Video games in India
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Video gaming in India is an emerging market. As investments continue to rise, the video game market is expected to grow rapidly in India.
India is one of the top five mobile gaming markets in the world in terms of number of users. In FY 2019, online gaming in India was estimated at ₹6,200 crore (US$870 million) market with an estimated 300 million gamers.
As of 2019, India is one of the top five mobile gaming markets in the world in terms of number of users. In FY 2019, online gaming in India was estimated at ₹6,200 crore market with an estimated 300 million gamers.
PUBG Mobile became the most popular online game in India in 2018, as of January 2020, India became PUBG Mobile's largest market in the world with 116 million downloads, which is 21% of 555 million PUBG Mobile players worldwide.
Estimates suggest that India's mobile games market will be worth $1.1 billion by 2020, and number of users projected to become 628 million by then.
Video gaming is growing very quickly especially in the mobile space with the advent of cheap and affordable smartphones. A recent survey has found that women mobile gamers are actually more active than men in India.
