Netmarble aims to join the annual "3 trillion won club" in revenue by releasing eight new titles this year.
On the 10th, according to Netmarble, last year the company's sales on a consolidation basis rose 6.4% from a year earlier to 2.8351 trillion won. Operating profit came to 352.5 billion won, up 63.5% over the same period. Sales hit an all-time high on an annual basis.
Last year's Netmarble results were driven by new titles based on its own intellectual property (IP), including "Vampir" and "Seven Knights Re:BIRTH." In particular, "Seven Knights Re:BIRTH" posted the highest revenue among Netmarble games for two consecutive quarters in the third and fourth quarters last year.
Netmarble had been criticized for high dependence on the mobile platform and external IP, but analysts say portfolio balance is improving as it increases the share of its own IP and diversifies game genres and platforms.
Netmarble plans to continue this momentum with new releases this year. Starting in the first quarter with "Stone Age: Idle" and "The Seven Deadly Sins: Origin," it will roll out a total of eight new titles, including "SOL: enchant," "Monster Taming: Star Dive," "Solo Leveling: Karma," "Shangri-La Frontier: The Seven Strongest Species," "Project Octopus," and "Evilbane."
"Stone Age: Idle," to be unveiled in the first quarter, is a mobile idle game targeting casual users. "The Seven Deadly Sins: Origin" is a major open-world title that reaches console and PC users. Titles slated for the second half also span a range of genres and platforms, from mobile casual action roguelite role-playing games (RPG) to PC and console co-op action.
According to financial information firm FnGuide, Netmarble's annual sales outlook for this year is 3.0485 trillion won, raising the possibility of topping 3 trillion won in revenue for the first time. Choi Seung-ho, a researcher at DS Investment & Securities, said, "Netmarble is transforming into an all-around company, with sales growth, expense reduction, shareholder returns, and a strong pipeline of new titles."