1/8 people on Earth has played a Swedish video game
• Sweden is famous for many games such as Minecraft, Battlefield, Candy Crush, Goat Simulator and many many more, as every 8th person in the world has played a game made my Swedes.
•Swedish games industry revenues grew to EUR 2.3 billion in 2019, an increase of 24%.
• Almost every fifth employee in game development in Sweden is a woman, 1,226 in total. Overall, the game companies employ 2,079 women, representing 23% - an increase of 22% compared to last year.
• A majority of companies are profitable and the sector in total is profitable for the eleventh year in a row.
• Swedish game companies are growing and employing a total of 9,178 people, of which 5,925 are employed nationally. The difficulty in recruiting Swedish staff remains and many companies are expanding through acquisition of foreign development studios. In Sweden, the number of employees increased by 605, an increase of 11%.
• There are 51 new companies, making the total 435 active companies, an increase of 13%.
• 46 new mergers and acquisitions, with a known total value of EUR 425 million, were reported in 2019. Swedish companies were the purchaser in 36 of the deals and in 21 cases the seller.
• Between January and November 2020, 38 investments and acquisitions with a total approximate value of EUR 1.3 billion were reported. Thirty-five of the deals included a Swedish company as purchaser and in only 9 cases a Swedish company was the seller.
• The 15 largest companies paid a total of EUR 578 million in tax on profit.
• The 15 largest companies that have reported social security contributions in their accounts have paid wage taxes of over 100 million EUR in total.