American iOS gaming market for the week (06.05 - 12.05)
The latest information on the leaders of the American iPhone games market for the week from Distimo: tops of free, paid and cash applications in one material.
To begin with, a small introduction. Distimo publishes the total data on downloads and earnings of applications FOR a WEEK with a lag, respectively, of one week. We, in turn, share this data with you, and at the same time, already looking at the tops with App Annie, sometimes we dilute this matter with a little more recent information.
More or less in detail, as a rule, we cover only the first three positions in Free, Paid and Grossing tops on the iPhone. We also pay attention to the big jumps in positions (a la, the game has risen in the top by 1000 “divisions”) and curious newcomers.
Top Free Apps
The leader in free downloads on the iPhone App Store US the week before last was the Hardest Game Ever 2 from Orangenose Studios. This is a cute hand-drawn collection of mini-games, which I would like to call “tapper” (from English – to tap). The essence of most tasks in the game boils down to the need to press one or another button on the screen in time.
The second place behind the main box office hit of recent times is Candy Crush Saga from King. By the way, this is not the most common phenomenon when the cash leader shows good results in the free top.
In the third position is an indie game from the Swedish astrophysicist Hannes Jensen. It’s called FallDown! 2. This is something like a platformer, where the player controls a ball scurrying along neon, sorry for the tautology, platforms.
In the top you can also find another independent project – Dots: A Game About Connecting. The newcomer Running with Friends from Zynga performed well (the game’s indicators also grew all last week). But the second part of Draw Something, which was still in 7th place for the 19th week of the year, is no longer pleasing. As of May 20, it is already in 21st place in downloads.
Top Paid Apps
In the paid top, Heads Up has the best indicators! This is, in fact, a real “crocodile”. It is necessary to play at least together (one holds a smartphone / tablet at his forehead), the second looks at what word is on the screen and must explain it to the partner. The goal is to guess as many words as possible in a minute. Considering that in April, Warner Bros. she also released a hit – Injustice – it’s safe to say that a really big player appears on the mobile market.
In second place is another game that exploits the name, style and mechanics of Minecraft. This time from the Pole Igor Kalichinsky (Igor Kalicinski). The project is called Survivalcraft. It has been in development for almost two years and continues to develop (the developer’s blog is here). Judging by the reviews, this is quite a playable project. It is also distinguished from other clones by the desire of the developer to transfer to the game all the PC features of the original Minecraft, which did not get into the mobile version of the project of Jens Bergstein (Jens Bergensten).
Yes, according to approximate calculations of App Data, the game earned about $700 thousand on all platforms in April alone. Not bad for a clone.
Accordingly, in third place in the top paid applications Minecraft – Pocket Edition.
Out of curiosity in the top: the wonders of endurance continues to demonstrate Plague Inc. from Ndemic Creations. The game, which was released almost a year ago, still feels confident in the chart. Also, after lowering the price of Bastion, she returned to the top (the game, attention, jumped up 502 positions at once). That is, yes, Warner Bros. tourniquet. Two games in the paid chart of the USA at once.
Top Cash Register applications
