Archive · 16 Aug 2025
India's Online Gaming Market: Billions Spent, Says CEA
The Indian government's Chief Economic Advisor, Nageswaran, said that people in India spend a lot of money, about Rs 10,000 crore each month, on playing online games.
This information came from data that shows how much money people send through UPI, a way of making payments.
Between April and July, people spent over Rs 40,000 crore on these games.
Although, some worry about addiction and financial losses, India's online gaming market is growing quickly.
The average amount spent per transaction also increased recently.
CEA Nageswaran states Indians spend Rs 10,000 crore monthly on online games via UPI.
UPI payments on digital games totaled Rs 40,992 crore between April and July 2025-26.
Online game spending accounted for 1.5% of all person-to-merchant UPI payments.
Average UPI transaction size for online games increased from Rs 208 in April to Rs 287 in July.
India's online gaming market is projected to reach Rs 66,000 crore by 2028.
- Who
- Chief Economic Advisor Nageswaran and the NPCI
- What
- Indians spend billions of rupees on online games.
- When
- Data released covers the period of April to July 2025-26
- Where
- India
- Why
- To highlight the substantial and growing spending on online games.
Concerns about the Impact of Online Gaming
Economic Growth of Online Gaming
Impact of Gaming
Concerns about the Impact of Online Gaming
Some see games, particularly mobile games, as similar to gambling, raising concerns about addiction and financial losses.
Economic Growth of Online Gaming
The article primarily focuses on the economic impact and does not explicitly state opposing views.
- Monthly online gaming spend (UPI)
- Rs 10,000 crore
- UPI spending on digital games (April-July)
- Rs 40,992 crore
- Percentage of UPI payments on games
- 1.5%
- Average transaction size (April)
- Rs 208
- Average transaction size (July)
- Rs 287
- Projected online gaming market (2028)
- Rs 66,000 crore