GameAnalytics company in its research told what indicators of retention, conversion and session length should be guided when creating match-3 games.Match-3 games remain one of the most popular genres in mobile gaming.

SuperData spoke about the success of the gaming industry in 2020. Last year, digital sales reached $126.6 billion, and the list of the best-selling premium titles included Call of Duty: Modern Warfare, Animal Crossing: New Horizons and Cyberpunk 2077.

The Catholic Christmas of 2020 turned out to be very monetary for the gaming mobile. The analytical company Sensor Tower told about this in its report. We have chosen the main one from it.

Steam has updated its own Christmas record for the number of simultaneous users. On December 25, there were 23 million users on the network. This is almost one and a half times more than at Christmas 2019.

What indicators in terms of user engagement should you look up to if you are developing an idler,” GameAnalytics said in its latest small study.Recall that idle is a genre derived from the clicker, in which the role of constant taps on the screen to accumulate resources is reduced to a minimum.

Less than two months have passed since the launch of the open beta League of Legends: Wild Rift, as the title has already been installed by more than 12 million gamers. This is despite the fact that the game was initially available only in seven countries and entered the global market only in early December.

This year has been particularly successful for the gaming industry. Analysts from Newzoo are already looking to the future and publishing a list of the main trends of 2021. Among them are the growth of cloud gaming, new challenges for mobile developers and virtual events.1. Engagement and revenue will continue to grow

While some gaming companies are only trying to enter the stock exchange, the Swedish game dev is actively earning there. According to Bloomberg, Swedish gaming quotes have become the best this year — they showed the most significant growth. For example, the stock price of individual companies jumped by an astronomical 300%.

November was a record month for games in terms of revenue, SuperData reports in its new report. During the reporting period, players spent $11.5 billion to purchase digital versions of titles on all platforms, including mobile.Key data

The analytical company GameRefinery decided to please its users before Christmas. Like its competitors, it collects data on downloads and revenue of tens of thousands of mobile games. Except she’s got them for free now.To get access to this data, you need to register an account on the service.

Although Cyberpunk 2077 has not officially launched in China yet, the game has already proved to be in great demand among gamers in China. For example, on the opening day alone, the CD Projekt RED title was broadcast by 7.5 thousand Chinese streamers at once, and more than 19 million people watched their broadcasts.

There are a couple of weeks left until the end of the year. Against this background, MY.GAMES conducted a large-scale study and found out what 2020 was for Russian gamers. Spoiler: basically, the year was rated a “three”.

Sensor Tower summed up the results of 2020 for mobile games. The leader in terms of revenue was PUBG Mobile, which, together with its Chinese version of Game For Peace, raised about $ 2.6 billion.

By the end of November App2Top.ru Together with AppMagic, I have prepared a report on the most popular and earning mobile games in the world.

There is less than a week left before the release of Cyberpunk 2077. Analysts predict an extremely successful start to the game — 30 million copies sold in the first year. In the entire history, only about a dozen games have managed to achieve such results. But for this, the title needs to get at least 90 points on Metacritic, Bloomberg clarifies.

App Store revenue will not change much after the current commission reduction, Sensor Tower said. Analysts have estimated that 96.7% of the gaming part of the store consists of developers with less than $1 million in revenue. But at the same time, their games account for only 2% of the expenses of iOS gamers.

This year, during the period from Black Friday to Cyber Monday (November 27-30), the digital gaming market earned $3.9 billion. This is almost half a billion less than it was in 2019.

Two months after the launch, Genshin Impact still holds the title of the best-selling mobile game in the world, not counting Honor of Kings. During this time, she collected $393 million only in the App Store and Google Play.

The analytical company NPD Group found out how 2020 affected the gaming habits of Americans. Among the topics covered in the report are demographic trends, the most popular platforms and features of gamers’ spending during the pandemic.