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Top 86 Gaming genres in Germany

This curated ranking covers the 86 largest gaming genres in Germany, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Video games, Mobile game and Online games lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 34M people. Across all 86 entries the average audience size is 1.8M, and the largest, Video games, reaches around 16M people in Germany. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in Germany who actively engage with each gaming genre, derived from search demand signals. Rankings reflect search-behavior signals collected across Germany and are refreshed weekly.

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Rank

Position in the Top 86, sorted by audience size from largest to smallest. Updated weekly.

Audience size

Estimated number of unique people in Germany who actively engage with this audience, derived from anonymized search-behavior signals.

Country share

Share of the global audience that is active in Germany. A higher value means the audience is more locally concentrated here.

Avg age

Average age in years across the people who engage with this audience in Germany, derived from anonymized search-behavior signals. A dash means demographic data is not yet available.

Female share

Share of women among the people who engage with this audience in Germany. 50% is gender-balanced; values above mean female-skewed, below mean male-skewed.

Ranking

Rank Audience Audience size Avg age Female share Subtype
1 Video games 16M 37.3 43.2% Gaming genre
2 Mobile game 9.3M 38.5 44.2% Gaming genre
3 Online games 8.9M 36.8 40.5% Gaming genre
4 Adventure game 8.1M 37.0 43.7% Gaming genre
5 First-person shooter games 6.7M 34.0 40.8% Gaming genre
6 Action games 6.5M 36.9 39.9% Gaming genre
7 Role-playing games 5.7M 33.2 34.0% Gaming genre
8 Puzzle video games 5.3M 41.4 54.0% Gaming genre
9 Card games 4.8M 36.9 42.8% Gaming genre
10 Board games 4.3M 36.5 43.6% Gaming genre
11 Massively multiplayer online games 4.2M 32.8 26.1% Gaming genre
12 Real-time strategy 3.9M 37.0 39.9% Gaming genre
13 Massively multiplayer online role-playing games 3.9M 33.4 29.3% Gaming genre
14 Strategy games 3.8M 35.8 32.2% Gaming genre
15 Action-adventure game 3.6M 29.4 31.8% Gaming genre
16 Online poker 3.1M 41.5 36.4% Gaming genre
17 Tabletop game 3.1M 32.2 36.0% Gaming genre
18 Action role-playing game 3M 28.6 29.3% Gaming genre
19 Flight simulator 3M 44.3 51.0% Gaming genre
20 Sports games 2.8M 36.5 26.7% Gaming genre
21 Racing games 2.8M 35.8 20.6% Gaming genre
22 Simulation games 2.6M 35.1 40.3% Gaming genre
23 Retrogaming 2.3M 31.9 33.2% Gaming genre
24 Sweepstakes 2.3M 39.4 58.8% Gaming genre
25 Tabletop role-playing game 2.3M 31.6 35.5% Gaming genre

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Frequently asked questions

How is this Top 86 list compiled?

Rascasse aggregates anonymized search-behavior signals across Germany and ranks each gaming genre by its estimated audience size. Only entries with at least 5 measured entities are listed.

How often is the list updated?

The ranking is refreshed weekly from the latest search-behavior data and re-published as a static page.

What is the largest gaming genre in Germany?

Video games currently leads with an estimated audience of 16M people in Germany.

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