Report: UK Video Games Revenue Grew 7.4% to £5.4 Billion in 2025 - Sales
by William D'Angelo , posted on 07 January 2026 / 4,737 Views
The video game market in the UK grew 7.4 percent year-on-year in 2025 to £5.4 billion, according to data from NielsenIQ/GfK Entertainment, Omdia, and GSD/IFSE reported by Entertainment Retailers Association.
The biggest sector for growth was revenue from mobile titles, which saw an increase of 8.8 percent to £1.88 billion.
Console game downloads grew 11.5 percent to £857.6 million, while physical game sales dropped one percent to £318.8 million. Physical game sales account for around five percent of the total UK revenue.
Total digital sales grew eight percent to £5 billion in revenue. The best-selling title was EA Sports FC 26 with over 1.97 million units sold.
"Growth in the games market slowed considerably after the incredible 27.9% gains seen in the pandemic year of 2020, but continuing innovation saw it return to form in grand style in 2025," said ERA CEO Kim Bayley. "We have strong hopes that it will maintain this momentum into 2026."
The combined video games, music, and video market in the UK in 2025 grew 7.1 percent to £13.3 billion.
Thanks, GamesIndustry.
A life-long and avid gamer, William D'Angelo was first introduced to VGChartz in 2007. After years of supporting the site, he was brought on in 2010 as a junior analyst, working his way up to lead analyst in 2012 and taking over the hardware estimates in 2017. He has expanded his involvement in the gaming community by producing content on his own YouTube channel and Twitch channel. You can follow the author on Bluesky.
