OREANDA-NEWS   In 2023, the demand for computer game developers in Russia fell sharply. About this with reference to the data hh.ru Kommersant reports.

According to the results of the first half of the year, the number of vacancies for game designers decreased to 4.3 thousand (minus 38 percent). Most of the published job offers were placed by Russian companies (3.1 thousand), while the number of ads from international firms increased by one percent. There are more than 46 resumes per one posted vacancy.

The game development industry after 2022 "has not yet recovered from the shocks," said Vasily Ovchinnikov, head of the Video Game Industry Development Organization. If it is possible to attract additional investments and state support, it will take several years to restore it, the expert predicts.

The reduction in the number of vacancies is due to the unstable position in the market of companies that have not yet worked on major projects, said the HR director of the Lesta Games group of companies (projects "World of Ships", "World of Tanks") Anna Posazhennikova. The reduction in the number of vacancies for game developers in Russia is due to the lack of money and content in the industry, added Vyacheslav Makarov, an independent expert on the gaming market. According to him, vacancies of foreign companies published on hh.ru , posted by developers with "Russian roots" who left the country in 2022 and are now "looking for personnel in the usual market."

As shown by a joint survey of the job search service and staff "Work.<url>" and the GeekBrains educational platform, the majority of Russians would like to change their profession and go into the IT industry (28 percent of respondents). At the same time, only five percent of respondents wanted to become a computer game developer — slightly more than those who want to go into the field of veterinary medicine or fashion (four percent).