The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and the Korea Creative Content Agency (KOCCA) released the 2025 Game User Survey report on the 18th.

The survey is conducted annually to analyze user statistics, supporting the establishment of domestic game industry policies and corporate business strategies, with survey questions updated to reflect the changing game industry and technological environment.

This survey targeted 10,000 gamers aged 10 to 69 across the country who have played games within the last year. It focused on usage status, overall gaming experience, and potential spending capacity to investigate usage patterns and perceptions.

The results show that the gaming participation rate over the past year was 50.2%, a 9.7%p decrease from the previous year, with a five-year compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of -6.8%, indicating a downward trend. The overall game usage rate has shown a decline for three consecutive years after reaching 74.4% in 2022.

Among gamers, the PC game usage rate was 58.1%, an increase of 4.3%p from the previous year, and the console game usage rate was 28.6%, an increase of 1.9%p. Conversely, the mobile game usage rate was 89.1%, a 2.6%p decrease from the previous year.

The primary reason for not playing games was 'lack of time' (44.0%), followed by 'loss of interest in games' (36%), and 'finding alternative leisure activities' (34.9%). Among alternative leisure activities, 'watching videos such as OTT, TV, movies, and animation' (86.3%) was the most common.

Furthermore, the average daily game playtime decreased by 7 minutes on weekdays (171 to 165 minutes) and 1 minute on weekends (253 to 252 minutes), with a smaller decline on weekends. By platform, the average daily PC game playtime was 117.9 minutes on weekdays and 193.4 minutes on weekends, the highest level in the last five years.

On the other hand, mobile game playtime decreased compared to the previous year, averaging 90.9 minutes on weekdays and 116.4 minutes on weekends. For console games, the average daily playtime was 53.4 minutes on weekdays and 103.8 minutes on weekends; while weekday playtime decreased, weekend playtime increased.

Although the overall game usage rate decreased, the reason weekend playtime followed a similar trend to the previous year appears to be the effect of the rise in PC and console game usage.

Experience of harm such as cyberbullying within games was 46.4%, an 8%p decrease from the previous year. Over the past three years, the experience of in-game cyberbullying has shown a downward trend: 56.2% in 2023, 54.4% in 2024, and 46.4% in 2025.

Types of cyberbullying experienced included verbal abuse (38.3%) and sexual discomfort (17.6%). Among them, 57.3% responded that they did not take any action, and 28.7% reported the case to the game company.

Meanwhile, the 2025 Game User Survey report can be found on the official KOCCA website.