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In-game advertising refers to ads that appear inside video games, from billboards along a racetrack to short videos players choose to watch in exchange for a reward. Because in-game leverages digital audience data and programmatic ad placements, you're able to precisely choose the audiences you want to reach and accurately track how your campaign performs.

In-game advertising works best as part of a broader digital marketing strategy spanning multiple digital channels, including over-the-top, digital out-of-home, streaming audio, and more.

What Is In-Game Advertising?

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Reach Gamers Across Today's Most Played Titles

Reach highly engaged players across mobile, PC, and gaming metaverses. These rich formats complement gameplay, producing a more positive experience that builds brand affinity.

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Earn Attention Without Interrupting

In-game formats run alongside gameplay rather than pausing it, so your brand earns attention while the player stays inside the experience.

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Measure What Gameplay Delivered

In-game campaigns report on delivery, audience reached, and connect the dots to any conversions that resulted.

Our Full-Funnel Approach Drives a 200%+ Increase in Conversions

In-game advertising is one part of a full-funnel campaign approach that reaches your audience at every point of their day and primes them to make a purchase. We help you target buyers across all media channels to maximize conversions and prove the value of your media spend.

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In-Game Ad Formats

Select from a variety of in-game ad formats.

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Rewarded Videos

Offer players valuable in-game rewards, from extra lives to currency and special items, in exchange for watching a short video ad. This format delivers high engagement and completion rates because players choose to watch.

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Billboards

Place your brand front and center with high-visibility placements like stadium signage, racetrack banners, and roadside billboards. These scalable formats mirror real-world out-of-home and are designed to be noticed while gameplay continues.

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Native Elements

Integrate your brand into the game world with contextual placements like branded storefronts, in-game products, and environmental props. These subtle touchpoints feel like part of the experience, enhancing immersion and brand recall.

Our In-Game Advertising Services

We take care of everything that goes into in-game advertising, eliminating the burden on your team.

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Omnichannel Digital Media Strategy

We create a full-funnel digital media strategy that follows your audience and captures their attention when they’re ready to buy.

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Precise Targeting

We use hyper-specific campaign parameters to put your ads in front of the buyers most likely to become customers.

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Customized Attribution that Proves ROI

We build one powerful dashboard that brings together every digital channel and tracks the metrics that matter most to you.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is in-game advertising?

In-game advertising refers to ads that appear inside video games, either woven into the game environment or offered to players as a short video in exchange for a reward. Campaigns are bought through the same digital systems as any other programmatic channel, so the audience is chosen from data and the results are measured against business outcomes.

How is in-game advertising targeted?

In-game campaigns are targeted by location and by audience attributes like demographics and buying behavior, rather than by title alone. Campaigns can also be matched to game genre and to the device someone plays on, so your ads reach the buyers you defined wherever they are playing.

How does in-game advertising fit into a full-funnel media strategy?

Running in-game against the same audience definition as the rest of your campaign allows the same person to encounter your brand in a new setting where they’ll feel minimal disruption.

What formats does in-game advertising use?

Three formats cover most campaigns. Rewarded videos give players an in-game benefit for watching. Billboards place your brand on signage inside the game world. Native elements build your brand into the environment itself as products, storefronts, or props.

Do in-game ads interrupt gameplay?

No. In-game formats are built to run without pausing play. Signage and native placements sit inside the game world the way real-world advertising sits inside a stadium, and rewarded video is offered rather than forced, which is why players choose to watch it.

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Turn Your Media Budget Into Growth You Can Prove

Strategus clients running coordinated programmatic campaigns see conversion lifts above 200%. We design the strategy and manage every channel, then show you what the spend produced.

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