PreMortem.Games

JULY 4, 2023

Top 10 Games By Downloads Now, it’s time for a deep dive into the top 10 hypercasual games by downloads. As one might have expected, we can see several oldies on our list: Bridge Race , Going Balls , Race Master 3D – Car Racing and Car Games 3D: Car Racing.

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Game Refinery

AUGUST 22, 2024

We launched the GameRefinery Live Events Tracker to provide an all-in-one platform that allows users to monitor their competitors and live events in real-time, get daily updates, and analyze the features and mechanics proving the most popular with players.

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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. The hypercasual games market has been on a downwards trajectory for a couple of years now, but there is still potential for success.

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Game Refinery

JULY 27, 2022

On their Twitter page, the game also featured the drag queen artist Pabllo Vittar, whose song is also playable in Beatstar. Beatstar featured on their Twitter page a drag queen artist Pabllo Vittar, whose song is also playable in the game. Every year more and more games participate in Pride celebrations in their own way.

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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. Players race, jump and dash through three rounds of obstacle courses (maps). In total, Stumble Guys raked in over 219 million downloads.

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Game Refinery

MAY 30, 2024

Millions of mobile games are out there battling for engagement, yet only a few titles manage to fight their way to the top. It incorporated all the usual features in these events, including a battle pass, various gacha, and new cosmetic items themed around the partner IP. Their secret to success? Mastering the art of LiveOps.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JANUARY 25, 2021

Despite being the smallest category by revenue share on mobile, 2020 was a very good year for Sports & Racing as it breached the billion-dollar mark , with combined revenue of $1.2B Sports saw YoY growth of +29% ($880M) , while Racing registered +23% YoY ($331M). Games that have a huge fan base.

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Game Daily

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

The game features action-combat including magical powers in player-vs-environment and player-versus-player modes. Players can build their own “levels, stories, game experiences and even worlds” as they craft, trade, buy and sell resources, equipment, land, and other commodities.

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Game Analytics

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

The more likes an experience has, the more likely Roblox will feature it on its Top Rated filter. For all three games, they make sure to offer rewards to their players if they like and share. Feature updates in the title. The longer they’re in your game, the more revenue you make. We see this a lot in mobile games.

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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. Sources: Sensor Tower State of Gaming 2024 Data.ai

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Deconstructor of Fun

FEBRUARY 17, 2020

This article in our prediction series will cover the Sports & Racing category. It is made up of four sub-genres - Realistic Sports ( such as MADDEN, FIFA, 8 Ball Poll ), Arcade Sports ( such as Golf Clash, Fishing Clash ), Realistic Racing ( such as CSR ), Arcade Racing ( such as Mario Kart ).

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Logic Simplified

APRIL 1, 2024

UE5’s features and functionality have further expanded to include experimental new features for rendering, animation and simulation. The potential for building epic games on Unreal by game app developers and creators across industries has increased. Unreal Engine has fast grown to be the most trusted engine in the world.

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Deconstructor of Fun

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

Feels as smooth as Meta’s WhatsApp or Apple’s iChat Solid mobile chat app with a desktop version that keeps conversations in perfect synch Minimal but well-crafted features like animated stickers, easy group chatting w/ sub-topics, etc. You may also come across a game via a sponsored/influenced post on X or Discord.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JULY 15, 2024

However, stories of success like Hutch , the studio responsible for hits on mobile such as Top Drives and F1 Clash featuring official partnerships with Formula One and Forza , demonstrate that it's achievable. To stand out, it's crucial to highlight your game's creative point of difference.

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Deconstructor of Fun

MAY 31, 2023

Written by Tiffany Keller , who is a Director of Product and investor with a decade of experience in mobile games across Scopely, Activision Blizzard, Miniclip, and Zynga. Why haven’t more mobile games added UGC since Fortnite showed what’s possible 5 years ago?

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Deconstructor of Fun

AUGUST 15, 2023

The game can be defined as a male-focused match-3 with car restoration and customization as the theme. Defining your own niche Although the mobile games market is a bloodbath with numerous games being canceled and studios shutting down, match-3 still seems appealing for teams developing new games.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JANUARY 29, 2024

If your game is constantly filled with new players, they will happily play content they have never seen before, and at the same time old players can invest their time and money into the event to get all the rewards they probably missed the first time. Plan content looping during the feature design phase. And I'll tell you why.

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Deconstructor of Fun

SEPTEMBER 16, 2019

Mobile gaming market is close to what an economist would call a perfectly competitive market (except for some categories such card and fighting games - looking at you, Herthstone and Contest of Champions). The publisher/developer usually base their launch decision on a hypothesis of the scalability of user acquisition.

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Deconstructor of Fun

SEPTEMBER 10, 2019

GoPractice is a tool I would have loved to have at the beginning of my product management career and it’s a tool that I love having now, a decade into making and operating free-to-play games. GoPractice is also highly recommended by some of the top mobile games companies, which is how I originally got connected with Oleg.

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Game Refinery

MARCH 16, 2023

From national calendar days to religious holidays, seasonal events are a great way for mobile games to find new and exciting ways to drive player engagement. We’ve updated the blog post with new seasonal event implementation examples and best practices for introducing seasonal events into your mobile game.

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Deconstructor of Fun

AUGUST 4, 2020

Save for a few unicorns ( Fortnite , AFK Arena ), the genres and game mechanics feel to me largely unevolved. The leaderboard of top game publishers has stayed largely the same for few years now. EA’s Command & Conquer: Rivals goes further than that by adding another layer of in-game action to the mix: troop movement.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JANUARY 21, 2021

The two graphs below show that competition for supremacy of Mid-Core in the Western audience is a tight race between Supercell and FunPlus. As the mobile market grew, Supercell grew faster and was able to ship one billion dollar game after another with tiny teams. This means that the teams behind these games are bigger.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JANUARY 14, 2020

We originally created a taxonomy together with Game Refinery dividing the games market into four different categories: Casual, Mid-Core, Casino and Sports. Then we further broke down the categories into genres and sub-genres based on feature sets. Action Puzzle and Other Puzzle are home to a ragtag bunch of games.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JUNE 26, 2023

You can check out one of our past newsletter articles (read: A race to the bottom on creator royalties? There is a huge value misalignment within the blockchain games industry. NFL Rivals and Cross The Ages are two successful examples of blockchain games released on the App Store. discussing it in more detail.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JANUARY 31, 2023

Featuring is a memory from the past. The k-factor, which measures the virality of a game, is at an all-time low. If it wasn't for the hundreds of millions of eyeballs games send to the stores every day via in-game ads and paid user acquisition campaigns, they would be ghost towns. 50% of the downloads were reinstalls.

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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. But featuring is not the kingmaker it once was. The answer is yes.

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Big Games

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

Whether you’re a casual gamer looking for some entertainment or a dedicated hardcore game enthusiast, today, we have curated a list of the best high-graphics games for Android just for you. Let’s explore the Top 10 Mobile Game Development without wasting your precious time! So, are you excited to take a look?

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Moonmana

APRIL 7, 2023

Both Unity and Unreal are popular choices among giant game development studios as well as indie developers. Each engine has its specific set of features and, therefore, can perform a specific set of tasks. Unity is considered the best solution for mobile game development. But is there an ultimate winner?

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Deconstructor of Fun

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Featuring has been a memory from the past for years. The k-factor, which measures the virality of a game, is at an all-time low. Verdict: CORRECT (1 Point) #3 Paid UA Becomes a Break-Even Game Advertising is a commodity and in a race to the bottom. It’s not how you start the race but how you finish it.

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Deconstructor of Fun

NOVEMBER 25, 2019

The Long and Winding Road to COD: Mobile’s Launch To tell the story of Call of Duty Mobile, you have to start all the way back in 2008. At that time, Shenzhen-based Jade Studios created a massively multiplayer PC racing title for the Chinese market called QQ Speed. The title (known as Arena of Valor in the west) grossed over $1.9

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Deconstructor of Fun

JANUARY 13, 2021

While Hypercasual games account for less than 1% of the total IAP revenue of all Casual games, it drove well over half of all downloads for the category during 2019. In fact, Hypercasual games alone made up for ~45% of 2019’s total download volume across all mobile games. What have we learned? Nothing new really.

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Deconstructor of Fun

OCTOBER 17, 2022

In order to achieve that goal, the game had to overcome two major challenges: it had to be free-to-play and it had to appeal to the Chinese audience. Given the lack of copyright enforcement, all western games were pirated, making premium games a losing proposition.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JANUARY 24, 2022

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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Radiator Blog

JULY 6, 2021

Some people may be familiar with my past work : uncanny CG beefcake sex games that toy with hardcore gamer aesthetics, which only run on laptop / desktop computers. For the longest time, I've wanted to make a gay mobile game, but I was unsure how to get my queer politics past Apple and Google's anti-sexuality censors.

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