The indie team Ahaha Studio shared with App2Top the story of launching their miniature MMO called Piworld.

On October 27, ” Road of Life ” will be released on Steam—a free game about a driver of a GAZ AA truck on the ice road of blockaded Leningrad. Sergey Gimelreich, the head of the ISKRA studio, shared with App2Top how the team gained support from the Internet Development Institute (IRI), balanced the budget, and turned the game concept from “driving on smooth ice.”

In July 2026, SuperCity celebrated its 15th anniversary. Over this time, the game by Playkot evolved from a browser-based city-building project to one of the company’s most enduring products (and indeed, of the genre), earning over $100 million and amassing 40 million installs. SuperCity’s story is intriguing not just by the numbers. It’s a tale of how the game repeatedly found itself at the brink of a technological or product dead-end, only to discover a…

Column by Dmitry Aborilov, Head of Core Game Design at Nekki. The central question of the article, which the author answers: how to make a game truly engaging.

How much will it cost to develop a mobile game today and what marginality you should expect from it,” Dmitry Yaminsky, co—founder of Azur Games, said in his column.

In March 2024, Kingdom Come: Deliverance was released on the Nintendo Switch. The original version of this historical action role-playing game was released back in 2018. Zhanna Goranskaya, Director of Business Development at Saber Interactive in the CIS and Eastern Europe, told in her column for App2Top about how the work on the port was going on.

What is the difference between an indie approach to game development and a business one, – Alexander Myasishchev, director of Nau Engine, told in his column for App2Top.

CD PROJEKT has announced the appearance of a mod editor for The Witcher 3. The company stated that the toolkit will allow you to create both completely new content and upgrade existing ones. The news has serious business prerequisites.

Sergey Ryabtsev and Alina Zlotnik, producers of AppQuantum, told about the nuances of the softlonch of mobile games and common mistakes, using the example of Love & Flowers.

The startup Magic Kids, headquartered in New York, believes in educational games, UGC for teachers, children’s multiplayer, and at the same time is looking for a million dollars to scale. About fate and challenges, — in his column for App2Top.ru Olga Vorontsova told the CPO of the team.

The young studio FlyinDogs is preparing to release a narrative novel in the Slavic setting of The Tales of Bayun. We asked its founder Ilya Maksimenko to tell us about the team and the work on the project.

Elena Bugakova and Elizaveta Khilkovskaya, producers of AppQuantum, told about the pitfalls of holding events in mobile games in their column.

How to work with new players in blockchain games using the example of a sales funnel, – said Sergey Labutin, leader of the NFT direction CM Games (formerly Creative Mobile).

About the reasons that push game developers to sell their own titles to other companies, in their column for App2Top.ru Yana Vesnina, M&A manager of ZiMAD, told us.

During four rounds, the Russian Donut Lab team “raised” almost five million dollars to create the Kids vs. Zombies game. How it was,” said Vitaly Urban, co—founder of the studio.

ZiMAD has extensive experience working with brands. She has worked with Nickelodeon, Cartoon Network, Sony, National Geographic, and recently announced a collaboration with Disney. What is important to know when working with large IP, — says Elizaveta Savenkova, Business Development Manager of the gaming company.

Ilya Eremeev, co-founder of The Games Fund, shared the subtleties of working with investors. He told what they pay attention to during the pitch, and also gave some advice to developers on evaluating the market and choosing the right niche for their game.

Dmitry Yaminsky, co-founder of Azur Games, shares in his column the reasons for the emergence of the Pay Per Prototype model and explains why it no longer makes sense in the current conditions.

What is the difference between slots in the App Store and Google Play from real slot machines and how best to monetize users hooked on mobile casinos, – said Akim Denisov, co-owner of Orc Work Games.