The mobile puzzle game Merge Mansion, where players are tasked with restoring an old mansion and uncovering family secrets, continues to generate significant revenue for its creators. The studio Metacore announced that the game has already earned over 600 million dollars.

On April 9, 2025, the publisher Kalypso Media and the studio Claymore Game Studios released Commandos: Origins — a new installment in the iconic series of tactical games. The project did not impress Steam users upon release.

Do No Harm is a Lovecraftian doctor simulator developed by the indie team Darts Games from Azerbaijan. The studio’s co-founder, Novruz Javadov, wrote a detailed post on Reddit discussing the game’s success, its development, and the challenges faced.

What could publishers do to better support indie developers? This was the question journalists from Inverse asked the winners of the 2025 Game Developers Choice Awards. According to one of the Playstack executives, publishers need to simplify the process of allocating funds for games.

Apple device owners greeted the iOS version of Resident Evil 3 with little enthusiasm. This is reported by the portal MobileGamer, which studied the data from analytical services.

On April 8, the adventure action game South of Midnight had its full release on PC and Xbox Series — prior to this, only owners of the premium edition could play it for five days. At least on Steam, the project from Compulsion Games did not capture much interest.

At the end of March, CarX Technologies announced CarX Drift Racing Online 2, and recently it got a page on Steam. App2Top spoke with Vladimir Berezhny, the project PM, about how long the game has been in development and how many wishlists the team plans to gather by release.

A list of the top-grossing products on Steam for the week of April 1st to April 8th has been released. This time, indie games secured two spots among the top three leaders.

The analytics company Newzoo released an extensive report focused on the situation in the console and PC gaming market in 2024. Below is a brief overview of its key points.

On April 2nd, Donald Trump announced an increase in tariffs and the introduction of new duties on most of the US partners. The new wave of the trade war inevitably impacted gaming company stocks worldwide, especially in the Asian region. Our material discusses the stock market reaction, which can currently be described as cautious panic.

Annually, the Internet Development Institute (IDI) holds a national content competition, awarding funds to the winners for the creation of their projects. In 2024, it concealed the names of almost all the winning games. As it turned out, there was a good reason for this secrecy.

Last week, it became known that Polish publisher Movie Games, known for the Drug Dealer Simulator duology, is investigating the game Schedule I for plagiarism. In an official Discord channel, the company stated that it initially had no intention of launching an investigation.

Publisher Hooded Horse and studio Digital Sun have disclosed the current sales figures for Cataclismo—a real-time strategy game with Tower Defense elements. According to them, the game has sold over 250,000 copies.

Next Wednesday, April 16, the capital of Belarus will host a conference for video game developers and publishers — “Game Industry.” We provide detailed information about the upcoming event’s program.

The mobile card game Pokémon TCG Pocket continues to generate significant revenue for The Pokémon Company and DeNa. According to analytics service AppMagic, it has earned $598.8 million in the six months since its release.

Steam users have shown great interest in Heroes of Might & Magic: Olden Era. Unfrozen Studio proudly announced that more than half a million people have added the game to their wishlists.

The French company Twin Sails Interactive, which has published numerous video game adaptations of board games, has announced its separation from Asmodee Group. It will now operate independently.

On the morning of April 7, the stocks of major Japanese gaming companies dramatically declined, as noted by Kantan Games analyst Serkan Toto. In his opinion, the reason for the plunge was the tariffs imposed in the U.S. last week on imports from 185 countries.

Star Citizen’s fundraising has surpassed $800 million, tinyBuild sold Red Cerberus, Path of Exile 2’s online presence on Steam increased by 11.5 times after the release of a major update, — here are the main events in the gaming industry from the past weekend.