Most popular gaming business models among developers worldwide 2025

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Jessica Clement
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Jan 28, 2025

The gaming world is rapidly changing and game developers have to constantly adapt to keep up with the latest trends. During a 2025 survey, 57 percent of game developers said that they were currently working on premium games.

Most common gaming business models used by game developers worldwide in 2025

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Release date

January 2025

Region

Worldwide

Survey time period

2025

Number of respondents

3,000 respondents

Special properties

Game Developers Conference attendees

Supplementary notes

Multiple answers were possible.
The source did not provide information on the exact survey date. Excluding N/A.

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