A week ago, Supercell released a new game—a mobile action RPG called mo.co. PocketGamer journalists, citing the analytics company Sensor Tower, shared the project’s early results.

Last week, Sensor Tower announced the acquisition of the Video Game Insights platform to enhance its product with data on console and PC games. This raises the question: what are the consequences of consolidation in the gaming analytics sector? Today, we will take a close look at the objectives of Sensor Tower’s M&A strategy and the potential risks to the market.

The consolidation in the gaming analytics market continues. Sensor Tower has announced the acquisition of the Video Game Insights (VG Insights) platform.

In November 2022, the South Korean studio Shift Up released the gacha game Goddess of Victory: Nikke, which became a major hit. According to analysts from Sensor Tower, the title’s revenue has surpassed one billion dollars on Google Play and the App Store alone as of today.

Last year, residents of Russia spent 12% more on games from Google Play and the App Store than in 2023, reports the newspaper “Vedomosti,” citing data from the analytics company Sensor Tower. In total, their expenditures amounted to $247.2 million.

The analytical company Sensor Tower has published a report on the state of the mobile app market in 2024. Below is a brief overview of the gaming segment.

The mobile card game Pokémon TCG Pocket continues to show excellent results. Analysts from Sensor Tower calculated that it has earned over $300 million worldwide.

Sensor Tower released a report on the state of the mobile gaming market in Southeast Asia for the first half of 2024. Here are the numbers and trends.

The mobile version of Dungeon & Fighter has surpassed the one billion dollar revenue mark, reports the analytics company Sensor Tower. The game earned 82% of this amount in China, where it was released in May 2024.

Last War: Survival is a mobile strategy game set in a zombie apocalypse, developed by the Singaporean company First Fun. The game was released in July 2023. According to estimates by the analytics company Sensor Tower, since then, Last War: Survival has generated over $900 million.

Coin Master mobile slots continue to grow in revenue. The analytics company Sensor Tower has calculated that the game has earned over $6 billion since its launch.

The analytics company Sensor Tower reported on the state of the Japanese mobile gaming market for the first six months of 2024. We share the main findings.

In April 2018, Jam City released a role-playing game in the Harry Potter universe called Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery on mobile devices. According to analysts from Sensor Tower, as of today, the project’s gross revenue has exceeded half a billion dollars.

The Battle Cats — a real-time mobile strategy game in which armies of cats attempt to conquer the world. It was released in November 2012 by the Japanese company PONOS Corporation. According to Sensor Tower analysts, the game has since earned over $700 million.

Whiteout Survival is a mobile 4X strategy game developed by China’s Century Games. It was released in February 2023. Recently, the game reached a milestone of $1 billion in gross revenue, according to a report from the analytics company Sensor Tower.

The analytics company Sensor Tower released a report on the mobile app market based on the results of the second quarter of 2024. We have selected the main findings related to games.

The decline in the mobile gaming market is coming to an end, forecasts the analytical company Sensor Tower. According to their estimates, this year gamers worldwide will spend $78 billion on in-app purchases (IAP) in mobile games — 1.6% more than in 2023.

Sensor Tower has published a report on the mobile gaming market in South Korea for the first half of 2024. Here’s what the analysts discovered.

The new game by miHoYo couldn’t dethrone Dungeon & Fighter Mobile as the highest-grossing mobile game on the Chinese market on its release day, according to Sensor Tower data. Analysts calculated that on July 4, Zenless Zone Zero earned two and a half times less in China than Dungeon & Fighter Mobile.