South Korean game developer Netmarble has released its third-quarter 2025 financial results, highlighting strong year-over-year growth despite a sequential decline in profits.
Q3 2025 Performance
- Revenue: KRW 696.0 billion (up 7.5% YoY; down 3.0% quarter-on-quarter)
- Operating profit: KRW 90.9 billion (up 38.8% YoY; down 10.1% QoQ)
- Net profit: KRW 40.6 billion (up 97.1% YoY; down 74.7% QoQ)
For the cumulative first three quarters of 2025, the company recorded:
- Revenue: KRW 20,375 billion
- Operating profit: KRW 241.7 billion
Global Sales Breakdown
Netmarble’s overseas sales for Q3 amounted to KRW 472.6 billion, representing 68% of total revenues. Region-wise sales shares were:
- North America: 34%
- South Korea: 32%
- Europe: 11%
- Southeast Asia: 8%
- Japan: 8%
- Other regions: 7%
Key Drivers & Business Highlights
The company attributes its solid year-on-year revenue and operating profit growth to the successful launch on August 26 of Solo Leveling: ARISE, as well as the sustained performance of Seven Knights Revolution, which was launched in mid-May. As a result of an increasing share of in-house IP and a lower fee ratio on payments, Netmarble achieved an operating margin of 13.1% in the third quarter.
Outlook & Upcoming Titles
Looking ahead, Netmarble is preparing to launch Solo Leveling: ARISE OVERDRIVE in Q4 2025. The company has eight major new titles planned for release in 2026, including:
- The Seven Deadly Sins: Origin
- SOL: enchant
- Magic M御: STAR DIVE
- Solo Leveling: Karma
- EvilBane
- Shangri‑La Frontier: Seven Strongest Species
- Project Octopus
- Also: Stone Age: Nurture
Netmarble CEO Kim Byung‑gyu commented:
“This year, with the successive successes of RF Online Next, Seven Knights Revolution, and Seven Knights, we have once again demonstrated our global market competitiveness.”
“By 2026, through highly-anticipated titles such as The Seven Deadly Sins: Origin and Magic M御: STAR DIVE, we will further strengthen Netmarble’s game competitiveness and continue to deliver differentiated results globally.”
Event Participation
Netmarble will showcase five of its upcoming titles — EvilBane, Solo Leveling: Karma, The Seven Deadly Sins: Origin, Magic M御: STAR DIVE, and SOL: enchant — at the upcoming G‑STAR 2025 expo in Busan, held from November 13.
The above content is compiled by ModeZone, a fashion and entertainment magazine.
