Game Refinery

OCTOBER 26, 2023

The ever-changing nature of the mobile market means that new monetization mechanics are constantly emerging and evolving. Battle passes have crept into almost every mobile game genre imaginable, with our platform showing that 66% of mobile games in the top 20% have incorporated the feature.

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Deconstructor of Fun

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

With a knack for puzzles, arcades, and simulation games. The world of mobile gaming has grown incredibly diverse, with subgenres branching out and becoming increasingly specialized. For puzzle games, which thrive on repeated play and consistent engagement, daily missions offer a particularly compelling opportunity.

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Game Refinery

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

Competition is fierce in the mobile game market, but even more so for developers of casual and hyper-casual games. So, what can mobile game developers do to increase the chances of their games performing well? Sustain and build better games by appealing to new player motivations. Accomplishment.

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Game Refinery

APRIL 6, 2023

With increased competition from IDFA regulation changes and new games consistently entering the market, two of the biggest challenges facing publishers and mobile game studios are acquiring new players (UA) and keeping those players in your game (player retention).

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Game Refinery

JANUARY 5, 2023

They say imitation is a form of flattery, and there’s no shortage of mobile games that share a striking similarity with other popular titles in the PC, console and mobile markets. Why isn’t there a mobile version of Fall Guys? That said, there are arguments for and against releasing a mobile version of Fall Guys.

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Game Analytics

DECEMBER 28, 2022

The core gameplay follows a ‘build and battle mechanic’. Masters of simulation, this studio is renowned for making popular sim games for mobile. But not only is it the first to make it to mobile, it’s also the first one to be free to play. Summoners War: Chronicles is yet another MMORPG to make it to mobile. If done well.

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Game Refinery

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

Mobile game developers are constantly looking for new ways to bring in new players and keep existing players engaged with their games. As our snapshot report into casual mobile games shows, players can’t get enough of renovation and construction elements. No wonder these same elements are so popular in mobile games!

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PreMortem.Games

JULY 12, 2024

The AppMagic Hypercasual games recap for the second quarter of 2024 unveils some interesting information about this specific part of the mobile games market. QoQ); Bridge Race (–4% QoQ); Magic Tiles 3 (–12% QoQ); and Build A Queen (–20% QoQ). In this game, the user solves various puzzles by unscrewing everything on the screen.

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Deconstructor of Fun

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

The mobile hit Empires and Puzzles (E&P) by Small Giant Games (acquired by Zynga) has made over $600M in net-revenues while racking up around 60 million installs. While there have been numerous clones and follow up titles trying to get a piece of the ever growing puzzle RPG pie, none of them has had any meaningful success.

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PreMortem.Games

DECEMBER 22, 2023

His first game, mobile RPG Soulvars , started out as a passion project. Understanding that a game wasn’t going to build itself, I quit my job and just went for it.” He spent two years building Oakenfold after a successful Kickstarter campaign got him part of the necessary funds. If you can imagine it, you can build it”, he says.

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Grumpy Gamer

JANUARY 18, 2018

When I need to compile a Windows or Linux build, I start up a VM. It's all about licensed games, quick disposable mobile games, or these odd social website type games. If I was ever to do Monkey Island 3a, the trick would be to take the core of the secret and build it into something that lived up to the hype.

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Grumpy Gamer

JANUARY 17, 2018

When I need to compile a Windows or Linux build, I start up a VM. It’s all about licensed games, quick disposable mobile games, or these odd social website type games. I would never create a new or different secret (that’s unfair), rather, it would be about making it more meaningful, relevant, and build on the mythology.

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Deconstructor of Fun

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Follow Nebo on everything mobile growth > @eniac W hen AppTrackingTransparency was introduced, many predicted the doom and gloom situation and the death of mobile gaming. It's no secret that Match 3 is the most competitive mobile gaming genre. moment for many folks in the mobile gaming industry, including Playrix.

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PreMortem.Games

JULY 1, 2024

They created interactive installations, motion graphics animations, experiential web pages, mobile apps, and lots of other creative projects. We seek to build long-form interactive storytelling that features the tactile interactions and transition heavy animation that we’re familiar with.

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Deconstructor of Fun

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

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. Out of the 28 companies that raised funding: — 17 making PC&сonsole games, of which six are also developing for mobile platforms. — million downloads collectively.

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Logic Simplified

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

Hailing from the casual gaming brigade, these games have become synonymous with the mobile gaming experience, delivering entertainment at your fingertips with just a few taps. The Numbers Dont Lie Endless runner games have captivated mobile gamers worldwide, seamlessly blending simple mechanics with engaging gameplay. Well, it is!

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Deconstructor of Fun

MAY 20, 2020

Mobile developers look up their fake AppStore accounts and download with excitement wondering what the new game could be. A bold move for Supercell, going against giants that continue to rule the casual puzzle space. Hay Day Pop however shows that Supercell has learned their lessons and clearly understands how to build on the genre.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JANUARY 14, 2020

Alrighty then, lets kick off the predictions with the Puzzle genre! Puzzle Games Continued to Grow. Puzzle genre is the second largest, after strategy games, on mobile in terms of in-app purchases. Last year Puzzle games generated a whopping $4.5Bn in IAP revenues while growing 18% year-on-year.

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AWS Games

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

Mobile game developer and publisher Pixel Federation entertains more than 140M players worldwide with popular mobile games, including ‘ Diggy’s Adventure ,’ ‘ Trainstation 2 ,’ ‘ Puzzle Adventure ,’ and ‘ Port City.’ After thorough discussions, Kubernetes was determined as the clear choice.

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Cocos

JANUARY 8, 2024

Thank you to the cocos team for providing a great engine that allowed us to build this game without technical constraints, and to use our creative space and abilities as we pleased. We are an adventure puzzle game with 7 big chapters and 300+ small chapters. and more than 20 different puzzle mechanisms.

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Game Analytics

DECEMBER 5, 2022

There are other ways to build a game on a budget. Available on mobile, console and PC. Available on mobile devices, Apple watch and PC. Available on mobile devices only. Available on mobile. Horror in the Darkness is a text-based horror puzzle-esque game. Available on mobile, console, PC and Switch.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JUNE 3, 2019

The reason for this acquisition was the success of Small Giant’s hit game, Empires & Puzzles. Since mid 2017, Empires & Puzzles has raked in $260M in net revenues with only 34M installs. There was also this no-name developer Supercell that launched their first mobile games just few miles away back in 2012. Wooga GmbH.

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AWS Games

OCTOBER 15, 2024

Introduction In this blog, we will explore how Good Job Games crafted a scalable and secure build pipeline on AWS, utilizing services like Amazon EC2 , Amazon EFS , and Amazon S3 to optimize its game development processes. In the early stages, the company relied on an internal system that handled tasks such as build queuing.

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Game Analytics

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

While it’s predominantly a VR app , the developers have also created a mobile app version, so users can track their progress and plan their workouts. Reward your users for building good habits and returning to your app daily. Mix in quizzes and puzzles. Any fitness or health apps are perfect here. Take FitXR as an example.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JANUARY 19, 2021

Facebook Gaming helps developers and publishers to build, grow, and monetize their games. Role-Playing Games on Mobile The RPG market is a high risk, high reward genre walled by a robust entry barrier. All of the above require serious investments, which increases the risk of building an RPG game for a studio.

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Big Games

JANUARY 7, 2024

Embarking on the ambitious journey of mobile game development is akin to setting sail on uncharted waters. The path is fraught with multifaceted challenges for any game development company or mobile game development services provider. How to Start Mobile Game Development? Define your goals meticulously.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JUNE 24, 2024

The mobile market continues to evolve rapidly, driven by shifting user behaviors, technological advancements, and emerging economic trends. This blog post delves into those insights to provide a comprehensive overview of the mobile landscape. 2023 was a challenging year for the mobile gaming market.

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iXie gaming

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

With the rise of the gaming industry, two distinct categories of games have emerged: AAA games and mobile games. As a result, mobile gaming is pushed aside in favor of AAA titles, which have their own position in the market. But now, we have more complex 3D mobile games like PUB-G. Can Mobile Games Be AAA?

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Deconstructor of Fun

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

Guest post by David Fox , founder of Double Coconut — a design and development studio that has delivered hit mobile and web games for partners such as EA Sports, WB Games, Microsoft Casual Games, and more. It’s a simple but very slickly designed “business sim” where you build your own ‘crypto exchange’, with a hamster as CEO.

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Game Refinery

JUNE 23, 2022

Let’s find out what kind of interesting monetization features aimed specifically at new players can be found in top mobile games from East to West! In many tycoon games, the tutorial allows you to speed up the construction of buildings and production of crops and such once for free when you are first introduced to these mechanics.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JULY 23, 2020

This post is written by Eric Seufert , a strategy consultant and the owner of Mobile Dev Memo In Norse mythology, Ragnarök is a series of events, including a great battle, foretold to lead to the death of a number of great figures and gods, natural disasters and the submersion of the world in water.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JULY 8, 2024

The unreliability of pre-registration numbers, the overestimation of brand equity, and the waning influence of first-party featuring are soon becoming recurring themes in mobile gaming; Squad Busters' launch throws these challenges into the spotlight. This decision remains puzzling, as there was no pressure to launch Squad Busters.

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PreMortem.Games

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

That’s how I worked on the level design and puzzles in Raccoo Venture, for example. Although the levels often underwent changes after testing in the 3D environment, when you start to feel the dynamics of the level and the puzzles. There it will go through another polishing stage until reaching an acceptable product.

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Game Analytics

DECEMBER 20, 2022

Don’t make it like a mobile game. Often, developers coming from the mobile gaming industry will assume that they can replicate their success by rebuilding their games on Roblox. In Wacky Wizards, the player solves puzzles and makes potions. Build a fun game and the revenue will follow. And so the gameplay loop continues.

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Deconstructor of Fun

MAY 9, 2023

They launched a new game from a new studio entering the most competitive genre on mobile in the midst of Apple’s privacy apocalypse and has generated a billion dollars in revenue in two years. More than just stars Rewarding players with a currency that can be used in the metagame has become a common practice within the casual puzzle space.

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Deconstructor of Fun

APRIL 12, 2023

In February, Ilkka Paananen, the beloved CEO of Supercell, and arguably one of the faces on the Mount Rushmore of Mobile Games Executives, published his yearly blog post. All in all, Ilkka’s yearly blog is an inspirational and quite sincere vision of the top brass of a major mobile games company. It’s Team Fight Tactics for casuals.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JANUARY 31, 2021

Facebook Gaming helps developers and publishers to build, grow, and monetize their games. Post-COVID investment flows in Social and mobile gaming emerged as one of the best performing sectors during coronavirus, and the ensuing influx of investment will likely impact companies large and small. Access all of our previous predictions.

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