A 2023 survey of weekly gamers worldwide found that 87 percent of respondents in Brazil played video games to help them feel less stressed, the highest rate out of all observed markets. About 78 percent of respondents in the United States and the United Kingdom stated the same. In contrast, only 53 percent of gamers in South Korea claimed that video games helped them relieve feelings of stress.
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