The American iOS gaming market for the week (13.05 – 19.05)

The latest information on the leaders of the American iPhone games market for the week (May 13-19) from Distimo: tops of free, paid and cash applications in one material.

We remind you that Distimo publishes total data on downloads and earnings of applications for a WEEK with a lag, respectively, of one week. 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 

During the week, the top free apps have undergone significant changes. The hilarious tapper of the Hardest Game Ever 2, who previously occupied the first position in the top, slipped to third place. The leader was the game from King – Candy Crush Saga. The second position was won by one of the most successful Zynga projects of recent times – the runner Running with Friends. 

The game What’s the Saying is in the fourth position? from Cheat Master And Friends Words Cheats, previously not included in the top ten. This is another puzzle with pictures. Only it is necessary to guess not a word, but a whole sentence. 

Very successfully started in the top – right from the fifth place Fast & Furious 6: The Game, a beautiful CTR clone from Kabam. 

Jumping up by 911 positions in a week, Little Riddles – Word Game, another clone of 4 Pics 1 Word, turned out to be in 7th place in the top of free applications. It is distinguished from many competitors by its stylish “card” design (many associate it with Android 4.1 Jelly Beam today) and the absence of pictures as such. It is necessary to guess by suggestions. For example: a shower that lights up the sky. Answer: meteor.   

Top Paid Apps

An amazing situation: there were no changes at all in the first four positions here. The first position is for Heads Up!, which we wrote about in detail last time, in second place is Survivalcraft, a successful clone of the PC version of Minecraft. The mobile version of the latter is in third place. Well, the most brutal game on iOS – about mass bacteriological murders – Plague Inc. closes the top 4.

In the fifth position, Kick the Buddy: No Mercy from Crustalli, which took 6th place a week ago. Another game of “overcoming anger” by bullying a small defenseless NPC figure comes out on colorful graphics and an original list of tools. 

Sonic The Hedgehog from Sega made a powerful leap seven days long – by 476 positions. This time, the Japanese publisher did not “reinvent the wheel”, but simply transferred the original 1991 game to the mobile platform. The fans apparently appreciated it. 

Top Cash Register applications

The main surprise in the box office top is the hit of Modern War from Funzio in fourth place. Most likely, this happened after the project was published on one of the App Store pages, it is difficult to explain something else about the sharp rise in terms of revenue (the last update was released on May 7, after it the growth was very “ragged”). The strategy from Funzio even dropped Hay Day to the fifth position. 

As for the leading three, the situation has not changed here. Candy Crush Saga is in the first place, Clash of Clans is in the second, and MARVEL War of Heroes is in the third. 

Yes, slots have returned to the top ten – Slotomania – Slot Machines from Playtika LTD is in the tenth position in the top.

Sources: Distimo and App Annie