Sensor Tower: The US Gamers spent $4.4B on games with money & treasure theme in 2021
The historical setting is rising.
Sensor Tower analytics are referring to Coin Master & Bingo Blitz as money-themed or treasure-themed games.
Theme
The top growing theme in 2021 in the US was connected with animals/insects - it showed growth by 904% in 2021. But, worth mentioning, that volume is small - only $26.5M.
The second theme by growth is sports/aesthetics, which showed +274% per year. On the third place was hunting theme with +226%.
Setting
The top-growing setting of 2021 in the US was a historical one. It showed +32% per year and reached $1.4B.
In second place is high fantasy (+14.4% and $5.4B of revenue). The third place belongs to sci-fi (+6.6% and $2.4B of revenue).
The setting by revenue was a modern one. Games with such a setting earned $6.3B in 2021