Most popular mobile esports games 2020, by number of downloads

In 2020, the battle royal game Garena Free Fire reigned as the most downloaded eSports game in Vietnam, at over 18.2 million downloads. This was followed by Arena of Valor and PUBG Mobile, at respectively 14.65 and 9.58 million downloads. Garena – the Singaporean-based publisher of Garena Free, alongside VNG, one of Vietnam’s leading game publishers, dominated the country’s mobile eSports market with the highest numbers of game downloads that year. Vietnam’s booming gaming industry As of 2021, Vietnam is among the countries with the highest gaming penetration rate, with a gaming reach of over 91 percent. In that year, the revenue of the Vietnamese video game market reached 280 million U.S. dollars, with the largest share attributable to the mobile game segment. Vietnam’s dynamic video gaming industry is anticipated to thrive even more in the years to come, grossing approximately 516 million U.S. dollars by 2026. The future of esportsOn par with Vietnam’s casual gaming scene, the Vietnamese eSports industry has been witnessing substantial growth for the last few years, with rapidly increasing numbers of both eSports players and viewers. Vietnam is one of the countries with the highest number of active eSports players, recording 452 competitive players as of 2020. With the COVID-19 pandemic spurring compulsory lockdowns and social distancing, more and more people are turning to video games in general and eSports in particular, thus driving increased investments in the global eSports industry.

2020年，竞技皇家游戏《Garena Free Fire》在越南下载量最高，超过1820万次下载，荣登最热门电子竞技游戏。紧随其后的是《Arena of Valor》和《PUBG Mobile》，分别有1465万和958万次下载。新加坡游戏发行商Garena——Garena Free的出版商，以及越南领先的游戏发行商VNG，凭借当年最高的游戏下载量，在越南移动电子竞技市场中占据主导地位。越南蓬勃发展的游戏产业截至2021年，越南已成为全球游戏渗透率最高的国家之一，游戏覆盖率超过91%。当年，越南电子游戏市场的收入达到2.8亿美元，其中最大份额归因于移动游戏细分市场。预计越南动态的视频游戏产业在未来几年将更加繁荣，到2026年，其总收入预计将达到5.16亿美元。电子竞技的未来与越南的休闲游戏场景相媲美，越南电子竞技产业在过去几年中经历了显著的增长，电子竞技选手和观众的数量都在快速增长。越南是拥有最多活跃电子竞技选手的国家之一，截至2020年，记录了452名竞技选手。随着COVID-19大流行引发强制性封锁和社交距离，越来越多的人转向视频游戏，尤其是电子竞技，从而推动了对全球电子竞技产业的增加投资。