Largest official budget of a released video game (development and marketing)

What to remember

Monopoly Go! holds the largest official budget of a released video game: $1,000,000,000, all of it spent on marketing. Adjusted for inflation, the sum comes to 1,026 million in 2025 dollars.

This mobile board game was developed and published by Scopely. It was released on April 11, 2023 for Android and iOS, and is based on the board game by Hasbro.

The case is unusual: its development cost has not been made public, and the marketing spending alone puts it first. Most video game budgets are never disclosed. Among games that cost at least US$50 million, only those with a known budget can be compared, so costlier titles may remain out of sight.