Mass layoffs in the gaming industry continue - estimated 11k layoffs in 2025 and total 46k in the last 3 years

Updated Games Layoff Forecast - July 22, 2025

Based on all available data, I estimate 6,709 games industry layoffs have occurred globally between January 1 and July 22, 2025. My forecast for the remainder of the year (July 23 to December 31) projects an additional 4,715 layoffs.

If both actuals and forecast hold, 2025 would see a total of 11,424 layoffs in games, surpassing the 2023 total.

Combined with the 34,631 layoffs from 2022-2024, this brings the cumulative total from 2022 through 2025 Full Year, to 46,055.

This late-July forecast is modestly higher than our original projection made in the second week of January 2025.

As always, I hope actuals come in well below what I am seeing, hearing about, and forecasting.