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.

A few days after its release, we can confidently state that the remake of the first “Gothic” has been successful, including from a commercial standpoint. Today we’ll examine the project’s journey to release, its initial metrics, and delve into historical sales data for the franchise.

What genres are popular on smartphones and the web? How do teams monetize them? How quickly are these sectors developing? We asked these questions to major players in the mobile and web markets in Russia.

May 2026 will be remembered as a month of successful titles from major franchises and licenses. Among them were several box office hits. More about the sales, revenue, and other metrics of the main releases of the past month in our traditional section.

007 First Light — the first IO Interactive game in nearly 16 years set outside the Hitman universe. To mark the release, we have prepared a detailed analysis of the starting metrics of the new game, as well as compiled sales data from the studio’s previous projects for historical context.

Incremental games are one of the fastest-growing segments on PC. We present a comprehensive benchmark report on the state of this niche to understand how the idle game market currently looks on Steam.

Forza Horizon 6 predictably became one of the highest-grossing releases of 2026. Playground Games further cemented its status as arguably the only Microsoft studio consistently delivering hits. Today, we’ll delve not only into the launch of the new series installment but also examine the state of the genre as a whole.