The annual income of the video game industry in Ukraine over the past year amounted to $179.2 million, says Wargaming editorial staff, citing data from the NewZoo report. This is 13.6% more than in 2017, back then the Ukrainians spent $157 million on games.
The growth rate of the gaming industry in Ukraine is slightly higher than the global average: worldwide, video game revenue in 2018 grew by 10.9% to $135 billion. In Poland, this market amounted to $541 million last year, in Russia – $1.7 billion.
There was the largest increase in revenue for console games, smartphones and tablets: by 15.6%, 4.6% and 14.9%, respectively. The only industry that has demonstrated a decline in revenue over the year is browser games (revenue declined by 1.4% compared with 2017).