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If I don’t play my competitor's games as much as my own, I shouldn’t call myself a game designer. Period. ❗ There are over 7500 games published in 2025,87% of them didn’t even get 1k downloads.Actually, only 2% are slowly scaling.You may wonder what is the difference?Those 2% figured out what works.A game developer’s job isn’t just to create,it’s to analyze, adapt, and innovate.That means to:🎯 Identify your real* competitors,🔔 Set alerts for new launches, and updates,🎮 Play these games to understand why? *If you’re designing in isolation, you’re guessing.And in this market, guessing is the fastest way to fail.That’s why I use AppMagic:—> to track trends,—> to analyze competitors,—> to make data-driven design decisions. Its really not rocket science.You can’t design great games,If you don’t know what’s already working.Every hit game has a blueprint.Are you studying it ?PS: Yes, […]

I gathered 45 New Puzzle Games you need to be aware of! Save and use for your game ideations and design. We have been watching the market carefully.Every ideation matters, it could be a hit.If you are not using AppMagic by now,Most likely, you are behind.Start the conversation.Data is your future.

I have selected 12 new mobile games your competitors are working on: Color Sort and Blocks. Lots of blocks, in different colors, inside other blocks.My AppMagic puzzle radar working magically! 🎩 Check out the link to set up yours because:your competitors watch you! you WATCH back! 🔭 Here is how I do it:I track major game publishers,Then I trace back so that I can see,Where these games first entering the store,Then I filter through Linkedin to see these teams,I select teams that worth checking with good games,And this is how you track next big thing in advance. Enjoy Bite Size 6! I tagged them Worth Knowing or Checking!

90+% of new puzzle games struggle to hit target metrics.Check out these 5 🔥 Hot releases, and study the trends: This week’s surprise is Tangle Theme.You may not find it as a big surprise,The thing is once these start coming out,They WON'T stop till one of them scales.Question is which mechanic will work best?To get ahead of your competitors,I highly suggest using AppMagicIntelligence is a power.Too important not to use it. Cheers and happy Monday! PS: Tangle theme still have good cpi.Cause, you know, its an ever day objectand people cant resist the urge of solving.

How you think you should develop a mobile game: ✦ Chase a “great” idea, ✦ Copy paste competitors,✦ Design - develop as you go.How you actually should develop a mobile game:↳ Data driven design,↳ Iterate with creativity,↳ Use your genre strengths,↳ Improve your studio capabilities.Develop with REAL efficiency.Explore and Expand with the players. Cheers!

How to Spot a successful Hybrid Casual Game?Is it the IAP or the downloads? Answer is surprising: You simply can never be sure. (Why? on PS)Yet you can get PRETTY close.and trust me, you want to get close. Here is my theory:Let’s take puzzles: you are looking for stability.Track the RETENTION. Like day 60+.How do you find that?Well check out the downloads and Revenue.Revenue that starts piling up after 60 days.Cause, thats gonna be almost 100% IAP.Therefore, your IAP Rev chart is actually yourLONG TERM retention. like d60-d180For education purposes, I used 2022-2023-2024.Numbers won’t matter cause these are Top ones.When you spot a game scaling for a year,And THEN getting IAP, again for a long period.Congrats. You got yourself a fantastic game. 🦄 To measure this accurately, you gonna need toSet up your custom dashboards on AppMagicCheck it out once […]

312 new puzzle games released last week, I did the dirty work, here are my 9+1(Bonus) picks, enjoy 🎡: The mobile market isn’t just competitive, It’s a battlefield! ⚔️ Without the intelligence, you’re fighting blind.Your time is precious. It really is. To start focusing on a worthy game,You need the INTEL. 🔮 Data-driven design isn’t a choice, it’s a necessity.You can’t afford ignoring the intelligence.It’s a powerful ALLY and any delay on using it,Will cost you more in the long run.Out of these handpicked games,Which one caught your eye?Cheers!

I did the digging on new released puzzles, hand picked 7 recent games worth checking for you: These games are not scaling, yet.Next big hit in this genre could be hidden here.🧩 Bringing an old mechanic up to date,🎨 Working with colors and sorting,🕳️ Adding “holes” to levels,🔢 A bit of numbers and math,and the good old elevator CPI.🏗️These are my top picks.Thanks to AppMagic auto features.Remember, the next big hit won’t be random!It’ll be a creative iteration backedby strong metrics and design.Stay informed…