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September 2021 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 fulfill competitive players’ desire for prestige.

Cosmetic rewards for competitions

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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 fulfill competitive players’ desire for prestige.

To help you design successful competition events, we examined leading competitions from across the market, as well as The Throne of the Seven Seas, a new win streak competition in Fishdom.

Read the September Casual Report to learn how to keep players motivated and why competitions benefit from robust cosmetic systems.

Video Insights

This month’s video insights dive deeper into Best Fiends’ Ice Cream Race mini-game. During this event, players progressed in a board game to earn a new hero skin. Watch the video to see how Best Fiends used this compelling completion reward to keep players motivated—and sell additional dice rolls.