Puzzle Genres Heatmap 2024

Puzzle Genres Heatmap 2024

Winners, losers, and a few wildcards.

𝗪𝗵𝗼’𝘀 𝘄𝗶𝗻𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝘂𝘇𝘇𝗹𝗲 𝗴𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝗿𝗮𝗰𝗲?
🟢 Puzzle: $8.57B (+89.62%)
🟢 Merge: $1.18B (+74.18%)
🟢 Match-3D: $424M (+95.81%)
🟢 Word Puzzle: $301M (+8.5%)
🟢 Sort Puzzle: $142M (+459.8%)
🟢 Screw Puzzle: $95M (+27070.26%)

𝗕𝗶𝗴𝗴𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗯𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗸𝗼𝘂𝘁𝘀 📈
• Travel Town: $226M (+195%)
• Gossip Harbor: $190M (+235.3%)
• Seaside Escape: $123M (+438.7%)
• Happy Match Cafe: $35M (+157%)
• NYT Games: $41M (+117%)
• Match Factory!: $179M (+3840%)
• Tile Family: $42.6M (+473.8%)
• Hexa Sort: $29M (+59960%)
• Wood Nuts & Bolts: $15M (+5273%)
• Seat Away: $17.6M (+∞%)
• Screw Jam: $34M (+∞%)
• Screw Out: $10.6M (+∞%)

𝗦𝘁𝗲𝗮𝗱𝘆 𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗲𝗿𝘀 🟡
• Candy Crush Saga: $1B (+7.3%)
• Words With Friends: $38M (+10.3%)
• Zen Match: $27M (+4%)
• Block Jam 3D: $21M (+80%)
• LINE: Disney Tsum Tsum: $90M (+5%)

𝗪𝗵𝗼 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝘂𝗴𝗴𝗹𝗲𝗱? 🔴
• Gardenscapes: $505M (−21.9%)
• Angry Birds Dream Blast: $45M (−24%)
• Triple Match 3D: $105M (−29.61%)
• LINE POP2: $12.5M (−29.9%)
• Other Chain Puzzle: $20M (−35.3%)
• Other Match-2: $97M (−29.3%)

𝗠𝗮𝘁𝗰𝗵-𝟯 𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗿𝘂𝗹𝗲𝘀…
• Royal Match: $1.4B (+55.5%)
• Match-3 total: $5.2B (+9.17%)
• Other Match-3: $2.17B (−0.46%)

…𝗯𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗹 𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗶𝘀 𝗵𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝗻 𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗿𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘀𝘂𝗯𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗿𝗲𝘀
• Merge & Sort saw explosive growth
• Screw Puzzle came out of nowhere

What does this mean for 2025?
Niche mechanics and hybrid genres might be the next gold rush.