GamesIndustry.biz has published its annual "Year In Numbers 2025" feature as part of the outlet's broader Year in Review coverage, giving trade readers a single reference page for the dataset that defined the past twelve months in games.

The round-up pulls together the headline figures, market signals and policy milestones that GamesIndustry.biz editors surfaced throughout 2025 in a format the outlet has run in prior years. The article sits within the publication's Year in Review umbrella, alongside interview-driven retrospectives.

What does the round-up typically cover?

Trade outlets use "year in numbers" formats to consolidate statistics that would otherwise scatter across dozens of separate stories. For the games industry, that usually means compiling data on:

• Studio closures and layoff headcounts
• Funding rounds by size and stage
• Platform attach rates and software unit sales
• Live-service revenue trajectories and peak concurrent users
• Regulatory fines, antitrust decisions and consumer protection rulings
• Console hardware shipments and PC storefront shares

Readers should treat the GamesIndustry.biz list as an editor-curated index rather than primary research. Figures in such round-ups originate in reports from third-party trackers such as Newzoo, Sensor Tower, Circana, Omdia, Ampere Analysis and Niko Partners, supplemented by publisher earnings calls and regulatory filings.

How does it differ from a "year in review" editorial?

A "year in review" feature tends to be narrative-driven, organised around themes such as studio consolidation, generative AI integration or shifts in monetisation policy. A "year in numbers" piece is a statistical index that lets readers scan for the specific datapoint they need.

GamesIndustry.biz runs both formats each December, with the narrative Year in Review sections providing context and the Year In Numbers sitting as a reference document.

What's the editorial provenance?

GamesIndustry.biz is the trade publication operated within Informa's tech media division. The outlet has run the round-up in previous years, and the broader Year in Review is edited by the GamesIndustry.biz editorial team.

Why should studio and publisher readers consult it?

For development studios, the densest value often lies in secondary metrics: regional headcount movements, average team size at acquired studios, the dollar value attached to platform exclusivity deals and the gap between announced and shipped release windows. These figures rarely anchor a press release, but they shape planning for the year ahead.

A consolidated index also lets business-development and strategy teams benchmark a single company's 2025 performance against sector-wide trends without rebuilding the dataset from scratch.

What's worth watching next

The Year In Numbers format typically refreshes when GamesIndustry.biz updates a specific datapoint after publication, often when a major publisher files a delayed quarterly report or a regulator closes an inquiry. Readers tracking those revisions should watch the outlet's newsletter and social channels for update flags through January, when the Year in Review editorial series historically continues with adjacent features on M&A trends, generative AI rollouts and unionisation activity.