Receiving funds from a publisher and an investor are completely different experiences. A publisher conducts a marketing campaign for a specific game, sets its price, organizes testing, and assists with the console version. Meanwhile, an investor often invests not just in the game, but in the team. This broadens the team’s capabilities without canceling collaboration with the publisher. But how do you secure investments for development? We share the experiences of the creators of Indika,…

Economic strategy games are not the most popular genre for discussion. However, from a perspective of future potential, the niche is almost a blue ocean—with a low number of releases and high median earnings. This is the focus of our report today.

On August 6, the release of ReStory: Chill Electronics Repairs took place. This is a great opportunity to discuss one of the most intriguing niches in the market, which we tentatively call checklist simulators. In the latest report, you’ll find plenty of data on the state of this subgenre, median revenue, top-grossing games, and a comparative benchmark across various simulator categories.

July will be remembered as one of the most eventful months of 2026. Steam set another record for the number of releases, Nintendo dominated the Japanese charts, and a whole slew of mid-budget projects and indie games sold hundreds of thousands of copies. More details in our traditional column.

Despite the delay, we’ve compiled a detailed report on the gaming stock market situation for the first half of the year. Inside, you’ll find a wealth of data and illustrative tables highlighting macro trends and the situation in specific countries. As usual, we’ll also discuss the reasons behind certain crises.

Halo: Campaign Evolved is positioned as the first fully-fledged remake of the legendary shooter. Today, we will analyze the game’s launch and the historical sales of previous installments, as well as discuss why Microsoft’s approach and the transformation of Halo Studios do not inspire optimism for the franchise’s future.

Sony’s upcoming move away from discs has become one of the most talked-about events in the industry in recent months. We decided to take a look at the situation from a market data perspective to find out how the share of digital sales has changed among major publishers and what the current state of gaming retail is.

Is there a chance to succeed after an unsuccessful release? In short — almost none. Such an answer is quite boring, so today we will explore specific cases, the reasons for their initial failure and subsequent rise, and delve into the harsh reality for most projects in the market.

Instead of the traditional mid-year summary, we have prepared an extensive report on the state of genres in Steam. Inside, you’ll find a wealth of data, charts, and findings on the most profitable categories of games, niche markets that are oversaturated, and underrated sub-genres. We’ll also discuss tags with the most uneven revenue distribution.

The launch of Assassin’s Creed Black Flag Resynced has become one of the most successful in the franchise’s recent history. In the latest report, there are plenty of figures and charts about the game’s results, contextual comparisons with the franchise’s historical sales, as well as reflections on Ubisoft’s tendency towards vague terminology and distorted metrics.

Despite the lack of traditional AAA blockbusters, June was packed with successful titles across various genres and formats. There were also a few surprises. For more details on sales, revenue, and other metrics of last month’s major releases, check out our traditional column.

Every week, we upload interviews with gaming experts on various aspects of their work to YouTube. We also publish a separate text-based blitz interview with our speakers, but it is “locked.” The companion material to today’s video interview with Vladimir Berezhny, a product owner at CarX Technologies, is this conversation in which he shares his overall vision of what is currently happening in the racing game market and in the niche of their development.

A game created in just a few months by two Japanese developers has become one of the major hits of the first half of the year. Today, we will take an in-depth look at the reasons behind the success of Meccha Chameleon and analyze its position both among “friend-lopes” and in the overall market.

The French video game crisis, much like around the world, has a systemic nature but also features several local characteristics. Today, we will delve into the causes — from fatal errors by major companies and management irresponsibility to issues with government subsidies and the role of unions.

Every week, we release interviews on YouTube with gaming experts discussing various aspects of their work. We will also now post separate text-based blitz interviews with our speakers, but these will be “locked.” For instance, today we released a one-hour conversation on YouTube with Anastasia Smirnova on the topic “How to Create a Good Narrative for a Casual Game?” The accompanying content for this video is this article where we’ve already discussed the challenges facing…

Games from Russian and generally Russian-speaking teams rarely make it to consoles. We discussed why this is the case with Fair Games, Sobaka Studio, Odd Meter, DANGEN Entertainment, and many others.

Traditionally, following the Steam demo festival, we prepare a detailed report on the outcomes of the main projects and overall trends. We will also share less obvious conclusions, as well as discuss anomalous cases and unsuccessful boosts.

Real-time strategy (RTS) games remain one of the most challenging genres on the market. Today, we are publishing an extensive report on its current state. What is the median revenue of RTS games, how saturated is this niche, which games are at the top in terms of revenue, and how are developers pushing the genre forward through hybridization? We will try to answer these and other questions.

In the eyes of consumers, the Summer Game Fest has become a sort of replacement for E3’s now-defunct game announcements. To clearly demonstrate the marketing impact of this series of events, we’ve prepared a detailed report — complete with charts, tables, and a plethora of data about dozens of games of various scales and for different platforms.