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2021 Predictions #1 Puzzle Games Becomes the Top Grossing Genre on Mobile

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Laura Taranto has 12 years experience in casual games and is a product advisor and puzzle game aficionado. Thankfully, your faithful crew at DoF are here to try and help you make sense of it, well, at least the very specific part of it related to puzzle games. Mat Baker has been making mobile games for 15 years. It made $5.1

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The State of the Mobile Games Market in 2023

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Overall, in the key Western markets, MMORPGs, Roguelikes, Merge and Puzzle genres largely bucked the recession in terms of revenue. At the same time, cross-platform open-world RPG Genshin Impact continues to break new ground, crossing its $3 Billion in IAP Spend in Q2 2022. Until next week. ?

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What are AAA Games and Mobile Games?

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Now that’s where the “triple A” concept comes in, and the concept is simple: time, money, and resources. Games with expensive advertising campaigns. On Android and other mobile devices, you may play a variety of fantastic games ranging from puzzles to adventure. Games that require a large budget.

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2021 Predictions #2 Will the Hypercasual Party Ever Stop???

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This is in line with the current rise in popularity of games with the equally satisfying Merge mechanic in the puzzle genre. On the other hand, this low entry barrier is what drove the growth of the genre as publishers advertise within each other's games to scale their titles. Historical lack of staying power.

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Can Hay Day Pop Solve the Puzzle?

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A bold move for Supercell, going against giants that continue to rule the casual puzzle space. Playing levels awards stars , which are used to earn coins in the Puzzle Pass. Looking at the market, there have been plenty of combinations of Puzzle Core + Invest & Express hybrid games attempted. The Twist: The Puzzle Pass.

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Game and UA Teams That Work Together, Grow Together

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This article is the last and, the most important piece of the “scaling” puzzle focusing on the nothing less than the game that is being promoted and the teams that are promoting it. They were also one of the first companies to run puzzle ads at scale, that are now used by pretty much every larger advertiser in the space.

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2021 Predictions #6 Casino Games on Mobile Post Lockdowns and IDFA Depreciation

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Hub worlds are coming In addition to trying to acquire properties in other genres, apps will likely try to appeal to players from other genres, particularly puzzle and casual , with popular features like explorable hub worlds, homes, and other custom design areas. This will allow them to hold on to their existing player base.

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