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September 2021 Casual Report
Cosmetic rewards for competitions Download the full September Casual Report In the casual market, competition events perform significantly better in subgenres with robust cosmetic rewards. This is due in part to the way that cosmetic rewards...
August 2021 Core Report
Combined Mission and Content Releases Download the full August Core Report Mission features that are released simultaneously with new equipment, abilities, or heroes have estimated revenue impacts of +34%, +19%, and +16% MoM, respectively. That's a...
August 2021 Casino Report
Level features are top revenue drivers Download the full August Casino Report Level features are a growing trend in casino that produce strong, predictable revenue growth, averaging +3.3% MoM revenue with a low standard deviation of ±7.9%. This...
August 2021 Slots Design Report
Mini-game themes and triggers Download the August Slots Design Report Machines with mini-game bonuses have a high estimated revenue impact of +2.6% WoW, but they are released less frequently than many less impactful bonuses. Most tracked slots apps...
August 2021 Casual Report
Mini-game event IAPs drive revenue Download the full August Casual Report Mini-game events have an estimated revenue impact of +5%, the second largest of any major event type in casual. Despite this, they are one of the least released. Mini-games...
July 2021 Core Report
Accelerator with +83% revenue 2Mo2M Download the July Core Report Accelerator features have an average revenue impact of +6% MoM with a huge standard deviation relative to the size of that impact, +/- 37%. That means accelerators vary widely in...
July 2021 Casino Report
A mini-game with +16% revenue Download the full July Casino Report Bingo Party’s Ace Detective mini-game event led to a +17% 6Do6D revenue increase, making it one of the most impactful mini-game events of the past 12 months. During this period,...
July 2021 Slots Design Report
A match-3 inspired base game Download the full Slots Design Report Bunch Boom Animals, a new machine in DoubleU Casino, innovates on cascading reel sets with a scoring system inspired by match-3 games. This is part of a growing movement of machines...
July 2021 Casual Report
+116% revenue from a hero-based competition Download the July Casual Report A new competition in Disney Magic Kingdoms shows why you should release content alongside events or features. Season 11 of The Tower Challenge boosted revenue +116% for 16...
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