Gaming Industry Report - Q2 2025

This report includes:

1. Gaming market size: $196bn in 2026 (+3.7%)
2. Gaming VC funding: $193m in Q2 2025, -47% QoQ (-62% YoY)
3. Gaming VC deal volume: 60 deals completed in Q2 2025, -13% QoQ (-55% YoY)
4. Gaming in the US vs China
5. Gaming VC in Europe
6. M&A: moving toward industry consolidation
7. Trends + Current Events
   • Judge rules Google has an ad monopoly
   • An Epic win: Apple’s walled garden falls
   • Roblox launches rewarded video ads 
   • GTA VI delayed: >$2bn hit to the industry in 2025
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