriptions and the selling of upgrades and in-game items.Additional Information:
We consider three different sources of revenue:- Revenue from in-app purchases (IAP) that comes from the purchase of features, upgrades, and subscriptions within an app
- Paid app revenue from the one-time purchase of an app
- Advertising revenue obtained from showing ads within an app
In-Scope
- Apps that can be downloaded from major app stores such as Apple, Inc.'s App Store and the Google Play store, or in the case of China, from stores such as Huawei AppGallery and Tencent Appstore.
- Apps that are run on iPhones and Android phones.
Out-Of-Scope
- Apps exclusively offered by Microsoft Store and Amazon Appstore for Android.
- Custom-made apps not available from any official app store.
- B2B/C2C app sales of any kind.
- Subscription revenues outside of in-app purchases (for example, Netflix and Spotify use their own payment systems outside of their apps).
