The European gaming market continues to grow, according to the report of the organization Video Games Europe (formerly ISFE). According to her, last year the market revenue increased by 5% to €24.5 billion.

The ISFE and EGDF organizations have prepared a detailed report on the European gaming market for 2021. We have selected a few facts from it.

Last year, the COVID-19 pandemic boosted the revenue of the video game industry around the world. The markets of European countries were no exception, whose total revenue in 2020 for the first time exceeded the €23.3 billion mark. Console titles brought the most money, and FIFA 21 became the best-selling game.

Last year, there was neither a COVID-19 pandemic nor global self-isolation. About how the gaming market developed Europe before the world quarantine, told in the annual report European Interactive Software Federation (ISFE). Spoiler: The market itself grew by 3%, and the best—selling game turned out to be FIFA 20.

The coronavirus has dealt a blow to such segments of the gaming industry as production and business development. However, in terms of sales, everything is different. As our colleagues from GamesIndustry report in their research.biz, sales are growing.

The European top 10 sales of games from June 11 to 17 have been published. FIFA 18 remains in the first place for the third week.

In terms of sales of digital and physical copies of games in Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA), the FIFA 18 simulator remains in first place, and the first-person role-playing action Vampyr from Dontnod Entertainment debuted in second place.

The Union of Game Publishers of Europe published the top 50 sales of digital copies of games from May 28 to June 3. In the first place was the next part of the football simulator from EA.

The independent Association of European game publishers Interactive Software Federation of Europe (ISFE) has started keeping official records of digital copies of video games sold along with retail. France became the pilot territory for the implementation of the project.