{"id":57519,"date":"2026-10-27T09:31:02","date_gmt":"2026-10-27T07:31:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ek.biem.sumdu.edu.ua\/?p=57519"},"modified":"2026-10-27T09:32:03","modified_gmt":"2026-10-27T07:32:03","slug":"2026-is-a-breakthrough-year-for-indie-games-and-new-ips","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ek.biem.sumdu.edu.ua\/en\/2026-is-a-breakthrough-year-for-indie-games-and-new-ips","title":{"rendered":"2026 is a breakthrough year for indie games and new IPs"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"57519\" class=\"elementor elementor-57519 elementor-57512\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-fdf7d4d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"fdf7d4d\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c0650d5\" data-id=\"c0650d5\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6a57eae elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6a57eae\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>\ud83d\udcca Sensor analytics platform Tower, commissioned by GamesIndustry.biz, has published a fresh study of the gaming market for 2026. The results are impressive: indie projects and completely new franchises (IP) are showing record sales figures, gradually shifting the market focus from traditional AAA sequels in favor of original ideas.<\/p><p>Analysts selected titles that reached over 500,000 copies sold in the first month.<\/p><p>\ud83d\udcc8 Key figures and facts of the study:<\/p><ul><li>In 2026, 76 games surpassed the 500,000-copy mark in the first month (up from 55 in 2025); total sales of these hits increased by 51%, from 120.5 million to 182.4 million copies;<\/li><li>The share of indie games among hits increased from 24% (13 titles ) in 2025 to 43% (33 titles ) in 2026. At the same time, the share of copies sold by indie projects in the first month reached 38% (versus 26% last year);<\/li><li>More than half of the hits of 2026 (53%) launched new series. Of the 35 completely new game franchises, 27 were created by independent indie studios;<\/li><li>among the most successful launches were Meccha Chameleon , How this Fish , Slay the Spire 2, Hollow Knight : Silksong and Escape from Duck .<\/li><\/ul><p>\ud83d\udca1 Analytics and risk management at GameDev<\/p><p>As noted by Karl Kontus , Senior Vice President Sensor Tower :<\/p><p>&#8220;Original games offer a higher ceiling of potential success, but also higher risk. The AAA segment is now minimizing risks and relying on existing series (only 5 of their 28 hits were new IP). Therefore, the main source of innovation today is indie and AA studios.&#8221;<\/p><p>\ud83c\udf93 Why is this important for students of the Department of Economic Cybernetics?<\/p><p>This analytical report is a vivid example of how data research ( Data Analytics ), IT market and economic modeling intersect in real life:<\/p><p>The digital economy opens up endless opportunities for those who can analyze data and see trends before others! \ud83d\ude80\u2728<\/p><p>\ud83d\udcda The material was prepared based on information from GameDev . dou : <a href=\"https:\/\/gamedev.dou.ua\/forums\/topic\/62839\/?from=tg-gamedev&amp;utm_source=telegram&amp;utm_medium=social\" class=\"external external_icon\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/gamedev.dou.ua\/forums\/topic\/62839\/<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\ud83d\udcca Sensor analytics platform Tower, commissioned by GamesIndustry.biz, has published a fresh study of the gaming market for 2026. 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