Deconstructor of Fun

JANUARY 31, 2022

An essential data platform for all mobile gaming studios. In this analysis, data from China, Korea, and Japan are excluded as this analysis focuses on Western markets only. This is because we don’t want to reduce the actionability of the data with games that succeed massively in what can be described as closed domestic markets.

Cross platform 52

Cross platform Platformer Puzzle Mobile 52

Deconstructor of Fun

JANUARY 17, 2023

Chinese, Japanese, Taiwanese, and Korean markets were excluded from the overall numbers as these markets are highly concentrated and nearly impossible for Western publishers to compete in and the genre data from those markets would significantly skew overall numbers. It’s a niche genre that benefited from the breakout success of Stumble Guys.

Mobile Gaming 52

Mobile Gaming Mobile Mobile Sandbox 52

Deconstructor of Fun

MARCH 14, 2023

His data and insights were based on US data as a proxy for the western market, and focused on platform privacy, or the “Apple global mobile game recession”. He also said there are opportunities in going cross-platform and direct billing. Kress said that the current’s market’s woes were “all Apple’s fault”. “We

Games 59

Games Cross platform Mobile Mobile 59

Deconstructor of Fun

JANUARY 21, 2021

Unless otherwise specified, all the data has been provided by the powerful Sensor Tower and analyzed by the author(s). Data from China, Korea, and Japan are excluded as this analysis focuses on Western markets only. This makes the genre second largest on mobile in (outside key Asian markets) after Puzzle games.

Mobile 52

Mobile Mobile Cross platform Puzzle 52

Deconstructor of Fun

APRIL 2, 2022

2022 predictions: Casual games will become more audience-led because of ATT Hypercasual will continue to see more hybrid IAP/ad monetisation and will become even more ‘Android first’ Midcore games will go increasingly cross-platform (particularly on PC). Each different game audience needs a different economy.

Mobile 52

Mobile Mobile Balance Mobile Gaming 52

Deconstructor of Fun

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

While this introduces a continuous mechanic that could be useful in monetization, it also seems a double-edged sword: It means that Beatstar can’t be played in a relaxed way. The hard lock on waiting feels much more punishing in this game than say in a puzzle game when you run out of lives-. But Space Ape has Supercell backing them up.

Mobile 52

Mobile Mobile Build Feature 52