2025 All About Video Games – European Key Facts
Video Games Europe, in collaboration with EGDF, is proud to present the year’s annual report, All About Video Games – a comprehensive and definitive picture of Europe’s video games sector – in revenue, employment and player numbers. Compiled with data from GameTrack Ipsos, GSD, as well as Video Games Europe and EGDF members. This year's edition includes research on 16 countries: Austria, Belgium, Croatia, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, and the UK.
Highlights:
- Revenue is €29.7 billion; revenue split by device is 91% digital and 9% physical
- 199 million players aged 6-75
- 51% of Europe’s population aged 6-75
- 46% of players are women, 77% are adults, and the average age is 34
- 123,000 people are employed, 24% of whom are women
- There are 8,700 studios in Europe
Europe’s video game players enjoy games across a variety of devices (EU16)
- 82% play on smartphones or tablets
- 47% play on consoles
- 34% play on PC
- Playtime continues to be situated around 9 hours/weekly
Revenue split by source (EU16)
- Digital revenue: 91%
- Physical revenue: 9%
Revenue split by device
- Console: EU5 31% - EU16 30%
- Smartphone/Tablet: EU5 48% - EU16 49%
- PC: EU5 11% - EU16 12%