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The State of the Mobile Games Market in 2023

Deconstructor of Fun

In terms of revenue, the genres that took the most damage were: #1 Racing (revenue -28%, downloads +8%) The genre was down early a third down due to a decline across all titles. And unlike Racing, Shooter games also generally saw a decline in downloads as well. while the net revenues declined by 11% to $38.2B. TWIG’s 2023 Predictions.

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List of most popular video game genres in 2023

Logic Simplified

It has grown from simple text-based console games to aesthetically rich 3D experiences since its inception with popular games like Star Wars, Battletech and Dungeons & Dragons. This category encompasses sub-genres, such as action RPGs, sandbox RPGs, tactical RPGs, MMORPG and more.

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“True Ownership” - The Game Economy Trilemma

Deconstructor of Fun

This is the issue that has kept game economies built around secondary markets from exploding into mainstream gaming so far despite considerable investment most infamously from Blizzard and most recently from the glut of Web3 game startups riding the 2021 NFT craze like Axie, Sandbox, Decentraland & co.

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