The Japanese battler Monster Strike has earned $7.2 billion dollars since its release in 2013. Now it is the highest-grossing game in the history of the App Store and Google Play. This is reported by Sensor Tower.
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Where is it popular
The main income of Monster Strike is brought by the Japanese market.
The West did not rate the game so highly. Critics scolded her for her similarity to other battlers and the lack of a competitive element. When its publisher, Mixi, realized that the game was not very successful in the West, he closed the English version of the game.
In Japan, by contrast, revenue from the game is growing even five years after release. Monster Strike got into the top ten highest-grossing mobile games back in 2014. Soon, the game began to bring Mixi $ 4.2 million per day (with advertising costs of $ 230 thousand per day).
In terms of box office, the game managed to leave behind its main competitor — Puzzles & Dragons, which has collected $ 7 billion dollars since 2012.
What is the essence of the game
Monster Strike is a buttler with billiards mechanics.
The gameplay core is based on passing waves of opponents in which the player launches his monsters.
The meta of the game is based on collecting and developing your monster deck. This is necessary to advance through the game. The player knocks out monsters from loot boxes, which he acquires for gold obtained during quests.
The game has a cooperative mode. It is designed for four people and is designed for joint quests. Periodically, temporary global events are triggered in the game with the opportunity to get especially rare monsters.
And one more thing
There is an anime adaptation of the title.
Almost 100 episodes plus full-length and short films have been released on the Internet. Last year, the series was watched on YouTube almost 200 million times.
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