Role-Playing Games Revenue and Usage Statistics (2023) - Business of Apps

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Last updated 14 abril 2025

Role-Playing Games Revenue and Usage Statistics (2023) - Business of Apps

Mobile role-playing games (RPGs) share much of their mechanics with traditional tabletop role-playing games, such as Dungeons and Dragons and Call of Cthulhu. In both forms, players are able to explore game worlds while completing quests, battling opponents and evolving their characters. Taking inspiration from tabletop, as well as wargames, simulation games, and historic literature, role-playing video games emerged on mainframe computers in the 1970s. These were mostly loose adaptations of Dungeons and Dragons. Early console games were more story-based than computer releases and a number of widely popular games were launched, including the Legend of Zelda and Final Fantasy. As technology evolved multiplayer modes became possible and expanded further with internet access. Massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPGs) are now common and games such