
Chinese Gaming Market
- Despite the 2.4% decline, China is still the largest market in the world according to Niko Partners.
- China is responsible for 31.7% of worldwide gaming industry revenue, and 33.4% of PC segment revenue.
- Mobile games generate 66% of Chinese gaming market revenue; 31% – from PC games; 3% – from consoles.
- By 2027 it’s expected that the market will reach $57B. The number of gamers will increase to 730M.
- Niko Partners assume that in 2023 1,000 local developers and 100 foreign developers will receive the ISBN.
Chinese Mobile Gaming market

- The volume of the Chinese mobile gaming market in 2022 was $30.1B. In 2023 according to analysts, it will grow to $32.3B, and to $39.6B in 2027.
- 640.6M mobile gamers were in China in 2022. By 2027 this amount will increase to 679.2M.
Chinese gaming companies
- Chinese gaming companies are responsible for 39% of worldwide PC revenue (including the Chinese market).
- Chinese gaming companies’ revenue in the West on PC increased by 22% in 2022. Niko Partners expects that their CAGR by 2027 will be 13.8%.
- Tencent and NetEase are responsible for 61% of local PC revenue in 2022. Despite the large percentage, it’s lower than in 2021.