Game developers expect to get back to growth in 2025 | Metaplay

Throughout the games industry’s rather disastrous 2024, the notion that seemed to bolster everyone along was that it was going to get back to growth in the subsequent year. Gaming backend provider Metaplay today revealed a new report, which shows just how optimistic the industry is — at least on a macro level — that this is going to happen. In fact, according to Metaplay’s report, 77% of the developers surveyed are optimistic that 2025 will bring a Renaissance for gaming.

Metaplay’s report covers findings from 150 tech leads and C-suite at studios making games with Unity. In addition to the aforementioned 77%, the report shows that 90% of those devs say they plan to launch a game in 2025. 71% believe that 2025 will have fewer layoffs and studio closures (though given how high the number of layoffs in 2024 was, getting fewer is not a hard task to accomplish), and 76% anticipate more availability for publishing deals.