With the expansion of the gaming industry came the expansion of 3D games, or what most people refer to as blocky games.Īs of 2021, Minecraft, the most well-known 3D game, had nearly 140 million monthly active users.Įven though it was first released in 2011, its popularity skyrocketed in 2020, with numerous gamers streaming it online. In a research report released by Superdata, the gaming industry grew by 12 percent year over year in 2020, with video games seeing exponential growth. If I were to say that in the past two years the whole dynamics of the video game industry changed I would not be entirely wrong.īecause when the pandemic dawned upon us and we were forced to stay indoors many people turned to video games for their social and entertainment refuge.