Growth in 2018 came despite last year’s big games freeze, in which no new games were given a licence to release or monetise for nine months, and tough new regulations. ĭomestic China mobile game revenue grew 28.9 per cent year-on-year to $15.63 billion in 2018, meaning Niko Partners anticipates the market will grow by almost $10 billion over the next few years. The company has just released its 2019 China Mobile Games Market Report that forecasts the number of mobile gamers to grow past 728 million over the next five years. Revenue from China’s mobile games market will exceed $25.49 billion by 2023, according to Asia market analyst Niko Partners.
