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Top 10 Gaming Publishers by Tier-1 West Revenue in Q1 2025 👑 We couldn’t leave you without a Q1 wrap-up — so today, let’s look at how publishers performed this quarter: https://lnkd.in/eEqV52vJ There’s an indisputable growth leader: Funfly, boosting its quarterly revenue by 223% compared to Q1 2024 (YoY) and 27% compared to Q4 2024 (QoQ) — mostly thanks to Last War: Survival, still climbing toward its peak! Next fast climber is Diandian Interactive, up 58% YoY and 31% QoQ. As you already know, the main driver here is Whiteout Survival ❄️ Another success story is Dream Games, ranked №2 in the top, with quarterly revenue up 39% YoY and 22% QoQ. Royal Match peaked again in March 🥳 While Scopely keeps leading the pack, 23% ahead of the №2, its quarterly revenue dropped 48% YoY and 25% QoQ. Will Monopoly Go! bounce back, or are we looking at a new leader this year? Share your thoughts below 👇

Top 10 Hybridcasual Games in Q1 2025: The Great Puzzle Takeover 🧩 With the trend of Hypercasual games enhancing their UA and monetization, we knew it was time—our quarterly reports had to go Hybridcasual too! 🏁So, here we go! In this article, we’ll cover: 📈 The dynamics of the Hybridcasual games market: +67% YoY in net IAP revenue 🔎 Key Hybridcasual market trends: meta and boosters from Match-3 and Social Casino 👑 Leading titles and how they innovate: analysing success of Сolor Block Jam, All in Hole, Mob Control and Screwdom The full report is available on our website: https://lnkd.in/e6T_iwST Let us know in the comments what you think about this format 💛

Brainrot: Obunga Chase Room Into Tralalero 🦈 You've probably already seen the funky, meme-like Tralalero Tralala and Bombardiro Crocodillo popping up all over social media! And guess what? A game we mentioned just last week decided to ride the wave and use it to their advantage in ASO 🤭 🔎 How did we spot it? Head over to Meme Bots Tralalero Chase Room: https://lnkd.in/e4Vmze3s Scroll down ➡️ Click on ‘App Page History’ 🏁 There you’ll find recent changes to the title, icons, description, and more! 👀 What changes were made?  1. Title update: the keyword ‘Obunga’ was swapped out for ‘Tralalero’. 2. The app icon was updated to feature the shark from the Tralalero Tralala video. 3. The description got a complete rewrite. 🎬 Results What did it lead to? Two noticeable spikes in downloads: one after the description update on April 10, and another after the title & icon change on April 17! Check it out yourself: https://lnkd.in/e6iaZB6N Once again, folks—memes deliver results! 😆

R.E.P.O. Mobile: From PC to Mobile 📲 Newly launched horror game R.E.P.O. Mobile has reached 4.7M downloads since its late March release! Though it's already showing signs of a downtrend 👀 The original R.E.P.O. started as a PC single-player game about cleaning a haunted mansion while avoiding a creature called the Headman—before evolving into a co-op experience and quickly gaining popularity on Steam ⭐️ Once again, drawing inspiration from popular PC titles proves to be an effective strategy! Check out the game yourself: https://lnkd.in/diYMBD-m

Let’s catch up at HIT Games Conference Berlin next week 😉 Our VP of Product, Stanislav Minasov, is packing his all-black outfits to match the Berlin vibe and putting final touches on his talk about the Best LiveOps & Monetization Trends. Don’t miss it—and let’s grab a coffee as black as the wardrobe ☕️

Meme Bots: Obunga Chase Rooms – Trending Game with Pop Culture Characters 👻 Yesterday we had a look at the Top Trending for the last month and noticed to our surprise 2 horror games: https://lnkd.in/eR_92P5Z We looked into one of them — Meme Bots: Obunga Chase Rooms, now nearing 10M lifetime installs after the recent relaunch 🚀 In the game, players run through maze-like maps, chased by meme-inspired characters like Obunga, Sanic, and Tralalero Tralala 🦈👟 💡Who are Nextbots? They’re AI-driven pursuers, often shown as 2D meme images, popularized in Garry’s Mod and later adopted across many games. Once again, TikTok trends + high gameplay virality = perfect combo for organic growth 🤭 Check out the game yourself: https://lnkd.in/eiaFMArt

Top 10 Trending Games of the Last Month 📅 One of the best habits for any game developer: start every week by checking trending charts. It’s the easiest way to stay on top of what’s working across the industry. ✍️ And the best part? Anyone can do it: 🔹 Head to AppMagic → Top Trending 💡 Or just click this link: https://lnkd.in/eR_92P5Z 🔹 Choose your timeframe (week, month, quarter, etc.) 🔹 Filter by tag — start with Games or dive deeper into specific genres ✅ You can also switch to charts by Revenue for a different perspective For this post, we looked at the Top Trending Games by Downloads over the past 30 days — to see which games moved up the fastest across the charts. What stood out? ☠️ Two out of the ten trending titles are horror games — one adapted from PC, the other built around meme-favorite villains. Not something you see every month, and definitely worth keeping an eye on. 👀 What trends do you spot in the list? Feel free to explore 👇 https://lnkd.in/eR_92P5Z

Merge-2 Genre in 30 Seconds 🧩 For over 3 years, Merge Mansion led Merge-2 with Complex Meta genre. But today, it’s been pushed to #4 by fast-growing newcomers. Instead of fading, the team doubled down on LiveOps — and hit an all-time high monthly revenue. 📈 See how the market evolved — and how Merge Mansion is fighting back: 👉 https://lnkd.in/e5cVk7Au

New Report: Winning Patterns from Top Mobile Game Creatives 🎯 April keeps getting better with more partnerships! This time, we teamed up with Segwise.ai by providing ad creative data from 500+ mobile games. 🤝 Together, we analyzed UA creatives from top-performing titles to spot common patterns behind the most effective ads. 🔍 There are a lot to learn from — take Puzzle games, for example: 🔹 82.5% of ads were gameplay-focused 🔹 51% featured hook texts 🔹 68% showed characters in distress Check out the full report here: https://lnkd.in/dHzH3sGK

Top 10 Pakistan Publishers in 2024 🇵🇰 Pakistan’s mobile gaming market is booming: over the past decade, smartphone penetration has surged from just 10% in 2014 to nearly 78% in 2024. 🤯 To dig deeper into this fast-growing market, we teamed up with Tenjin to help compile data for their latest report on mobile games in Pakistan. 🤝 Here are some highlights: 🔹 Z&K Games leads the chart — 92% of its revenue comes from Scary Teacher 3D, with 39% of that from the US alone. 🔹 Nadeem Munawar follows with a more diverse portfolio: six games have crossed $100K in lifetime revenue, led by Drug Mafia – Grand Weed Gang (29% of total). 🔹 GameFit ranks third, with Superhero Car: Mega Ramp Games generating 55% of their revenue. 👉 Dive into Tenjin’s full report for more insights: https://lnkd.in/d9D5yCsf