European Report on the Game Development Industry in 2018
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8/2020 www.egdf.eu European Game Industry in 2018 EGDF Report on the European Games Industry in 2018 For this report, EGDF has aggregated national data from Table of contents: 2018 on the state of the local games industry from 19 European countries: Belgium, Denmark, Poland, Slovakia, 1. European games industry in 2018 ..................................... 1 Sweden, Finland, UK, Netherlands, Norway, Germany, 2. Game developer studios and publisher per country ......... 1 Czechia, France, Romania, Slovenia, Serbia, Bulgaria, Turkey, Greece and Ireland. 3. People working for the industry ....................................... 2 4. Revenue generated by the industry .................................. 3 This is the first report where EGDF uses a new methodology making the data more comparable between countries. For 5. New games ....................................................................... 4 this reason, data on the national reports do not necessarily 6. Games education .............................................................. 3 fully match with the data in this report. 7. Available public support for game developer studios per Different national trade associations use different country ................................................................................... 4 methodologies for collecting the data. In some countries data is based on national surveys and in some countries, data is Annex 1: National studies on the state of games industry in collected from public registers. When data is based on Europe in 2018 ...................................................................... 5 estimations, it is marked by * and by grey colour in the Annex 2: Educational institutions providing study programs in charts. Where data is marked N/A, EGDF has no available game development in Europe in 2018 ................................... 6 data collected from the respective countries. Annex 3: 2018 Questionnaire ................................................ 8 Links to national reports are available at Annex 1 and at http://www.egdf.eu/data-and-studies/ 2 1. European games industry in 2018 4906 137 77916 Game dev studios Game publishers People employed 2. Game developer studios and publisher per country Number of video game developer studios Number of game publishers in the (including one man teams) per country (2018) country (2018) * = Data based on estimations, approximations, not based on surveys or not entirely complying with the provided definitions. UK 812 France 78 France 650 Germany 30 Germany 584 Czechia 10 Netherla… 575 Romania 6 Poland 450 Ireland 6 Denmark Sweden 382 3 Finland 1 Finland 220 Greece 1 Denmark 200 Slovenia 0 Romania 103 Serbia 0 Belgium 80 Bulgaria 0 Czechia 76 Belgium N/A Ireland 66 Poland N/A Serbia* 60 Slovakia N/A Bulgaria* 47 Sweden N/A Slovakia 38 UK N/A Norway* 17 Netherlands N/A Slovenia 15 Norway N/A Turkey Greece 11 N/A 3. People working for the industry Number of people working in the Percentage of females from the industry (in game developer and people working in the industry in publisher studios) in the country 2018 (2018) * = Data based on estimations, approximations, * = Data based on estimations, approximations, not based on surveys or not entirely complying not based on surveys or not entirely complying with the provided definitions. with the provided definitions. UK* 15 000 0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% France 13 000 Bulgaria* 30% Germany 11 000 Serbia 27,50% Sweden 7921 Slovenia 27% Romania 6000 Greece 25% Poland* 4000 Sweden 21% Finland Netherlands 3850 20% Netherlands* 17% Finland 3200 Czechia 17% Ireland 2100 Poland* 15% Czechia* 1500 Ireland 15% Serbia 1281 Slovakia 14% Bulgaria* 1200 France 14% Belgium 1100 Belgium 7% Denmark 1009 Denmark N/A Slovakia 524 UK N/A Slovenia 400 Norway N/A Norway* 285 Germany N/A Greece 250 Romania N/A Turkey N/A Turkey N/A 2 4. Revenue generated by the industry Total revenue of local game Percentage of how much of total developer studios and publishers in revenue was accumulated by the top 2018 (million euro) 10% studios in 2018 * = Data based on estimations, approximations, * = Data based on estimations, approximations, not based on surveys or not entirely complying not based on surveys or not entirely complying with the provided definitions. with the provided definitions. Finland 2 100 Slovenia 100% Sweden 1872 Denmark 98,50% Poland 780 Poland* 95% Netherlands* 262 Finland 95% Romania 170,4 France 90% Ireland 150 Romania 88% Denmark 124 Slovakia 86% Czechia 116 Belgium 93 Ireland 80% Serbia* 80 Sweden 79% Slovakia 45,7 Belgium N/A Norway 38 UK N/A Slovenia 18 Netherlands N/A UK N/A Norway N/A Germany N/A Germany N/A France N/A Czechia N/A Bulgaria N/A Turkey N/A Serbia N/A Greece N/A Bulgaria N/A 3 5. New games Number of companies that Number of new titles published by published new titles in 2018 local developers in 2018 * = Data based on estimations, approximations, * = Data based on estimations, approximations, not not based on surveys or not entirely complying based on surveys or not entirely complying with the with the provided definitions. provided definitions. Sweden* 100 UK 150 Finland 81 Finland 108 Denmark* 70 Serbia 85 Belgium* 33 Denmark 82 Greece* 31 Romania 77 Romania 30 Slovakia 60 Serbia* 30 Belgium* 37 Czechia 21 Czechia 23 Norway 12 Greece 17 Slovenia 12 Norway 12 Bulgaria 10 Slovenia 12 Ireland 10 Ireland 8 Poland N/A Poland N/A Slovakia N/A Sweden N/A UK N/A Netherlands N/A Netherlands N/A Germany N/A Germany N/A France N/A France N/A Bulgaria N/A Turkey N/A Turkey N/A 4 Platforms on which the new titles from 2018 where published *= Percentages don’t represent a part of a total of 100% Country Platforms PC/MAC Console / Mobile / Browser VR/AR TV Multiplatform Other handheld Tablet consoles Belgium Denmark Poland Slovakia 53% 3% 36% 6% 3% Sweden* 56% 50% / 17% 48% / 27% 17% Finland* 52% 14% 59% UK Netherlands Norway Germany Czechia France* 80% 41% / 11% 60% Romania 23% 26% 39% 10% 2% Slovenia Serbia 26% 11% 38% 10% 13% 4% Bulgaria Turkey Greece* 13% 39% 38% Ireland Number of new titles from 2018 Number of new titles from 2018 which were self-published titles which were published by an external publishers or other * = Data based on estimations, approximations, * = Data based on estimations, approximations, not based on surveys or not entirely complying not based on surveys or not entirely complying with the provided definitions. with the provided definitions. UK* 90 UK* 60 Denmark 72 Slovakia 35 Romania 70 Serbia 23 Serbia 62 Denmark 10 Slovakia 25 Romania 7 Czechia* 21 Ireland 4 Greece 15 Czechia* 2 Slovenia 12 Slovenia 0 Ireland 6 Belgium N/A Belgium N/A Poland N/A Poland N/A Sweden N/A Sweden N/A Finland N/A Finland N/A Netherlands N/A Netherlands N/A Norway N/A Norway N/A Germany N/A Germany N/A France N/A France N/A Bulgaria N/A Bulgaria N/A Turkey N/A Turkey N/A Greece N/A 2 6. Games education Number of educational institutions providing study programs in game development in the country in 2018 France 130 Germany 81 Greece 70 Finland 52 Netherlands 32 Poland 26 Ireland 19 Sweden 14 Romania 13 Slovakia 10 Czechia 10 Belgium 7 Denmark 7 Norway 6 Bulgaria 4 UK N/A Slovenia N/A Serbia N/A Turkey N/A 3 7. Available public support for game developer studios per country Country Cultural state aid for production R&D aid for innovation SME aid for launching a gamedev studio Grants Loans Tax Equity Grants Loans Tax Equity Grants Loans Tax Equity * Credits * Credits * Credits Belgium X X X X X X X X Denmark X X X X X X Poland X X X X X X Slovakia X X Sweden X Finland X X X X X X UK X X X Netherlan X X X X X X X ds Norway X X X X X X X X X Germany X X X X X Czechia France X X X X X X X X X Romania X X Slovenia X X Serbia X Bulgaria Turkey Greece X X X X X X X X X Ireland X X X X X X 4 Annex 1: National studies on the state of games industry in Europe in 2018 Austria: Game Development Studie 2019: https://www.wko.at/branchen/information-consulting/unternehmensberatung-buchhaltung- informationstechnologie/game-development-studie-2019.pdf Czechia: Czech Video Game Industry 2019: https://gda.cz/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/CzechGamesIndustry.pdf Finland: Finnish Game Industry 2018 Report: http://www.neogames.fi/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/FGIR-2018-Report.pdf Germany: The German Games Industry 2019 Report: https://www.game.de/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/game-Jahresreport- 2019_web.pdf and https://www.game.de/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/2019-10-31-Guide-to-the-German-Games- Industry_NEU.pdf Norway: VIRKE SPILL-rapporen 2019/2020: https://www.virke.no/globalassets/3.bransjer/service-og- kultur/produsentforeningen/virke-spillrapporten-2019.pdf Italy: Quarto censimento dei game developer italiani 2019: http://www.aesvi.it/cms/view.php?dir_pk=902&cms_pk=2975 Romania: Romanian Games Industry Report 2019: http://rgda.ro/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/RGDA_2019-report.pdf Slovakia: Slovak Game Industry 2019: http://sgda.sk/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/Slovak-Game-Industry-2019.pdf Spain: Libro Blanco del Desarrollo Español de Videojuegos 2018: http://hostmaster.dev.org.es/images/stories/docs/Libro%20Blanco%20DEV%202018.pdf Serbia: Serbian Gaming Industry Report 2018 http://sga.rs/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/SGA-Report-Digital.pdf Sweden: Spelutvecklarindex 2019: https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5a61edb7a803bb7a65252b2d/t/5db6be7415366869893e1866/1572257420429/Spelutveckl arindex2019_v3.pdf and https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5a61edb7a803bb7a65252b2d/t/5db812f3df1a2166b947a58a/1572344586626/GDI19_web. pdf Ukraine: Game Development in Ukraine