2021 UK Consumer Games Market Valuation
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The post below includes figures both as published in April 2022 and a section discussing revised figures published as part of the 2022 valuation in April 2023. Infographics and other designed elements for 2021 will have as-published figures.
2021 Valuation - Revised Figures
As part of the valuation each year, our data partners may provide Ukie with revised figures for the previous year. The revised figures for 2021 saw the UK consumer games market valued at a record £7.47bn. Video game software was valued at £4.55bn, with digital console software sales representing the largest portion at £2.07bn. Game hardware was valued at £2.66bn, unchanged from the original reporting in 2022. Game culture was valued at £249
The revised figures for 2021 saw a change in methodology for valuing digital console software sales, resulting in a significant increase alongside other expected revisions seen in previous years. This change in methodology is not reflected in digital console software sales for any previous year.
2021 Valuation
The UK consumer games market reached a record figure of £7.16bn in 2021, growing by 1.90% from the previous record of £7bn recorded during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020. Game hardware sales grew by 17.4% year on year to reach £2.66bn, game software was valued at £4.28bn, a decline of 6.32% and spending on video game culture reached £226m, up 13.8% on 2020.
