--- title: Global mobile games revenue reaches $81.8bn in 2025 description: Global mobile gaming revenue reached $81.8 billion in 2025, showing minimal growth, while non-game app spending surged 21% to $85.6 billion. No new games... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/global-mobile-games-revenue-reaches-81-8bn-in-2025-eb6ytkuaq twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Global mobile games revenue reaches $81.8bn in 2025 | daily.dev og:description: Global mobile gaming revenue reached $81.8 billion in 2025, showing minimal growth, while non-game app spending surged 21% to $85.6 billion. No new games... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/global-mobile-games-revenue-reaches-81-8bn-in-2025-eb6ytkuaq og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/Eb6YTKuAQ.png og:image:alt: Global mobile games revenue reaches $81.8bn in 2025 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Global mobile games revenue reaches $81.8bn in 2025 **[GamesIndustry.biz](https://daily.dev/sources/gamesindustry)** · 2 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Global mobile gaming revenue reached $81.8 billion in 2025, showing minimal growth, while non-game app spending surged 21% to $85.6 billion. No new games crossed the $1 billion revenue threshold for the first time, with ChatGPT leading non-game apps at over $3 billion. Hybridcasual games saw the highest growth at 17.1%, while strategy games gained traction across major regions. Tencent led publishers with nearly $8 billion in IAP earnings, and Roblox captured 75% of game publisher website visits. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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