By Sagar V. Mankar 
Unity has initiated another round of staff reductions, notably dismantling the entire Unity Behavior development team along with cuts across other departments. This development comes just months after the company’s major workforce reduction in 2024.
The news first came to light through a forum post by Shanee Nishry, a Unity veteran of five years, who shared that her team’s layoff resulted in the immediate termination of the Unity Behavior project. The tool, which was being developed to help create behaviors for non-player characters (NPCs) and objects, will no longer receive support. Nishry expressed hope about potentially open-sourcing the project, though she noted there are no guarantees of this happening.
The impact of these layoffs appears to extend beyond the Behavior team. According to Insider Gaming, several other Unity employees, including senior software developer Coline Turquin, have also confirmed their departures through social media posts. Unity has not yet released an official statement regarding this latest round of workforce reductions.
This new wave of layoffs follows Unity’s significant restructuring in 2024, which saw approximately 1,800 employees let go, costing the company around $205 million. The move reflects broader challenges facing the gaming industry as a whole.
The gaming sector has been experiencing widespread turbulence since 2024, with industry tracking data showing nearly 16,000 professionals losing their jobs across more than 160 companies. According to GDC, nearly 1 out of 10 game developers were affected by these layoffs. The situation hasn’t improved in early 2025, as Obsidian.md layoffs tracker indicates that over 800 gaming industry professionals from 26 companies have already been affected by layoffs in just the first 40 days of the year.
The industry has also witnessed multiple studio closures in 2025, including Freejam, Toadman Interactive, Ubisoft Leamington, and Midnight Society. Major companies like Rocksteady, Microsoft, BioWare, Reflector Entertainment, Huuuge Games, Moon Active, Iron Galaxy, HiRez Studios, and Sumo Digital Ltd. have all announced staff reductions recently.