IDC 2025H2 Cloud Gaming Report Released: Tencent Cloud Leads in Usage Volume, Secures Dual Leadership Position in China and Globally

On April 15, 2026, International Data Corporation (IDC) released the China Cloud Gaming Market Tracker, H2 2025 report. Authoritative data shows that Tencent Cloud continues to rank first in China’s cloud gaming market in terms of usage volume, and takes the lead in core segments including cloud gaming infrastructure, cloud gaming access coverage, and game resource download and distribution. Its CDN revenue has ranked first in the industry for five consecutive years.

As the preferred cloud provider for 98% of China’s top game companies and over 95% of leading globalized game publishers, Tencent Cloud has become a core technology partner for industry leaders such as 37 Interactive, Perfect World, Kuro Game, Xishanju, Lilith Games, Giant Network, Shengqu Games, Zlong Games, and Thunder Fire Games. It provides in-depth coverage across the entire chain: game development, version iteration, global launch, and overseas operation.

In the global authoritative report Omdia 2025 Cloud Gaming Platform Market Radar, Tencent Cloud successfully entered the Leaders quadrant as the only Chinese cloud service provider in this category, ranking alongside AWS, Google, and Microsoft in the world’s top tier. This marks China’s cloud gaming technology has officially entered the global leading league.

1. Market Position: Sustained No.1 in Usage Volume, Full Leadership in Segmented Sectors

With profound gaming ecosystem and technological accumulation, Tencent Cloud has built an unshakable leading edge in cloud gaming:

1. Five consecutive years of No.1 usage volume: It has maintained the top position in China’s cloud gaming market by usage volume from 2021 to 2025.
2. Full coverage in segmented fields: It leads in usage volume for cloud gaming infrastructure, cloud gaming access coverage, and game resource distribution, with CDN revenue ranking first for five straight years.
3. Leading customer coverage: It serves the vast majority of top game developers and globalized game publishers in China, supporting their digital transformation and global expansion.

2. Technological Strength: AI+ Full-Process Solutions Reshape Game Development

Leveraging self-developed gaming AI capabilities and Tencent Games’ years of practical experience, Tencent Cloud has built a full-process technical support system covering creative conception, art production, R&D and testing, publishing and launch, and operational growth, making AI a new engine for game development.

• Empowered by Hunyuan Large Model: It helped Giant Network create AI-powered gameplay in Supernatural Task Force, using ASR, voice matching, and TTS voice cloning to achieve highly realistic AI-human auditory interaction and greatly enhance immersion.
• Breakthrough in dynamic lighting technology: It built a 24-hour day-night dynamic global lighting system for Luoke Wang Guo·World, ensuring consistent visual quality across mobile and PC while resolving pain points such as slow iteration and high storage pressure in traditional lighting baking.
• Elastic computing and security protection: It supported Shengqu Games’ Dragon Nest Worldwith second-scale scaling during peak hours and lossless downsizing during off-peak periods. With over 3,200 edge nodes worldwide, TB-level bandwidth, DDoS protection, and ACE anti-cheat capabilities, the game ranked among the Top 10 best-selling lists shortly after launch.
• Secure acceleration for global publishing: For the global launch of Delta Force, it built a full-link protection system with EdgeOne’s integrated security and acceleration, efficiently managing massive connections, defending against hundreds of DDoS attacks, and ensuring a smooth experience for global players.

3. Global Layout: The Only Chinese Provider Leading Cloud Gaming Globalization

As the only Chinese cloud provider certified as a global leader in cloud gaming platforms, Tencent Cloud has built a worldwide computing and acceleration network, providing stable, efficient, and secure infrastructure support for Chinese games going global.

Tencent Cloud’s globalized gaming services cover major markets worldwide. With low latency, high availability, and strong security, it has become the preferred technical foundation for Chinese games going global, continuously enhancing the global competitiveness of China’s gaming industry.

Conclusion

From sustained No.1 in domestic usage volume to being the sole Chinese representative in the global Leaders quadrant, Tencent Cloud has redefined cloud gaming service standards through technological innovation and ecosystem cultivation.In the future, with the deep integration of AI and cloud computing, Tencent Cloud will continue to unleash technological potential, help developers unlock creativity and improve efficiency, and drive the Chinese gaming industry toward higher-quality global development.