Gamedev DOU surveyed Ukrainian game developers to get an idea of their experience, positions, and salaries. Ukrainian game development is predominantly male, and the average age of survey participants is 26-30 years old.
Gamedev DOU surveyed Ukrainian game developers to get an idea of their experience, positions, and salaries. Ukrainian game development is predominantly male, and the average age of survey participants is 26-30 years old.
As Gamedev DOU notes, the oldest video game developer surveyed was 53 years old, and the youngest was 18. Of the 900 survey participants, 70% were men and only 30% were women.
Over 80% of developers live in large cities — most often in Kyiv, Lviv, and Dnipropetrovsk regions.
By profession, almost a third are Software Engineering (31.2%). About 16% work as testers and artists and animators, and another 10% are game designers.
The highest salaries in Ukrainian game development are earned by C-level representatives, and the lowest by technical support:
AIT developers who earn around $1,400 are mostly dissatisfied with their salaries, while most of those who earn around $2,000 are satisfied with such compensation. Interestingly, among developers with salaries over $3,000, only 26% are satisfied with their compensation.
As noted in the study, almost half of Ukrainian video game developers did not face overtime, and about 27% indicated that the company compensated for overtime, at least partially.
Recall that the European Game Developers Federation (EGDF), which represents over 2,500 game studios, published an appeal due to the change in US policy towards Ukraine. It emphasizes that the EU should add the gaming industry to its sphere of support for Ukrainians.
Previously, dev.ua spoke with Hologryph studio head Maksym Khrapai about development challenges, the delayed release of SAND, gameplay features, and how the team is preparing for the game’s early access release.
