Unlocking Insights in Match-3 Games

Curious to learn how top Match-3 games perform in a highly competitive market? Whether you're developing games or just passionate about the industry, understanding the key metrics and trends can make a huge difference.💡 Check out our latest insights into top Match-3 games like Candy Crush Saga, Royal Match, and others.🌍 Download and Revenue distribution across different regions📊 Retention Rates from Day 1 to Day 30⏱️ Average session lengths and daily engagement🎁 Common game features that drive user retention Average Install Distribution in T1 Countries Downloads in USA How About Other Countries? Retention? User Engagement? IAP vs. IAA Daily Login Reward Collectibles in the Game Events Competition Numbers by Sensor TowerVia Gaming Growth

Richard Kos August 22

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Match-3 Gaming Landscape: 2021 vs. 2024

In just three years, the top-10 match-3 games have seen a dramatic shift. August 2021:• Candy Crush Saga led the pack with $77.7M in revenue• Homescapes and Gardenscapes held strong, both exceeding $40M• Fishdom and Candy Crush Soda Saga rounded out the top 5Fast forward to July 2024:• Royal Match skyrocketed with an incredible 394% increase• Candy Crush Saga remains strong, growing by 12% to $86.8M.• Match Masters experienced 48% growthHowever, several popular titles have declined:• Homescapes dropped 48%.• Candy Crush Soda Saga fell 27%.• Project Makeover plummeted by 55%.• LINE PokoPoko saw a 44% decrease.What's happening?↳ Match-3 games with simplified meta (Royal Match, Match Masters) are overtaking those with deeper meta (Homescapes, Project Makeover).↳ These faster-paced games are growing revenue and taking audiences from slower, more complex titles.Why?↳ In the "post-TikTok" era, speed and high dynamics are key.↳ Games […]

Anton Slashcev August 15

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Tile Match: The new Match-3 or the new Merge?

It’s hard to keep secrets in the gaming industry. Once players show interest in something you've created, many game developers worldwide quickly become "inspired" by your game. While finding the blue ocean is the enduring hot topic for game developers, staying relevant as that ocean turns red is a rare and more valuable skill to possess. Some of those oceans are extremely hard to enter once they turn red. It's not necessarily due to the exceptional quality of existing games or the lack of potential for improvement within the genre. Instead, the audience interested in the genre is not sufficiently large enough for late entries. This heavily contributes to what we call the first mover advantage. Merge was a great example of a genre that appeared to be “the new Match-3”, but eventually evolved into a smaller genre dominated by […]

Ahmetcan Demirel October 9

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