The revenue of the Star Chef game on iOS exceeded $ 5 million. The title became “India’s most successful game” according to the local edition of the Indian Economic Times.
Star Chef from the Indian studio 99Games was released in 2013, that is, the game managed to gain $ 5 million in 2 years. The title earned the bulk of the money with access to Europe and the USA. This happened at the end of the summer of 2014. The revenue of the game is entirely due to iOS users, since the project is just getting ready to launch on Android.
“The audience has been growing by about 20-25% monthly since the launch, and revenues have reached $700-750 thousand per month,” comments the studio management. At the moment, the game has been downloaded 4.6 million times. According to the information Indian Economic Times, 80% of the project’s revenue comes from IAP, and 20% comes from advertising.
Interest in Indian projects and studios, as well as to the local audience, is one of the trends of the outgoing year. Recently it became known that Cut the Rope will be released in India. According to experts, the local market is preparing to become an alternative to the Chinese mobile market.
A source: http://www.pocketgamer.biz