There are 4.9 times more web browser games than in 2023

A brand new report has revealed that the variety of web browser games has grown 4.9 times over the previous two years, with more than 15,000 new games launched in Q2 2025 alone.

That is in line with a report by HTML5 games distributor Playgama, launched on July 29, which analysed which sport engines are at the moment in excessive demand, the frequency of games revealed utilizing totally different applied sciences, and “what growth stacks are shaping the way forward for web gaming.”

As per Playgama’s analysis, in the primary half of 2025, more than 15,000 new web browser games have been launched – a 2.7 times enhance over the identical interval in 2024, 4.9 times more than in H1 2023, and more than the variety of web-browser games launched in 2021, 2022, and 2023 mixed.

Elsewhere in the report, Playgama discovered that Unity stays the main engine for web-based games, powering 55% of recent web games in Q2 2025.

Nevertheless, Playgama said that more accessible sport engines, similar to Phaser, LayaAir, and Cocos, are rising in reputation, with no-code engine Assemble’s market share rising from 13.7% in the primary half of 2024 to 16.4% in the identical interval of 2025.

Playgama’s report claims the rising curiosity in web-based games is “pushed by the oversaturation of the cellular, PC, and console markets,” and the elevated manufacturing prices for growing a AAA title on console or PC.

“Web games are turning into the brand new black: the processing energy of cellular gadgets and tablets has practically caught up with that of common laptops, and new applied sciences now make it attainable to run fully-fledged 3D games immediately in the browser,” mentioned Playgama’s founder, Dmitry Kachmar.

“Add AI to the combo, and by 2030, over half of all games could possibly be developed on cross-platform engines with instantaneous web export as default. On this future, each display turns into a gaming system, and distribution is not certain to app shops. The longer term belongs to cross-platform sport engines; they’re not only a area of interest for browser titles.”