App Annie: Game index for May 2016

The analytical company App Annie shared the results of May for the mobile gaming industry. The most downloaded game was again a hybrid of “snake” and Agar.io – slither.io .

The title from indie developer Steven Hosie has been at the top of the world top for the second month. The project took the first place in downloads in April, and now, by the end of May, it has become the most downloaded in the App Store and Google Play.

The “silver” in the top downloads chart went to the game Hungry Shark World from Ubisoft. The arcade is a continuation of the game Hungry Shark Evolution. The project was released in softlonch in December 2015, the full launch took place on May 4, 2016. Since that moment, the game has managed to visit the first position in downloads in 54 countries, took the leading place in the box office – in 5 countries.

App Annie reports that the game is especially popular among Americans-iOS users aged 13 to 24 years. In this category, the title was ranked 7th in the ranking of games with the highest MAU scores. By the way, Clash Royale is in the first place, no matter how the project’s indicators have fallen recently.

If Ubisoft became the main character of the month in the top downloads, then Square Enix got this title in the box office top.

App Annie attributes the company’s appearance in the chart of the most box office successful to the Dragon Quest franchise. This series of games turned 30 years old on May 27. At the same time, Dragon Quest Heroes 2 was released on Playstation 4. The launch was accompanied by an advertising campaign, the effect of which “hooked” the mobile versions of the franchise – such as Hoshi no Dragon Quest, Dragon Quest Monsters Super Light and Dragon Quest IV.

Source: App Annie