Jakub Remiar

Candy Crush Solitaire by King had it global launch two weeks ago (Feb.6th). Looking at the numbers the game did just $260K in revenue on 3 Mil. downloads in that time. This doesn't seem like the result King was looking for? why is this happening? 🤔 Compared to competitors, and there are many, there is one major change in core gameplay, where players can store 1 extra card as another "connecting" card, instead of just linear connecting of all the cards on the board. This gives them much more tactical gameplay ⚔️, where they can save this card for later, when they run out of their current chain to immediately start the next one. Because of predominantly older female players, this seems like a step too far into the puzzle, strategic depth direction, which makes the game much more niche, […]

While the 4X war rages on ⚔️ between Last War and Whiteout Survival, both doing well over $110 Mil. a month 🤑 the 4X genre is becoming the mirror of the whole mobile game industry based on its latest evolution to survive in the current market. Why so? ▪️ Because 4X is so Cost Per Install intensive, it created a new way of lowering CPIs by literally adding a different game into its onboarding. Those games being very accessible, increase the total addressable market of the genre itself. This went into overdrive in High Seas Hero , which actually added 2 different games 😱 before you get into 4X endgame. ▪️ Because 4X is so Cost Per Install intensive, its creatives are being copied by the whole mobile game industry. What is new in 4X will be in a week […]

Pokémon TCG Pocket recently hit record daily revenue of $8 Mil a day! 🤑 and finally introduced Trading 💱 and it is, how to put it, "complicated" 😅. We all knew this was coming, but we really didn't expect this execution. Read the latest on all you need to know on one of the biggest new games on the market 😎. Every Gacha (lootbox = random rewards game) is based on the premise that everything you get goes through random chance. You can't chose what you get and there are very small chances to get the best content, because the game pretty much ends when you get it, which will never happen as they will add more "new best content" later 😅 Trading or any sort of mechanics that is directly skipping through the randomness is completely breaking this system. Imagine […]

Color Block Jam by Rollic scaled to $300K 🤑 a day in just 2 months 😱 Developed by Gybe Games, this is another successful Hybrid-casual puzzler in Rollic's portfolio, and we couldn't wait to review it for you 😎 Core gameplay is deterministic puzzle, with a timer as loose condition. This is again similar to games like Twisted Tangle, where levels are not randomized and you build up your strategy in trial/error fashion. If you lose, there is literally a "Fail Offer" as per the good Hybrid puzzler standard nowadays 😅. As said, Rollic has lots of experience with this specific setup and of course Hybrid-casual puzzlers by itself, so no wonder this game is scaling like crazy currently 💹. Core idea is a great iteration on tile moving puzzles, where you have limited space to work with. The iteration […]

Archero implemented literally the whole core gameplay of Bacon's Revenge as an event 😅. We got to the point, where established games are literally absorbing new concepts as means to not only add flavor to their old feature set, but also keep their current players within their ecosystem, where they can offer the same novelty as competition. The event is called Backpack Battle and its origin can be traced back to PC hit Backpack Hero, which all these inventory weapon management ⚔️ mechanics are trying to iterate. Bacon's Revenge itself is a combination of Doodle Magic, which streamlined the tower defense genre by ditching a road and Backpack Hero, where you need to collect and merge weapons as your skills in a roguelite fashion.Why keep this within Archero 1 and not built a separate competitor game? Because Archero still makes […]

Block Blast by Hungry Studio is currently doing 🤑 $1 Mil. a day with around 1 Mil. downloads a day on 40 Mil. daily active users 😱. This is the biggest Ad revenue game on the planet right now. We got our review ready for you 😎... There is of course the very close likeness to Tetris 🟦, that the game cleverly uses, but it definitely has its own iteration. Blocks are coming in trios at the bottom, and until you place all 3 you won't get new ones. Blocks are destroyed by placing full 8 blocks both horizontally or vertically. You are given points based on your moves, which gives you your score. This creates a very satisfying blasting environment , with even callouts such as Perfect or Excellent, based on your placements. The secret of success is of […]