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Based 2023’s data, which casual game genres are likely to perform well in 2024?

PreMortem.Games

Yet, the key genres were not significantly impacted, and downloads remained on the same level. With the success rate of the new games released drastically low, one can’t help but ask two questions: When releasing a game in 2024, which genre should I choose to make the most of it?

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The New 4X Strategy Hit, The Ants, Stands Out With Its Unique Theme and Heavy Emphasis on Social Elements

Game Refinery

The Ants stood out from the crowd with its unusual theme – the game follows the life of an ant colony trying to make it in the wild – and piqued the interest of gamers all over the world, managing to reach top200 in the US and Japanese market. Revenue per Download numbers increase steadily. General data on The Ants. Gameplay loop.

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2022 Predictions #1 The King is back, Merge overheats and Hypercasuals falter

Deconstructor of Fun

Summarizing an entire year of mobile gaming while providing predictions for what is going to happen next is a challenge that we at Deconstructor of Fun undertake every year. An essential data platform for all mobile gaming studios. The Macro-Level View As we know, 2020 was a year of unprecedented growth for mobile games.

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Supercell's Everdale: a Genre Definer or a Pretty-Looking Social Appointment System?

Deconstructor of Fun

Full disclosure: both of the authors are decade-long fans of Supercell and their games. While our analysis may to some seem harsh, we assure you that it’s only reflective of the expectation Supercell puts on their games. This week, Supercell soft-launched a new crafting tycoon game called Everdale.

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How Playrix' Township Became a Billion Dollar Game

Deconstructor of Fun

And while those two titles dominate the top charts, Playrix road to the top started a long time ago with a non-assuming little game know as Township. The game was launched in 2011 as a freemium social game first as Google+ (!) Strong iPad monetization indicates that this is a game played at home by a more mature audience.

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2020 Predictions #1: Prepare to Crown the New King of Puzzle Games

Deconstructor of Fun

We originally created a taxonomy together with Game Refinery dividing the games market into four different categories: Casual, Mid-Core, Casino and Sports. We pulled the data of top 1000 games from last three years from the one and only App Annie and aligned the data with the categories, genres and sub-genres.

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2020 Predictions #8: What do the Kardashians and Casino Publishers Have in Common… CA$H!

Deconstructor of Fun

As the 3rd largest category by revenue in the industry, Casino has long been struggling to grow download volumes. The healthy revenue growth trend over 2019 resulted in a year end revenue of $3.3B (+26% YoY) despite the downloads stagnation. * Playtika’s Slots portfolio downloads dropping…. Ad revenues not included.

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