Overwolf, a platform for user-generated content (UGC) in gaming, has revealed it paid $240 million to in-game creators in 2024, representing a 19% increase on the $201 million it passed out to its community in 2023.
The company credited its year-on-year success to its creators, including mod developers, in-game app designers, and website private server operators for major titles such as Valorant, League of Legends, Fortnite, Dota 2, World of Warcraft, Rainbow Six Siege, and Minecraft.
Overwolf, which acquired ad tech company NitroPay for an eight-figure sum in May–and doubled its audience to over 100 million unique monthly players in the process–now supports 1,500 games and 178,000 creatives, with popular apps including Porofessor, Facecheck, R6Tracker, TFTactics, Buff, and Outplayed.
The main successes come from the improved user interface programs “Tex” Dielhof for Diablo IV and Baldur’s Gate 3, and Matt Hawkins’ Tracking Network, which achieved 10 million users registered between its website. statistics and programs at stake.
Private servers monetize their platforms through game stores. Grand Theft Auto V’s Drikuk server, which combines elements of role-playing and casual play, has grown its user base to more than 24,000 members under Tebex, which Overwolf acquired in 2022. Gaming-focused internet sites like Maxroll. gg continue to provide tools. guides and resources. For games like Diablo IV and Path of Exile 2, while Valorant. GG serves esports communities, with millions of users per month.
Premium mods, in particular, constitute one of the biggest expansion spaces for Overwolf, with 46 of them generating more than $3 million in revenue. They are priced between $2 and $10 and MOD authors earn at least 50% of the profits generated. Streaming ads, which go through compliance checks to disrupt the game, will offer creators 70% of advertising revenue, with Overwolf retaining 30%.
Through Cursorge, which offers more than 500,000 game mods from 134,000 authors, Overwolf connects with specialized gaming teams like those who play Ark: Survival is mounted, in which the Arca Primal Nemesis Mod, purchased more than 45,000 times , brought more than 1,000 dinosaurs to the name Tradition Dinosaurs.
In June 2024, the Power Rangers franchise debuted in ARK: Survival Ascended with the ARK x Power Rangers Premium Mod, developed by UGC game studio and publisher Look North World, grossing over $350,000.
Uri Marchand, Executive Director of Overwolf, said: “Our North Star are payments to the authors: how much we have helped win the authors. We are proud to have paid more than 240 million dollars to the authors only in 2024. We are Excited to see more primary and IP studies that UGC will adopt in 2025 and beyond, unlocking opportunities for both authors and players. “
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