The main breakthroughs of the mobile market: March 2018

The other day, App Annie published its index for March. With an eye on him, we note which games were the main breakthroughs of last month in terms of downloads and sales.

App Store

World

The main iOS release on the world market last month was Fortnite. The Epic Games game started in the world top downloads from the second place.

Fortnite’s position in the Top 10 most downloaded games (App Annie, iOS, World, March 2018)

Fortnite is now turning from a very successful game into a phenomenon. The project is a success on all gaming platforms, where it is presented: PC, consoles, and now mobile.

At the same time, in March, the project did not get into the world box office top ten on the App Store.

However, Fortnite has become one of the most profitable projects in the United States, overtaking, for example, the popular match game Toy Blast.

Fortnite’s position in the Top 10 most Profitable games (App Annie, iOS, USA, March 2018)

For the first time in the world’s top iOS games in March, The Sims Mobile also appeared.

The Sims Mobile’s position in the Top 10 most Downloaded games (App Annie, iOS, World, March 2018)

The Sims Mobile, which spent almost a year in softlonch, is the successor to The Sims FreePlay, which has been successfully functioning since 2011. The appearance of the novelty was due to EA’s desire to release a project that meets modern mobile standards — including monetization.

The Sims Mobile

Another debutant in the bootable world top on iOS is Helix Jump.

Helix Jump’s position in the Top 10 most downloaded games (App Annie, iOS, World, March 2018)

This is a new minimalistic product from Voodoo, earning mainly on advertising. The player twists the tube to which the platforms are attached so that the ball goes down and does not collide with colored platforms.

Helix Jump

The final debutant of the bootable iOS top is Sky Ball.

Sky Ball’s position in the Top 10 most downloaded games (App Annie, iOS, World, March 2018)

The game is another novelty from Ketchapp. The game demonstrates that the French company is not only not afraid to bring three-dimensional projects to the market, but has already successfully integrated them into its minimalistic line.

Sky Ball

China

In the Chinese market, the main iOS release of March is QQ Dancer from Tencent. The project entered the Top 10, both in horse racing and at the box office.

Top 10 Most Downloaded and Profitable games (App Annie, iOS, China, March 2018)

QQ Dancer is a large—scale musical MMO in which the key mechanics are not fights, but performances in the spirit of Guitar Hero. The project is inspired by the computer MMO of the same name.

QQ Dancer

Google Play

World

The main opening of the month on Google Play is the box office rise of Black Desert. The role-playing mobile MMO not only entered the top ten most profitable games in March, but also overtook Lineage 2 Revolution in money.

Black Desert’s position in the Top 10 most Profitable games (App Annie, Google Play, Mir, March 2018)

Black Desert is not a mobile—adapted desktop version of Black Desert Online, but developed from scratch by its developers — the Korean Pearl Abyss – a large-scale mobile game that takes into account such trends in MMO as, for example, Autoboy.

Black Desert 

Now the game is presented exclusively in South Korea, where it ranks second after Lineage M in revenue on the Android platform.

Russia

Among the novelties that got into the Top 10 downloads in Russia, the Clover quiz deserves special attention.

The position of “Clover” in the Top 10 most downloaded games (App Annie, Google Play, mir, March 2018)

Mail.Ru The Group has released a unique project for the market. It works within the framework of a native mobile application as a full-fledged television program.

“Clover”

Twice a day, the app launches an online show with a live presenter who makes riddles that players are asked to answer in real time.

Source: App Annie