leading mobile games in Japan include long-running RPG titles such as "Monster Strike", "Fate/Grand Order", and "Pokémon Go".
The domestic smartphone gaming market in Japan was valued at close to 1.1 trillion Japanese yen in fiscal year 2018. It was expected to reach a size of almost 1.2 trillion yen by 2020. Among others, the Smartphone game market size in Japan from fiscal year 2015 to 2018 with a forecast until 2020 (in billion Japanese yen)
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Statistics on Mobile gaming in Japan
Overview
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- Premium Statistic Video gaming market size worldwide 2020-2025
- Premium Statistic Value of the global video game market 2017-2026, by category
- Premium Statistic Leading gaming markets worldwide 2022, by revenue
- Premium Statistic Gaming market size in Japan FY 2020-2027
- Premium Statistic Mobile and social game market size Japan 2015-2021
- Premium Statistic Leading mobile games Japan 2021, based on sales revenue
Major companies
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Monthly app revenue of leading mobile games
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- Premium Statistic Monthly app revenue of Uma Musume Pretty Derby in Japan 2022
- Premium Statistic Monthly app revenue of Fate/Grand Order in Japan 2022
- Premium Statistic Monthly app revenue of Monster Strike in Japan 2022
- Premium Statistic Monthly app revenue of Puzzle & Dragons in Japan 2022
- Premium Statistic Monthly app revenue of Dragon Quest Walk in Japan 2022
- Premium Statistic Monthly app revenue of Genshin Impact in Japan 2022
Consumer behavior
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- Premium Statistic Most used devices for video games in Japan 2022
- Premium Statistic Frequency of playing mobiles games via smartphone Japan 2022
- Premium Statistic Frequency of playing mobiles games via smartphone Japan 2022, by age group
- Premium Statistic Time spent playing mobile games per weekday in Japan 2021
- Premium Statistic Time spent playing mobile games per weekend day in Japan 2021
- Premium Statistic Leading mobile game genres on smartphones Japan 2022
Consumer spending
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- Premium Statistic Mobile game in-app purchase experience in Japan 2021
- Premium Statistic Share of users who spent money on smartphone games in past month Japan 2022
- Premium Statistic Share of users who spent money on smartphone games in past month Japan 2022, by age
- Premium Statistic Attitude on in-game billing among teenagers Japan 2022, by gender
- Premium Statistic Monthly spending on smartphone games in Japan 2022
- Premium Statistic Leading types of goods smartphone gamers spent money on in past month Japan 2022
Further related statistics
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- Preferred category of mobile game category in the UK 2019, by gender
- Times at which gamers play mobile games in the UK 2019
- Value of the smartphone game market in Japan 2012-2014, by platform
- Online gamers using mobile phones across India - by gaming experience level 2016
- When do UK mobile gamers play?
- Mobile and smartphone game expenditure in China until 2016
- Growth of mobile and smartphone game expenditure in China until 2016
- CyberAgent's game business net sales FY 2018-2022
- Share of mobile gamers South Korea 2022, by age group
- Share of mobile gamers South Korea 2022, by gender
- Leading types of mobile game acquisition in Japan in 2017
- Frequency of playing mobile games in the U.S. 2020, by gender
- Frequency of playing mobile games in the U.S. 2020, by age group
- Share of smartphone gamers in MENA countries in 2016
- Mobile gamers in Asia in 2013, by device
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- Times at which gamers play mobile games in the UK 2019
- Value of the smartphone game market in Japan 2012-2014, by platform
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- When do UK mobile gamers play?
- Mobile and smartphone game expenditure in China until 2016
- Growth of mobile and smartphone game expenditure in China until 2016
- CyberAgent's game business net sales FY 2018-2022
- Share of mobile gamers South Korea 2022, by age group
- Share of mobile gamers South Korea 2022, by gender
- Leading types of mobile game acquisition in Japan in 2017
- Frequency of playing mobile games in the U.S. 2020, by gender
- Frequency of playing mobile games in the U.S. 2020, by age group
- Share of smartphone gamers in MENA countries in 2016
- Mobile gamers in Asia in 2013, by device
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Yano Research. (February 17, 2020). Smartphone game market size in Japan from fiscal year 2015 to 2018 with a forecast until 2020 (in billion Japanese yen) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved April 01, 2023, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1052208/japan-smartphone-game-market-shipment-value/
Yano Research. "Smartphone game market size in Japan from fiscal year 2015 to 2018 with a forecast until 2020 (in billion Japanese yen)." Chart. February 17, 2020. Statista. Accessed April 01, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1052208/japan-smartphone-game-market-shipment-value/
Yano Research. (2020). Smartphone game market size in Japan from fiscal year 2015 to 2018 with a forecast until 2020 (in billion Japanese yen). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: April 01, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1052208/japan-smartphone-game-market-shipment-value/
Yano Research. "Smartphone Game Market Size in Japan from Fiscal Year 2015 to 2018 with a Forecast until 2020 (in Billion Japanese Yen)." Statista, Statista Inc., 17 Feb 2020, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1052208/japan-smartphone-game-market-shipment-value/
Yano Research, Smartphone game market size in Japan from fiscal year 2015 to 2018 with a forecast until 2020 (in billion Japanese yen) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1052208/japan-smartphone-game-market-shipment-value/ (last visited April 01, 2023)
Smartphone game market size in Japan from fiscal year 2015 to 2018 with a forecast until 2020 (in billion Japanese yen) [Graph], Yano Research, February 17, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1052208/japan-smartphone-game-market-shipment-value/