AppFollow named the games with the highest average ratings in Russia for 2020

AppFollow, an application monitoring and ASO optimization platform, conducted a study of the Russian top application charts. As a result, the company has identified rating leaders in several major categories of mobile games for iOS and Android.How was the study conducted?

AppFollow analysts have selected gaming apps with the highest average rating for the year.

The main condition was to be in the top for most of the year (about eight months). Thus, the “Top-1” in each gaming category for Russia were determined.

The study was conducted for the following categories: Adventure, Racing, Role Playing, Simulation, Sports, Action, Arcade and Strategy. AppFollow has divided games into the App Store and Google Play, as well as free, cash and paid applications.

Research resultsThe leader in the Adventure category — both in the App Store and in Google Play — has become Roblox.

• It took the first place in the category of free apps, as well as in the category of cash applications for iPad and Google Play. Minecraft became the leader in the category of paid games in the Adventure section of the App Store, and TL Pro became the leader in Google Play.In the free games in the Racing category, Asphalt 9: Legends from Gameloft became the leader in the App Store.
• Among the box office — both in the App Store and on Google Play — Need for Speed No Limits, and in the category of paid races for iPhone and iPad, Earn to Die 2 from the Russian indie studio Toffee Games became the leader.There were several leaders in the Role Playing category.
• Among the free games, Romance Club (iPhone), My Talking Tom 2 (iPad) and Hero Wars (Google Play) took the first place. Among the box office games are Game of Sultans (iPhone), Rise of Kingdoms (iPad) and Hero Wars (Google Play), and among the paid ones are The Sun: Origin (iPhone) and Day R Premium (Google Play).Top games in different categories according to the results of the AppFollow study

In the Simulation category, the leaderboard is more diverse.

• The leaders in the rating among free games were Homescapes (iPhone), Fishdom (iPad) and Games for two or three 4 players — snake, tanks, Football (Google Play). Homescapes (iPhone, iPad) and Fishing Clash (Google Play) became the leaders in the rating among box office projects. In the category of paid games, Minecraft (iPhone, iPad) and Motor Depot (Google Play) became the leaders. Interestingly, among the top games in the Sports category were leaders seen in other categories: Asphalt 9: Legends and Fishing Clash.
• In the category of paid games in the App Store, True Skate (iPhone) and Real Steel (iPad) became the leaders. In Google Play, the first places were taken by Pooking — Billiards City (free), FIFA Soccer (cash) and True Skate (paid).Brawl Stars from Supercell has become a leader not only in the Action category, but also in Arcade.
• The situation is similar with PUBG MOBILE, which became the “Top 1” in the categories of Action (free and cash games for iPhone) and Strategy (free for iPhone and iPad, cash games for iPhone). The highest-grossing iPad project in the Strategy category was World of Tanks Blitz.