VR to Mobile: I Am Security

I Am Security: From VR to Mobile 📱 Ranked №1 among the Top Trending Free Games last month, I Am Security by New Folder Games has already surpassed 11M downloads since its February release—and it's still climbing, with over 450k daily installs 💣Originally launched as a VR experience on Meta Quest, the game has now made its way to mobile, which is not a very typical case for this type of games!In I Am Security, players take on the role of a bouncer, scanning guests for prohibited items and ensuring they adhere to the club's dress code before allowing entry 🔍The game’s viral success can largely be credited to YouTube and TikTok, where creators have showcased the many ways to "abuse" their power as a bouncer—yes, there are quite a few questionable interactions you can have while checking guests 😈Curious […]

Andrei Zubov March 17

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Top 10 Shooter Games by Revenue

Top 10 Shooters by Revenue In 2025, the genre’s monthly revenue surpassed $350M for the first time since 2021, fueled by PUBG Mobile and Call of Duty Mobile 🚀The top 3 revenue leaders remain stable: in the past year, PUBG Mobile holds 36% of the market, followed by Call of Duty Mobile (10%) and Cross Fire (7%), together making up over 50% of total revenue, not including regional versions of games!Only one game crossed $1B in annual revenue last year, with just five others exceeding $100M 🏁While most YoY changes were mild, newcomer Hunting Sniper surged 292% YoY 🎯Do you see a new contender breaking into the top 10 this year? Explore the Dashboard.

Andrei Zubov March 13

Reports

Kill or Pivot: A Comprehensive Guide for Mobile Game Devs

Making your first mobile game is an emotional journey, but holding onto a game that isn’t making money for too long can be a big mistake. Many indie developers hope that one more update might just fix things, but the reality is different. In 2025, the mobile gaming market will be tough, and only a few titles will succeed. With AppMagic’s Success Meter, we can see how many games make good revenue. In our example, we set the benchmark at $100K in-app revenue per month. The data shows that in most casual game genres, only no more than 1% of games reach this level, meaning thousands of titles fail every year. The same holds for Hybridcasual and Hypercasual. Even with a lower benchmark of 100K installs per month, 5% of games at most manage to reach it. This guide will help you […]

Andrei Zubov February 28

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Call of Duty Mobile Hits $3B in User Spending!

Call of Duty Mobile Hits $3B in User Spending 🔥 Activision Publishing’s top-grossing and most-downloaded mobile game has reached a major milestone, now accounting for 97% of the publisher’s total mobile revenue 💰Moreover, if we factor in the user spending from CoD Mobile Garena—a Southeast Asian version of the game—total user spending increases by an additional $340M!The game has also maintained a stable monthly download rate, consistently ranging between 3M and 4M over the past two years 💪A well-deserved applause for the studio’s ability to sustain both engagement and revenue for such an extended period! 👏

Andrei Zubov February 26

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Scopely GOes and MONOPOLIZES One Genre After Another 🥇

Scopely GOes and MONOPOLIZES One Genre After Another 🥇 Adding another GO to its portfolio could make Scopely the dominant force across THREE genres! And that’s not even counting the genres where the company already has a solid presence, like 4X with Star Trek Fleet Command and Team Battlers with MARVEL Strike Force. 🚀If the $3.5B deal goes through, Scopely will control 76% of the Location-Based Market, the vast majority coming from Pokémon GO. Here are a few key insights on the location-based market from AppMagic's latest post: https://lnkd.in/gaEPUwug 🔷 Niantic owns 4 out of the top 10 location-based games. This is one of the most monopolized segments in gaming, with incredibly high entry barriers.🔷 Having a major IP is almost essential in this market, yet even that doesn’t guarantee success. 🔷 Niantic has seen multiple failures with titles based […]

Andrei Zubov February 21

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Scopely Control 76% of the Location-Based Market

Acquiring Niantic = Scopely Controlling 76% of the Location-Based Market Scopely is reportedly in talks to acquire Niantic for $3.5B. If the deal goes through, it will be one of the biggest M&As in gaming history! For us, this is a perfect moment to take a closer look at the genre and Niantic’s role in it:🔷 Niantic owns 4 out of the top 10 location-based games, generating 76% of total market revenue. This is one of the most monopolized segments in gaming, with incredibly high entry barriers.🔷 Having a major IP is almost essential in this market, yet even that doesn’t guarantee success. Despite its dominance, Niantic has seen multiple failures with titles based on Harry Potter, NBA, Transformers, Catan, and Marvel.🔷 While Pikmin and Monster Hunter are performing better, they’re still far behind Pokémon GO, which alone accounts for […]

Andrei Zubov February 21

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Color Block Jam: The New Leader of Block Puzzle Games

Color Block Jam: The New Leader of Block Puzzle Games 👑 New releases continue to flood the Top Trending chart, and this time, we’re focusing on №4—Color Block Jam by Rollic ⭐️Since Nov 2024, the game has been steadily increasing its revenue, securing its position as a genre leader by Jan 2025 🥇To put it into numbers, Color Block Jam’s revenue in Jan 2025 reached $2.39M and is nearly 4x higher than its closest competitor—and it’s still climbing! 🔥In just a few months, it also claimed the №5 spot among Rollic’s top-grossing games 🚀Will Color Block Jam maintain its dominance? We’re watching closely 👀Have closer look at the game using its AppMagic public page

Andrei Zubov February 19

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Bringing Puzzles to 3D Still Works

Bringing Puzzles to 3D Still Works 🧩 I remember trying Cube Master 3D back in 2021 and thinking — taking Zen Match to 3D is brilliant!This move didn’t just add literal depth, but also gameplay depth! Finding the right tile became harder, misclicks more frequent, and levels often more complex. 🧠Today, in 2025, we’re seeing the same trend across hyper and hybrid casual puzzles. Take Screw Away: 3D Pin Puzzle — it applies the same 3Ding to the trending screw puzzle core and is now the #3 top-grossing game in its subgenre. 🔩But that doesn’t mean going 3D is a guaranteed path to success. In both of these subgenres, the top-grossing games are still 2D, which can be easily spotted in the AppMagic charts!Still, it doesn’t change the fact that many developers found their way to installs and revenue by […]

Andrei Zubov February 19

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New Trending Screw Puzzle: Screwdom 3D

New Trending Screw Puzzle: Screwdom 3D 🧩 Spotted at №3 in Top Trending for the last month, Screwdom 3D by iKame Global has been gaining traction since late January 2025, peaking at 297K daily installs on February 8 🚀Today, the Screw Puzzle sub-genre is heating up, nearly rivaling Sort Puzzle in popularity—and iKame Games is riding the wave 🌊In fact, another title from the publisher, Screw Out, already ranks №3 in lifetime revenue within the Screw Puzzle market 🔥Could iKame Games become the new leader in the space? We’re eager to see their next hits and how they push the genre forward!Screwdom 3D AppMagic public page is available via the link https://lnkd.in/e-B3TB3k

Andrei Zubov February 17

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Sort Puzzle: The Hottest Genre Of 2024

Sort Puzzle: The Hottest Genre Of 2024 🔥 The genre saw explosive 460% YoY revenue growth in 2024! Already popular in Tier-1 West, it made a breakthrough by finding the right monetization strategies 💪🤩 6 out of the top 10 grossing games are 2024 newcomers.👑 Newcomer Hexa Sort by Lion Studios replaced Block Jam 3D after its 15-month reign.🍦Water Sort Puzzles are fading from the rankings, while a new theme of household goods sorting is gaining momentum.

Andrei Zubov February 13

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Solitaire Grand Harvest: Leading The Solitaire Tripeaks Pack with $1B Revenue

Solitaire Grand Harvest: Leading The Solitaire Tripeaks Pack with $1B Revenue ⭐️ Solitaire Grand Harvest continues to dominate the Solitaire TriPeaks market, holding 67% of total revenue in 2024💰 After surpassing Tiki Solitaire TriPeaks in 2019, it now leads by 75% in 2024 revenue 🚀 Supertreat, the studio behind Solitaire Grand Harvest, was acquired by Playtika in 2019 💼Once again, they’ve proven their skill in scaling acquisitions, with Solitaire Grand Harvest’s annual revenue going up from $22M in 2018 to $213M in 2024 🧐👉 Explore the genre leader

Andrei Zubov February 11

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Top 10 Tripeaks Solitaire Games

Top 10 Tripeaks Solitaire Games: Can King’s New Release Ace the Market?♣️ Candy Crush Solitaire is going global today! But is the market welcoming? Let’s find out! 👀💸 Just 2 games dominated over 80% of the market revenue in 2024, while the majority of top 10 faced a revenue decline in 2024 compared to 2023. 👑 Solitaire Grand Harvest dominates with $213M revenue in 2024, leading its closest rival by over 70%.😮‍💨 Meanwhile, 7 out of the top 10 didn’t even hit $10M per year.While the two leaders have been controlling the market for a long time, Monopoly GO! showed us that big shifts can happen fast, right? 🚀

Andrei Zubov February 7

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