GameRefinery: Casual Mobile Games Trends (March 2022)
If you want to be in top-100 - decoration is your choice!
More and more developers are adding meta-elements and doing experements with new game mechanics.
All projects from top-100 by revenue in the US on iOS in the last 2 years had a renovation game mechanic.
Now, elements of renovation & decore can be founded in 49% of Match-3 games from Top-100 by revenue in the US on iOS.
Developers started to add mini-games and special game modes more often to entertain users.
Social elements and community building are started to used often in projects, previously considered as single-player, like Match-3. It helps developers to retain motivated and competitive players.