Telegram is its own market with its own rules. In this space, the game thrives within the messenger, relying heavily on social mechanics while incorporating the full range of quality free-to-play features. Mistakes in onboarding or the absence of a social core can immediately ruin metrics. In an article for App2Top, the general producer of PlayDeck, Andrey Deltsov, explains why social mechanics are crucial for Telegram games, what requirements publishers have for projects, what mistakes…

The interactive animated series Dispatch became a hit, selling over 2 million copies within a month of its debut. Although the developers from AdHoc Studio believe that the episodic content release model was a key factor in the game’s success, they do not recommend other studios blindly adhere to it.

This is the fastest-growing gaming market among the countries of Asia, the Middle East, and North Africa, reports the analytics company Niko Partners.

The studio “Our Games” and its parent company Astrum Entertainment shared these figures with App2Top in celebration of their win at the RuStore 2025 awards, where “World of Domovyats” took the prize in the “Family Hit” category.

On November 18, the Russian Prosecutor General’s Office declared the activities of GSC Game World undesirable in Russia. The reason was the developers of S.T.A.L.K.E.R supporting the Ukrainian army. We spoke with Irina Gushchina, a senior lawyer at Semenov&Pevzner, about what this recognition means for players, media, and retailers in Russia.

Last week, VK announced the winners of the RuStore 2025 awards, recognizing the most outstanding games and applications in the mobile store for the past year.

Roskomnadzor reported that Roblox contains a large amount of “inappropriate” content, 9 million people played the global edition of Where Winds Meet, and Tormented Souls 2 sold 100,000 copies. Here are the main events in the gaming industry from the past weekend.

Outside of China, the press barely covers the activities of Zhejiang Century Huatong, although today it is one of the fastest-growing gaming companies. In this new business profile, we will delve into the reasons for its success, key hits like Whiteout Survival, and regulatory issues.

She accomplished this in 48 hours from the announcement.

Of Ash and Steel is an action-RPG in the spirit of “Gothic,” released by the Russian studio Fire & Frost and publisher tinyBuild on November 24. According to the analytics service VG Insights, the game has been performing well financially, at least on Steam.

Everything is going well for Bloober Team. The Polish studio has published its financial report for the third quarter of 2025 (July-September), in which it reported a rapid increase in revenue.

The exact number of people who will leave the studio is currently unknown.

s&box is both a platform for launching UGC (User-Generated Content) games and a set of development tools from the creators of Garry’s Mod. Recently, Facepunch Studios decided to make the project open-source and published its source code on GitHub.

It will be renamed Nintendo Studios Singapore.

The recruitment agency WN Talents has presented a comprehensive salary study of the Russian-speaking gaming industry for the year 2025. This is the first comprehensive data update in two years—the previous major report was released in 2023 by App2Top.

The figure was mentioned by analysts from VG Insights in a LinkedIn publication. They provided the data as of November 24.

The catalyst was the game’s sales being lower than expected.

How much they might pay for them is unknown.

CD PROJEKT had an excellent third quarter in 2025. In a recent financial report, the company boasted growth in key metrics and the continued success of Cyberpunk 2077.