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Mon, June 30, 2025 | 10:25 pm GMT+7
Video games revealed by Vietnamese studios generated round $315 million in income in 2024, in line with GameGeek, a platform connecting Vietnam’s gaming ecosystem.
Younger folks play video games at Vietnam GameVerse in 2023. Picture courtesy of VNA.
In simply the primary half of 2025, this determine has reached at the very least $214.85 million.
If the present progress pattern continues, complete income for 2025 is projected to exceed $430 million, representing a 36.4% improve in comparison with the earlier 12 months.
GameGeek additionally stories that video games developed by Vietnamese groups recorded 9.6 billion downloads in 2024. Within the first six months of 2025, this quantity already hit 5.2 billion downloads. Downloads for all of 2025 are anticipated to surpass 10.3 billion, a year-on-year progress of over 7.7%.
Video games from Vietnamese studios now account for 37.3% of world sport app downloads, in line with GameGeek. Which means that round three to 4 out of each 10 video games downloaded worldwide are developed by Vietnamese creators.
The exceptional outcome displays a complete improve in growth, operations and international distribution capabilities amongst Vietnam’s sport manufacturing groups.
Names like Falcon with Items Type and ABI Recreation Studio with Nuts and Bolts have constantly appeared on main rankings. In addition they develop into icons of the ‘informal’ gaming wave led by Vietnam.
GameGeek shared that Vietnamese builders are always exploring new instructions. Nevertheless, the present ecosystem nonetheless faces a serious actuality: an absence of sustainable connectivity.
Vietnam is dwelling to greater than 3,000 sport studios, rating among the many highest within the area, but it nonetheless lacks a robust ‘central connector’ to foster collaboration.
The gaming business stays fragmented, with gaps in expertise and capability amongst native sport builders and publishers.
Whereas many bigger studios are making vital progress, plenty of smaller groups are nonetheless struggling, from determining learn how to market their video games to missing professional connections and having restricted entry to new know-how or superior operational assets.
Alternatives to fulfill with specialists, entry in-depth information and construct partnerships stay scarce.
The upcoming Vietnam Recreation Join 2025 discussion board, scheduled for July 16, is anticipated to develop into a significant platform to attach Vietnamese sport builders with buyers and international business leaders.
The occasion will welcome over 500 contributors, together with executives from giant and small studios throughout the nation, in addition to 25 sponsors represented in an exhibition space.
