Top 3 the most popular video games in South Korea

In South Korea, Video Games is one of the major social activities - locally developed MMORPG gamesand role-playing games have been proven very common in this country. The competition surrounding video games enjoy a significant following in South Korea - the real time strategy games are usually broadcast on TV and have a valuable prizes available.


According to the survey, the South Korean gaming market is worth over $9.16 billion. And if you come to South Korea, one thing you will surprised are thousand of computer cafes (public PC gaming rooms) in every small streets and towns. So, it is true to state that South Korea is the world’s leader in video games sells and in the time Korean spent for video games.

In South Korea, there are lots of national and internation video games, but the most popular ones are:

1. Kart Rider - The most popular video game in South Korea

Crazy Racing Kart Rider (크레이지레이싱 카트라이더) is one of the online multiplayer racing games servicing at Nexon. This play was belongs to the Crazy Arcade Franchise. Kart Rider is not only a feature fictitious fantasy vehicle, but also branded game model basing on a real life cars, innovated from collaboration with BMW Korea companies.

Currently, it is about 25% South Koreans are playing this video game, so it is proud to stay in the top of the most popular games in South Korea.

2. World Of Warcraft - One of the most popular video games in South Korea

If you travel to South Korea and come a computer cafe, you will see at least one gamers who are playing World Of Warcraft. Improved by Blizzard Entertainment, this video game is a multi player online role playing game or an MMORPG game. Furthermore, World Of Warcraft charged for online credits instead of having to sell the software.

3. StarCraft - The most popular video game in South Korea of all time

This video game had introduced since the year 2000, but it still have a large number of game players in South Korea. Moreover, South Korean have TV networks which broadcast video games, with StarCraft being the most popular games watched and broadcasted in South Korean.