RPGs kept up with the growth generating $3.3Bn year-to-date with a growth of 29% YoY. This makes RPGs the third-largest genre on mobile. With IDFA depreciation incoming, top mobile RPGs will look outside mobile to continue growth.

Hypercasual games alone account for ~45% of 2019’s total download volume across all mobile games and grossed over 3 billions in 2020.

$5.1Bn in IAPs at a 29% Year-over-Year growth the Puzzle genre has become the largest on mobile in the Western markets. While Playrix continues to assure its dominance in the match-3 games, the merging sub-genre is booming, providing growth at a first-come-first-serve principle.

Sport games is the smallest category on mobile. Only $850M (+17%) in 2019. If that’s too little, skip this analysis. The rest of us should dive in.

As Hearthstone declines the door finally opens up for a handful of new competitors. This analysis explores who holds the winning deck.

Despite stagnating downloads in 2019 Casino games reached $3.3B (+26% YoY). And it’s not only the Kardashians that were helping rake it up…

In 2019 Auto-Chess games were the viral trend. Three giants, Blizzard, Riot and Valve, all entered the market. Less than a year later, all three are struggling to scale.

2019 was the year of misleading ads. 2020 is going to be about a consumer-friendly, data-driven approach to matching ad creative with audience tastes.

Strategy games generated $5.4Bn in 2019 growing 23% YoY. This is the genre where the big bucks are made and the winners are redefined.

Shooters genre is dominated by giants from the likes of Tencent, Supercell, Activision and Epic. What happens when EA enters the battle? And is there room for anyone else?

With almost a $3Bn in annual revenues and a bullish 18% growth year-over-year RPG remains a genre that is still far away from its peak.

Thoughts on Hybridcasual, an unfortunate platform improvement, the revival of a forgotten sub-genre, a new Idler and one sub-genre ripe for innovation!

With $4.5Bn in IAPs at a 18% Year-over-Year growth the Puzzle genre is filled with not only massive competitors but also fantastic opportunities and unique growth stories!