Mobile Game Engine Market To Reach $3.71 Billion By 2030

Mobile Game Engine Market Growth & Trends

The global mobile game engine market size is expected to reach USD 3.71 billion by 2030 and expanding at 18.1% CAGR from 2024 to 2030, according to a new report by Grand View Research, Inc. The increasing popularity of smartphones and tablets has led to a surge in demand for mobile games, fueling the growth of the mobile game engine market. A mobile game engine is a software framework that game developers use to create, develop, and deploy mobile games. These engines provide developers with tools and resources to create games optimized for mobile devices. They also help to streamline the game development process, making it easier and more efficient for developers to create high-quality games.

The mobile game engine market has experienced significant technological advancements that have made it easier and more efficient for game developers to create high-quality mobile games while improving players' overall gaming experience. Companies, including Unity Technologies and Epic Games, are continuously investing in the development of game engines to handle complex graphics and physics simulations while also providing developers with a wide range of tools and resources to create games that are optimized for mobile devices. Game engine companies are advancing their offerings to enable game developers to create games that run on multiple platforms. This has helped to make game development more accessible and efficient, as developers can create and develop games for multiple platforms using a single codebase.

The number of smartphone and tablet users has grown, coupled with the demand for mobile games that can run on these devices. This has led to increased competition among mobile operating systems, with each platform vying for a larger share of the mobile game market. One of the most dominant mobile operating systems in the mobile game engine market is iOS, which powers Apple's iPhone and iPad devices. The company has also invested heavily in the development of its own game engine, called Metal, which provides developers with a powerful set of tools for creating high-quality games that are optimized for iOS.

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Mobile Game Engine Market Report Highlights

• Game developers are constantly seeking new ways to improve their games' quality and create more engaging and immersive experiences for players. This has led to the development of tools and platforms that provide features such as 3D graphics, physics, simulations, artificial intelligence, and networking capabilities.

• The growth is due to an increased usage of virtual and augmented reality technologies in gaming. These technologies require sophisticated 3D engines that can render complex environments and interactions in real-time, which has led to the development of specialized 3D engines for V.R. and A.R.

• The growth of the action and adventure genre is increasing due to the popularity of open-world games. These games allow players to explore vast virtual environments and interact with various characters and objects.

• Android operating system growth can be attributed to the high demand for mobile games and the increasing popularity of Android devices. With the rise of powerful mobile devices and the ease of development using the Android platform, more and more game developers are choosing to create games for this platform.

• The Asia Pacific market has witnessed the rise in smartphone penetration and business expansion strategies from companies such as Nintendo, Tencent Holdings, and Sony Interactive Entertainment, among others, which have contributed to the growth of the regional market.

• In March 2023, Cocos2d-x released its Creater XR an X.R. content development software offering the content creators to develop and participate in metaverse creation at low cost.

Mobile Game Engine Market Segmentation

Grand View Research has segmented the global mobile game engine market based on component, type, genre, operating system, and region:

Mobile Game Engine Component Outlook (Revenue, USD Million, 2018 - 2030)

• Solution

• Services

Mobile Game Engine Type Outlook (Revenue, USD Million, 2018 - 2030)

• 2D Game Engine

• 3D Game Engine

• Others

Mobile Game Engine Genre Outlook (Revenue, USD Million, 2018 - 2030)

• Action & Adventure

• Multiplayer Online Battle Arena (MOBA)

• Real-time Strategy (RTS)

• Role-playing Games (RPG)

• Sandbox

• Shooter

• Simulation and Sports

• Others

Mobile Game Engine Operating System Outlook (Revenue, USD Million, 2018 - 2030)

• iOS

• Android

• Cross Platform

Mobile Game Engine Region Outlook (Revenue, USD Million, 2018 - 2030)

• North America

  • U.S.

  • Canada

• Europe

  • UK

  • Germany

  • France

  • Italy

  • Spain

• Asia Pacific

  • China

  • Japan

  • India

  • South Korea

• Latin America

  • Brazil

  • Mexico

• Middle East & Africa

  • UAE

  • Saudi Arabia

  • South Africa

List of Key Players in the Mobile Game Engine Market

• Amazon Web Services, Inc.

• The Game Creators Ltd.

• AppOnboard, Inc

• CHUKONG CO, INC.

• Cocos

• SCIRRA LTD

• Crytek GmbH.

• Defold Foundation

• Clickteam

• YoYo Games Ltd.

• GameSalad

• The Torque Community Contributors

• Unity Technologies

• Epic Games, Inc.

• Valve Corporation