Gaming’s Cheating Crisis Report

Written By Andrei Carpen

PlaySafe ID commissioned an independent study by Atomik Research in August 2025:
Gaming’s Cheating Crisis Report - The Impact on Players and Profit.

The findings were incredible with 80% of gamers encountering cheaters, 55% either reduced or stopped spending because of cheating, and shockingly 73% of players said they would verify themselves if it meant cheaters could be kept out of their games.

The really interesting point about this study was the demographic: Even split of USA and UK, male and female, across ages, and also across games played. This wasn’t just young men playing FPS games. This was all people across all types of games, and they all felt the same way about cheating in games.

You can read the full report below (embedded).