Lumikai, India’s pioneering gaming and interactive media VC fund, launched new client analysis from its ‘State of India Gaming Report 2022’, in collaboration with Amazon Web Services (AWS).

The new analysis is essentially the most complete major research on Indian players ever performed by surveying over 2,240 smartphone customers throughout a number of demographics and geographics.

India’s gamer demographics reveal a variety of play types and geographies

98% play video games on smartphones, with 23% enjoying on PCs/laptops and 14% on gaming consoles.

56% of players surveyed got here from non-metros, whereas midc0re and hardcore classes present the best share of metros customers at 53% and 59% respectively. 60% of players surveyed had been males, with 40% being girls. Relaxation is the highest motivator for players with over 50%, adopted by making a living (13%), killing time (12%), and socializing (11%).

Indian players spent on common 8.5-11 hours per week on gaming, girls greater than males

Indian players spent a mean of 8.5- 11 hours per week on gaming, with girls on common spending extra time per week enjoying video games (11.2 hours/week) as in comparison with males (10.2 hours/week). Average time spent per week is highest in mid-core (3.4 hours/week; an instance of a mid-core Game – is BGMI, Clash of Clans) adopted by hardcore and actual cash video games (RMG) (3.3 hours/week; examples of hardcore video games – DOTA 2, Genshin Impact).

The survey revealed that 48% of non-gamers selected informal video games (examples of informal video games – Ludo King, Candy Crush) as their most most well-liked recreation class to play sooner or later, with 35% of players acknowledging that they’ve elevated their time spent gaming within the final 12 months.

What drives paying players to make purchases?

The report highlights that 64% of paying players make in-app purchases, adopted by subscription funds at 57%. 59% of payers have began paying for video games within the final 12 months. The development additional reveals that fifty% of paying players are prepared to pay for informal video games, adopted by 48% for mid-core and 39% for hyper-casual and RMG. Though 45% of paying players are incentivized by the potential to generate profits, willingness to pay can also be pushed by new content material/ranges (43%) and higher in-game objects (44%).

Play Indian: 80% of Indian players are eager on Indian-themed video games

An attention-grabbing spotlight of the report is that within the Indian gaming neighborhood, Indian-themed video video games are rising in popularity. 82% of players are excited about enjoying video games primarily based on Indian mythology, and even 43% of non-gamers are extra inclined to start out gaming if video games are primarily based on Indian themes like Ramayana. 79% of players are excited about enjoying video games primarily based on Indian themes and historical past, whereas 78% players are excited about enjoying video games primarily based on Indian celebrities.

E-sports business in India: The emergence of a gaming colossus

The report highlights that the Indian e-sports business grew to $40 million in 2022 and is predicted to succeed in $140 million by 2027 at a CAGR of 32%. The variety of e-sports gamers in India grew 4x from 0.15 million in 2021 to 0.6 million in 2022, and is predicted to develop 2.5x over the subsequent 5 years to succeed in 1.5 million by 2027. E-sports income at $0.04 billion is a small phase at the moment however is quick rising at 32% CAGR by means of to 2027.

Amitabh Nagpal, Head of Startup Ecosystem, AWS India (Amazon Web Services India Pvt. Ltd.) stated, “Gaming has emerged as one of the most engaging forms of entertainment today. Startups are at the forefront of the rapid growth of the Indian gaming industry, and use cloud technologies to build, run and grow their games. AWS provides Indian gaming startups with the services and solutions they need to develop high performance games, across all categories. AWS is designed to help gaming startups provide a seamless gameplay experience to their users by delivering single-digit millisecond latencies. Using the broadest and deepest capabilities of cloud, AWS enables Indian gaming startups to deliver and scale the next generation gaming experience to millions of users worldwide.”

Justin Shriram Keeling, Founding General Partner,Lumikai stated, “As India’s most active early-stage gaming investor, Lumikai’s mission is to shine a light on the opportunities in the sector. Today, we are announcing highlights from the most comprehensive survey of Indian gamers undertaken, which show a diverse market maturing faster than expected across key vectors. Indians download more games than any other country on earth, and this is translating to a host of white spaces on the consumer demand side including a largely young, professional gamer category who are increasingly paying for in-app purchases, an untapped audience of female gamers, and strong interest in games with Indian cultural resonance. It’s truly an exciting time to be building for India’s wide variety of gaming demographics.”