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Layoffs across the game industry totaled roughly 10,500 in 2023 and climbed to nearly 14,800 in 2024 — and per GDC's 2025 State of the Game Industry survey, 41% of developers said they were personally affected by cuts that year, up from 35% the year before. That's two years of the industry resetting its scale after a decade of aggressive growth and pandemic-era overexpansion. The practical result for studios: budgets are tighter, investors are more cautious, and maintaining a