Wargaming, together with its partner Superdata, conducted an analytical study of the Russian gaming industry for
The authors of the study paid the greatest attention to mobile and F2P games (free-to-play), which are the most significant for the Russian market.
In general, the volume of the Russian games market in 2019amounted to more than $1.84 billion. More than a third of all income comes from mobile games. You need to understand that the F2P model is also widely used in this segment. In mobile games you can find loot boxes and Battle Passes, as well as advertising monetization.
By genre, the most popular mobile games (with the largest number of players) are RPG, Simulation, Strategy. In general, among F2P games, the most popular genres are Puzzle, Shooter, Simulation.
Here is a list of the most profitable shareware games:
- World of Tanks
- Warface
- Fortnite: Battle Royale
- Counter-Strike: Global Offencive
- DOTA 2
- World of warships
- Roblox
- Crossfire
- Apex legends
- Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft
Among the paid games, the most profitable were the following:
- Borderlands 3
- PlayerUnknown' Battlegrounds
- Grand theft auto v
- Red dead redemption 2
- Gears 5
- Top Clancy's The Division 2
- Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Siege
- Battlefield v
- Overwatch
- Sims 4
Analysts also ranked the most popular F2P console games in Russia:
- Fortnite: Battle Royale
- Apex legends
- Destiny 2
- World of Tanks Console
- Warframe
- Warface
- SMITE
- Brawlhalla
- Paladins
- War thunder