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Top 86 Gaming genres in South Korea

This curated ranking covers the 86 largest gaming genres in South Korea, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Video games, Online games and Mobile game lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 11M people. Across all 86 entries the average audience size is 683k, and the largest, Video games, reaches around 4.5M people in South Korea. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in South Korea who actively engage with each gaming genre, derived from search demand signals. Rankings reflect search-behavior signals collected across South Korea 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 South Korea who actively engage with this audience, derived from anonymized search-behavior signals.

Country share

Share of the global audience that is active in South Korea. 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 South Korea, 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 South Korea. 50% is gender-balanced; values above mean female-skewed, below mean male-skewed.

Ranking

Rank Audience Audience size Avg age Female share Subtype
26 Casual game 755k 32.3 46.3% Gaming genre
27 Casino games 720k 32.8 33.8% Gaming genre
28 Collectible card game 674k 29.3 39.8% Gaming genre
29 Turn-based strategy 669k 29.9 30.6% Gaming genre
30 Retrogaming 631k 28.4 36.2% Gaming genre
31 Arcade game 582k 30.3 29.0% Gaming genre
32 Massively multiplayer online real-time strategy game 549k 28.2 42.4% Gaming genre
33 Multiplayer online battle arena 517k 27.8 21.1% Gaming genre
34 Platform game 512k 28.9 28.4% Gaming genre
35 Fighting game 356k 29.6 31.4% Gaming genre
36 Tower defense 273k 31.2 20.5% Gaming genre
37 Life simulation game 271k 29.8 58.3% Gaming genre
38 Sweepstakes 259k 35.9 41.5% Gaming genre
39 Online gambling 244k 35.0 24.6% Gaming genre
40 City-building game 236k 32.3 43.3% Gaming genre
41 Vehicle simulation game 227k 32.9 24.6% Gaming genre
42 Third-person shooter 180k 30.5 26.9% Gaming genre
43 Slot machine 175k 33.6 30.5% Gaming genre
44 Miniature wargaming 175k 33.7 27.3% Gaming genre
45 Open world 147k 27.5 8.3% Gaming genre
46 Player versus player 142k 26.1 13.1% Gaming genre
47 Flight simulator 134k 35.4 27.4% Gaming genre
48 Tactical shooter 88k 31.2 14.0% Gaming genre
49 Multiplayer online game 88k 30.3 7.9% Gaming genre
50 Console game 88k 33.6 13.6% Gaming genre

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Frequently asked questions

How is this Top 86 list compiled?

Rascasse aggregates anonymized search-behavior signals across South Korea 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 South Korea?

Video games currently leads with an estimated audience of 4.5M people in South Korea.

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