App Annie: Gaming index for February
March is coming to an end, and the mobile analytics resource App Annie summarizes the results for the previous month. We have translated the report and are sharing it with you.
Leading companies
The recognized favorites – Gameloft, EA and King – continue to fight for the first three places. This month, the “gold” remains for Gameloft, and EA lost the “silver” to King.
Then the interesting thing begins: Ketchapp Studio literally broke into the top ten leaders. All thanks to the hit title ZigZag, about which – later. Glu has also returned to the top 10 by downloads. No other than rumors about the announcement of the game about the Kardashian sisters spurred the falling performance of their main hit, Kim Kardashian: Hollywood.
Otherwise, the chart resembles the February one. Someone, like Rovio, went up a point, someone, like Outfit, slid down a point.
With revenue, everything is even more calm: the first three places remain for the February leaders, Supercell, King and GungHo Online. In the rest of the chart, there is a slow and lazy rotation: point down, point up.
February hits: “super casual” games are in favor
February news – “super casual” games began to dominate the charts. They have an extremely low entry threshold and minimalistic graphics. To understand what it is, just remember Flappy Bird.
There are two of them in the world download chart – ZigZag and Crossy Road. Crossy Road is in the first place. In both, the player is only required to tap the screen in time. In both, to go far enough, you need to have an excellent reaction. Both are graphically very concise. Universal love for such games, App Annie claims, is a trend.
Otherwise, the download and revenue charts resemble March: the highest-grossing is the permanent hit of Supercell, and otherwise the rotation takes place within one or two points. Except for ZigZag storming the download chart, everything is calm.
A source: http://www.appannie.com
Other materials on the topic:
