App Annie & Wargaming: Russian Mobile Gaming Market in 2020 and Q1 2021
The market size is still relatively small.
2020
Mobile gaming market size in Russia in 2020 resulted in $933 million with +25% YoY growth.
Top-revenue genres are RPG ($146 million), strategies ($137 million), and puzzles ($58 million).
Hypercasual games in Russia were downloaded 594 million times in 2020 (+66% YoY). But it’s interesting, that in top-3 games by downloads, there are no hypercasual games: My Talking Tom Friends, Brawl Stars, and PUBG MOBILE are on top.
Hero Wars, Brawl Stars, Gardenscapes, Empires & Puzzles, and World of Tanks Blitz were games with the highest revenues in the region in 2020.
Q1 2021
Market revenue in the first three months of the year was $235 million (+11% YoY).
Android brought developers $156 million (+14% YoY), iOS - $80 million (+7% YoY).
Best games by revenue in Q1 2021 - Homescapes, PUBG Mobile и Brawl Stars.
In Q1 2021 Russian gamers have downloaded games 727 million times (+6% YoY).
Top games by downloads in Q1 2021 - DOP: Delete One Part, Among Us, and Phone Case DIY.
Games with the largest active audience: Brawl Stars, Among Us, ROBLOX, Minecraft Pocket Edition, and PUBG MOBILE.