Just How Popular Is GameMaker?
June 6, 2014
Ever wondered how popular GameMaker is? We’ve collected various statistics from recent press releases and media to answer that question.
- There have been 5+ million downloads across all versions of GameMaker since 2007 when YoYo Games acquired the software
- GameMaker Studio has been downloaded approximately 2 million times since it launched in 2012
- GameMaker is used by 1.2+ million active developers each month
- The free version of GameMaker is downloaded 3000+ times a day
- GameMaker has a current run rate of 1.5+ million users per year
- There are 145,000+ registered GameMaker community members
- GameMaker turns 15 years old later this year
That’s some interesting stats. Pretty impressive to be honest.