DayZ and Arma studio Bohemia Interactive has reported an "extremely successful 2024", contrasting against what the Czech studio calls the "global stagnation" of the gaming industry at large.
In a press release, Bohemia says its revenue jumped 34% in 2024, reaching a total of $60.8 million. The company managed to sell 4.85 million copies of its games across PC and consoles last year, with player numbers hitting 17 million around the world.
According to Bohemia, 99% of those sales came from "abroad" rather than from its native Czech Republic, with the US enjoying a 42% market share. Bohemia also reports "significant growth" in Ukraine, which saw player numbers doubling year-on year, and points to Brazil as a market of "growing importance".
Bohemia co-founder Slavomír Pavlíček says 2024 "exceeded all our expectations" and that Arma Reforger, which launched on PS5 in December last year, "currently has no competition in its genre" on Sony's platform, which contributed to Bohemia's success.
The studio also says that fans can look forward to "interesting game surprises" over the coming year, including the "intensive development" of Arma 4, which is now expected to launch sometime in 2027.
More games under the Bohemia Incubator program, through which Bohemia gives smaller teams funding and publishing support for their games, will also be introduced this year, with action platformer Brute Horse and sandbox RPG SkyVerse both on Bohemia's 2024 infographic.
The "global stagnation" of which Bohemia speaks has seen a lot of game studios caught up in its field, with major studios like Microsoft, Sony, and Take-Two laying off staff members, shutting down studios, and even canceling live service games shortly after release in 2024.
It's fair to say that Bohemia's growth certainly goes against the grain in that regard, although given the eye-watering cash some of these companies' C-suites took home for themselves last year and the year before, I'd question whether those decisions were, in fact, made due to industry trends.
In any case, we'll bring you more on what Bohemia Interactive gets up to in 2025 as and when we get it, so stay tuned for that.
