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Hypercasual games market is shrinking, still 3.7 billion downloads last 3 months

PreMortem.Games

A larger drop can be identified if we compare Q2 2023 to Q2 2022. Time-sensitive touch Next in our selection is Piano Star: Tap Music Tiles with 25.7M Released back in 2022, the game takes its inspiration from the widely popular Piano Tiles series by Umoni Games. Tiles Hop: EDM Rush!,

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[Event Spotlight] How Mobile Game Developers Can Boost Engagement In The Casual Puzzle Genre With Competitive 1v1 Events

Game Refinery

Only 15% of casual puzzle games in the US top grossing 200 have implemented it, despite it proving reasonably effective at boosting performance in several level-based puzzle games. With that in mind, are mobile game studios missing out on an important opportunity here to boost engagement?

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Untold Stories of ex-Activision Blizzard King’s Founders

Deconstructor of Fun

In the second edition of The Alumni Effect, we’re focusing on another industry powerhouse: Activision Blizzard, which also includes the mobile gaming giant King. This pattern aligns with broader VC trends in gaming: a surge in deal-making during 2021-2022, followed by a decline that remains above pre-pandemic levels.

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

PreMortem.Games

2023 turned out to be no less challenging for the mobile market than the year before. User spending went down by around 3.5%, following the decline trend of 2022. To operate with representative groups, we compared games across top-level subgenres. Top image: Merge Mansion.

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Finding Genre Success: the Case of Gossip Harbor

Deconstructor of Fun

Written by Jesper Gustavsson , Director of Product at SYBO Games and a games industry veteran with 10 years of experience in building and operating mobile games as a product manager. In 2012, Microfun transitioned into the mobile gaming industry with the release of “Super Model” (an RPG fashion game).

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Marvel Snap - The Definitive Deconstruction

Deconstructor of Fun

Fastforward to September of 2022 and the game, Marvel Snap, is finally out globally after a considerable amount of time in soft launch. I personally have over 15 decks built at any given time to play based on the live-ops and events in the game. This means that the tile will show up 40% more often in games.

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

Deconstructor of Fun

Mat Baker has been making mobile games for 15 years. Laura Taranto has 12 years experience in casual games and is a product advisor and puzzle game aficionado. 2020 was a very good year for mobile games. This increase, sliced by subgenre, was driven mostly by Tile Blast and Puzzle & Decorate.

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