Unity: More people play games during the week than on the weekend

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
February 24, 2021
Updated June 18, 2025
4 min

The weekday is the new weekend when it comes to gaming. More people are now playing games during the week than on the weekend, according to an annual report by game engine maker Unity.

The report found the difference between weekday and weekend gaming in 2020 increased by 52% in weekday’s favor. Unity said there are more than 2.8 billion monthly active users who play games or apps built on Unity, and the new report represents the company’s largest data dive on COVID-19’s impact on gaming. Unity said its survey found that 61% of game developers are using Unity, and Unity collected the data from Unity Ads, DeltaDNA, Multiplay, and Vivox.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.