Ahead of the Game Developer’s Conference (GDC) in March, the organization behind the event released its latest annual survey of creators on the state of the industry. The feedback showed that gaming has been rocked by layoffs over the last 12 months, but also pointed to some silver linings for its growth and future heading into 2025.

It's a difficult time to be a developer these days, according to GDC's 2025 State of the Game Industry report.

One in 10 game developers lost their job in 2024. That’s according to the results of the annual Game Developers Conference state of the video game survey. The survey sampled over 3,000 developers and covered a number of topics including industry layoffs and what kind of games developers are working on.

A recent GDC survey exposes how 41% of game developers feel impacted by recent layoffs, among other surprising statistics from this last year.