A new report shows that core gamers generated two thirds of all mobile games revenues last year, despite the games themselves only accounting for a fifth of all downloads.
That s according to App Annie s State of Mobile 2021 report, which shows that 66% of consumer spend on games across iOS and Android were spent on core games like PUBG Mobile and Honor of Kings.
By comparison, casual titles with examples given including Roblox, My Talking Tom Friends and Among Us only accounted for 23% of all gaming revenues, and casino apps for 11%.
App Annie also reports that events were the biggest driver of in-game spending in 2020, accounting for $53 billion a big increase over the $1.99 billion spent on in-game events the year before.
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Even more surprising is that the PUBG Mobile game is also not included in the top three popular games in the world.
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Jan 13, 2021, 06:14 PM IST
If you are thinking that PUBG Mobile is the number one game in the world then you are completely wrong. Even more surprising is that the PUBG Mobile game is also not included in the top three popular games in the world. Today we are going to tell you about the most played games in the world. You may not have even heard about some of these games which are hugely popular across the world.
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Market of mobile apps continued to grow in 2020 despite the coronavirus outbreak, with new app downloads growing seven percent year-over-year to 218 billion, according to a report. Consumer spending on app stores also resulted in a growth of 20 percent year-over-year. The expansion of app downloads and usage of smartphones has pushed mobile ad spend significantly. This has indeed helped app developers grow their earnings at a time when many professionals wo
Arena Of Valor (US$947million) and
Pokémon GO (US$757million) for the top spot, although
Apptopia noted that Arena Of Valor’s revenue was “solely from iOS devices in China”.
The highest-grossing game in the United States was Roblox with $314million, while the
Candy Crush Saga and
Pokémon GO took the second and third spots with $251million and $216million, respectively.
Among Us, which is also available on PC, also made it to Steam’s Best Of 2020 games, reaching the platinum tier of the top 100 games of the year, as measured by gross revenue. It ranked alongside fellow breakout hit
Among Us was most downloaded mobile game in 2020
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Subway Surfers took the second spot with 227 million downloads, while Garena Free Fire bagged the third place with 218 million downloads.
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Among Us was most downloaded mobile game in 2020.
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Subway Surfers took the second spot with 227 million downloads, while Garena Free Fire bagged the third place with 218 million downloads.
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Innersloth’s Among Us was the most downloaded mobile game globally in 2020, beating popular mobile games such as PUBG mobile, Roblox and Call of Duty.