Leading core gaming sub-genre revenue 2024, by platform

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Jessica Clement,
May 9, 2025

In 2024, role-playing games were the most popular core gaming sub-genre based on in-app purchase revenue. RPG gaming apps generated more than 9.45 billion U.S. dollars in IAP revenues on iOS and 4.88 billion U.S. dollars in IAP revenues on Android devices.

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Leading core gaming sub-genres based on revenue in 2024, by platform (in million U.S. dollars)

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Release date

February 2025

Region

Worldwide

Survey time period

2024

Special properties

Apple App Store and Google Play; IAP revenue only

Supplementary notes

Figures have been rounded.

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