The consulting firm Strategy Partners and the Organization for the Development of the Video Game Industry analyzed the Russian video game market. Below are some conclusions from the study.

The platform 4game attempted to paint a picture of the Russian gamer. We selected the main results of the study.

The head of the Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation, Anton Alikhanov, told TASS that several companies have already shown the authorities their prototypes of a domestic gaming console. However, according to him, it is too early to talk about government support.

The Russian retail chain “M.Video-Eldorado” shared which disc editions of games were most frequently purchased by Russians in the first six months of 2024.

The leaders of BRICS countries should consider creating a common game store, believes Dmitry Smith, President of the Russian Computer Sports Federation. He voiced this proposal at the Eastern Economic Forum.

Russian gamers have increasingly started purchasing retro games on Avito, reports the newspaper Kommersant, citing data from the marketplace. Comparing the first half of 2022 with January to June 2024, sales of old console games doubled, and sales of old PC games grew sixfold.

The Oktyabrsky District Court of St. Petersburg refused to consider the lawsuit for a ban on the strategy game Last Train Home in Russia. The court cited a lack of evidence proving the game’s harm.

It will become easier for Russian developers to distribute their games in China, and for Chinese developers in Russia. The authorities of the two countries have agreed to strengthen cooperation in the gaming sector and “promote the advancement” of projects in their markets.

On August 16, 2024, Valve began charging Russian tax residents an additional 30% on sales in Steam within the United States. This is in addition to the standard store commission of the same 30%.

The St. Petersburg Prosecutor’s Office has filed an administrative lawsuit seeking to ban the distribution of the strategy game Last Train Home in Russia.

The AdSense advertising service will soon cease to operate in Russia completely. Google has sent emails to Russian AdSense account holders warning them about the upcoming deactivation of their accounts.

The mobile gaming market in Russia is stagnating in terms of downloads, reports “Vedomosti” citing data from the analytics platform data.ai. In the first half of 2024, game downloads from Google Play and the App Store in the country totaled 1.183 billion, 2.3% less than a year ago.

Last fall, a group of Russian deputies proposed defining at the state level which industries are considered creative and how to regulate them. Yesterday, on August 8, the relevant bill was signed by Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Russian gaming companies have become more active in hiring, writes the newspaper “Kommersant” citing data from HeadHunter. From January to July 2024, they published 5.5 thousand job vacancies on the platform—23% more than in the first seven months of 2023.

At the latest plenary session, members of the Federation Council of the Russian Federation approved a bill that regulates creative industries in the country. The gaming industry is also included among these industries.

The service “Yookassa” and the AGAVA studio (who assisted in the development of the games “Vasilisa and Baba Yaga,” BUKI, and Cocktail Island) analyzed the spending of Russian gamers in games from January to June 2024. Below are the findings from the study.

The M.Video-Eldorado Group shared data on console sales in Russia for the first half of the year. According to them, the demand for consoles in the country is growing at a tremendous pace.

The news agency “RIA Novosti” examined data from China’s statistical service. It has been revealed that last month Russia acquired various gaming devices, including consoles, from China totaling $20.2 million. This is a record amount.

At the end of May, sources from Izvestia reported that the Russian company “ROSA” is working on a portable gaming console similar to the Steam Deck. It has now become known that the company plans to spend a billion rubles on creating the device.