Saudi Arabia’s online game business is increasing quickly, with imports of gaming consoles surpassing 2.4m models in 2024 and 2025, in keeping with the Zakat, Tax and Customs Authority.
In 2024 alone, greater than 1.7m consoles had been introduced into the Kingdom, whereas 684,489 models have been imported to this point in 2025.
The highest suppliers had been China, Japan, and america.
Saudi video games console growth
The Saudi Web Report 2024, launched by the Communications, House and Expertise Fee, highlighted an 88 per cent enchancment in response time for fashionable on-line video games, alongside robust digital infrastructure progress.
Sensible units stay probably the most broadly used gaming platform (24.2 per cent of customers), intently adopted by PlayStation (23.8 per cent). PlayStation dominates amongst gamers aged 10–19, whereas older demographics want cellular gaming.
Whiteout Survival, Roblox, and Subway Surfers ranked as probably the most downloaded cellular video games.
The Kingdom’s gaming ambitions are additional showcased by the Esports World Cup, happening in Riyadh till August 24. The occasion options greater than 2,000 gamers from greater than 100 international locations, competing for prizes value greater than $70m, cementing Saudi Arabia’s place as a worldwide hub for gaming and esports.
